UK PUBG player Michael ‘mykLe’ Wake says he’s heartbroken he won’t be playing in the PUBG Global Championship 2022 in Dubai in November.
He recently finished fourth with the team known as Fellas in the Continental Series 7 (PCS7) Europe tournament, and was the only UK player in the top four.
mykLe said on Twitter: “We ended up in fourth for PCS7 and lost out on second place in the last game which means we won’t be going to PGC this year. Absolutely heartbreaking but it would’ve been some achievement if we had pulled it off. GGs everyone and see you all next year.”
However, other UK PUBG players vard (Overpeekers, 9th) and Fexx (FaZe, 6th) have qualified for PGC due to the PGC points they accrued overall.
Fellas took home $22,000 in fourth place, with first-place Question Mark taking home $60,000 and reaching PGC.
mykLe won the PUBG Nations Cup 2022 with Team UK earlier this year, with fellow UK players vard, Fexx and TeaBone.
The Grand Finals for PCS7 Europe, an online PUBG: Battlegrounds tournament hosted by Krafton Inc – ran for six days from September 30th to October 2nd and also October 7th to 9th.
Rosters played 30 matches for a share of the $250,000 prize pool. The tournament was the final chance for squads to earn PUBG Global Championship (PGC) Points, helping them secure a place at PGC 2022 held at the beginning of November in Dubai.
Fellas narrowly missed out on reaching PGC, with 220 points.
Fans were able to watch every match live on the official PUBG Twitch and YouTube channels, with broadcast talent including the UK’s James ‘Kaelaris’ Carrol, Richard ‘Saga’ Sharples, Mike ‘hypoc’ Robins, John ‘JoRoSaR’ Sargent and Liam ‘Chunks’ Desposito.
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