I only attended the 3rd and last day to watch the Championship games but I came without much expectations since I thought that the eSports scene was on a decline. But as soon as I entered the trade hall I was stunned by how many spectators the event drew and contrary to what I thought the eSports scene was actually getting bigger! As usual there was the cosplay event, the rig competition and the beautiful creatures called “booth babes”.As for the games included there was Hearthstone, Street Fighter 4, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Star Craft 2 and the much awaited Dota 2. Dota 2 was the main event once again with participants from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, South Korea, Manila and our Local team Arcanys. Arcanys dominated Group B having a flawless 3-0 record while MVP from South Korea took 2nd place. In the other group The Prime (Indonesia) and MSI-EvoGT (Manila) upset one of the favorites coming into this tournament Mith.Trust (Thailand) and Orange Esports (Malaysia) both ending up with a score of 2-1.
In the elimination round MSI-EvoGT won two close fought battles with both games reaching 60+mins beating our local heroes from Arcanys 2-0 and therefore were headed for the finals. On the other hand MVP didn’t have it easy either finishing off The Prime 2-1 making it South Korea vs Philippines for the finals. The crowd was kinda down after our local heroes have fallen, but still everybody went on to watch the finals and cheer on our countrymen from Manila. MVP went on to win the first game but MSI bounced back making the crowd go wild. However during the final game the Koreans displayed their skill and composure beating our friends from Manila and winning the ieSF Asian Championship.
The crowd was kinda down after our local heroes have fallen, but still everybody went on to watch the finals and cheer on our countrymen from Manila.
Winners for all the games:
Dota2:
3rd place: Arcanys (Cebu)
2nd place: MSI-EvoGT (Manila)
1st place: MVP Phoenix (South Korea)
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
It was another great event and props to Brian Lim, Tryke, Gamevolution, Cheap Rigs, the sponsors and especially the crowd and players for making this such a great experience. Esports is much more than just playing video games, it’s about getting to know people all around the world sharing one passion and one love. Through Esports I made a lot of precious friends all over the world and I pray and hope that one day society and the government will finally change their way of thinking that video games only lead to violence and students cutting classes. Thanks for everybody making the event possible and I hope to see you guys around next year again!
