The Details
Official Announcement from Playerunknown
Official PUBG Twitch Channel
Start Time: 9:00am PDT | 6:00pm CEST
EU Matches: 10:00am PDT | 7:00pm CEST
NA Matches: 2:00pm PDT | 11:00pm CEST
The Foundation
The proceeds from this event will be going to Gamers Outreach Foundation whose goal is to to provide kids in hospitals with recreation and therapy through the power of video games! It’s a great cause and they have already helped over 100,000 kids just in the past year!
Additionally, the CEO of Bluehole recently announced that they will be matching any donation up to $100,000 total during this event!!! So if you can – be sure to jump on early and add in your donation, as it’ll count for double whatever you send up through that $100k mark!
You can find a direct donation link here
The Players
As we all know, PUBG became so wildly successful in an incredibly short amount of time. That is without a doubt partly because of the amazing streaming community who both shared knowledge of, and genuinely enjoyed the game during their streams. As such, this tournament is focused on them, and will feature 128 hand-picked streamers: 64 from the NA region and 64 from EU region. The lineups include some pretty awesome folks and some really huge names like Summit1G, Lirik, Sacriel, Forsen, Dr. Disrespect, and many, many more! Check the below images for the full roster of each region:
The Results
| Matches | Winners |
|---|---|
| EU Match 1 | outc1der and 3tbutz |
| EU Match 2 | TehJamJar and Scoom |
| EU Match 3 | LOSTAIMING and MaschineTV |
| NA Match 1 | MarkstormTV and Cuda87 |
| NA Match 2 | Weak3n and DJPernicus |
| NA Match 3 | MrGrimmmz and Anthony_Kongphan |
| Top 3 Overall EU | Top 3 Overall NA |
| 1st kylank_ and Pacifae – (FR) 88 pts | 1st MrGrimmz and Anthony_Kongphan – 89 pts |
| 2nd Scoom and TehJamJar – (UK) 82 pts | 2nd Cuda87 and MarkstromTV – 85 pts |
| 3rd NOI5YBOY and Ngotie (UK) 81 pts | Joint 3rd Ezekiel_III and Aethos19D / VissGames and SmaK – 80 pts |
| Top Kills EU | Top Kills NA |
| 1st Hayz – 12 kills | 1st MrGrimmz – 12 kills |
The Games
Each region will play 3 total matches – and each match will be streamed live! During the stream we will be able to see the much awaited spectator feature in action. This will allow the broadcasters (and us!) to keep an eye on the most interesting parts of the game at all times while still getting a nice detailed overview of the match throughout. As far as the bracket: Again – each region will play 3 matches, with the winners chosen from those that have the highest overall placement from all 3 rounds.
Also – to make it a little sweeter – the player with the highest kill count in the invitational gets a brand spanking new Nvidia Geforce GTX1080ti, so we’re sure to see some great gameplay and intense moments throughout all of the matches as they all duke it out for the current king of gaming GPUs and of course much more importantly – winner of the 2017 PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS Charity Invitational!