Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ) is an

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organization based in

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. The organization competes in professional tournaments in the sports: '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'', '' PUBG Mobile'', '' Free Fire'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. RRQ was ranked as the third most popular

organization team in the world in 2020. In a report released by ''Shareable'' titled "The State of Social Media 2020", the team's fan activity on social media throughout 2020 had reached 26.5 million activities.

About

History

Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ) was founded in October 2013 by

Adrian Pauline Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main ...

, the CEO of RRQ, and

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, founder of RRQ. Began as a gaming hobby of both founders, their interest in

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championship eventually made its way into the formation of the organization. From 2013 to 2017, RRQ had only one division team, which was

. Adrian Pauline stated that, in the beginning, the organization was only run as a hobby and side job, and wasn't focused on their business. In 2014, Esports gained popularity growth, Andrian Pauline, who was originally a Product Director at QEON Interactive, resigned from the office and shifted his focus to the team, since then RRQ started to focus on their businesses. In 2017 RRQ had recruited another three new esports divisions, the new divisions are RRQ Endeavour in Point Blank, RRQ2 in

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, and one division team in PUBG that were relatively short serving period. At the end of 2019, Adrian Pauline decided to move RRQ Endeavor to the

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division from Point Blank. RRQ had expanded its international branches to

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, and

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. Today, the only remaining international branch of RRQ is Thailand. In February 2019, the organization had previously signed a partnership with a European football club,

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(PSG), It was announced in a Press Conference held at The Dharmawangsa Hotel,

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. Through its esports division, PSG esports had officially collaborated with Team RRQ for the 3rd Season of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Indonesia on 16 February 2019. Their partnership had ended in July 2019. In 2020, RRQ is ranked third as the most popular esport organization in the world in terms of activity on social media. A report released by Shareable, a data monitoring company based in

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. In a report titled "The State of Social Media 2020", RRQ's fan activity on social media throughout 2020 was 26.5 million activities. This number is only behind Faze Clan with 142.9 million activities and G2 Esports with 38.1 million activities.

Salary

Adrian Pauline, CEO of RRQ, during an interview with

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in 2021, stated that his Esport organization paid team players a monthly income, roughly around 1 to 3 million Rupiahs per months.

Expansion

After concluding in the

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, Brazilian Representatives VIVO Keyd Stars' roster disbanded. This was later confirmed by one of its roster members. However, during the eve of the ninth season of MPL Indonesia, RRQ announced their expansion to MPL Brazil, to form ''RRQ Akira''. The roster mainly comprised most of the players of Keyd Stars.

Brand Ambassadors

Since 2021, RRQ has three Brand Ambassadors. The chosen brand ambassador must be at least well known and is certainly familiar with the world of esports (i.e. former brand ambassador of any esports team). The Brand Ambassadors are, as described below.

Windah Basudara

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is an Indonesian YouTuber, known for his gameplay

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on YouTube. He was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 8 June 2021, which was announced on RRQ's Instagram account.

Mega Dwi Cahyani

Mega Dwi Cahyani (born, Purwodadi, 1 September 1999.), professionally known under the nickname ''Cahyaniryn'', is an Indonesian YouTuber and

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known for her PUBG gameplay content. She received an award of the ''Popular Creator of The Year'' in the 2020 TikTok Awards Indonesia. She was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 23 October 2021.

Syalma Nabillah

Syalma Nabillah Ulayya (born Bandung, 2001) is an Indonesian Tiktoker, she was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 8 December 2021.

About

History

Salary

Expansion

Brand Ambassadors

Windah Basudara

Mega Dwi Cahyani

Syalma Nabillah

Championships

''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang''

''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' Development League

Rosters

References