Animesh “Thug” Agarwal is a really well-known character within the Indian Gaming Group (IGC). He’s the founder and proprietor of Workforce 8Bit, a Battlegrounds Cell India (BGMI) staff, and a co-owner of S8UL Esports, a corporation boasting a number of content material creators and streamers below its banner. He’s additionally the founder and CEO of 8Bit Creatives, a expertise administration firm, managing a number of avid gamers throughout India.
Thug’s journey within the Indian gaming trade
Thug first rose together with his PUBG Cell staff, Workforce 8bit, in 2018 when he represented India on the PUBG Cell All Star Problem (PMSC) Asia Finals occasion the place his staff positioned twelfth. His staff additionally grew to become one of many first groups to safe a Winner Winner Hen Dinner (WWCD) on the worldwide stage.
Thug’s profession took a flip in 2019 when he transitioned from an esports athlete to an esports caster/commentator. He commentated on a number of PUBG Cell occasions in India in addition to on the worldwide stage. He was additionally current on the Peacekeeper Elite 2019 occasion as a Hindi commentator.
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PUBG Cell Membership Open (PMCO) 2019 – Spring Cut up World Finals
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PMCO 2019 – Fall Cut up South Asia
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PMCO 2019 – Fall Cut up World Finals
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Peacekeeper Elite Championship (PEC) 2019
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PUBG Cell Professional League (PMPL) South Asia Season 1 2020
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Skyesports Grand Slam: PUBG Cell Invitational
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PUBG Cell World League (PMWL) 2020: West
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PMWL 2020: East
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PMCO – Fall Cut up 2020: India
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PMPL Arabia Season 1 2021
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ESL Snapdragon Professional Sequence BGMI 2024
In 2020, Thug moved away from regular gaming content material and launched a number of podcasts with BGMI esports athletes, made information movies and extra. He collaborated with among the well-known folks within the gaming group like Jonathan “Jonathan” Amaral, Tanmay “Scout” Singh, Naman “Mortal” Mathur, Parv “Regaltos” Singh, Ghatak “Ghatak” Andhare and plenty of extra on his “Charcha with Thugwa” podcast sequence.
S8UL Esports
Thug collaborated together with his fellow companions, Lokesh “Goldy” Jain and Mortal, Proprietor of Soul Esports and launched S8UL Esports. The S8UL Esports group boasts plenty of well-known content material creators below its banner together with the likes of Kaashvi “Kaash” Hiranandani, Regaltos, Aman “Aman” Jain, Mithul “Binks” Nayak, Raj “Snax” Varma and plenty of extra. The group additionally has a Pokemon Unite lineup.
In 2022, S8UL Esports acquired its first worldwide nomination on the Esports Awards within the Content material Group of the Yr class and in addition went on to win the award, changing into the primary Indian group to safe an award for content material creation on the worldwide stage. In 2023, S8UL Esports additionally received a number of worldwide awards together with the award for Global Impact on Mobile Gaming at The Mobies and Content Creator of the Year award at the Esports Awards.
Thug’s Earnings
Thug has not been energetic on his Youtube Channel for greater than a month now however has been actively livestreaming from the beginning of his profession every day and importing spotlight movies. At present, his Youtube Channel named boasts 1.05 Million subscribers. In accordance with , his estimated earnings for his Youtube Channel is $79 USD to $1.3K USD a month.
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Thug has additionally been part of his fair proportion of controversies. He was on the heart of occasions on the PUBG Cell India Tour (PMIT) 2019 occasion when unrest arose between the occasion’s administration and the gamers because of technical points.
