by admin | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Sri Lanka’s largest university-level sporting event, Gamer.LK’s Inter-University Esports Championship powered by SLT-MOBITEL concluded on a successful note recently with SLIIT emerging as the overall Champions.
Providing participants a chance to represent their companies in Esports, the seventh edition of the Championship saw over 1,200 students from 60+ universities taking part in the month-long online tournament. Participants competed across 16 popular game titles aiming to secure virtual medals similar to the Olympic medal system.
SLIIT emerged victorious with the most gold medals securing 4 gold and 2 silver medals. NSBM was placed second with 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals while ESOFT bagged third with 2 gold and 1 silver medal.
In addition, University of Moratuwa, ANC Education, UCL, ACBT, Prima Baking School, University of Jaffna and University of Kelaniya picked up gold medals in the tournament.
“I am ecstatic and proud of SLIIT for being crowned champions in this year’s Gamer.LK’s Inter-University Esports Championship ‘22. The SLIIT team indeed fought hard and played a great game overall. We encourage our students to participate in extracurricular activities in addition to their studies because we believe that this helps them develop into well-rounded members of society and strengthens our position as a premier higher educational institution in Sri Lanka. I’d also like to extend our warm wishes to all of the other teams that competed, as well as those who shared their good wishes and support with our competitors. Congratulating the team on their triumph once more, we would like to reiterate our continued support for our Esports teams in their future endeavours. Further, we would like to express our appreciation to the organisers for hosting this type of competition each year to provide young adults with an opportunity to engage with one another and network outside of the classroom” said Uditha Gamage, the Director Student Services & Outreach of SLIIT.
Esports has seen a massive spike in interest in Sri Lanka over the recent past as traditional sports came to a standstill due to the pandemic and the situation in the country. Recognised in 2019 as the 70th official sport in Sri Lanka by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Esports continues to grow at a rapid pace and is widely regarded as the country’s ‘fastest-growing sport’.
“Gamer.LK’s Inter-University Esports Championship continues to grow in number of participants, as well as the impact it has on the university sports structure in the country. Esports is increasingly becoming a core sport in the University sports line-up, and the numbers and hype shows it. We are very excited at the possibility that the next Esports athlete to represent Sri Lanka and make our mark in the International stage may evolve from the university level.”, said Raveen Wijayatilake, the Founder of Gamer.LK and CEO of InGame Esports.
The Championship was powered by SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT Solutions Provider who were also the title partner. SLT-MOBITEL has been at the forefront of empowering digital entertainment and Esports in Sri Lanka with a wide range of products and solution catering to gamers in the country.
“We were pleased to have come forward as title sponsor for this year’s Inter-University Esports Championship organised by Gamer.LK. SLT-MOBITEL celebrates gaming as the next frontier of entertainment and the provision of ultra-fast connectivity and HD streaming enables local cyber athletes to unlock their true potential. We congratulate all the winners of this year’s Championship. We aim to continue our unwavering commitment to empower the gaming community, to ensure quality digital lifestyle services for our customers including for game lovers who are digitally native, have a high degree of savviness technologically, and require the best connectivity, which we provide through our network. Also, from 1st of January 2023 onwards, all Fibre users will be able to enjoy super-fast high speed internet connectivity since SLT-MOBITEL is increasing its bandwidth to 200Mbps download speed and 100Mbps upload speed,” stated Prabhath Dahanayake, Group Chief Marketing Officer of SLT.
ViewSonic Gaming was the Official Gaming Monitor of this year’s Championship. ViewSonic, a world-renowned brand with a stellar reputation in the consumer, business and professional monitor markets has introduced its gaming product line; ViewSonic Gaming to Sri Lanka catering to both casual gamers and hardcore Esports athletes alike.
The Championship is set to return for its eighth edition in 2023.
by admin | Jan 18, 2023 | News
Wiley Global Technology, the Sri Lanka-based technology services arm of Wiley International Publications, in partnership with Gamer.LK, hosted the annual Wiley Esports Festival to great success.
The Sri Lankan employees of Wiley came together to compete in what is the fastest growing sport in the country, electronic sports. Over 30 participants took part across 7 titles, with 18 employees winning gold, silver, and bronze medals for their Esports skills.
