Mineski Pro Gaming League Season VI Blog – Day One
The Philippine eSports 2014 calendar is gearing towards its end, but not without a loud bang from the sixth season of the Mineski Pro Gaming League (MPGL) Southeast Asian (SEA) Grand Finals. For two days, 14 of the best teams in Southeast Asia will compete for the lion’s share of approximately P1.3 million ($29,444.65), which is by far the biggest prize pool in the history of Philippine eSports. The growth of the base prize pool of P1 million was made possible by the contributions of the community via Dota TV ticket sales, Mineski gear sales and donations. The prize distribution will be as follows:
1st Place: P794,475.55 ($17,666.79)
2nd Place: P331,031.37 ($7,361.16)
3rd Place: P198,619.00 ($4,416.70)
For those who want to get in on the action, feel free to join us here at the Skydome in SM City North Edsa where freebies also await!
Image source: Mineski.net
If you can’t head over to the event venue, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with a live blog by the Philippine eSports Organization (PeSO). Check back here from time to time for live updates of what’s happening at the MPGL Season VI SEA Grand Finals. Make sure you also follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more updates.
Livestream links are as follows:
Mineski TV
Mineski International
HeflaTV
The brackets so far
After an amazing run by Vietnamese team Nvdia Aces topping group stage A, they made it to the winner’s bracket with three Philippine teams. You can read more about the group stages here.
Check out the bracket before the action starts on day one:
Image Source: Mineski.net
Day one has officially begun!
The wait is over. The first day of the MPGL VI SEA Grand Finals has officially kicked off with the Philippine national anthem, Team introductions and speeches by Mineski CEO Ronald Robins and Gigabyte Regional Director Danny Chan.
We’ll be uploading a full gallery for the event at our Facebook page so make sure to watch out for that!
Spotted: the youngest MPGL VI SEA Grand Finals attendee
Kids are not a rarity in eSports events here in the Philippines, but this is by far the youngest attendee we’ve ever seen in an eSports event — one-month-old baby boy Ur Domingo. Now it’s normal to assume that both his parents play Dota 2, right? Well, we had a little chat with them and found out that the gamer parent is actually the mom, Dorcas Domingo, who has been a Dota player for almost five years. Her husband, Kyle Domingo, on the other hand, is not a Dota player so Ur assumed that she would be attending the MPGL VI alone. He surprised her, however, by showing up at the Sky Dome, SM City North Edsa to watch the MPGL VI with her!
So which team are they rooting for? Ur believes Rave can take this. Will she be right?
Rave deals Nvdia Aces its first loss, MSI defeats MVP.Hot6ix
After a flawless run in the group stages, Vietnamese team Nvdia Aces experienced its first loss at the hands of the Korea-based Filipino team Rave. The tide seemed to favor the Vietnamese team early on, but it was the very impressive and game-changing Chronospheres that paved the way to victory. Rave took team fight after team fight, which eventually forced out the GGs from Nvdia Aces. Now the question is can the Pinoys take game two or did the Vietnamese lose this battle to win the war?
Meanwhile, in the loser’s bracket bubble race, Filipino team MSI.EVO GT TRIC defeats Korean team MVP.Hot6ix
Rave ends Nvdia Aces winning streak
Rave has done it. The Korea-based Philippine team has successfully ended Nvdia Aces’ winning streak with a 2-0 win in the winner’s bracket.
MSI.Evo GT TRIC (PH) upsets one of the notorious Philippine team slayers, Mith.Trust (TH)
The Philippine ultimate wildcard winner is just one game away from securing their top 6 spot. MSI.Evo GT TRIC will go up against Insidious Idol of Indonesia, the final match in the group B ladder bracket.
Related articles:
- Vietnam Tops MPGL 6 Group a, 3 Philippine Teams in Top 6
- Holyman: “Nvdia Aces Is Surprising Everyone”
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