CSGO streamer Gaules reveals he has paid millions for rights to tournaments

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Brazilian CS:GO streamer Alexandre ‘Gaules’ Borba has revealed how a lot he has paid through the years to safe broadcasting rights to occasions.

A former Counter-Strike professional and coach, Gaules has established himself as one of many greatest streamers on the planet, with nearly 4 million Twitch followers. He was the second-most watched streamer on the platform in 2022 with 160 million hours watched, solely shedding out to Félix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, in keeping with Stream Charts.

Gaules rose to prominence within the CS:GO scene after he started streaming esports matches to a loyal viewers due to his laidback model. During the last 5 years, he has streamed the largest CS:GO tournaments within the scene, together with IEM Katowice, BLAST Premier and the Majors.

However that hasn’t come low cost. Whereas lately co-streaming the Paris Main match between NAVI and FaZe, Gaules and ​​Jean-Michel ‘mch’ D’Oliveira mentioned the mixed $20 million charge that BIG, Heroic, and FURIA paid in October 2021 to affix the Louvre Settlement, which grants all accomplice groups a income share from the ESL Professional Tour.

After giving a tough estimate of $6 million per staff, Gaules mentioned: “Do you wish to know the opposite facet of the coin? In these final 5 years, now we have already paid that in broadcasting rights. And it’s paid for, I’m not speaking about installments.”

He then joked: “We may have a spot within the Louve Settlement. We may have a spot in BLAST [Premier].”

On Might 16, Gaules announced that he will travel to Paris to stream the playoff matches of the Major from the Accor Area. It’s the second time that he’ll stream a Main in particular person after IEM Rio, where his influence over the tournament became the subject of intense criticism.