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Day 1 of The International is always the hardest – we see 4 Lower Bracket teams eliminated in unceremonious BO1s. And in this TI, it feels like it was worse as everyone seemed to be competitive in their own right. Yesterday, I put some predictions down. The seeding made sense to me, and the teams that chose their matchups ideally...
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Main Event – Day 1 Schedule The International 2018 has delivered so far with great games, and very close standings – especially the crazy Group B fiesta. With the Group Stage results, we saw Invictus Gaming and Pain Gaming take an early exit out of the tournament. The top upper bracket teams (Team Liquid and VGJ.Storm) then had the...
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Singapore competing in Hyperplay – [Credit: Hyperplay 2018] On 4 August 2018, Singapore’s Sovereign (SVR) put an a commendable performance against the then-undefeated Vietnam’s Super Star Destroyers (SSD) in the Singapore Indoor Stadium in front of thousands of fans. They ultimately lost to SSD 2-0 but they most definitely won...
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An Epic Grand Finals It was a showdown in the Grand Finals of Hyperplay as Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur Hunters upset the then-undefeated Vietnam Super Star Destroyers. Coming in as the favorites, the Super Star Destroyers immediately showed signs of weakness as KLH took control of Game 1 by taking away SSD’s Jayce. Not to be outdone, SSD...
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Vietnam swept Singapore 2-0 in the Hyperplay semi-finals last evening at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Game 2 in particular was hard fought by both sides as the momentum shifted back and forth. For a long while during the mid game, no one could tell who would win. While defending their base late game, the Super Star Destroyers caught a few...
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Earlier today, Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur Hunters faced off against Phlippines’ Acclaim EmpireX in the Semi-Finals of Hyperplay. In it, Philippines took the first game against KLH, but KLH came back swinging, taking a close Game 2 before hitting the final nail in the coffin in Game 3 as Ozoraveki took a Quadra Kill. We spoke to KLH after...
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Last Sunday, the Singapore Qualifiers for Globe Conquerors Manila (GCM) culminated in a showdown of the two powerhouses Sovereign and Resurgence once again. Only this time, Resurgence; true to their name, came back to take back their title as King of Singapore in a clean 3-0 sweep. We speak to Resurgence Coach Jia Lun “Rayne” Ang on...
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Paris Saint-Germain’s men’s team will be on its summer tour from the 25th July to the 4th August 2018. The team will be in Singapore from the 25th July to 1st August where they will participate in the International Champions Cup (ICC) against Arsenal (28th July) and Atletico (30th July) before making its way to Shenzhen, China to compete in the...
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Singtel held a media conference yesterday to announce their historic venture into esports: PVP Esports Championship. Here’s a quick rundown of the details: Held on 5-7 October 2018, Suntec City Convention Centre (2 Halls) Games: Arena of Valor, Dota2, Hearthstone Total Prize Pool of USD300,000 to be spread across 2 games: Arena of Valor by...
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Just as everyone is enjoying/disliking the chaos that is Patch 8.11 in all regions, Rift Rivals have unknowingly crept close. In just over a week, teams all over the globe will travel to their designated locations and duke it out for regional pride. In today’s article, I will attempt to break down Rift Rivals Red and give you a better...
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Sovereign pulled out the Nunu-Karthus strategy in Game 1, finding clutch fights that eventually broke the camel’s back.
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The lion’s share of the USD 100,000 pool is on the line The best PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) squads from six countries in Southeast Asia determined from their respective National Championships are now heading into the final stretch of the PUBG Southeast Asia Championship Presented by ROG and Intel. Only Thailand has yet to determine...
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