With the development of games getting bigger, esports is no longer an ordinary sport. There are many areas of interest in esports, so it doesn't just cover pro players. During DG Cheat on Dunia Games' Instagram, the CEO of BOOM ID told of his journey from before building an esports team in Indonesia to becoming one of the greatest esports teams in Indonesia.

With host Punipun, the first question was "Founded in 2016, BOOM ID has become one of the longest-standing esports teams in the Indonesian esports industry, in that year when people weren't familiar with esports, how did Gerry think about making BOOM ID?"

"So, at that time, when I was in junior high I played Counter-Strike 1.6 seriously, and I kept following the scene. I happened to be in America for eight years to study for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, I saw that esports was growing really there. The price pool in the old days was only USD 5000 to USD 10,000, but that amount was big and then USD 1 million, USD 2 million, the prize for the last The International Dota 2 tournament has been really "crazy" so I feel Oh, in America, esports is so accepted, it's like being really idolized a lot, people also starts watching Twitch, then esports is on TV, so when I returned to Indonesia, I wanted to start an esports team as a hobby or work side." said Gary Ongko.

Gary Ongko also mentioned the early days of the esports team that was acquired by BOOM ID.

"Incidentally, when I returned to Indonesia, some of my acquaintances from playing CS were still active, whether in CS:GO, Point Blank, and Dota 2. So it was through old acquaintances, that I took the Dota 2 team from Kanaya Gaming at that time. When I first started making BOOM ID, I always wanted to create a Dota 2 and CS:GO team, because those were the two esports games that were growing at the time. At that time with Ojan, who is still with me as general manager. So in the beginning, Ojan and I, he became the manager of the Dota 2 team, then I said "Look for a Dota team!", at that time PG.Barracx Supernova esports team had a free agent, so we acquired it, so that's the beginning of BOOM ID." added Gary Ongko.

The next question, "Many are curious about this, it definitely costs a lot of money to create an esports team. Can you spill how much to prepare and how much Gerry spends to create an esports team that can survive this long?"

"In the beginning, to be honest, it was still quite cheap, because in 2016 and 2017, esports was still quite small, especially in Indonesia, so at that time the player's salary was between Rp. 500 thousand to Rp. 1 million, so the startup cost wasn’t too big and I was quite lucky because at that time there weren't many esports teams, so it was like an esports team that provided salaries, gaming house facilities, and others. In the past, most players still defended internet cafes Oh, this is the internet cafe team A, this is the internet cafe team B. So when I made BOOM ID, with a minimal salary, there were already quite a lot of players joining BOOM ID." said Gary Ongko.

"So honestly, approximately, I invested around Rp. 4 to Rp. 5 billion for BOOM ID. But now it's pretty much "going on its own" business, so there's no need to add more. But I think it was quite cheap at the start, of couse the COVID-19 pandemic has also affected all lines of business, including the esports business. So at that time there was a slight increase, but apart from that now it's pretty good," added Gary Ongko.

So that was Gary Ongko's answer when asked about his experience developing the BOOM ID esports team and how much money had to be spent to form an esports team at that time. Of course there are some other interesting things shared by BOOM ID CEO Gary Ongko, stay tuned for the next DG Cheat article.

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