eSports Champion Team Korea (CDN PHOTO/CHRISTIAN MANINGO)
It was a tough international e-sports competition among players of six countries yesterday, but Cebu’s team Arcanys managed to place third in the DotA 2 tournament, following teams from South Korea (first place) and Manila (second place).
Manila’s “MSI evoGT” team almost edged out South Korea’s “MVP.Phoenix,” who grabbed the US$ 5,000-prize for the champion.
Manila settled for the US$3,000-prize for the second spot, and Cebu’s team went home with US$2,000.
The international e-sports was the first tournament in the Philippines.
It was considered the championship games for the Asian competition.
The events, which also gathered participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia and Thailand, were held for three days at the SM Trade Hall.
The team who won first and second places are now qualified to compete in the world e-sports tournament in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan on November 12 to 17 to vie for a combined prize pool of US$110,000.
Cebu’s MSI Philippines finishes at second place (CDN PHOTO/CHRISTIAN MANINGO)
Winners in the other e-games, which were participated in by local players, are:
Hearthstone:
3rd place: DJ Hernandez
2nd place: Raymond Tambis
1st place: Madz Colong
StarCraft 2:
3rd place: Agent Orange
2nd place: Meta EXE
1st place: Gamevolution Chu
Ultra Street Fighter 4:
3rd place: Wawa Dy
2nd place: 64mb Bully
1st place: SVG Don
Tekken Tag Tournament 2:
3rd place: Jeremy
2nd place: Chiong
1st place: svgEllite Gogoy
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