Three SEA Telcos Join Hands for Gaming Dev


  Southeast Asian gamers can expect better gaming services experience in the next year as three major telcos in the region joined hands with this aim. The joint venture made by SK Telcom Co. of South Korea together with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Singtel) and Advanced Info Service Public Company Ltd. (AIS) of Thailand aims to provide better gaming services by connecting to leading international game developers. In a press release by Singtel on Monday, March 9, CEO Mr. Arthur Lang of Singtel’s International Group recognized the appeal of digital entertainment to its customers. “In the past two years, we’ve worked with various partners in the gaming ecosystem on regional esports efforts, such as PVP Esports, to connect with Gen Z...

Top 5 Most-Watched Esports Events


  Unbeknownst to some, millions of people actually flock the stadiums just to watch their favorite esports tournament. In the past four years, the World Championships has been topping the charts in terms of viewership. Collectively, there were over 458.8 million esports viewers worldwide in 2019. This is according to Newzoo’s 2019 Global Esports Market Report. In this list, we will give you the top five most-watched esports events of all time, with statistics from Esports Charts. ELEAGUE Major 2017 Held last January 22-29, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, the ELEAGUE Major in 2017, the 10th Major Championship Event of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The major was organized by the ELEAGUE Corporation. This major saw the rise of Astralis...

ESL One Los Angeles groups and opening matches announced


ESL One Los Angeles 2020 is almost here, and the hype is getting on as the organizers have announced the groups and opening matches earlier today, March 11. The groups will be as followed: Group A Natus Vincere Royal Never Give Up Team Secret Thunder Predator Opening Matches: Team Secret vs Thunder Predator Natus Vincere vs Royal Never Give Up This group is interesting with Team Secret in the mix, a favorite team that might win the Major. It will be a toss-up on who will be second in this group as Natus Vincere showed interesting strategies during the CIS Closed Qualifiers and RNG showing promise by losing only one map during the China Closed Qualifiers. Thunder Predator will have...

Education in Esports


  Tier One Entertainment has teamed up with Lyceum of the Philippines University to develop a bachelor’s program in esports. No doubt this will be a serious degree to consider for people, especially teenagers who dedicate most of their time playing video games.  In fact, the wait may not be so long since Tier One CEO Tryke Gutierrez said that the course is 80% done. Future students have two tracks to choose from, either Game Design or Esports Management. Now, one can earn money while playing video games. This undertaking may bring in a whole new definition to the phrase, “kaka-kompyuter mo ‘yan!”     The Staffordshire University for one is the first university in the United Kingdom to offer...

Aster.Fade not sure if team can go to ESL Major


  Team Aster successfully qualified for ESL One Los Angeles 2020 after winning the Starladder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3, but visa issues with three of their players might forfeit their team to the big event. Pan "Fade" Yi laughing with Kee Chyuan "ChYuan" Ng during DreamLeague Season 13 Aster’s team captain Pan “Fade” Yi expressed this concern in Weibo posted right after their win. Part of the post said, “I’m glad to win the minor, but now the visa is a bit troublesome, I don’t know if I can go to the major” along with three crying emojis. Fade's post on weibo after their win Song “Sccc” Chun (Position 1), Kee Chyuan “ChYuan” Ng (Position 2) and Ye “BoBoKa” Zhibiao (Position...

Adroit.Boomy VISA Application denied


by: Bob Tagulob Adroit will be playing in ESL One Los Angeles 2020 without their captain, Marvin "Boomy" Rushton as his application for US Visa was denied.  Team Adroit will be playing with a stand-in for the upcoming major and this player will be announced soon. The ESL One Los Angeles 2020 will start on March 15 with a $1,000,000 prize pool and 15,000 DPC Points in total. https://twitter.com/AdroitDota/status/1236887017104896000 According to Boomy, he feels that his application was not approved because he made a mistake when he filled out the form. This is very sad news for Adroit fans as they showed a lot of promise in the major closed qualifiers where they qualified for the major even though they...

Team Aster bags StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3 Championship


by: Bob Tagulob Team Aster dominated the tournament after losing only one map in the whole duration of Starladder ImbaTV Dota2 Minor Season 3. In the playoffs, Team Aster defeated Alliance and Gambit in straight games before entering the finals where they faced Alliance who grind their way from the to reach the Finals from the lower bracket where they defeated BOOM Esports and Gambit in straight games as well. In the finals, Team Aster showed their dominance in Game 1 and Game 2 and it seemed like they will sweep the whole tournament in Game 3. However, Alliance found their success in Game 3 as they gave Team Aster their first loss of the tournament.  In the following game,...

Fighting Pandas are acquired by CR4ZY


By: Bob Tagulob A few weeks before the minor, Fighting Pandas faced some difficult times after Jacky ‘EternaLEnVy’ Mao and Jingjun ‘Sneyking’ Wu left the team. With the team down to 3 players, the organization started to look for players that will be able to fill the void that was left by the departing players.  Fighting Pandas found Oliver ‘skiter’ Lepko and Maurice ‘KheZu’ Gutmann to complete their roster. With the roster now completed, this team has started to get ready for the minor this coming March 5-8, 2020. They also dropped the Fighting Pandas name. CR4ZY took over the former Fighting Pandas team. This organization was known for its CS:GO team and later on, they sold their CS:GO team...

