by Stephan Warakagoda | Dec 21, 2020 | Announcements, Esports news, News
The Red Bull MEO Sri Lanka finals concluded in the wee hours of 20th of December 2020, with 24 teams connecting remotely to compete for a spot in the Red Bull MEO World Finals. WG B2R came out on top in the points table after 6 matches of intense PUBG Mobile action. The leaderboard was in constant flux and a final winner didn’t stand out until the end of the 6th match – a testament to how close this competition was with Sri Lanka’s top competitive teams taking part.
The significance of WG B2R winning this event is the fact that they are a 100% Sri Lankan team. Red Bull MEO country qualifiers allowed non-Sri Lankan nationals in team rosters, therefore we saw mixed teams with players from the United States, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
| RANK |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
| 1 |
WG B2R |
101 |
| 2 |
nA | LND-Legends |
96 |
| 3 |
E2S OPM |
84 |
| 4 |
MAX|ZEUS |
74 |
| 5 |
7Sea esports |
70 |
| 6 |
OPMF | OPEX |
63 |
| 7 |
nA | ISSL |
60 |
| 8 |
nA|FRag CodeBlacks |
49 |
| 9 |
OPMF Esports |
44 |
| 10 |
Team SL |
42 |
| 11 |
MeS | ZEUS | iMAX |
37 |
| 12 |
nA | ERBIV |
35 |
| 13 |
DEFEND JOKERS |
31 |
| 14 |
WG ICONs |
30 |
| 15 |
Max|4K|Guardians |
23 |
| 16 |
NA|CLOUD 69 |
22 |
| 17 |
WGxNoRules |
22 |
| 18 |
nA | Team Destiny |
19 |
| 19 |
Team unknown 6 |
18 |
| 20 |
nA | FRag Retires |
16 |
| 21 |
WG B2R TERMINATORS |
15 |
| 22 |
MaX | SL FAMILY TITANS |
14 |
| 23 |
WG | TeamX9 |
13 |
| 24 |
LND-FALLEN6 |
11 |
The Red Bull MEO World Finals, previously scheduled to be a physical in-person finals, has been postponed due to global safety concerns. Red Bull will be announcing the date and format of the World Finals when a final decision has been made about how to host it.
We wish WG B2R the best of luck!
by Rav | Dec 11, 2020 | Announcements, News
- Companies battle companies in Mercantile Electronic Sports
- Close to 800 participants will compete
- 15 game-titles
- The company with the highest overall points wins the championship
- Organised by Gamer.LK and sponsored by Red Bull
2020 has been a pandemic year. Curfews, lockdowns, quarantine zones and social distancing – the Sri Lankan workforce that is able to work from home have been getting used to a whole new concept of getting work done away from office. The annual company retreat and sportsmeet replaced by Whatsapp group forwards and Zoom calls. One activity however that is continuing despite all these changes is Electronic Sports – specifically, the Mercantile Esports Championship where companies battle companies in an Electronic Sports arena. Gamer.LK has moved the annual Mercantile Esports Championship, happening for the 5th consecutive time this year, to a completely online event.
The championship has employees from companies banding together to represent their organisation and win the championship trophy. Close to 800 participants will compete across 15 game titles to win points for their company. The company with the highest overall points will be crowned as the champion. All participants are able to participate from the safety of their own home or office.
Former winners
- 2016: Virtusa
- 2017: Virtusa
- 2018: MIT
- 2019: Orel IT
This years game titles (open):
- Call of Duty 4 (PC)
- DOTA 2 (PC)
- Rainbow 6 Siege (PC)
- Valorant (PC)
- League of Legends (PC)
- Mobile Legends (Mobile)
- Clash Royale (Mobile)
- Real Cricket (Mobile)
- Mario Kart Tour (Mobile)
- Fortnite (PC)
- Free Fire (Mobile)
- Call of Duty Mobile (Mobile)
- Apex Legends (PC)
- PUBG Mobile (Mobile)
Women’s League titles
- Mario Kart Tour
- Call of Duty 4 FFA
Registrations close on the 12th of December and games are scheduled to start from 17th December. The event is organised by Gamer.LK and sponsored by Red Bull.
