Razer NeXT Season 2 is coming to an end with a bang!

As Bacolod’s finest, Insight.PH, go up against Cebu’s fighting pride, Arcanys Gaming, in an all-South best-of-five series Grand Finals today (4 p.m., GMT+8).

Coming to this series, Insight.PH are considered as the underdog of the match while Arcanys Gaming is no doubt the fan favorite to take away the title.

Who will bring home the bacon? Follow this live blog for the blow-by-blow updates!

This season is brought to you by Philippine eSports Organization (PeSO) in partnership with Razer Philippines, Friendster, Kingston Hyper-X, Philips and Powercolor.

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This all-South Grand Finals will be shoutcasted by Charles “KaeLiu” Liu! Watch it here:

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GAME ONE: HIT AND CRIT!

Game 1 Draft of the Razer NeXT Season 2 Grand Finals between Bacolod’s Insight.PH and Cebu’s Arcanys Gaming.

[1:22] Insight.PH draws first blood out! Tower kills Insight’s Skywrath in return; 1-1.

[4:30] Arcanys kills Elder Titan in the top lane out from a gank by Dazzle; 3-2 Insight.PH

[5:37] Failed gank attempt by Insight.PH in the middle lane as Dazzle graves himself to salvation; 3-2 Insight.PH

[7:00] Insight’s Elder Titan falls again and Drow Ranger kills Ogre Magi in the middle lane. Arcanys takes the kill lead, 5-3.

[8:13] Arcanys’ Vengeful falls to Ogre Magi and Skywrath after attempting to get the top rune; 5-4 Arcanys.

[8:22] Invoker solo kills Elder Titan in the top lane; 6-4 Arcanys.

[9:00] Huge Clash in bottom lane, it’s a 2 for 3 trade in favor of Insight.PH. Insight’s Phantom Assassin crits too hard! 8-7 Arcanys.

[9:40] Arcanys’ Invoker kills Skywrath Mage in the top lane; 9-7 Arcanys.

[10:30] Middle lane clash, Insight takes two to one trade – killing Drow Ranger and Dazzle for a Rubick; 10-9 Arcanys.

[12:30] Arcanys’ Dazzle falls to Insight’s Skywrath nuke. 10-10.

[13:10] 2 to nil for Insight in the bottom lane after Rubick stole Tidehunter’s Ravage; 12-10 Insight.

[14:45] 3 for 2 trade in favor of Arcanys straight to a Roshan kill; 14-14.

[14:00] Skywrath Mage falls to Arcanys in the bottom rune spot.

[16:15] Clash in the Radiant’s jungle. Phantom Assassin hits and crits Vengeful to death then Insight gets another two kills; 16-15 Insight.

[18:22] RNG! Phantom Assassin crits too much in this game, claiming another double kill in his name; 20-15 Insight.

[18:50] Tidehunter falls to Insight.PH as they scouted him in the Dire jungle; 21-15 Insight.

NET WORTH. 20 minutes in to the game.

[20:00] Arcanys almost team wipes Insight.PH! Claiming the lives of Elder Titan, Skywrath Mage, Ogre Magi and even Phantom Assassin for Tidehunter; 22-20 Insight.PH

[21:12] 1 for 1 trade. Elder Titan for a Dazzle; 23-21 Insight.

[22:35] Invoker destroys Skywrath Mage in the top lane! 24-22 Insight.

[23:00] Arcanys kills Phantom Assassin again together with Ogre Magi; 24-all.

[24:14] Dazzle explodes from Skywrath Mage’s ultimate! 25-24 Insight

Insight takes down their first tower of the game, 25 minutes in.

[26:25] 3 for 1 trade in favor of Arcanys giving them enough space for their second Roshan kill. 26-27 Arcanys

[27:35] Arcanys slays four from Insight! 31-26 Arcanys.

[28:00] Arcanys seizes Insight’s base, taking down the top and middle lane set of barracks.

[28:30] Arcanys’ Invoker is BEYOND GODLIKE!

[31:20] 34-30 kill lead in favor of Arcanys Gaming.

Insight taps out at the 32nd minute mark!

[32:00] Tidehunter blinks in and ravages! Arcanys takes three to nil forcing the GG call from Insight.PH!

GAME TWO: BRISTLE GOT YOUR BACK!

[1:12] Arcanys Gaming draws first blood on Insight’s Meepo. Meanwhile in the top lane Arcanys’ Death Prophet falls to Insight. 1-1.

[3:15] Arcanys’ Io is just in time to bottle up and overcharge Bristleback saving him from death.

[5:25] Arcanys’ Bristleback and Io dives deeper into the Dire’s tier 2 tower in the middle lane picking of Naga Siren. Io falls short after. 4-2 Insight.PH

[6:30] Clash in the middle lane. Two to one trade in favor of Arcanys; 5-4 Insight.PH

[7:35] Bristleback doing the work for Arcanys as they take two again from Insight.PH; 6-5 Arcanys.

