by Rav | May 27, 2019 | Esports News Sinhala
ඩිජිටල් යටිතල පහසුකම් සහ තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය අජිත් පී. පෙරේරා මහතා Financial Times ඉංග්‍රීසි පුවත්පතට ලිපියක් ලිවීම සඳහා තම දායකත්වය ලබාදී ඇත. මෙම ලිපියෙහි මාතෘකාව වී ඇත්තේ “ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාව සහ Dota 2 පරිගණක ක්‍රීඩාවට එක සමාන ලෙස ප්‍රවර්ධනය කල යුතුය” (Cricket and DOTA 2: Should be equally promoted for similar reasons) යන්නයි. මෙහිදී අදහස් දක්වමින් අමාත්‍ය වරයා පවසා ඇත්තේ Dota 2 අතීතයේ Cricket මෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල මුල් අවදියේ තිබෙන අතර එකල Cricket මෙන් දෙමාපියන් මේ දෙස බලන්නේ තම දරුවන්ගේ කාලය කා දැමීමක් ලෙස බවත්ය.
පරිගණක ක්‍රීඩා යනු ඇබ්බැහි වීමක් සහ කාලය නාස්ති කිරීමක් නොවේද? අප අපගේ දරුවන් මෙයින් ඈත් කරගත යුතු නොවේද? පුදුමයට කරුණ වන්නේ මේ ආකාරයෙන්ම අප තරුණ කාලයේ ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාව සඳහාද දෝෂාරෝපණ එල්ල වීමයි. මීට දශක තුනකට පමණ පෙර දෙමාපියන්ට අවශ්‍යය වුයේ තම දරුවන් වැඩි වේලාවක් පිට්ටනියට වඩා පොත් පත් සමග ගත කරනු දැකීමටයි. ඔවුන් Bat සහ බෝල සඟවා ඔවුන්ට සෙල්ලම් කල හැකි කාලය සීමා කළා.
ක්‍රිකට් පුහුණු වීම සඳහා සහභාගී වූ දරුවන්ව ගුරුවරුන් විසින් අධෛර්යමත් කලා.එපමණක් නොව මේ දරුවන්ව පන්ති කාමරය ඉදිරියේ ලජ්ජාවට පත් කලා.අවුරුදු 16 දරුවෙක් අන්තර් විද්‍යාල මහා ක්‍රිකට් තරඟයකදී ශතකයක් ලබා ගැනීමට වඩා සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගයෙන් D සාමාර්ථ 8ක් ලබා ගැනීම මොවුන් දෙපාර්ශවයේම සිහිනය වී තිබුණා. සුළු දෙමාපියන් සහ ගුරුවරුන් පිරිසක් තම දරුවන්ට අන්තර් විද්‍යාල මහා ක්‍රිකට් තරඟ සඳහා සහභාගී වීමට අවසර දුන්නත් එසේ අවසර ලබාදුන්නේ ඔවුන් සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගයෙන් අසමත් වීම නැතිනම් ඒ කාලයේ හැදින්වූ ආකාරයට “ලයිට් කණු” 8ක් ලබා නොගන්නවානම් පමණි.
Esports දැනට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වේගයෙන්ම ව්‍යාප්ත වන ක්‍රීඩාව වේ. Gamer.LK Esports ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල සහ දකුණු ආසියාව තුල ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමට පෙරමුණ ගෙන කටයුතු කරයි.
සම්පුර්ණ ලිපිය කියවීම සඳහා Financial Times වෙබ් අඩවිය වෙත පිවිසෙන්න :
http://www.ft.lk/columns/Cricket-and-DOTA-2—Should-be-equally-promoted-for-similar-reasons/4-678728
by Rav | May 26, 2019 | News
Ajith P. Perera, minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology has co-written an article in the Financial Times titled “Cricket and DOTA 2: Should be equally promoted for similar reasons”. In it he compares DOTA 2 to early stages of Cricket in Sri Lanka, and how Cricket itself was frowned upon by the general populace as a waste of their children’s time.
But online games are time wasting and addictive. Aren’t they? Shouldn’t we keep our children away from them? Interestingly, this was almost the same complaint against cricket during our own teenage days – more than three decades ago. Parents wanted their children to spend more time with books, rather than in turf. They hid bats and balls. They assigned time restrictions for the play.
Teachers discouraged those students who went for cricket practice. Such students were publicly humiliated in class. 16 year olds getting 8Ds at GCE (O/Ls), rather than scoring a century at Big Match, was the dream of both groups. Play best y8 games at the website. Y8 games online play this games, relax, have fun. Some parents and few teachers approved playing for big match, but certainly not at the cost of getting 8 ‘light kanu’– that was how we called failures at O/Ls.
Esports is currently the fastest growing sport in Sri Lanka with Gamer.LK at the forefront of promoting the sport in Sri Lanka and in South Asia.
Read the full article on the Financial Times website:
http://www.ft.lk/columns/Cricket-and-DOTA-2—Should-be-equally-promoted-for-similar-reasons/4-678728
by Rav | May 7, 2019 | News
Gamer.LK in partnership with Maharaja Television (MTV) and Maharaja Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) will be taking Esports to television for the first time in Sri Lanka. The TV deal will commence with the Inter-University Esports Championship happening in June and continue for Gamer.LK’s bigger events scheduled throughout the year.
The partnership brings Gamer.LK’s Esports and digital entertainment expertise with MTV/MBC’s traditional media experience to position what is currently the fastest growing sport in Sri Lanka to a large television audience. The Inter-University Esports Championship is slated to be one of the most-watched youth-events during the period.
