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Hashtag United to join Elite Series
Hashtag United to join Elite Series.
About this update from Gfinity Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6912D Gfinity PLC 02 February 2018 \n\n \nDissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR)\n \n \nGfinity plc\n(\"Gfinity\" or the \"Company\")\n \nesports team with over two million YouTube subscribers to compete in third season of Elite Series\n \nHashtag United becomes the latest franchise to join the third season of the esports tournament\n \nGfinity plc (AIM: GFIN), a leading international esports entertainment group, announces that Hashtag United will join the third season of its Gfinity Elite Series, which will commence next month at the Gfinity Arena in London. \n \nHashtag United was founded in 2016 by internet entrepreneur Spencer Owen. He is a FIFA gamer best known for his Spencer FC YouTube channel which has nearly two million subscribers. Hashtag United, which has won tens of thousands of prize money to date competing in FIFA tournaments, is headquarted in London and has amassed a considerable following of nearly 350,000 viewers by streaming football games on YouTube. The BBC reported in 2016 that Hashtag United's games were watched on a weekly basis by more than half a million viewers and the audience is continuing to grow.\n \nAs of January 2017, Spencer FC and Hashtag United had a combined YouTube audience of nearly 2.3 million viewers, plus the latter has over 160,000 and 300,000 active Twitter and Instagram followers respectively. In addition, Hashtag United's FIFA team is supported by 1 million fans.\n \n \nElite Series\nThe Gfinity Challenger Series, which gives the opportunity for players to compete for selection for the Elite Series, has had over 20,000 18-35-year-old gamers participate from 18 different countries. Season One of the Elite Series created 180 hours of live broadcast viewed by over three million people in more than 30 countries, with Elite Series Season Two receiving over five million live views, giving a combined total of nine million views for the first two seasons. \n \nHaving increased the number of teams competing in the third season to 10, Hashtag United joins new teams including: Team Vitality, Fnatic, and Ares, together with an existing roster featuring major esports franchises such as Team Envy and Epsilon. The teams will g...