[10:00] Bottom lane clash! Arcanys’ Slark and Jakiro fell to Insight.PH taking the kill lead once again, 7-6.

[12:18] Too much aggression from Bristleback and Io’s caused their death. 9-7 Insight.PH

[13:00] Arcanys on the move. Three to nil trade in favor of them; 9-all.

CLEAN SWEEP. Arcanys takes the last outer tower – tier 2 top lane tower – of Insight.PH

[16:20] Arcanys seizes Insight’s top lane barracks. Kills three in the process along with their first set of barracks. 12-9 Arcanys.

KNOCK KNOCK. Arcanys seizes Insight.PH top lane barracks.

[18:39] Bottom lane clash. Three to one trade in favor of the Cebuanos! 15-10 Arcanys.

[19:33] Another four to one trade for Cebuanos! Looks like ‘game’ for now. 19-12 Arcanys.

[20:45] It’s just too much for Bacolod’s Insight.PH. They tapped out at the 20th minute mark!

20 MINUTES. Arcanys Gaming’s pushing power is too much for Insight.PH as they take game 2 of the Razer NeXT Season 2 Grand Finals, leading the series 2-0.

GAME THREE: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

GAME 3 of the Razer NeXT Season 2 Grand Finals. Arcanys leads the series, 2-0.

[0:55] Arcanys draws first blood on Insight’s Invoker!

[2:30] Insight’s Invoker falls again in the bottom lane; 2-0 Arcanys.

[3:50] Insight’s Razor drains and kills Arcanys’ Vengeful Spirit; 3-1 Arcanys.

EARLY AGGRESSION. Arcanys showing early aggression in the game 3.

[4:45] Arcanys showing early aggression. Two for one trade in favor of the Cebuanos in the bottom lane.  5-2 Arcanys.

[5:52] PUCKED! Puck dies out from a gank by Arcanys’ Vengeful spirit; 6-2 Arcanys.

[6:45] Arcanys takes two kills again;9-2 Arcanys.

[7:00] Puck kills vengeful spirit in the middle lane; 9-3 Arcanys.

[7:36] Arcanys’ Elder Titan picks off Ogre Magi in the middle lane! 10-3 Arcanys.

[8:40] Vengeful falls again, but Arcanys takes two as a trade. 12-4 Arcanys.

[10:00] Insight finding another pick off; 12-5 Arcanys.

[11:00] Vengeful caught and dead again but Arcanys’ Lycan takes two in the process.

[11:32]Puck kills off Lycan and Mirana in return.

[11:35] Lycan’s wolves picks off Ogre magi in the back line.

[12:00] 15-8 kill lead in favor of Arcanys.

[13:08] Insight catches Arcanys in the bottom rune spot. Picks off two from the Cebuanos.

[13:25] Lycan finishes Roshan.

[13:40] Lycan takes three in the back line!

[13:45] Puck kills Mirana.

[14:00] 18-11 kill score in favor of Arcanys.

Lycan leads the net worth, 15 minutes in the game.

[15:18] Four for one trade for Arcanys. Elder Titan’s third skill + dagon doing some work.

[16:00] Arcanys poses a 10-kill lead. 22-12.

[17:11] Insight caught Elder Titan offguard in the Radiant Jungle; 22-13 Arcanys.

[17:30] Arcanys’ Dragon Knight succeeds in sneaking the dying tier 3 tower middle lane of Insight.PH but dies in the process; 22-14 Arcanys.

[18:18] Vengeful falls! 22-15 Arcanys.

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? Lycan on the loose!

[19:00] BUS YAN! 5-man wipe by Arcanys gaming but loses two of their team; 27-17 Arcanys.

[20:17] Another clash in the middle lane. 3 for 2 trade. 30-19 kill score in favor of Arcanys.

[21:11] DAGON-ed. Mirana falls. 30-20 Arcanys.

[21:50] Clash in top lane. 3 for 1 trade. ET’s dagon doing great work.

[22:10] The rest of Arcanys catches two inside Insight’s base making it a five-man wipe.

[22:30] 35-21 kill score in favor of Cebuanos.

[23:00] SEIZE! Arcanys just playing around Insight’s base taking barracks after barracks.

[24:00] 39-23 kill score, Arcanys.

BITE! BITE! Lycan is just unstoppable.

[25:14] ACTION PACKED middle game. Buybacks after buybacks. Clash after clash. 42-29 kill score, Arcanys.

BLOODBATH. Buybacks after buybacks. Kills after kills.

[26:00] Insight cant contain all the pressure. It’s a series sweep for the Cebuanos!

CLEAN SWEEP. Arcanys Gaming is your Razer NeXT Season 2 Champions!

Arcanys Gaming is your Razer NeXT Season 2 Champion!

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