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Almost. Derek Lew is the only constant here from the beginning of Guild. Guild esports went bankrupt and all its assets and liabilities were transferred to a private American sports company. Part of the sale negotiations was to retain the listing as a PLC. Lew simply renamed the listing to Cassell (cash shell basically) whilst a new business was researched. Defence holdings is that business and all they had to do was simply change the name again as Lew would still have owned the main market listing.

Https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24976945.world-first-graphene-enhanced-road-laid-teesside/

Https://casselplc.com/

Probably the most potential though derives from the 12 month testing project with Balfour Beatty

Bizarre situation here really. Beckham brought the money in, then he took it straight out in fees. 2 million of liabilities and ‘all options exhausted’ yet the ‘co-owner’ (who’s estimated net worth is £450 million) seemingly wasn’t willing to invest any of that money back into the company. So without any say in the matter we’ve gone from esports investors to having an unsolicited share in a cash shell called Cassel, which seems to be a crude amalgam of the two words.

Capitalism is a weird game.

Clue was always in the name Supply Me (Alessandro Zamboni) Capital

From LinkedIn a few days ago;

“Versarien® plc is excited to be attending Highways UK at the NEC this year alongside Keyline Civils Specialist on Stand 170 as a featured supplier, helping them to bring pioneering 3D Construction Printing (3DCP) products and services to the UK highways, civils and drainage market. Our Head of 3DCP Ben Harries will be there to answer questions about how Keyline Civils Specialist and Versarien® plc can help you integrate 3DCP into your projects”

Doesnt surprise me, Fanatec have gone bankrupt i think.

EndX were a trading partner for Guilds CS2 team, a team which was dropped after they failed to qualify for any majors. That was a costly mistake

I didn’t suggest anywhere that he would have any monetary concerns here.

Guild and Beckham are synonymous (even if he’s not the biggest shareholder). This points to the subtle wording of the RNC ‘proposed asset acquisition’. Any buyer needs to keep Beckham involved for guild to have any value going forward

If Guild is bought out completely they they buy out Beckham as a shareholder. If they buy out Beckham they can no longer refer to Guild as co-owned by David Beckham. without Beckham’s a name attached there’s little to separate Guild from any other mid-level esports teams when it’s comes to attracting investment. It will eat itself

I’m not sure, accounts receivable of 1.52m gives them 160k after liabilities deducted. No idea what their monthly outgoings are.

Question is whether Beckham would want his name attached to a failed esports venture, he’s renegotiated terms once before as the economic picture became clearer and less favourable.

New partner signed today but Guild still need to somehow attract best esports talent without throwing loads of money at it. Would be a fairytale Beckham narrative for the Academy prospects to start making their mark

It’s unfortunate that as they diversified their income, their previous sole stream via sponsorship dried up. I think seeing one of esports biggest teams Faze Clan have a disastrous IPO has made sponsors and investors wary. It needs an esports financial good news story somewhere to grow confidence again.

Keep an eye on Guilds showing in the Apex Legends EWC comp this eve and throughout the weekend for either a confidence boost or sense of resignation. It seems like it’s on that sort of knife edge atm.

This is good Snow but we should be doing better. Failed to qualify in EAFC, no CS2 roster to speak of and missed first opportunity to qualify in Fortnite and it will be very competitive for last two EU spots I’d be surprised if Guild made it.

The Guild racing team are far from world beaters, not made it to a single final race in the current season. I don’t follow Apex so can’t comment on that.

Im pleased we’ve got 3 competing but in terms of real revenue from this event, this year won’t be it. Hopefully Guild will be planning ahead to next year to get a stronger set of teams together. In fairness Jasmine had some serious book balancing to do when she took over but next year core offering of world class esports teams needs to be the focus

Can only assume the cost of salarying these teams will be outweighed by participation / winnings in the EWC but it’s so short term it’s. There’s not a single player at Guild that has any real long term connection to the organisation that I can think of, so what are fans supposed to be following?

Https://x.com/eswcgg/status/1787467602232508731?s=46&t=bV650os50fvQsvaGRrx5Gw

Nice, Guild are listed in the latest eWorld Cup marketing as one of the main clubs/orgs that will be competing.

If other tournaments adopt this approach of directing prize money to orgs as well as players then things here will be a-ok.

Guild’s fornite roster is v.v.good at the moment.

“The Club Championship, an innovative cross-game competitive format unique to the EWC, will award $20 million to the top 16 Clubs based on their overall performance. The Club Championship is a new format focusing on multi-game competitions, with each Club having the opportunity to field its rosters in multiple titles. At the event’s conclusion, the Club with the best performance across various game championships will be crowned the world’s first Esports World Cup Club Champions. “

All good luck to you Bowlers.

Ricketts never fails to disappoint

Https://youtu.be/2-w7qeCdloQ?si=Gn4kbKq9pw0kE20p

“already booked 5m for this year(2024) ’. Compared to 5.5m revenue in 2023.