Team Singularity opens academy with Pluck GG

Danish esports organization Team Singularity has partnered with machine learning platform Pluck GG to launch its own academy to grow talented players.

The academy will initially be available to Fortnite members only, but is expected to open to other disciplines in the first quarter of 2021. Additional Academies will be open to: FIFA, Rocket League, CS: GO, League of Legends, PUBG, VALORANT, Rainbow Six: Siege, Dota 2, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and StarCraft 2.

According to the official Singularity release, Fortnite players must complete all 40 missions in the academy in order to be offered a professional contract with the organization. Moreover, Team Singularity explained that the decision to create their own academy was made so that players could get a contract based on their "skills, not because of their media content."

Despite the fact that the program has just been announced, Singularity currently has over 700 active academy members. The organization has confirmed that it will offer professional contracts to two of the academy's current players by December 31st.

An academy system like this is likely to benefit both players and organizations by not only increasing the talent pool, but also improving accessibility.