by Ramesh Liyanage | Oct 3, 2019 | News
The Ministry of Sports in Sri Lanka has officially declared Esports as an official sport in the country. The declaration gazetted on the 26th of September by the Minister of Telecommunication, Foreign Employment and Sports Mr. Harin Fernando has been published on the 2nd of October.
Sri Lanka is the first country in the South Asian region to officially recognize Esports as a sport and now joins a growing list which include countries such as South Korea and France who have already recognized the competitive play of video games as a sport.
The declaration comes as the result of over a decade long effort of the Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA). Spearheaded by Gamer.LK who is the strategic partner for SLESA, Esports activities and events were conducted across the island continuously, establishing it as one of the fastest growing sports in the country. The recently concluded qualifying round for the Inter-School Esports Championship saw a record number of over 150 schools from across the country taking part.
The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) had already endorsed Esports in Sri Lanka with their show of support for Sri Lanka’s participation in the 18th Asian Games, where Esports was included as a demonstration sport.
Gazette (English): http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2019/10/2143-34_E.pdf
Gazette (Sinhala): http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2019/10/2143-34_S.pdf
by Rav | Sep 26, 2019 | News
1,000+ students from over 150 schools gathered at the Inter-School Esports Championship ’19 to compete in 12 Esports titles. At the end of the qualifier, we have 2 schools reaching the Grand Finals. Congratulations Gateway College Colombo and Nalanda College Colombo.
Gateway College Colombo breezed through to the finals, while Nalanda College, Isapatha College and Maliyadeva College tied for the 2nd spot. Considering the 4th place wins, Nalanda College was sent through to the grand finals. The finals will take place on the 12th of October at Stein Studios.
Results
Call of Duty 4
1st Place: Mahanama College, Colombo – Team Pero
2nd Place: Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala – Devans
3rd Place: Ananda College, Colombo Team – Ananda
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
1st Place: Carey College, Colombo – Dire Wolfz
2nd Place: Mahinda Rajapaksha College, Homagama – Allsofix
3rd Place: Kegalu Vidyalaya, Kegalle – Rising Wolves
PUBG Mobile
1st Place: Thurstan College, Colombo – Chicken for Dinner
2nd Place: Nalanda College, Colombo – Nalanda College
3rd Place: Amal International School – Pnx | FRag
Tekken 7
1st Place: Royal Institute – Dillon Jayesingha
2nd Place: Rotary International School – N C P Cooray
3rd Place: Gateway College Colombo – Hammaad Hassan
NFS:MW
1st Place: Liberty International College – Sajid Mansoor
2nd Place: Nalanda College, Colombo – Vidula Deneth Salwathura
3rd Place: OKI International School, Kiribathgoda – Movindu Sanjana
Fortnite
1st Place: The Study – Ketheka Abeywardena
2nd Place: Benhill College – Mohammed Mishal
3rd Place: Royal College, Colombo – Seeneklshan Karthigesu
DOTA 2
1st Place: Isipathana College, Colombo – Baboons With Keyboards
2nd Place: Colombo South International College – Team CSIC
3rd Place: Isipathana College, Colombo – Green Machines
RAINBOW SIX SIEGE
1st Place: Zahira College, Colombo – Pnx.Last Warning
2nd Place: St. Aloysius’ College, Ratnapura – Thousand Voices
3rd Place: Stafford International School – Ninjas In Sarongs
FIFA 19
1st Place: Gateway College Colombo – Abdul Basith
2nd Place: Gateway College Dehiwala – Adheeb Rifkhan
3rd Place: Gateway College Colombo – Areeb Niyas
Clash Royale
1st Place: Lumbini College, Colombo – Faraj Basiron
2nd Place: i-GATE College, Colombo – Osura
3rd Place: Royal College, Colombo – Hanif Ameen
Injustice 2
1st Place: Gateway College Colombo – Maalik Muthaliff
2nd Place: Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala – Seniru Ekanayake
3rd Place: Gateway College Colombo – Lasan Abeykoone
Subway Surfers
1st Place: M.D. Gunasena International School – Sancho Rithish
2nd Place: D S Senanayake College, Colombo – Vihanga Sathsara
3rd Place: S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia – Shannel Malisha
by Rav | Sep 24, 2019 | News
Gamer.LK’s League of Legends online tournament, GCLL, has received record participation with over 40 Sri Lankan teams signing up to be a part of the action. The event, held primarily online, will separate competing teams into Challenger and Pro leagues, with the top 6 ranked teams in the country getting a direct invite into the Pro league, and the top 2 teams from Challenger league making their way to the Pro league.
