{"id":133759,"date":"2023-01-16T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T11:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=133759"},"modified":"2023-01-16T11:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T11:42:50","slug":"acend-club-exits-halo-343-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/01\/acend-club-exits-halo-343-industries","title":{"rendered":"ACEND exits Halo, CEO criticises 343 Industries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//wp-content//uploads//2023//01//Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-11.27.47-large.png/" alt=\"ACEND Halo\" class=\"wp-image-133767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-11.27.47-large.png 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-11.27.47-medium.png 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-11.27.47-medium_large.png 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-11.27.47-1536x922.png 1536w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-16-at-11.27.47.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot credit: ACEND<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d0b7c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>European esports organisation <strong>ACEND Club<\/strong> has announced its departure from Halo esports, with its CEO Benjamin &#8216;bencb&#8217; Rolle posting a lengthy explanation of alleged poor league management and communication from game developer 343 Industries.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d136a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>In <strong><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////twitter.com//AcendClub//status//1614620725213790210/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a statement on Twitter<\/a><\/strong>, Rolle commented that he did not feel that 343 and HCS understood how to create an attractive esports ecosystem for organisations \u201cespecially outside of the North American region and partnership programme\u201d.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67cf5cf1d2177\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-126153\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2022//08//acend-club-shikenso-analytics/" target=\"_blank\">Acend partners with Shikenso Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-128338\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2022//09//quadrant-halo-championship-series-partner-team/" target=\"_blank\">Quadrant named as latest Halo Championship Series partner team<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-45740\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2020//05//hcs-halo-mcc-pro-series/" target=\"_blank\">HCS partners with FACEIT for Halo MCC Pro Series<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d3245\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>ACEND Club missed out on 343&#8217;s partnership programme for the upcoming Halo Championship Series. Another European esports team, Team Quadrant, was <strong><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2022//09//quadrant-halo-championship-series-partner-team/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added after the initial round of teams<\/a>.<\/strong> Despite, this, ACEND stated that it would continue to field a roster for the game.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d3b0c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Continuing his statement on Twitter, Rolle added that his team\u2019s primary issue was the \u201cincredibly poor communication&#8221;. He said that while his team redoubled efforts to support its Halo outfit in spite of not being partnered, ACEND had not received information from 343 on how to improve as an organisation since being rejected.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d427d\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Rolle also described instances where ACEND had struggled to make content because only partnered teams were allowed backstage to access players. As a European team, ACEND reportedly had to spend fairly heavily on content because of the additional cost of flying content producers to events in the US.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d4a29\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The 2022 World Championship finals for Halo were held in Washington, Seattle, which would compound issues for European teams because of its distance from Europe and ACEND\u2019s headquarters in Austria.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d518b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>To that point, Rolle felt that European esports was not receiving enough attention from Halo esports. Rolle commented that his team really believed that \u201cwith some support, Halo could grow to become a successful esports title across multiple regions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//events//esi-next-gen/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//wp-content//uploads//2022//12//ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-large.png/" alt=\"ESI Next Gen\" class=\"wp-image-132619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-large.png 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-medium.png 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-medium_large.png 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Esports Insider has teamed up with the University of Warwick for ESI Next Gen. To find out more, <a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//events//esi-next-gen/" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/events\/esi-next-gen\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d5f7e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Rolle concluded by wishing his players success in future careers and noting his sadness that \u2018Halo veterans\u2019 were alleging similar mistakes had been made with Halo Infinite as had been made before with &#8216;other Halo titles&#8217;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d6740\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>ACEND now fields five roster across four games, all of them first-person shooters.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5cf1d6e9d\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Halo Esports and 343 have been approached for comment and this article will be updated accordingly if a response is provided.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot credit: ACEND European esports organisation ACEND Club has announced its departure from Halo esports, with its CEO Benjamin &#8216;bencb&#8217; Rolle posting a lengthy explanation of alleged poor league management and communication from game developer 343 Industries. 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