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Sri Lanka’s Team L2K win Rs. 500,000 @ Rainbow 6 Siege South Asia Nationals

Sri Lanka’s Team L2K win Rs. 500,000 @ Rainbow 6 Siege South Asia Nationals

by | Oct 26, 2020 | Announcements, Esports news, News

  • 8 teams participated in the tournament
  • “Team L2K” finish 3rd
  • Qualified for 6 MAJOR on 25th of November

Pride for Sri Lankan Esports as “Team L2K” finish 3rd at the Rainbow 6 South Asia Nationals. A huge milestone for both the team and for Sri Lanka in Rainbow 6 on account of their top 3 finish. 8 teams participated in the tournament and Team L2K progressed through the upper brackets with 2 wins to the upper-bracket final. Their progress through the tournament was stopped by 2 losses to MercenarieZ in the upper-bracket final (0-2) and Union Gaming in the lower bracket (0-2).

The team overcame a roster change with 2 weeks left for the tournament, as they continued to work on team chemistry and left no room for error. Their hard work paid off as they have now qualified for the 6 MAJOR which is scheduled to start on the 25th of November and will be live-streamed on all official Rainbow 6 channels.

Team roster :
Dulshan “FaTaLz” Lakvidu (Captain/ In game leader)
Heshan “BL4NK” Virantha
Ashen “Nos” Sachintha
Gayan “Jayv” Bandaranayake
Uday Raj “Skipper” Jain
Bhavya “Coffee” Devgan (6th player)
Kumar “IONZ” Thathagat (Analyst)
Zaidan “INS4NITY” Shiyam (Manager)

Gamer.LK & Tencent confirm PR FOOL hack. Disqualified from P&S PUBG Mobile Series

Gamer.LK & Tencent confirm PR FOOL hack. Disqualified from P&S PUBG Mobile Series

by | Oct 23, 2020 | Announcements, News

  • PR FOOL was suspected of using hacks to gain an unfair advantage at the P&S PUBG Mobile Series
  • Gamer.LK investigated the issue with the help of the Tencent security team
  • The investigation confirmed that PR FOOL was indeed a hacker
  • PR FOOL and his squad have been disqualified from the P&S PUBG Mobile Series
  • Placements of all other squads move up by 1, and points updated accordingly
  • MAX DXG SAS, OMA | ADEUSX & nA Team Destiny qualify for semi-finals

Squad “Professors A” of Group 9 have been disqualified following an investigation on the use of illegal HACKS during the tournament.

Squad “Professors A” consist of:

  • PR JOKER
  • PR LINO
  • SARANI
  • THIKASAN
  • PR FOOL
  • PR THUSANTH

Upon early suspicion that “PR FOOL” was cheating, Gamer.LK reviewed his gameplay and sent it across to Tencent for further investigation. Tencent confirmed the use of 3rd party tools and banned his account. Tencent Games have made it clear that things like cheating and hacking will not be tolerated and the players doing it will suffer an exit from the game for a decade i.e the player will be banned from using PUBG and may suffer a life-time ban from competitive Esports in Sri Lanka.

Both he and his squad have been disqualified from the tournament following the results of the investigation and Gamer.LK will be taking further disciplinary action against “PR FOOL”.
The placement points of all other teams in Group 9 have changed as they move up 1 slot following this debacle.

Therefore, the new set of squads that qualify are as follows:

Position 1 – MAX DXG SAS
Position 2 – OMA | ADEUSX
Position 3 – nA Team Destiny

Logitech G Sri Lanka partners with Gamer.LK to announce the Logitech G Play To Win Series for Valorant, Apex Legends & Rainbow 6 Siege

Logitech G Sri Lanka partners with Gamer.LK to announce the Logitech G Play To Win Series for Valorant, Apex Legends & Rainbow 6 Siege

by | Oct 16, 2020 | Announcements, News

Logitech G has partnered with Gamer.LK to bring a brand new Esports experience for Esports athletes in the country. With the objective of fostering top Esports talent and encouraging more Sri Lankan gamers to take the plunge into competitive Esports, Logitech G Sri Lanka along with the support of Gamer.LK is introducing a quarterly Esports tournament series called the Logitech G Play To Win Series. With a prize pool of Rs. 70,000 per quarter, the series will feature 3 titles – Valorant, Apex Legends and Rainbow 6 Siege.

Budding Esports athletes and veterans alike are invited to register and take part in the series. Along with prize money, Logitech G Sri Lanka will be picking a number of top players as their ambassadors for the country.