Historically, DOTA 2 has seen larger participation numbers than League of Legends across the board. Is 2019 the year that League of Legends overtakes DOTA 2? We can find out with GCDL being just around the corner.
by Rav | Sep 16, 2019 | News
With 1 week to go for the qualifiers of Gamer.LK’s Inter-School Esports Championship 2019 powered by SLT, students from over 100 schools have signed-up to compete in the monumental Esports movement, making it one of Sri Lanka’s largest inter-school sporting events. Schools from across the country have shown interest in the event, with all regions being represented as seen below.
The event has the endorsement of the National Olympic Committee and is positioned to promote structured Esports to school students who are fans of video games.
The Inter-Shcool Esports Championship is powered by Sri Lanka Telecom. Gaming Laptop Partner DELL Gaming. Ice Cream Partner Elephant House. Media Partner MTV/MBC.
For registrations and more information visit : https://school.gamer.lk
by Rav | Sep 14, 2019 | News
One of the longest running Esports leagues in Sri Lanka, Gamer.LK Clans Warfare League, also known as GCWL is in it’s 12th season this year. With registrations closing yesterday, we saw over 450 players sign up to take part in the tournament, continuing COD4’s strong participant numbers which has become an iconic trait of Sri Lanka Esports.
This years GCWL will feature 2 formats, with teams being split into Pro and Challenger leagues. More information on this new format is available here: https://gamer.lk/news/new-format-for-ranked-tournaments
by Rav | Sep 13, 2019 | News
The Tekken World Tour (TwT) is a global Tekken Championship with the best Tekken players around the world competing in events in their respective regions. Gamer.LK has received official recognition for the first Sri Lanka Tekken Cup to be held on the 21st and 22nd September at Stein Studios alongside the Inter-School Esports Championship. The event is expected to showcase the best of Sri Lanka’s Tekken 7 talent competing for TwT points for the global leaderboard.
Sign up for the Sri Lanka Tekken Cup by Gamer.LK here: https://smash.gg/tournament/sri-lanka-tekken-dojo-events-by-gamer-lk/register
Stay tuned to Gamer.LK for results from the Sri Lanka Tekken Cup.
by Akhila Randeniya | Sep 6, 2019 | Esports News Sinhala
Gamer.LK සහ Sri Lanka Esports Association මගින් සංවිදානය කරනු ලබන Inter-School Esports Championship සඳහා මේ වන විට ජාතික ඔලිම්පික් කමිටුවේ අනුමැතිය හිමි වී තිබෙනවා. ජාතික ඔලිම්පික් කමිටුව Esports සඳහා සහයෝගය දැක්වූ දෙවෙනි අවස්ථාව මෙයයි. ප්රථම වතාවට ඔවුන් සහයෝගය දැක්වුයේ 18 වන ආසියානු ක්රීඩා උළෙල සඳහායි. එහිදී ප්රදර්ශනාත්මක ක්රීඩාවක් ලෙස Esports එක් කර තිබුණි. ජාතික ඔලිම්පික් කමිටු ලේකම් Maxwell De Silva මහතා Sri Lanka Esports Association වෙත ලිපියක් යවමින්, ශ්රී ලංකාව තුල Esports වර්ධනය වී ඇති ආකාරය සහ Esports ප්රචලිත පිළබඳ පැහැදීමක් ඇති බව සඳහන් කර ඇති අතර එපමණක් නොව 2022 ආසියානු ක්රීඩා උළෙල සඳහා තම පුර්ණ සහයෝගය ප්රකාශ කර ඇත. 2022 ආසියානු ක්රීඩා තරඟාවලියේදී Esports පදක්කමක් සහිත ක්රීඩාවක් බවට පත්වීමට නියමිතයි.
