SK and Renegades join WESA

30-3-2017 19:03

WESA have announced that SK and Renegades joined the association as full members.

World Esports Association was launched on May 13, 2016 with eight organizations, including fnatic, Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro; alongside ESL. Now SK and Renegades have become full members.

WESA's main goal was to bring harmony to a "crowded esports ecosystem". Their latest activity includes their deal with Youtube to stream ESL Pro League and their stance on the multi-ownership of teams.

WESA now has nine members

This is the first addition to the association since it was founded and it now features nine members as FaZe made their exit only two weeks after the foundation of the association.

SK, which was founded in 1997, are one of the oldest organizations in the esports world and currently have a Brazilian roster. Renegades, on the other hand, is a relatively new organization which was bought by the NBA's Boston Celtics player Jonas Jerebko.

SK player FalleN, the Renegades owner Jonas Jerebko, SK CEO Alex Muller, and WESA Executive Commissioner Ken Hershman have released these statements in the announcement:

"We’re thrilled that SK Gaming and Renegades have elected to add their esports brands to the growing collection of leading teams that comprise WESA. These teams will be a positive influence within WESA, and their contributions in the months and years ahead will be an important part of enhancing our collective vision for the organization."

"We have been looking for ways to partner with the leading organizations in order to both professionalize the industry, as well as grow our profile. We believe that the organization fits our strategic goals with the collection of teams within WESA. We look forward to working collectively with all of the other WESA members to take esports mainstream." said Alex Muller, CEO of SK.

"We have had very open communication with WESA and they have been very transparent about what they have planned in the future. As a team, we believe that some regulations are needed in the CS:GO landscape and are happy to contribute and make ourselves heard in the process. We believe that SK Gaming will be a valuable asset to the association and are looking forward to working with everybody involved on growing the game we love." said Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo.

"To reiterate what I said when I purchased Renegades a few months back, I plan to operate our organization in the same fashion that NBA teams function — with respect and support for the players and an appreciation for the fans. The esports industry is evolving and the parallels to mainstream sports are becoming clearer. My experience in sports can positively impact Renegades and, in turn, the esports industry, and I firmly believe that WESA is the right association to help realize those goals." said Jonas Jerebko, the owner of Renegades.

The full members of WESA can be found below:

fnatic	Natus Vincere	EnVyUs
G2	Virtus.pro	mousesports
Ninjas in Pyjamas	SK	Renegades

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

sick

2017-03-30 19:03

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uk scene bois

2017-03-30 19:46

NICE

Very nice !

2017-03-30 19:04

Cool :D

lol

cool

uk - fnatic esp - g2 russia - vP germany - sk LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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The flags are not for the team rosters, they represent the company's country.

2017-03-30 19:06

What's so funny? :-)

rip brain

2017-03-30 19:24

"The flags are not for the team rosters, they represent the company's country." AHAHAHA RKT

2017-03-30 19:43

Don't ever speak in public again.

2017-03-31 09:43

It's country organisation

2017-03-31 10:09

Holy fuck you are stupid as hell hahahahahaha

2017-03-31 18:12

weird seeing British fnatic, Spanish G2, American EnVyUs, German SK and American Renegades (and sort of Russian Virtus.pro as well)

2017-03-30 19:05

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flags represent where the organisation is based.

2017-03-30 19:16

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that's quite obvious and I realized that ages ago, thanks for pointing it out anyway

2017-03-30 19:54

SK got a long history of german based teams

2017-03-30 21:11

but mostly known for Swedish, Danish and now Brazilian teams

2017-03-30 21:12

they would send the german team instead of the swedish, when the swedish team refused to renew contracts. only applicable when organization owned teams spot for participation - vs slots going to core team consisting of 3 members. that was maybe the most the german team got in exposure on the CS side towards the later parts.

2017-03-31 01:07

nt WESA

NA Flag

2017-03-30 19:07

Bad move. WESA is trying to monopolize CSGO competitions.

