

An example of one design one could choose with Znipe.

Launches at ESL One Cologne

""There are hundreds of millions of esports fans watching matches across the world and an ever growing demand for tools built to elevate that experience. We are thrilled to be at ESL One Cologne for the launch of the Znipe TV service and to give fans worldwide a new level of exceptional, high-powered control. To put fans in charge of how they watch and what they see", Ryman states.

Johan "vesslan" Ryman Ryman was one of the first players to represent Ninjas In Pyjamas in Counter-Strike, and he became the CPL Winter 2001 champion under the name and he also won ESWC 2003 with Team9. Ryman also has an entrepreneurial background in streaming, as he was one of the founders of VBCast, which helped pave the way for gaming streams in the early 2000's.



Christian "vilden" Lidström Lidström have merits of his own, as he's won CPL three times, and is seen as one of the most successful Swedish players in Counter-Strike 1.6. Together with Eyeballers, he won CPL Summer 2004 as a major underdog, and the next year he won both CPL Summer and Winter with SK Gaming.

It's been a while since Johan "vesslan" Ryman and Christian "vilden" Lidström made headlines. Other than playing the veteran tournament CS Reunion at Inferno Online, these two individuals have been somewhat under the esports radar since they retired from professional Counter-Strike. Now, however, they're in the spotlight again with a new streaming platform.Znipe is a so called personalized streaming solution, which means that it allows the viewers themselves to choose what they want to see from a tournament stream. You could compare it to the popular "multitwitch", but with the productions' own channels. In other words, you could choose to only follow once specific player while having an overview map as well as the observer view on the sides.Znipe will be available for beta testing for free during the group stage at the upcoming major tournament ESL One Cologne, and should the service be of one's liking, one could pay money to use it during the tournament's playoff stage. There's nothing that indicates that Znipe will be used instead of Twitch, but will merely serve as an alternative way of watching the games.Would you be interested in trying out the beta of Znipe during the upcoming major tournament, you can sign up today via Znipe.tv . By doing so, you can also get to try out the platform using the VOD from the grand final at DreamHack Summer 2016.