by Rav | Dec 10, 2019 | News
The Singer ROG Challenge COD4 tournament qualifiers in Kurunegala and Kandy concluded yesterday first with Team – z from Kurunegala winning the qualifier finals with a very convincing 2-0 in the Best of 3 against team Evox – Krossbones. Next in the Kandy qualifiers, we saw Team – nA Archon, crushing their opponent and winning 2-0 against team TM – WalkTheTalk. We have 2 of the best teams ready for the Grand Finals, all that’s left is the Colombo qualifier winner.
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by Rav | Dec 9, 2019 | News
The national team for Dota 2 representing Sri Lanka at the IESF World Championship has been named after selections were held through online and LAN qualifiers. The International Esports Federation is the global governing body for Electronic Sports, consisting of over 40 national Esports member federations. The Sri Lanka Esports Association, founded by Gamer.LK, has been a paying member since 2010.
The National Dota 2 Team:
- Isuru ‘ Deathwish’ Lokuge (C)
- Heshan ‘ Sathan’ Sanjaya
- Kalindu ‘ MorningStar’ Pathirana
- Kaveesha ‘NoobKavi’ Kagasuru
- Dinuka ‘6ixx’ Perera
Qualifiers were held online, with the finals being played LAN. For those following the Dota 2 scene, there were some questions that cropped up regarding players taking part online while not being in Sri Lanka. Although the rule from SLESA is that qualifiers for international events require all players to be present at LAN, all clan heads of SLESA came together to grant special permission to Mirsab ‘Paradoxx’ Hassan to play remotely. However, due to unavailability of Mirsab for the main event in December, tournament organisers deemed it unfair that the roster representing Sri Lanka and the roster playing in the qualifiers was different. Therefore affected matches were replayed with actual rosters. The 5 members from x3’s Victorious Secret went on to win the grand final and thus confirming their place in the national team representing the nation in Seoul from December 11th to 15th.
In partnership with GamerTech by MAS the team will be sporting a jersey that uses ocean plastic, identical to the those worn by the national cricket team. Ramesh Liyanage and Nisal Weerakoon will also be travelling to represent SLESA and in capacity as manager respectively.
by Rav | Nov 28, 2019 | News
After years of playing under the PnX banner, 3 of Sri Lanka’s top Dota 2 talent part ways with the clan. Mirsab “Paradox” Hassan, Viren “Hawkie” Dias and Munthasir “Toadboss” Shiraz played for Thé Kadé and later combined to play as Indomitus – both dominated the Sri Lankan Dota 2 scene for several years.
The move comes with the players looking for more flexibility to represent the country at international events outside of clan restrictions.
We spoke to Safwan “CB” Mansoor about this and he had this to say:
We decided to let go of Mirsab, Viren and Muntha because we respected their decision and we want to give them the opportunity to achieve their vision, even though them not representing the clan is going to be a big loss for our DOTA wing. They wanted to make the best team in the country with the best players out there and due to clan rivalry there were certain players that they wished to play with who were in different clans and they didn’t want a clan to be a barrier in making this team come true. So they communicated this with us and gave us the word that they will not represent any other clan and they want to go as a standalone team so that other players in other clans will be approachable and will not have any issue in joining them.
by Rav | Nov 25, 2019 | News
The Services Export Promotion Council of India is organizing Nations Cup for Esports in association with Esports Federation of India (ESFI) during the Global Exhibition on Services this from 25th to 28th November 2019. Sri Lanka is among the seven countries that have been invited to take part.
The honor of representing Sri Lanka was given to Mohamed ‘Ma$ter’ Mufeed for Pro Evolution Soccer. He is the first athlete since the official recognition of Esports in Sri Lanka earlier this year to represent the nation. Raveen Wijayatilake, president of the Sri Lanka Esports Association will be visiting India to discuss bilateral relations on how the Esports Federation of India and Sri Lanka Esports Association can work together to grow the South Asian Esports scene.
We wish him all the best for this tournament!
by Rav | Oct 30, 2019 | Announcements, Esports news, News
Rainbow 6 Siege made its debut in Sri Lankan Esports with the adoption of the title at the Sri Lanka Cyber Games last year. 20 teams took part across online qualifiers and LAN finals.
This year, the scene has grown to over 33 teams taking part in the Gamer.LK Clans Rainbow 6 Siege League. This will serve as Sri Lanka’s first ranked Rainbow 6 Siege event, with the Sri Lanka Esports Association bestowing the title ranked status earlier this year.
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