Registrations for Valorant are open now @ https://ingame.asia/event/logitech-g-play-to-win-series-1 

Stay tuned to Gamer.LK for more information on the Logitech G Play To Win Series and Logitech G Sri Lanka’s other activities in the country.

Sri Lanka’s Shakir “hikkA” Razak contracted by Noble Esports

Sri Lanka’s Shakir “hikkA” Razak contracted by Noble Esports

by | Sep 9, 2020 | News

Shakir “hikkA” Razak of Sri Lankan ZeGG fame has been signed on by Noble Esports to form their Valorant team for the South Asian competitive scene.

Noble Esports is a North-American multi-gaming Esports organisation. The newly formed Valorant roster consists of hikka and 4 former Indian CS:GO players:
Shakir ‘hikkA’ Razak
Tejas ‘Rex’ Kotian
Rahul ‘t1to’ Sridhar
Simar ‘psy’ Sethi
Harsh ‘Harsh’ Arora

hikkA had this to say:
“I would like to thank Noble.GG for giving me this opportunity to be playing VALORANT as a professional alongside experienced Indian talent with the necessary resources to become the best South Asian Team in the near future. Also thankful and excited to be the first LANKAN player to be signed by an international org for VALORANT and will make this opportunity count. I’d like to thank my former team and team mates for all the support shown throughout the years and look forward to meeting them in the competitive scene.”

hikkA was a part of Sri Lankan super-team ZeGG for many years, dominating the Sri Lankan Counter-Strike scene, and then the brand new Valorant scene in the country. Captain of ZegG Omal ‘Roach’ Prabudhdha had this to say about his team mate:
“Today, Shakir “hikkA” Razak is parting ways with ZeGG to begin a new journey with Noble Esports. We wish him all the very best for his future endeavors. We are deciding on the future path for ZeGG and will be making an announcement soon.”

We wish hikkA the best of luck on his new journey and will be following Noble Esports closely as they vie for the top spot of South Asian Valorant.

5TH ANNUAL INTER-UNIVERSITY ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCED BY GAMER.LK

5TH ANNUAL INTER-UNIVERSITY ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCED BY GAMER.LK

by | Sep 7, 2020 | News

For the fifth consecutive year, Gamer.LK has announced it’s annual Inter-University Esports Championship which will be played completely online. Considered the largest university-level sports event in the country, last year’s event drew 50 universities and higher education institutes from across the island with Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) emerging as the overall champions. The 2018 trophy was secured by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), 2017 by International College of Business & Technology (ICBT) and 2016 by Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT).

Esports has been recognised as the fastest growing sport in Sri Lanka and has been officially recognised as a sport by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports last year.

Registrations have opened across 12 titles for students of any university or higher education institute to participate and compete from home.

Team Games:
Call of Duty 4
Dota 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends
Rainbow Six Siege
Valorant

PUBG Mobile will be held as a separate event – PUBG Mobile Inter-University Cup

Individual Games:
Call of Duty Mobile (Solo Battle-royale)
Clash Royale
Fortnite (Solo Battle-royale)
Free Fire (Solo Battle-royale)
Real Cricket

Women’s League:
Mario Kart Tour
Call of Duty 4 (Free For All)

The Inter-University Esports Championship is sponsored by Red Bull.

For more information and registration, visit https://university.gamer.lk.

Stay tuned with Gamer.LK for more news from the Inter-University Esports Championship.

Perera & Sons steps into Esports with mobile tournaments

Perera & Sons steps into Esports with mobile tournaments

by | Sep 3, 2020 | News

Perera & Sons, Sri Lanka’s foremost baker and caterer, has announced their first foray into Esports with 2 events for mobile gamers. The “P&S PUBG Mobile Series” will feature PUBG Mobile as it’s stand-alone event with Rs. 100,000 in prize money going out to the top 8 placements of the event. In addition, the “P&S Mobile Contenders” event will feature Free Fire (squad based battle-royale) and Call of Duty Mobile (Multiplayer) with a prize pool of Rs. 50,000 split between the two.

Perera & Sons, founded in 1902, celebrated their 118th year providing meals for Sri Lankans across the island. P&S has modernised their offerings recently with their web-store for online purchasing, partnering with food delivery networks such as Pickme & Uber Eats and catering to a younger consumer with their product offerings.

Perera & Sons has partnered with Gamer.LK to take their brand to todays youth and young adults who are engaged heavily in Esports.

Register for the events at the links below:
P&S PUBG Mobile Series: https://gamer.lk/go/pnspubgm
P&S Mobile Contenders: https://gamer.lk/go/pnscontenders

Stay tuned to Gamer.LK for more news from the P&S Esports tournament series.