4 වන Inter-School Esports Championship මෙවර පැවැත්වෙන්නේ Inter-University Esports පැවැත්වූ ආකාරයටයි. මුලික සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරඟ සැප්තැම්බර් මස 21 සහ 22 පැවැත්වෙන අතර එයින් සුදුසුකම් ලබන පාසල් දෙකක් ඔක්තෝම්බර් මස 12 වන දින පැවැත්වෙන අවසාන මහා තරඟය සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබයි. මෙවර Inter-School Esports Championship සඳහා ප්රධාන අනුග්රහය Sri Lanka Telecom මගින් ලබා දෙන අතර. Laptop සඳහා අනුග්රහය DELL සමාගම මගිනුත් මාධ්ය අනුග්රහය MTV/MBC මගිනුත් ලබාදෙයි.
by admin | Sep 6, 2019 | IESF
International Esports Federation (IESF) has just concluded yet another workshop held by its Referee Commission. Such workshop is part of the process of developing a comprehensive referee course designed for training referees for use at both national and international levels.
The course too is part of IESF’s endeavors to regulate esports and to create an environment that will benefit all esports athletes.
However, it should be noted, that it is through the continued support from Busan Metropolitan City, and Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency (BIPA), the success of this worthwhile project is ensured.
Through a formal accreditation process for referees, IESF’s referees’ course, and referees themselves shall set new standards and shall be in the forefront of raising esports to even greater heights.
IESF President, Colin Webster, stated, “In my opinion, referees are the front-line of all our member federations. As such, IESF is committed to capacitate such referees to the best of its ability so that such referees will help ensure the long-term growth and sustainability of esports.”
by Akhila Randeniya | Sep 4, 2019 | News
Over the past few years the competitive Esports scene in Sri Lanka has grown immensely in both talent and numbers. Online events such as the Gamer.LK Clans Warfare League and league have always brought in droves of players. Their purpose was twofold: on the one hand it was only a practice ground for the more mechanically skilled teams but on the other, an opportunity for newer teams and players to test out their skills without the harsh commitments a LAN tournament includes. Over time as the disparity of skill became more evident and obvious, the newer and “tier 2” teams of each competitive title were dissuaded to compete against the higher ranked teams. A noticeable trend was teams giving walkovers to the top ranked teams. This trend only stagnated growth and created a larger division between skilled teams and relatively lower skilled teams. The end all solution to this is the new format introduced by Gamer.lk in this years GCWL and GCLL: the Pro and Challenger Leagues.
The Pro League
This is where the TOP 6 teams based off the National ranking system of the Sri Lanka Esports Association are invited to play.This allows for a better platform for top ranking teams to gain recognition for their efforts and quality of games. Further it will reduce games where there is a large disparity of skill in the early stages of the tournaments. At the same time it will incentivize teams to make their performances at each ranked tournament count.
It’s common knowledge that being invited to a tournament reduces the pressure on having to play qualifiers.
The Challenger League
This is an open tournament to all teams and players. At the end of the league the top two teams will qualify to play in the Pro League.
Reducing the chances of meeting high skill teams in early stages will prevent teams from giving walkovers without valid reasons and also allow for better development for newer teams.
by Akhila Randeniya | Sep 3, 2019 | News
The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has endorsed the Inter-School Esports Championship being hosted by Gamer.LK and the Sri Lanka Esports Association. This is the second show of support by the NOCSL for Esports in Sri Lanka, with the first being Sri Lanka’s participation in the 18th Asian Games, where Esports was included as a demonstration sport. In a letter to the Sri Lanka Esports Association, Secretary General of the NOCSL Maxwell De Silva acknowledged the growth of Esports in Sri Lanka and the activities conducted to promote the sport. It went on to align the NOCSLs support to the 2022 Asian Games campaign where Esports is set to be a medal event.
The 4th annual Inter-School Esports Championship will be held in the same format as this years Inter-University Esports. The qualifiers will take place on the 21st and 22nd of September where the top 2 schools will proceed to the grand finals to be held on the 12th of October. This years Inter-School Esports Championship is powered by Sri Lanka Telecom, and supported by Laptop partner DELL along with media partners MTV/MBC.
This years Inter-School Esports hopes to surpass last years numbers of over 1,000 registered participants from over 100 schools across Sri Lanka.
