Singapore eSports team [Bf.Nut] talks about its future

Singapore eSports team [Bf.Nut] had always wanted to do something for the Battlefield games, but little did they think that their wish could turn into a plausible and profitable future. Last Tuesday’s Battlefield 4 launch, was just the start of it, where about a third of the 28-man strong eSports team were mobilized to facilitate a day-long frag fest for the game.

[Bf.Nut] is ten years old next year – practically grandfathers in an arena where wannabe competitive players change teams like they change their underwear – and it’s time to move on. You can’t keep playing video games and not getting anything in return, not forever.

“We weren’t even expecting to be paid,” founder Eugene ‘qu|kZ’ Tay confessed, of the Battlefield 4 launch.

For the record, [Bf.Nut] did get paid for the job, but that, according to Tay, was a rare occurrence. Tay is 29 years old this year, and the majority of his team are around the same age, all of them having “grown up together”. The team has won and lost competitions, jobs, and girlfriends. More importantly, it learned of the importance of having an income.

So [Bf.Nut] is moving on. Formerly just a Battlefield team, it has slowly expanded their team lineup to include BlackShot, and more recently, League of Legends. [Bf.Nut] is also looking to form a CounterStrike: Global Offensive team, as well as a Dota 2 team, in order to turn themselves into a multi-gaming organization a la Evil Geniuses and MeetYourMaker. But that’s just one aspect of their future plans.

[Bf.Nut] also hopes to become consultants for gaming events, charting new ground in a territory few have ventured so far. “I can see that we have the right pool of talent, and given that, we can run the events with the experience that we have,” said Tay.

Apart from the Battlefield 4 launch, [Bf.Nut] is also overseeing an eight week long ‘King of the Hill’ LAN competition for Battlefield 4 beginning in November, where the team will duke it out with members of the public.

Still, it remains to be seen whether its efforts for Battlefield 4 will pay off. Game launches happen infrequently, and the hype for a new game dies as it ages. Only time will tell whether [Bf.Nut] will be able to sustain their new gaming endeavor. We wish them luck.