《鬥陣特攻》OWL隊伍多倫多捍衛者老闆Adam Adamou日前於個人推特透露,他旗下所擁有的兩支隊伍-OWL電競聯賽 Toronto Defiant與COD電競聯賽Toronto Ultra都擁有一個成功的「商業」賽季,兩支隊伍的營收分居各自聯賽的前二名,造型收入同樣也有前三名的水準。
We have the best business team in sports. Hard-working, low-drama & they care so very much!
— Adam Adamou (@Grazen) September 7, 2020
Our Toronto-based teams @TorontoUltra, @TorontoDefiant are either #1 or #2 in revenues in their respective leagues. Our skin sales are #2 or #3.
Toronto has the best fans! Period.
Adam Adamou是Over Active Media的擁有者暨聯合創辦人,他的公司目前四款遊戲電競項目,分別是《鬥陣特攻》OWL電競聯賽「多倫多捍衛者」、《決勝時刻》COD電競聯賽「Toronto Ultra」以及《英雄聯盟》歐洲LEC聯賽與《CS:GO》職業隊伍「MAD Lions」等隊。
他近期在個人推特分享多篇關於自家隊伍的近況,其中一篇提到,多倫多捍衛者(Toronto Defiant)與Toronto Ultra可說是電競聯賽當中最棒的「商業隊伍」,因為兩隊在各自所屬聯賽營收為聯盟前二名,遊戲造型收入同樣也有前三名的水準,可說是相當卓越。
多倫多捍衛者日前在OWL 2020賽季季後賽第二輪提早打包出局,這也讓大老闆似乎不太滿意,他在9月9日的發文直批「我們的表現是不被接受的」、「我們的戰略缺乏目的性,我們並沒有好好地開發選手,我們的戰略也是被動的」,並寫下將會在季後好好檢視並做些一些艱困的決定等重話。
多倫多捍衛者因在本季前網羅到Agilities、Surefour與KariV而相當受粉絲期待,沒想到全季一路走得跌跌撞撞,Agilities、Surefour都曾出現心態問題而與管理層有所衝突,Surefour甚至在後段賽事到季後賽期間都並未登板先發,看起來明年季初還能看到今年一樣的陣容,是一件不太可能發生的事。
On the @TorontoDefiant side our performance has not been acceptable and I accept the blame for that. Our strategy lacked focus, we didn't develop our players and our strategies were reactive. We're going to take a hard look and we will be making some difficult decisions soon.
— Adam Adamou (@Grazen) September 9, 2020
而第一槍已經開出,多倫多捍衛者官方推特昨日宣布,本季大半時間擔任臨時主教練的Libow將離隊,同時也感謝他在本賽季對於隊伍及選手的付出及努力;至於選手部分或許等到開放自由選手簽約後,也將面臨不小異動。
Today, we are saying goodbye to @LilbowSC. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to coaching the team throughout the season, as well as stepping in as our Interim Head Coach. We wish you the best in your future! #RiseTogether pic.twitter.com/VSEvxwl91m
— Toronto Defiant * #RiseTogether (@TorontoDefiant) September 9, 2020