Register now
Register now @ https://gamer.lk/go/mec2020
by Stephan Warakagoda | Dec 7, 2020 | Esports news, News
PUBG Mobile is going big for the year 2021 having announced its total prize pool of a whopping $14 Million USD will be at stake across the entire year. The prize pool is over three times more than what was set for 2020.
In the 2021 season, we can expect seven new PMPL regions coming up in CIS, Turkey, Western Europe, Arabia, North America, Latin America, and Brazil. These will complement existing PMPLs in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The PMCO will also see additional regions including the UK, France, UAE, Africa, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Mexico. Next season will feature two PMCO tournaments, two PMPL tournaments, and a PUBG Mobile Global Championship to conclude the season.
Source: Twitter
by Stephan Warakagoda | Dec 2, 2020 | News
Elon Musk, Founder of Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX, and 2nd richest man in the world, says one of the major factors that got him interested in tech and paved the way for him to start programming was the video games he played as a kid. At the age of 12, he had coded and published his first video game. He may currently be pulling all-nighters at Tesla but there was a time when he once worked at a gaming startup.
Problem-solving in video games transfers over to problem-solving in software engineering, If people had to try to create realistic graphics using very little computing power, they would have to write really tight code and come up with really clever ideas to do that.
He credited the video games Cyberpunk and the movie Blade Runner as the inspiration for the Tesla pickup truck. He has also announced the addition of video games to Tesla vehicles drivers can play games on the car’s center screen while docked at a charging station.
Source : CNBC
by Stephan Warakagoda | Nov 27, 2020 | Announcements, Esports news, News
Team AE | SL RiderZ B walk away with Rs. 15,000 after placing first @ the Perera & Sons Mobile Contenders Free Fire. Teams AE | SL RIDERZ D and MAX | Suicide Squad finish in 2nd and 3rd respectively earning their shares of the Rs. 25,000 prize put up for Free Fire.
1st place: AE | SL RiderZ B
Kasun “SLR MR PODDA” Podda
Sadaru “SLR KAIZ” Vishmika
Lakshan “SLR LAKA” Kavinda
Chamal “SLR CJ” Bandara
2nd place: AE | SL RIDERZ D
Himansha “SLR AMITH” Buddika
Savidu “SLR DRACARYS” Chamalka
Maneesha “SLR DUMA 9XT” Madubashitha
Chamath “SLR BATHI” Pabasara
3rd place: MAX | Suicide Squad
Chehan “INF MR ZOMBI” Gamage
Pawan “INF MR UNICO” Madushanka
Avinash “INF NOMERCY” Darshana
Dilip “INF X-NEON” Madushanka
The P&S Mobile Contenders event was Perera & Sons first Esports event, organized in collaboration with Gamer.LK.
by Stephan Warakagoda | Nov 26, 2020 | Announcements, Esports news, News
Team M-eS DX Generation from Maximum Esports walk away with Rs. 15,000 in winnings after placing first @ The Perera & Sons CODM Series. Teams nA Teetotalers and WG x NGSL finish in 2nd and 3rd respectively earning their shares of the Rs. 25,000 prize put up for CODM.
1st Place: M-eS DX Generation
Gihan “Witcher” Silva
Shabith “Kinzu” Sham
Mohamed “XtremE” Wajeeh
Menura “Optic” Fernando
Thisaru “Xclusive” Dilshan
Manupa “No-one” Randhitha
2nd Place: nA Teetotalers
Imshad “TTS IMI” Illiyas
Shafr “TTS SHAFR” Shan
Uzam “TTS ARK”
Shadhir “TTS UZAM” Nilufrr
Ak “TTS ABSOLUTE”
Arkam “SLAYXAK” Anas
3rd Place: WG x NGSL
Sahan “WG SATHSAYT” Sathsara|
sathsa “WG ZATAN” gaming
Dinitha “WG XXX” Tissera
Shanuka “SL RUSHGOD” Yasanga
Ravindu “WG WINK” Lakshitha
Lahiru “WG PANDA” Herath
The P&S Mobile Contenders event was Perera & Sons first Esports event, organized in collaboration with Gamer.LK.
