| Divisions | Battlegrounds Mobile India Garena Free Fire Clash of Clans |
|---|---|
| Based in | Maharashtra |
| Location | India |
| Manager | Siddhant "SID" Joshi |
| Partners | Gigabyte Aorus |
| Motto | Esports Growth in India |
S8UL Esports (pronounced S-Eight-U-L) is an Indian professional eSports organization. It fields competitive eSports roster in several mobile games. It was formed by partnership of Team SouL and Team 8-Bit.
S8UL currently fields players in Battlegrounds Mobile India, Free Fire, and Clash of Clans. The organization previously had a Call of Duty: Mobile and a Valorant roster.
History edit
Team SouL edit
Team SouL was formed as a PUBG Mobile team in 2018 to compete in the DreamHack event held in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The initial roster of the team included Naman "MortaL" Mathur, Yash "VipeR" Soni, Harpreet "RonaK" Singh and Mohammed Owais Lakhani.
In March 2019, Team SouL won PUBG Mobile India Series and won prize money of $41,806. Afterwards they won PMCO Spring Split 2019's Indian Championship and earned themselves a spot in the Global Finals.[1]
Team 8-Bit edit
Team 8-Bit was started by Animesh "Thug" Aggarwal as an Clash Royale clan. Later on in 2018, when PUBG Mobile was globally launched he set up a PUBG Mobile roster to compete in tournaments.[2]
Lokesh "Goldy" Jain, an entrepreneur from a business family in Delhi joined Team 8-Bit in 2019 partnering with Thug.[3]
Partnership edit
Mortal and Thug met through the game PUBG Mobile and soon developed a good friendship among them. They both realised they had the same vision of having a team of their own.
Team SouL owned by MortaL, and Team 8-Bit at first exclusively owned by Thug and later co-owned with Goldy, became partners in Indian eSports scenario. Initially this partnership was informal, and was casually called S8UL. Eventually they decided to make the partnership official, and both organisations joined to form S8UL Esports.
Content Creation edit
S8UL Esports also produce content, primarily for YouTube, and has signed a large number of content creators.
The most popular content creators of S8UL on YouTube, in terms of subscribers count, are:
- MortaL
- sc0ut
- SOUL Regaltos
Gaming House edit
On April 2, 2021 S8UL revealed their gaming house where all of its competitive players and content creators will reside. Its price was revealed to be $1 Million, built around 15,000 square feet. It is located in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Current Division edit
Battlegrounds Mobile India edit
S8UL Esports features an Battlegrounds Mobile India roster, which was revealed on 7 July, 2021. The team is named Team SouL and officialy referred to as Team SouL sponsored by S8UL Esports.[4]
Roster edit
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Clash of Clans edit
On March 6, 2021 S8UL Esports announced their Clash of Clans lineup of several former Clash of Clans players for Team 8-Bit.
The lineup consists of Archit, Akki, Ashish, Addy, Taxy and Virus.
Garena Free Fire edit
On 16 July, 2021 S8UL Esports announced their Free Fire roster. S8UL has now entered into Free Fire competitive scene.[5]
The roster consists Martin, Raju, Mr. Gamer and MIND.
Former Division edit
Valorant edit
S8UL disbanded its Valorant roster on March 4, 2021, due to bad performance.
S8UL signed the team Innocent 5 in January 2021. But later when the team failed to perform, it was decided to release the roster.
The roster of S8UL Esports for Valorant consisted of Mithul "Binks69" Nayak, Harshvardhan "Kuzuri" Singh Panwar, Shreyas "Edit99" Kshirsagar, Sahil "Strixx" Rane, Tanmay "NotFox" Verma, and Rishabh "EzzzYy" Gupta.
Call of Duty: Mobile edit
S8UL announced their Call of Duty: Mobile roster on March 4, 2021. But in less than two weeks, the roster was released.[6]
The lineup of this team included Arav "Monk" Narang, Priyank "Death" Birajdar, Armaan "Moon Scope" Dharni, Akshan "Argon" Madhani, Amitabh "Xenon" Srivastav.[6]
Awards and Achievements edit
PUBG Mobile edit
Achievements of Team SouL edit
| Date | Placement | Tournament | Prize |
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| 10-11-2019 | 2nd[7] | PUBG Mobile Club Open - Fall Split: South Asia | US$30,000 |
| 15-6-2019 | 1st[1] | PUBG Mobile Club Open - Spring Split: India | US$60,000 |
| 10-3-2019 | 1st[8] | PUBG Mobile India Series 2019 | US$42,828 |
Awards won by Team SouL edit
| Date | Tournament | Player | Award |
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| 28-7-2019 | PUBG Mobile Club Open - Spring Split Global Finals[9] | Mortal | Website Fan Favorite |
| 10-3-2019 | PUBG Mobile India Series 2019[10] | Most Kill By a Squad |
Management edit
Siddhant "SID" Joshi is the manager of every competitive esports lineups of S8UL.[11]
S8UL and all of its content creators' are managed by 8bit Creatives, a talent management firm run by Thug and Goldy.[2][12]
References edit
- ^ a b NewsDesk, Digit (16 June 2019). "PMCO 2019 Spring Split India Finals result: Team Soul wins to represent India at Berlin event, Team IND and Team Indian Tigers qualify for prelims | Digit". digit.in. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Animesh 'Thug' Agarwal on Playing PUBG MOBILE Competitively, Sustaining in Indian Esports – ARCHIVE - The Esports Observer". 4 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Professional Indian Gamers Worry About Future After PUBG Mobile Ban". www.vice.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Ahmed, Wasif (8 July 2021). "Team SouL unveils Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Ahmed, Wasif (15 January 2021). "How to watch the Free Fire Titan Invitational 2021". Dot Esports. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Wasif (26 March 2021). "Team Vitality signs Call of Duty: Mobile roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Ahmed, Wasif (10 November 2019). "Entity Gaming and Team Soul qualify for the PMCO Global Finals from the South Asia region". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ NewsDesk, Digit (11 March 2019). "PUBG Mobile India Series 2019: Team S0UL wins Rs 30 Lakh prize money, God's Reign grabs second place | Digit". digit.in. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "PUBG Mobile Club Open: Top Esports Win Spring Split, India's Team Soul Emerges as Crowd Favorites". News18. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ March 2019, Siddharth Chauhan 11 (11 March 2019). "Team S0UL wins the PUBG Mobile India Series 2019". TechRadar India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The life and times of an Indian esports manager". Red Bull. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "8bit Thug's tips to help you become an expert esports streamer". Red Bull. Retrieved 17 September 2021.