A number of forward-thinking companies have adopted Esports into their sporting and recreational plans, catering to the rapidly changing interests of their employees. Esports and video games are more popular among millennial and Generation Z employees than traditional sports in certain age groups and social circles.
The Wiley Esports Festival featured seven titles this year. PUBG Mobile’s first place went to Mohamed Sathir. TeamAK47 beat Rhiskey Whiskey for first place in Call of Duty 4. Nadeeshani Jayasinghe snagged gold for Clash Royale and Mario Kart. Dinith Kodithuwakku took first place for NFS Most Wanted, while Chamodi Wijewikkrama won the gold medal for Mortal Kombat, and Dulash Fernando scored gold for Beat Saber and 2nd place for both NFS Most Wanted and Clash Royale, making him the tournament MVP.
by admin | Jan 18, 2023 | Esports News Sinhala, News
Wiley International Publications හි ශ්රී ලංකාව පදනම් කරගත් තාක්ෂණික සේවා අංශය වන Wiley Global Technology, Gamer.LK සමඟ එක්ව, වාර්ෂික Wiley Esports Festival ඉතා සාර්ථක අන්දමින් පැවැත්වීය.
Wiley හි ශ්රී ලාංකික සේවකයින් එකට එකතු වූයේ රටේ වේගයෙන්ම වර්ධනය වන ක්රීඩාව වන Esports හි තරඟ කිරීමටයි. 30 කට අධික පරිසක් ශූරතා 7 ක් සඳහා සහභාගී වූ අතර, සේවකයින් 18 දෙනෙකු ඔවුන්ගේ ක්රීඩා කුසලතා වෙනුවෙන් රන්, රිදී සහ ලෝකඩ පදක්කම් දිනා ගත්හ.
බොහෝ ඉදිරියෙන් සිතන ව්යාපාර ඔවුන්ගේ ශ්රම බලකායේ වෙනස්වෙන සුළු අවශ්යතා සඳහා පහසුකම් සැලසීමට ක්රීඩා සහ විවේක ක්රියාකාරකම්වලට Esports හඳුන්වා දී ඇත. Millennial සහ Generation Z වයස් කාණ්ඩ නියෝජනය කරන සේවකයින් සාම්ප්රදායික ක්රීඩා වලට වඩා E-Sports සදහා වැඩි ඇල්මක් දක්වයි.
Wiley Esports Festivalහි මෙම වසරේ ශුරතාවල් හතක් ඇතුළත් විය. PUBG Mobile හි ප්රථම ස්ථානය මොහමඩ් සතීර්ට හිමි විය. TeamAK47 පරදා Rhiskey Whiskey Call of Duty 4හි පළමු ස්ථානය ජයග්රණය කිරීමට හැකි විය. මේ අතර නදීෂානි ජයසිංහ Clash Royal සහ Mario Kartහි රන් පදක්කම හිමි කරගන්නා ලදී. තවද, දිනිත් කොඩිතුවක්කු NFS: Most Wanted හි ප්රථම ස්ථානය හිමිකරගත් අතර චමෝදි වීරවික්රම Mortal Kombat සදහා රන් පදක්කම හිමි කරගන්නා ලදී. දුලාෂ් ප්රනාන්දු Beat Sabre සදහා රන් පදක්කමත් NFS: Most Wanted හා Clash Royal සදහා දෙවන ස්ථානය හිමි කරගනිමින් තරගාවලියේ MVP ලෙස කිරුලු පළදින ලදී.
by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Esports news, News
Sri Lanka Esports National PUBG MOBILE team makes it to the qualifier finals at the 14th World Esports Championship 2022 after an exceptional performance in the group stages.
After 3 matches, the national team scored a total of 43 kills which is the highest kill score in Group B, including the elimination of Nigma Galaxy. The Sri Lanka national PUBGM MOBILE team took down one of the leading PUBG MOBILE teams in the world in a one-on-one battle – Nigma Galaxy from Iraqi Esports, making them one of only two South Asian teams to make it to the qualifier finals.
