Good Gaming Appoints Sean Stalzer of the Syndicate to Its Advisory Board and Provides Investor Update
19 April 2016 - 3:09AM
Access Wire
CHICAGO, IL / ACCESSWIRE / April 18, 2016 / HDS
International Corp. and CMG Holdings Group, Inc. (OTC PINK: HDSI
& OTCQB: CMGO): Good Gaming, Inc. ("Good Gaming" or the
"Company"), a majority-owned subsidiary of CMGO, announced today
that it is has formed an Advisory Board to bolster its expertise
and capabilities in the eSports marketplace and has appointed Sean
Stalzer, founder of Syndicate Studios LLC, as its first member.
Said Vik Grover, CEO: "We have been working with Sean and The
Syndicate over the past month to vet our 2.0 tournament platform.
We have run three separate beta tournaments for their members,
simulating tournament conditions to extinguish every possible
problem that could arise in tournament play situations. We are
excited to bring Sean into our team and view his acceptance of the
Advisory Board position as further validation of our vision to
build Good Gaming into a destination site for amateur gamers
worldwide."
Sean Stalzer commented: "eSports/Tournament Play is a very hot
topic in the gaming world today. Unfortunately, most gamers will
never get to participate in one and for those that do, few will
ever win any prizes. Good Gaming is changing that and making
tournaments accessible to everyone. When the GG platform is
completed it will be second to none. Not only will it offer
tournaments for the amateur gamer, but also the GG Portal will be a
world-class destination that gamers want to check first thing in
the morning. They will recommend GG to their friends and will hang
out on the site after work playing their favorite games. It will
offer second-to-none gaming experiences, critical gaming news and
some innovative features no one has ever implemented before. In my
over 30 years of gaming experience, I have never seen a company
with the vision and drive to assemble such a robust and exciting
set of features as the Good Gaming team is building. This is the
right time to be a gamer, and Good Gaming is the right place to be
a gamer at."
Stalzer has been involved with video gaming and the business of
games for over 30 years. For more than 20 years, he has been the
leader in building long-term, stable, team-focused communities of
players. Having founded The Syndicate (www.LLTS.org) in 1996, he
has worked with dozens of developers on game titles from nearly all
gaming genres. The average lifespan of an online group only
encompasses a handful of months, and over 80 million communities
have risen and fallen during the time Stalzer has provided
leadership for The Syndicate, which is the Guinness World Record
Holder for longest running online gaming community. In addition to
knowing how to bring players together and keep them together,
Stalzer is well-versed in what makes a game successful, what draws
players to a game, and more importantly, what keeps them playing.
He has authored two books on the topic of making a successful
gaming community and been involved with over 150 articles about
making games, players and communities successful.
Syndicate Studios, LLC
Good Gaming and The Syndicate (www.LLTS.org) have teamed up to
help make the Good Gaming 2.0 platform a great tool for gamers. The
Syndicate has leveraged its 20+ years of experience as a community
and the more than 20,000 man-years of combined gaming experience,
across well over 100 game titles, to provide testing, consulting
and feedback on the site, the tournament platform and future
enhancements. While there are many other gaming communities in
existence, none has the pedigree of The Syndicate and the ability
to provide the level of detailed, forward looking and gamer focused
feedback. Good Gaming and The Syndicate look forward to continuing
to work together to make the Good Gaming platform both the premier
e-gaming site as well as a first class hub of opportunity for
gamers.
2.0 Platform Update
Good Gaming spent all last week focusing on quality of life
improvements to existing systems and areas on the tournament
platform. As mentioned above, GG has been running simulated
tournaments in automation to ensure the backend of the tournament
system. To test the frontend of the tournament system, GG has had
internal (i.e., employees) and external (i.e., The Syndicate)
testers play through the system. To date, GG has run hundreds of
automation simulations without fail and three run-throughs with
people from The Syndicate. This has allowed the Company to find and
fix all issues that were being encountered in the tournament
system. Programmers have made roughly 80 quality of life
improvements to the platform with more planned for this week. Good
Gaming intends to launch a public beta tournament within a short
timeframe, with a launch of the full platform in May when the site
will have been completed, tested and proven. Based on substantial
feedback and input from The Syndicate, the Company has added
numerous features and cosmetic changes to the system that have
required substantial additional coding. These improvements have
pushed back the full launch date by a few weeks. Said Grover, "We
realize that we will only get one chance to make our first, best
impression with gamers, thus we are taking our time to assure
getting it right."
About HDS International Corp.
Good Gaming, Inc. is a leading cash tournament gaming platform
targeting the over 205 million eSports players and participants
worldwide that want to compete at the high school or college level.
Good Gaming recently confirmed its partnership with one of the
world's leading games publishers and is launching a series of
tournaments in 2016.
Forward-Looking Statements
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hereby identified as, "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking
statements may be identified by words including "anticipate,"
"believe," "intends," "estimates," "expect," and similar
expressions. The Company cautions readers that forward-looking
statements including, without limitation, those relating to future
business prospects are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from projections,
estimates or aspirations, due to factors such as those relating to
economic, governmental, technological, and any risks and factors
identified from time to time in the Company's reports filed with
the SEC.
HDSI CONTACT INFORMATION
HDS International Corp. (Good Gaming, Inc.)
Vik Grover
CEO
Good Gaming, Inc.
(708) 400-9050
corporate@good-gaming.com
SOURCE: HDS International Corp.
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