Day X
A short cut of what actually happened that day. Scrims, wins, losses, invoices.
TikTok, Instagram, ShortsAres United is a competitive esports organization with no outside capital and no investors. It is funded by the people who watch it, it pays creators and players out of that money in the same month it arrives, and it publishes the whole ledger every month whether the month went well or not.
The usual story goes like this. One person funds it out of pocket, or one sponsor covers a season. Players are asked to wait on payments, or to pay their own entry fees, or to accept a seat that pays nothing because the exposure is supposed to be worth it. Then the money runs out and the org disappears, and nobody outside ever sees the numbers that explain why.
We did not want to build another one of those, so we started from the only question that matters: where does the money actually come from, and can we show it to you? Everything else here follows from answering that honestly.
Each of these has a number attached to it in the monthly report, which means you can check whether we did it rather than take our word for it.
Council dues, not investment. Nobody owns a piece of this in exchange for money, which keeps us out of securities territory and keeps the org able to make its own calls.
02A fixed share goes straight back out the same month as gifted subs to creators, roster costs, and entry fees. It is not sitting in an account waiting for a rainy day.
03Full profit and loss every month, including every creator payout by name and amount, and including the months we came up short.
04Jersey colours, team names, charity picks, merch direction, roster shortlists at the higher ranks. Non binding, genuinely listened to, and the outcome published either way.
Plenty of orgs use we to sound bigger than they are. This one is small, it is a single owner company, and that is stated here rather than discovered later.
Chandler owns and runs Ares United. Contracts, financial decisions and operational calls sit with him, which is exactly what the Council FAQ says and exactly how a single owner company works. What the Council gets is real input on direction and a published record of every decision, not a share of the company.
[Your story goes here. Why you started this, what you did before it, and what makes you think it can work. Two or three sentences in your own voice will do more than anything I could write for you.]
If the model works, the receipts are the proof. If it does not, the receipts are still the proof, and that is the part most orgs would rather skip.
A short cut of what actually happened that day. Scrims, wins, losses, invoices.
TikTok, Instagram, ShortsThe long form recap. What we tried, what broke, and what it cost to find out.
YouTubeOne open question to the Council. The vote settles it, and The Decision explains the outcome.
Discord, CouncilThe full profit and loss statement, plus every creator payout listed by name.
Site, YouTubeEither way you will see the numbers. The Council is how you fund it and how you get a say in it, and it starts at whatever you are comfortable with.