The team will fly to Bali this December to compete and represent Sri Lanka at the qualifier finals.
by admin | Sep 16, 2022 | News
Back for its seventh edition, registrations for Gamer.LK’s Inter-University Esports Championship (IUEC) 2022 powered by SLT-MOBITEL will be held entirely online, allowing students from any university or local education institute in Sri Lanka to compete in what is considered one of the biggest sporting events in the country.
The event features 18 of Sri Lanka’s favorite video game titles spanning mobile, PC and console. University students from across the country will be able to participate. The featured titles are:
Team Titles
- Arena of Valor – Mobile 5v5
- Call of Duty 4- PC 5v5
- Call of Duty Mobile – Mobile 5v5
- Dota 2 – PC 5v5
- League of Legends – PC 5v5
- Mobile Legends – Mobile 5v5
- Rainbow 6 – PC 5v5
- Valorant – PC 5v5
Individual Titles
- Assetto Corsa (Racing) – PC
- Call of Duty Mobile – Mobile BR
- Call of Duty Warzone – PC Solo/BR
- Clash Royale – Mobile 1v1
- FIFA 21 – PS4/PS5 1v1
- Free Fire – Mobile Solo/BR
- Mario Kart Tour (Racing) – Mobile
- PUBG MOBILE – Mobile Solo/BR
- Real Cricket – Mobile 1v1
- Rocket League – PC 1v1
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE INTER-UNIVERSITY ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP:
2021 – University of Moratuwa (UoM)
2020 – National School of Business Management (NSBM)
2019 – Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT)
2018 – Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
2017 – International College of Business & Technology (ICBT)
2016 – Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT)
TOP 5 FROM THE 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP:
| University |
Gold Medals |
Silver Medals |
Bronze Medals |
| University of Moratuwa |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| National School of Business Management (NSBM) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| General Sir John Kothalawala Defence University |
1 |
1 |
2 |
In 2020, the Championship first moved to a completely online setting and has continued online ever since and the results showed a significant increase in the popularity of Esports throughout the country on a varsity level.
With Sri Lanka on lockdown and physical events canceled, Esports is stronger than ever owing to its remote accessibility. Esports has already seen a surge in involvement and interest in Sri Lanka, in line with the social distance required to negate COVID-19’s spread, which explains why the growth was so exponential in a year where nothing else happened in a competitive or physical game-related environment.
Image from the Grand Finals of the 2019 Championship held at Stein Studios, Ratmalana
The Inter-University Esports Championship set a new benchmark for university-level sporting events in Sri Lanka each year and last year had 50+ universities taking part and over 1100 participants registered for the event. This was a trending topic for the period of game week as the cumulative social media reach for the coverage of the event reached about 2.1 million. These are statistics that could stand toe-to-toe with sports like cricket and rugby, which are historically popular sports in the country. It also shows a growing interest that is in line with the global attitude towards gaming and its consideration as a sport.
This year’s Championship is powered by SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT Solutions Provider who comes onboard as the title partner. SLT-MOBITEL has been at the forefront of empowering digital entertainment and Esports in Sri Lanka with product offerings catering to gamers in the country.
ViewSonic Gaming is the Official Gaming Monitor of this year’s Championship. ViewSonic, a world-renowned brand with a stellar reputation in the consumer, business and professional monitor markets has introduced its gaming product line; ViewSonic Gaming to Sri Lanka catering to both casual gamers and hardcore Esports athletes alike.
Registrations for the Championship are completely free of charge and open on the InGame Esports platform at https://ingame.gg/event/inter-university-esports-championship-22. Universities are signing up for the tournament that will commence on the 30th of September 2022.
Registrations close on the 23rd of September 2022.
More information about the Championship can be found at https://university.gamer.lk.
by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | Esports News Sinhala, News
Sri Lanka Esports සංගමය (SLESA) විසින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන දිස්ත්රික් මට්ටමේ Free Fire තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරඟය සැප්තැම්බර් 10 සහ 11 දිනවල දී පැවැත්වීමට සියලු කටයුතු සුදානම්. මෙරට සිටින හොඳම Free Fire ක්රීඩකයෝ රැසක්, රුපියල් මිලියනයේ දැවැන්ත තෑගී මුදලේ කොටසක් දිනාගන්න මේ දිනවල පුහුනුවෙමින් සිටිනවා.
