Phoenix GaminG celebrates 12 years of Esports in Sri Lanka

by Rav | Jun 14, 2020 | Esports news, News

One of the oldest competitive clans in the country, Phoenix GaminG celebrated their 12 year of competition this month. This is what they had to say:

Since the inception in 2008 Phoenix GaminG (PnX) has come a long way to become one of the giants in the Sri Lankan eSports scene. Phoenix Gaming has contributed so much to the Sri Lankan eSports scene from national team players to world renowned coaches. But none of this would have been possible without the support of our ever-growing player base and fan base, and not forgetting our Sponsors within our years of success we’d like to take this moment to thank them.

Due to the prevailing situation in the country we are unable to celebrate our 12th Anniversary with grandeur and a give-away to reward our loyal fan-base is happening as well. A get-together will be organized once the pandemic situation blows over. Till then Stay Safe and Game on. This Phoenix Gaming after all “We are the Game”.

Wolfgang E-Sports concludes COD Mobile Pro-League. Announces Survival of the fittest event for PC & Mobile players.

by Rav | Jun 12, 2020 | Esports news, News

Sri Lankan clan Wolfgang E-Sports had this to say about their events:

Wolfgang E-Sports being a unique opportunity for the gamers of all ages world-wide to experience a pro-level gaming environment, was able to create one of the largest gaming tournaments in Sri Lanka. The “Caballeros”, a group of members of the Wolfgang E-Sports’ Call of Duty Mobile Wing hosted one of Sri Lanka’s biggest tournaments, “WolfGang Pro League 2020” which was a great success with more that 55 Teams and over 300 athletes registering for the tournament. The tournament streaming partner, “Hawa Gaming” conducted live projections and shout castings of the matches which attracted a massive audience. The Grand Finale of the WolfGang Pro League was a most awaited match by the audience as two professional teams; WG|Wrecking Wolves and nA|THExMØB battled it out to become the champions of the Pro League. The audiences grew to watch the wrecking wolves recover from the losing rounds and push through to become champions of the Pro League 2020. Having successfully completed the Pro League, “Caballeros” is now initiating the Online Battle Royale COD Mobile Championship; “Survival of the Fittest” which is the first platform in Sri Lanka allowing both PC and Mobile players to participate along with a grand cash prize for the winners.

National Esports athletes speak up about Gamer.LK

by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | Esports news, News

These national athletes spoke up about how Gamer.LK has helped them through the years to reach their goals of international exposure:

Amruth “Amypie” Alfred

National colors for Esports. Represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Games. Starcraft 2 player from Xiphos Esports

I’ve seen Gamer.LK build up the Esports community from ground up in Sri Lanka for more than 10 years in my gaming career, culminating in them providing all Sri Lankans a fair, unbiased chance at representing the country, which is how I was able to successfully qualify for the Asian Games as the South Asian representative.

Mohamed “Ma$ter” Mufeed

Represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Games, Nations Cup 2019. PES player from Maximum Esports

I represented Sri Lanka at the Nations Cup for PES held in India, thanks to coordination by Gamer.LK and Raveen who guided me when I was there. Gamer.LK has always been unbiased and I am grateful to them for what they have done for Sri Lankan Esports.

Team members of former Lanka Lions

Represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Games and IESF World Championship 2018. League of Legends players formerly from Phoenix GaminG

We have participated in international tournaments for IESF and Asian Games and we got the full support from GLK and SLESA where they went the extra mile to provide extra compensation for us when we required it and ensured that our members arrived at tournaments on time with no issue. To this day we have not come across incidents where GLK have been biased to any clan and in our experience they have only looked towards the betterment of Esports in Sri Lanka as a whole rather than favor a clan locally.

Team members of Zegg

Represented Sri Lanka at the IESF World Championship 2018. Sri Lankan CS:GO team

Playing at an international level takes more than just a team that is skilled. There exists a lot of red tape that us players don’t have the experience to deal with. Whenever we took part in an overseas tournament GLK has always helped us in securing the proper documentation to fulfill visa requirements. Even when our visas were rejected and were not able to take part in the Zowie South Asia Qualifiers, GLK never stopped trying until it was a pointless endeavor.

The amount of support shown by the organization is unparalleled, for example, when we were treated unfairly at WESG it was GLK who stood up for us and made sure justice prevailed.

However it isn’t the above that compelled us to give this statement. GLK gave us the platform to play at an international level. From organizing LAN qualifiers for tournaments such as IeSF and Zowie eXtremeland, to hosting their own events such as the IGE South Asia Cup. GLK has helped put Sri Lankan Esports on the map and for that we are forever indebted.

Shihab Rizan

Represented Sri Lanka at AESF e-Masters ‘20 in Bangkok. PES Player from Phoenix GaminG

I was a part of an international tournament that was held in January this year. Selecting the right participants to represent Sri Lanka was important. Since Pro Evolution Soccer isn’t a game that is played in Sri Lankan tournaments it was not easy to decide on that. GLK took on a great initiative by notifying the gaming communities and organising a quick tournament where the winners would represent their country.

This tournament happened in a fair and square way where the rules of the international tournament was adhered to. The winner and runner-up were selected. The organizers helped us prepare for this tournament, from getting our tickets and accommodations sorted to getting the right letters to process the visa were all done by GLK. We were behind schedule but thanks to pro-activeness of GLK we were able to get everything sorted right on time.

Vikum was our representative from GLK and Safwan “CB” Mansoor represented as my coach. We were well taken care of during the tournament.

Isuru ‘Deathwish’ Lokuge

Represented Sri Lanka in Dota 2 at the IESF World Championship 2019 held in South Korea.

GLK took on the initiative to host qualifiers for the IESF World Championship ’19 Dota 2 event. The winners would represent Sri Lanka in South Korea and it was held in a fair and unbiased manner. GLK supported us to get our visas and coordinated with the International Esports Federation to get tickets and hotel accommodation. Ramesh was our representative from GLK, who assisted us in coordination with tournament organizers and guided us during the course of our stay in South Korea. We’re appreciative for the assistance GLK gave and hope this type of support will continue to be found later on as well.

Here’s a list of such events that Gamer.LK has either directly organised, or been a strategic partner for, and the clan structure that benefited from it:

Stay tuned to Gamer.LK as we take more Sri Lankan talent to perform at an international level!