The Inter-University event will be held on the 1st and 2nd June at Stein Studios, where over 40 universities are expected to take part in the qualifier. The top 2 performing universities will qualify for a grand-finals held on the 15th June.
“We’re excited to bring Esports to television audiences in Sri Lanka, and are happy that MTV/MBC recognised the potential of the growing Esports scene in the country. Sri Lankans use both traditional media and digital to watch content that they love, and being able to position Esports on both mediums fits perfectly in our strategy to take Esports to the masses.” said Raveen Wijayatilake, CEO of Gamer.LK
With coverage on both traditional media and digital media, brands have a unique opportunity to reach a dedicated millennial demographic that is normally hard to reach. Globally, audiences between 18-35 are watching more Video Game content and less traditional sports, which is a trend being seen in Sri Lanka as well.
“As Sri Lankas leading media network we have recognised the exciting developments across Esports and mobile. These new disruptive developments across the industry gives us the opportunity to enter the arena with Gamer.LK and support this industry. Being future focused we are confident this collaboration will enhance its accessibility and interest among a wider audience segment.” – Nedra Weerasinghe – Group Director Electronic Media Business MTV/MBC
Gamer.LK has the Mercantile Esports Championship, Inter-School Esports Championship and 2 other yet un-announced large-scale Esports events planned for the year.
by Rav | May 5, 2019 | News
The South Asia Champions Cup organised by Global Esports is a League of Legends tournament open to teams from South Asia. The event has a INR 75,000 prize pool and has 32 teams from across the region taking part. The Sri Lankan teams taking part are:
- PnX | Deiyo
- PnX | Lanka Lions
- PnX | R [ 3 ] D
- nA | Phase
The phase 1 group stage of the tournament can be followed here:
https://leagueindia.challonge.com/south_asia_champions_cup_phase_1
The InGame Esports facebook page will be streaming the Sri Lankan matches here:
https://www.facebook.com/ingameesports/live
by Rav | Apr 18, 2019 | News
The SLT eSports Women’s Cyber Games organised by Gamer.LK is happening this weekend at Colombo City Centre and everyone’s excited to see who’ll take the top spots at the tournament. We have had women’s league in previous tournaments, but this is the first time an event is completely dedicated for female Esports athletes. Also, there’s a Rs. 100,000 prize pool up for grabs, distributed amongst the top 8 players of the tournament – exciting stuff! We’ve put together a list of women Esports athletes who you should keep an eye out for at the tournament – these girls have performed well at previous tournament and are bound to rack up some good points with their previous tournament experience!
Himasha ‘HiMA’ Perera
With a strong history in Esports, Himasha ‘HiMA’ Perera from Noob Alliance is a top contender for the 1st place title at the Women’s Cyber Games. Having multiple podium finishes at both the SLT Esports Tournament and SLCG, she’s a force to be reckoned with. She’s won the 2nd place title for both Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat XL at SLCG, as well as the 1st place title for Need for Speed at SLCG. She has also competed in the Call of Duty 4 tournament at SLCG.
Tharaki ‘Ivy’ Wackwella
Another contender from Noob Alliance, Tharaki ‘Ivy’ Wackwella has shown great potential at the SLT Esports tournament, placing 3rd for both Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat XL. She is also a Call of Duty 4 player and took part at SLCG. We look forward to seeing her perform at full capacity at the Women’s Cyber Games.
Sewwandi ‘Cindy’ Liyanage
A highly notorious name in the Sri Lankan community, Sewwandi ‘Cindy’ Liyanage from Tech Morph is yet another strong contender to look out for at the Women’s Cyber Games. A highly skilled FPS player, Cindy is infamous for carving her name out in the Call of Duty 4 community by ruthlessly beating the competition in a male-dominated game and made her presence felt by everyone. Now an Esports veteran who often plays in open tournaments, Cindy has her sights locked on the Women’s Cyber Games.
Kavindee ‘Vinky’ Kariyawasam
A regular participant for Mario Kart, Kavindee ‘Vinky’ Kariyawasam from Noob Alliance has shown great prowess in the title. Winning 2nd and 3rd places at the SLT Esports tournament and SLCG, Vinky’s performance has been near consistent. Not only does Vinky specialize in racing games, but she also competes in COD4.
Laroshi ‘chix0r’ Ganegoda
Laroshi Ganegoda aka chix0r has been around for quite a while. A standalone competitor with no allegiance to any clan, chix0r is no stranger to competitive Esports in Sri Lanka. A regular at Esport events, she started participating in competitive Esports in 2015 and has won many titles over the years. Consistent at the Women’s League, chix0r has won places at the SLT Esports tournament and SLCG for Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat XL.
Kasuni ‘Teehee’ Lokuarachchi
Teehee, another Noob Alliance player, captained the winning Call of Duty 4 team at SLCG last year. With her COD4 skills, it’s a sure shot for her to put some high points on the board in the Call of Duty 4 segment. The question comes in whether she can pull her weight in the other titles which she hasn’t got a podium finish before.
Notable mentions
These players are notable mentions because they’ve won events in the past, but unfortunately the titles they’ve won aren’t being played at the Women’s Cyber Games. It’ll be Project Cars in simulator racing format, which is different from the keyboard competition for Need For Speed played at previous SLCG and SLT events.
Dhinelka Anthony (Phoenix Gaming) – 1st place for Need For Speed SLCG
Tharushi Liyanage (Maximum Esports) – 2nd place for Need for Speed at SLCG and 3rd place at SLT Esports Championship
Piyumi Madhushani (Maximum Esports) – 3rd place for Need for Speed at SLCG
