eSamurai Esports and Union Gaming finish first and second runners up
Sri Lanka’s team Live 2 Kill won’t be slowing down anytime soon as they bring home another title @ the ROG Battleground’s Rainbow Six: Siege championship. After a month of grueling battles, Live 2 Kill came out on top after they faced-off against eSamurai Esports at the Grand finals in a best of 5.
Hosted by Asus Bangladesh the tournaments Rs 100,000 prize pool saw 32 teams battle it out for 1st prize. Live 2 Kill walked away with Rs 60,000 while eSamurai Esports and Union Gaming for becoming were the first and second runners-up of the tournament respectively.
SLIIT and UCL take 2nd and 3rd spots with 87.93 and 64.93 points respectively
With Sri Lanka going on lockdown and physical events being canceled, Gamer.LK hosted the 5th consecutive Inter-University Esports Championship which was hosted completely online. The event had no lack of interest as 57 universities completed registrations which consisted of a total of 633 competitors participating in 11 game titles.
Throughout the month of September, players competed for their respective titles to put up points on the board for their universities. The top-performing university was awarded the Inter-University Esports Championship title for the year 2020. The event was sponsored by the official Energy Drink partner Red Bull.
University
Points
NSBM (National School of Business Management)
109.7
SLIIT (Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology)
87.93
UCL (Universal College Lanka)
64.93
SLATE (Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education)
64.11
USJP (University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
42.74
UOM (University of Moratuwa)
42.33
IIT (Informatics Institute of Technology)
37.92
NIBM (National Institute of Business Management)
32.67
ICBT (International College of Business and Technology)
23.81
CINEC (Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College)
14.52
KDU (General Sir John Kothalawala Defence University)
7.66
UVT (University of Vocational Technology Ratmalana)
The Perera & Sons PUBG Mobile Series comes to a conclusion with COMRADES – Team RADICALS placing 1st following 2 consecutive wins at “Miramar” and “Vikendi” with a total of 85 points after the final map at the Grand Finals. They took home 2 consecutive maps boosting their lead over their competitors by racking up placement points. Their hard-fought victory will allow them and the rest of the Top 8 to stake their claim on the Rs 100,000 prize pool put up for grabs by P&S.
Winners: COMRADES – Team RADICALS
2nd place: The Mister 2 – THE MISTER
3rd place: nA | FRag Code Black
4th place: MAX | BLOOD BROWS
5th place: nA | Team unknown 6
6th place: nA | Team Destiny
7th place: WG | TeamX9
8th place: WG | No RULES
The enthralling 2 months had its fair share of excitement with the entirety of the event racking up close to 170,000 total views while having a reach of almost 2 million on social media. Many were tuned in daily to support and cheer on the 1354 players that took part in the tournament.
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.
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 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.
Asus has been experimenting with dual-screens on their laptops for a while now. The evolution and experimentation with a secondary screen can be seen with the Asus Zenbook Duo and Pro Duo, and now we have the gaming variant of it with the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo – a beast of a machine in the laptop form factor.
Specifications
The Zephyrus Duo version that we received for review has an Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER gaphics and 32GB of RAM upgradable to 48GB. Needless to say this thing can push some pixels.
There is another variation that gives you 300Hz refresh rate on the screen at the cost of display resolution, maxing out at Full HD 1920×1080. Depending on if you’re a content creator or more into fast paced Esports, you can decide on which variation is better suited for your needs.
Dual screens
The defining feature of the device is the dual screen setup – called the Screenpad Plus. Rising up from the laptop at an angle as you open the lid is a sight to behold. Previous dual screen implementations either had the screen flush with the keyboard, which required users to peer over the laptop to get a good viewing angle, or had the entire body rise up at an angle, including the keyboard. The latest implementation with the Zephyrus has the secondary screen move independently of the rest of the laptop, rising up on its own to position itself at a more comfortable viewing angle. This screen is also touch enabled, which provides quite a few use-cases from gaming to content creation.
Laptop design
Being a laptop on the premium end of the pricing scale, the Zephyrus Duo also feels like a premium laptop. The laptop has a metal finish with the bottom of the device having a mix of plastic and rubber for contact with surfaces and effective cooling. It feels sturdy in the hand and has a rugged design, while also being portable with it’s 5.3lbs weight.
There’s no shortage of IO on the device, with USB A, C and thunderbolt included.
IO
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type c with displayport 1.4 thunderbolt 3
3.5mm mic-in
3.5mm mic-in/headphone-out
Ethernet port
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A
HDMI 2.0B
Cooling
With the laptop being targeted at heavy content creators and gamers, cooling becomes a priority for the device. The screen lifting up above the rest of the device creates a unique airflow situation where the internals are exposed to a stream of ventilation. This cooling solution is amplified by intake fans just below the lifted screen.
GLK one-finger open test – pass!
Who is this laptop for?
The ROG Zephyrus Duo is positioned as a flagship hero product that sets the standard for innovation at the company. Therefore it’s by no means a mass-market product, instead maxing out the specifications, innovating on the design and setting the benchmarks for what a laptop can be. This device will put you back about Rs. 850,000 in Sri Lanka if you’re in the market for one. Considering the performance, the use cases and price, if you think this is a good fit for you or your organisation, you will have to contact Asus Sri Lanka and organise a pre-order from them. If you do make the leap and get an ROG Zephyrus Duo, you can rest assured that you are a part of laptop innovation history.
Laptop design
ඉතාමත් හොඳ premium quality එකකින් එන මෙම Zephyrus Duo laptop එක metal finish එකකින් සාදා ඇත. laptop එකේ පතුල එහෙම නැතහොත් base එක plastic base එකක් වීම නිසා cooling පිළිබඳව ප්රශ්නයක් ඇති නොවේ. රාත්තල් 5.3ක බරකින් යුක්ත මෙම laptop එක ඉතාමත් ශක්තිමත්ව නිපදවා ඇත.
මෙම laptop එකේ I/O ports ගැන කතා කරොත් කිසිදු අඩුපාඩුවක් නොමැත කිවහොත් නිවැරදියි. USB A, C සහ Thunderbolt port එකක්ද ඇතුලත් වේ.
I/O
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type c with displayport 1.4 thunderbolt 3
3.5mm mic-in
3.5mm mic-in/headphone-out
Ethernet port
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A
HDMI 2.0B
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.