Where is the first team to win The International?


by: Bob Tagulob Natus Vincere is the first team to win The International. Winning the first million-dollar in Dota2 history is certainly a big victory and a major success in their lives. This lineup consists of Ivan "Artstyle" Antonov, Danil "Dendi" Ishutin, Dmitriy "LighTofHeaveN" Kupriyanov, Clement "Puppey" Ivanov, and Alexander "XBOCT" (pronounced hwoʊst) Dashkevich. Led by Artstyle, this lineup became known for their aggressive playstyle, wombo combo plays, and amazing plays from all over the map. Their legendary plays are all over the internet but the question is, after winning the first “The International”, where are the members of this legendary team at this moment? Dendi and Puppey still continue to pursue their journey as a player Let’s start with the most famous player in...

Natus Vincere dominates the IEM Katowice Playoffs


By: Bob Tagulob Na’Vi impressed the world with their skills during the playoffs with perfect execution and fantastic individual performances as they did not lose a map during the playoffs of IEM Katowice 2020 Playoffs.   During their match against #3 ranked in the world Team Liquid, s1mple had a duel against EliGE during the whole match as they both top fragged their respective teams. s1mple had an 86 ADR while EliGE had 101.8 ADR. Although EliGE technically won his duel against s1mple, s1mple got the nod in this duel as Na’Vi winning the match in 2-0 fashion as they won Dust2(16-11) and Mirage (16-13). After winning against Team Liquid, they have a bigger task at hand because waiting in the...

IEM Katowice’s Playoffs have sudden changes


by: Bob Tagulob The playoffs of IEM Katowice will be played behind closed doors due to the Silesian Governor's concerns amid the coronavirus outbreak, it has been announced. Even though there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Poland, this decision was made and surprised people as Katowice city and ESL assured that the event will continue according to what has been planned.   As of the moment, ESL is contacting ticket holders to give them a full refund due to the sudden change of this tournament. The original plan to prevent this outbreak is that the would implement mandatory health checks for every ticket holder to potentially refrain ticket holders with high temperatures from entering the venue.    This...

Can the Philippines host The International 2021?


By: Bob Tagulob With Valve announcing that The International 2021 is open for hosting proposals for the biggest Dota 2 event in 2021, do you think we can have this event here in the Philippines? Venue Philippine Arena Front View in Bulacan In terms of places that can handle this big event, I do believe that Philippine Sports Arena is most suited of being the place that will handle this event due to the number of people that it can accommodate may reach up to 55,000 people and a lot of extracurricular activity can be accomplished in this venue.  Fans Filipino fans cheering during Manila Major 2016 Filipino dota2 fans are the best in the world, as shown in the...

Boston Celtics team is retiring Kevin Garnett’s number in honor of his great career


The Boston Celtics announced that the NBA Champion in 2007-2008 season and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame finalist, Kevin Garnett, will retire his jersey number (5) in next season. He will be joining with other Celtics legends who also receive the team's topmost honor. Kevin Garnett's number will be elevated in the TD Garden rafters in next season campaign for Bolton Celtics.   https://twitter.com/celtics/status/1228125029604392962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1228125029604392962&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2Farticle%2F2020%2F02%2F13%2Fceltics-will-retire-kevin-garnett-number-official-release   After the announcement of his jersey retirement Kevin Garnett express his gratitude in a statement https://twitter.com/TimBontemps/status/1228127142053060608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1228127142053060608&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fceltics-to-retire-kevin-garnetts-jersey-during-the-2020-21-season%2F   When he was traded to Boston Celtics from Minnesota Timberwolves in 2007-2008 season. He made five All-Star games out of his six season in Celtics, And selected three All-Defensive First Team honors, one All-Defensive Second team honor,...

Devin Booker will replace Damian Lillard in NBA All-star game and 3-point contest


Phoenix Suns' guard Devin Booker will replace the injured Damian Lillard in this weekend's NBA All-Star Game and 3-point contest. Damian Lillard suffered a right groin strain in late 4th quarter against Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. Damian Lillard said after the game that he would not compete in either the 3-point contest or All-star game. Damian Lillard also said that he would like to see a deserving player like Devin Booker in his interview after the game. Booker was one of the notable player who was snubbed in all-star game in last month announcement. https://twitter.com/NBCSNorthwest/status/1227798601155448832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1227798601155448832&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fdamian-lillard-to-miss-all-star-game-and-3-point-contest-due-to-groin-strain-devin-booker-named-replacement%2F   Devin Booker earned his first NBA All-star selection in his fifth season. The former Kentucky star was becoming the Sun's first all-star since...

The big men for Gilas Pilipinas announced


Gilas team manager Gabby Cui on Tuesday confirmed that Alaska frontliners Vic Manuel and Abu Tratter are joining the pool gearing up for the first window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers against Thailand on February 20 and Indonesia on February 23. Together with Phoenix Pulse's Justin Chua, the 6-foot-4 Manuel and the 6-foot-7 Tratter completed the troika of new-arrived bigs for the Nationals, who were hit by withdrawals from NorthPort's Christian Stanhardinger, Blackwater's Mac Belo and Barangay Ginebra's Japeth Aguilar. Standhardinger and Belo begged off to continue rehab on their injured knee while Aguilar declined so he can go on his honeymoon. The new additions join the original cast of Poy Erram, Isaac Go, Marc Pringis, and Troy Rosario...

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