The e-sports platform faceit recently announced that it will cooperate with Gucci (Gucci), an Italian luxury brand, and the two sides will set up an E-sports training project "Gucci gaming academy", which is a development plan aimed at improving professional skills through special counseling courses and team cooperation activities In addition, the project will also focus on more and more mental and physical health problems in the game.
Nicolas Oudinot, executive vice president and CEO of Gucci vault's new business, said that Gucci dared to be the first in entering the game industry in the luxury industry. As part of the company's mission, the team will establish a meaningful relationship with the community in a real and effective way. Gucci gaming academy is committed to supporting rising stars and helping them meet the challenges they may face in participating in E-sports.
At present, the project has launched four Cs: go players, who have competed in FPL (facet platform elite competition) and will train and transport more members in the future. The selection criteria of E-sports players will be based not only on the performance in the competition, but also on the interview to evaluate the players' personal values and soft skills (soft skills, which refers to communication ability, listening ability, persuasion ability, self motivation, etc.). The players will train at the Academy for a year or until they sign up to join a team.
Representatives of the Gucci gaming academy include game commentator James Bardolph and retired CS: go professional player get_ Right and Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey. They will also serve as mentors for the trainees and conduct one-on-one training with them every month.
As part of the project, Gucci and faceit will also work with the World Health Organization (who) to find ways to support all players involved in the game to improve gameplay, giving priority to health and safety. This will include topics such as mental and physical health, and combating online spam.
According to previous reports, the e-sports platform faceit was acquired by savvy gaming for $500 million at the beginning of this year. Savvy gaming is an E-sports investment company with the background of Saudi Arabian government public investment fund.
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