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Simply fitting tournament time into a busy schedule is challenge enough, but even if you can make the time, where do you go to find other
Lowkey.gg is a tournament platform for adult gamers
The company is particularly focused on helping professional organizations set up their esports squads just like company basketball or
Searching for other competitive gamers who are above the age of 18 is a bit of a lost cause.The hope for Lowkey is that they can connect
adult gamers with one another to get the most out of their gaming experience
Everyone playing through Lowkey must be 18 years of age or older and have a full-time job.Users can register as a solo gamer for $39, plus a
subscription fee of $13/month, and get automatically matched with a team
Lowkey takes into account things like location, job, alma mater and other bits of information (all shown on your public Lowkey profile) to
create teams with like-minded players
The company says this transparency reduces the toxicity around teammates
Conversely, users also can form a squad in real life and sign up as a pre-made team for $195/month.Thus far, Lowkey has signed up teams from
Google, Apple, Robinhood and Twitch.Lowkey is launching with League of Legends as its first game, and Season 1 starts on January 13.Seasons
last a minimum of eight weeks, with players scheduled to play for one hour one night a week
puts the teams in a chat together to coordinate the match.Like many startups, Lowkey is actually the result of a pivot
The company was originally called Camelot.In March of 2017, Camelot launched out of YC to allow YouTube and Twitch audiences to pay to see
Users could submit bounties to see their favorite YouTuber play a game with pistols only, or to play a game while standing on a
skateboard.Turns out, there were two big issues
The money that flows through Twitch from viewers to streamers is almost always based on altruism and emotion
other side as Lowkey.gg.Lowkey has raised capital but declined to share the amount
After the launch of League of Legends, the company plans to launch seasons for other titles, including Overwatch, TFT, DotA and Smash