2017-03-30 19:09

On the other hand it ain't bad.

why should we care?

2017-03-31 00:46

Ez for WESA

2017-03-30 19:12

fnatic uk cs obviously

2017-03-30 19:15

So CS is trying so hard to be accepted as a sport that it is bringing FIFA-like federations into the scene? I really hope that WESA don't monopolize CS as much as FIFA does with football and isn't as corrupt as FIFA.

2017-03-30 19:17

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i hope it aswell otherwise it's gg

2017-03-30 19:20

2017-03-30 19:36

2017-03-31 02:48

nt ESL

They want to do like Fifa did with soccer,stole it all 😂😂

2017-03-30 19:18

there must be a reason why danish CS is away from this

*SK and renegades join ESL PREMIUM CLUB

2017-03-30 19:25

#RUNRENEGADES

2017-03-30 19:29

with SK joining they have more weight, even if other teams arent part of WESA, now with vp and SK in, they will most likely accomodate themselves to wesa schedules, only difference being they dont have a say

nice

2017-03-30 19:37

they got some serious orgs and teams they can go exclusive and fuck the rest

g2 ispanya ?

Ocelote is the owner of G2. And he is spanish bro

2017-03-30 20:01

ocelote yes yes thx

2017-03-30 20:04

Honestly I don't know what to think about this

Well this if for you who saying UK don't have a CSGO scene Kappa

2017-03-30 20:03

nice teams uk - fnatic esp - g2 russia - vP germany - sk haha

The flags represents the organization, and not the rosters

2017-03-31 13:54

cs will become dominated by a mafia like uefa and fifa

WESA is pure evil, how do ppl not realise that?

2017-03-30 20:19

People are blinded by money..

2017-03-30 20:57

wtf is with the flags?!? xD

2017-03-30 20:20

The flags are from the Organisation nit from the roaster

2017-03-30 20:33

-,- Fuck WESA and anyone who thinks they should hold any amount of power in the CS eSport scene. Fucking Monte Christo or whoever owns RNG now should realize that.

2017-03-30 20:28

Fuck exclusivity Fuck monopoly Fuck WESA

nice flags LUL AllHead

2017-03-30 21:07

Orgs not rosters

2017-03-31 00:01

Now i see where ESL spent all their production budget

2017-03-30 21:26

UK scene back with fnatic Kappa

2017-03-30 21:33

Well SK have lot of reason! Of course one of them is money! Whatever, good luck! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

Ez for SK

2017-03-30 21:48

Can Someone explain me why are some teams like Fnatic doing whit the UK flag?

2017-03-30 21:52

This is Organisations, not CSGO teams. This is where the Headquarters of each organisation is from.

2017-03-30 22:11

only tier2 teams on that list xD

2017-03-30 21:57

what is good about it what is bad ?

2017-03-30 21:58

It's sketch. Gives less power to orgs and players and more power to tournament organizers.

2017-03-31 02:37

lmao streaming matches on youtube. That helps the viewership for sure..

2017-03-30 22:43

gust its not tournament

2017-03-30 23:01

It's kind of funny that the orgs that are owned by the same holding company are in the same column. Coincidence?

2017-03-30 23:17

what or which company?

2017-03-31 12:46

ESForce Holding, backed by a Russian oligarch. They own VP, SK and NaVi.

2017-03-31 17:53

This is just another move by ESL to Monopoly esports. In 18 month they Will announce esl-pro à wesa team only league. They Will break the ownership rules after to allow esforce to keep thier team

2017-03-31 00:34

Love the Fnatic's country

2017-03-31 01:46

rip

2017-03-31 03:16

germans take over now with WESA. The Reichert brothers, founders of SK-Gaming, ESL, Schalke 04 esport -division and WESA. they bring everything together now, and they love eSports. they are not some kind of murican money managers, they are community from the very fist start 1998!

2017-03-31 09:40