මෙතෙක් ලංකාවේ තිබුණු ලොකුම Free Fire තරඟාවලියේ කිරුළු පළඳින වැඩ්ඩො කවුද? මෙන්න අපේ අනාවැකිය.
දිස්ත්රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ මෙන්ම අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ දී BROTHERHOOD කණ්ඩායම එතරම් කැපී පෙනෙන තරඟයක් පෙන්නුම් නොකර ද ඔවුන් හට අවසන් මහා තරඟය සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට හැකි වුනේ BOH xDream ක්රීඩකයා ගේ දක්ෂතා මතයි. තරඟාවලියේ වැඩිම eliminations ප්රමාණයක් වන 250ක් ලබා ඇති මෙම කණ්ඩායම ඉතා ආක්රමණශීලී තරඟ විලාසයක් පෙන්නුම් කරයි.
මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය නියෝජනය කරන මෙම කණ්ඩායම දිස්ත්රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ සහ අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ තරග සියල්ල ඉතා පහසුවෙන් පසු කරමින් අවසන් මහා තරඟයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. කෙසේ වෙතත්, තරඟාවලියේ වැඩිම Booyah සංඛ්යාවක් (10) ඔවුන් ලබා ගෙන ඇති නමුත් ඔවුන් සිටින්නේ BROTHERHOOD හි elimination සංඛ්යාවට වඩා elimination 100ක් පමණ පසු පසින්ය. ඔවුන් සත්ය වශයෙන්ම දක්ෂතා පෙන්නුම් කරනවද, උපක්රමශීලීද, නැතහොත් වාසනාව නිසා ඔවුන් මෙතෙක් දුර ඇවිත් ඇතිද යන ප්රශ්නය ඔබටද නැඟෙනු ඇත.
දුර්වල තැනකින් පටන්ගෙන විශිෂ්ට දස්කම් අතරට එන කණ්ඩායම් අතලොස්සක් අතර මේ කණ්ඩායම විශේෂයි. එහිදී දකුණු ආසියානු කලාපයේ හොඳම Sniper ලෙසට සහ තරඟාවලියේ මේ වන විට කැපී පෙනෙන දස්කම් පෙන්වන ක්රීඩකයෙක් වන “Josh!!” විශේෂයන් සඳහන් කල යුතුයි. මෙම කණ්ඩායම දිස්ත්රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ සහ අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ තරඟ වලදී මදක් මන්දගාමී තරඟයක් පෙන්නුම් කර නමුත් අවසන් මහා තරඟයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. කණ්ඩායම සමබර තරඟ විලාසයක් සමග අවසන් මහා තරඟයට එළඹ එය ජය ගතහොත් ඔවුන් ට එම ජයග්රහණය බොහෝ සෙයින් සතුටක් ගෙන එනු ඇත.
මෙම කණ්ඩායම SLESA හි ජාතික ශ්රේණිගත කිරීම්වල 1 වන ස්ථානයේ රැඳී සිටින අතර තරඟාවලියේ දෙවන විශාලතම කණ්ඩායම් elimination සංඛ්යාව (227) ලබා මේ දක්වා තරගාවලියේ වැඩිම point සංඛ්යාව (422) ලබාගෙන ඇත. දැඩි ආත්ම විශ්වාසයක් තබාගෙන ක්රීඩා කරන බවක් පෙන්වන මෙම කණ්ඩායම ඉතා දක්ෂ ලෙස දිස්ත්රික් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ අදියරේ සහ අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ තරඟ සියල්ල පහසුවෙන් පසු කර ඇත. කණ්ඩායමේ xShanYT සහ xDemon ශූරතාවලියේ elimination 126ක් සමග සමස්ත තරඟාවලියේ ප්රමුඛතම ක්රීඩකයන් පස් දෙනා අතර ද සිටි. ක්රීඩා විලාශය, අත් දැකීම් සහ කුසලතා සියල්ල සැලකු විට ශූරතාවලිය මෙම කණ්ඩායම ලබා ගැනීමේ වැඩි හැකියාවක් තිබෙන බවට අපට සිතෙන්නේ එම නිසාය.
