Social:Gamurs
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Type of site | News, Live Coverage |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Riad Chikhani and Phillip Luu |
| Website | gamurs |
| Launched | 14 February 2016 |
GAMURS is an esports multi-media company. The company is based in Sydney, Australia and was founded by Riad Chikhani, Phillip Luu, Halim Yoo, Carl Oehme and Malik Akl.[1][2][3]
History
GAMURS was launched on February 14, 2016 after a merger between teamfind.com and csgoteamfinder.com. On April 26, 2016 GAMURS acquired websites eSports-Nation.com and eSports.guru.[4] In doing so, GAMURS expanded its esports coverage into Call of Duty, Halo 5, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and Overwatch (video game). On June 11, 2016 GAMURS launched EsportsWikis, an online encyclopedia dedicated to esports knowledge.[5] On August 26, 2016 they acquired CSGOSquad, a Counter Strike ranking database.[6] On September 19, 2016 GAMURS acquired esports news outlet SplitPush.net.[7] On October 28, 2016, GAMURS acquired Dot Esports from The Daily Dot.[8][9] In March, 2017, GAMURs announced that it would be merging the recently acquired Dot Esports with the GAMURs news website with Dot Esports becoming the main esports editorial brand.[10] This merger came alongside a large layoff of GAMURs editorial staff.
Websites
GAMURS.com
GAMURS' original and formerly primary website, gamurs.com, offered numerous services. The two most prominent were the team finding capabilities, acting as a community hub for numerous video games, as well as their esports journalism and content production. The team finding aspect of the site was spun off into its own entity, TeamFind.com while the esports news portion was merged into Dot Esports. Their writing team included Ryan "Veto" Kish, Patrick Cowley, Connor Bradley, Max Littman, Duncan "Thorin" Shields, and Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen. The writing team was managed by Managing Editor Justin "Bink" Binkowski. Much of the GAMURS staff moved over to Dot Esports with the merger, many others were sacked. The site also included a live updates portal on their website to live cast esports games.
EsportsWikis
Following a dispute between the Esportspedia staff and their parent company, Azubu TV, the Esportspedia president, Megan "RheingoldRiver" Cutrofello, along with the community staff that maintained the website joined GAMURS to create EsportsWikis. EsportsWikis works to provide encyclopedic coverage of numerous esports games including, Call of Duty, League of Legends, Halo (video game), VainGlory, Rocket League and Smite (video game).
Stat Tracking
GAMURS has launched numerous websites aimed at stat tracking for several video games. These sites include CS:GO Stats, CSGO Squad and Hearthstats.
Team Find
In February 2017, the team and group finder portion of the GAMURS website was spun-off into its own website.[11]
References
- ↑ "Social networking site Gamurs launch attracts 6000 gaming enthusiasts - SmartCompany". 21 July 2015. http://www.startupsmart.com.au/advice/business-planning/social-networking-site-gamurs-launch-attracts-6000-gaming-enthusiasts/.
- ↑ "Gamurs is a new all-in-one social network for … well, gamers". 30 June 2015. https://venturebeat.com/2015/06/30/gamurs-is-a-new-all-in-one-social-network-aimed-specifically-at-gamers/.
- ↑ Ainomugisha, Gerald (22 April 2015). "How GAMURS aka Facebook for gamers has raised $350,000 in just 2 weeks". http://anthillonline.com/this-guy-has-raised-350000-within-just-two-weeks-for-his-facebook-for-gamers-start-up/.
- ↑ "Social network GAMURS has acquired eSports Nation, GoldPer10, and eSports Guru - The Esports Observer". 26 April 2016. http://esportsobserver.com/social-network-gamurs-acquired-esports-nation-goldper10-esports-guru/.
- ↑ [1][|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "Dot Esports - Global Esports News, Analysis, Tournament Coverage, and More". https://gamurs.com/articles/7270.
- ↑ [2][|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "GAMURS acquires Dot Esports". Gamurs. 28 October 2016. https://medium.com/@GAMURS/gamurs-acquires-dot-esports-c2fb17b2fbd0.
- ↑ Bräutigam, Thiemo (Oct 21, 2016). "Daily Dot Esports section sold to media network GAMURS". The Esports Observer. https://esportsobserver.com/daily-dots-esports-section-sold-media-network-gamurs/.
- ↑ "GAMURS is merging into Dot Esports". https://gamurs.com/general/gamurs-merging-with-dot-esports-8799.
- ↑ "Teamfind now has its own website". https://dotesports.com/general/teamfind-now-has-its-own-website-9511.
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