by Seshan Fernando | May 13, 2021 | News
- 2 of the biggest names in Sri Lankan DOTA 2 were asked to captain for the Face-Off
- Team Paradoxx was captained by Mirsab ‘Paradoxx’ Hassan
- Team AB was captained by Shenal ‘AB’ Daniel
- Team Paradoxx beat team AB, 2 – 0 to win the Dell Gaming Academy DOTA 2 Face-Off
The Dell Gaming Academy Face-Off brought together some of the biggest names in Sri Lankan Esports in order to face them off against each other in friendly competition. The event consisted of 3 main titles; Rainbow Six Siege, League of Legends and DOTA 2. For this event 2 team captains were picked and tasked with building their own roster for the Face-Off. The DOTA 2 Face-Off captains were Mirsab ‘Paradoxx’ Hassan and Shenal ‘AB’ Daniel.
DOTA 2 Face-Off Team Rosters:
Team Paradoxx
– Mirsab ‘Paradoxx’ Hassan
– Viren ‘Hawkey’ Dias
– Tiron ‘Mitsuki’ Asirwatham
– Shariff ‘Sage Meister’ Ghanem
– Shauban ’24’ Rusdhi
Team AB
– Shenal ‘AB’ Daniel
– Muksith ‘TenSa Zengetsu’ Ajwath
– Heshan ‘666’ Sanjaya
– Deloshaan ‘Delo’ Logeswaran
– Siva ‘Prince’ Aarathanan
During match 1 of the Bo3, team AB was able to get a slight advantage in the early game, but it was taken back by team Paradoxx soon after. However, a failed gank by team Paradoxx and successful counter attack from team AB, set the game with equal chances for both teams to win. But only team Paradoxx was able to make it work, especially with their powerful Medusa, played by Mitsuki and managed to win the 1st match.
The 2nd game of the Bo3 took a different turn, as team Paradoxx steamrolled their way to victory. Throughout the entire match they had the upper hand, not allowing team AB the chance to make a comeback. And they rode that advantage all the way to the end, eventually winning the 2nd game and ultimately the entire Dell Gaming Academy DOTA 2 Face-Off event.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media for more DOTA 2 tournaments and events in the future.
by Seshan Fernando | May 12, 2021 | News
- 2 of the biggest Sri Lankan clans, nA and PnX were chosen to build teams for the Face-Off
- Team Phoenix GaminG (PnX) roster was drafted by Navod Bopitiya
- Team Noob Alliance (nA) roster was drafted by Abith Latiff
- Team PnX make amazing final comeback to beat team nA 2 – 1 and win the Face-Off
The Dell Gaming Academy Face-Off brought together some of the biggest names in Sri Lankan Esports in order to face them off against each other in friendly competition. The event consisted of 3 main titles; Rainbow Six Siege, League of Legends and DOTA 2. For this event, two team captains were picked and tasked with building their own roster for the Face-Off. The League of Legends Face-Off captains were Navod Bopitiya from Noob Alliance (nA) and Abith Latiff from Phoenix GaminG (PnX).
League of Legends Face-Off Team Rosters:
Team PnX
– Manusha “hydrã” Lakshan
– Ashen “TheShyB0y” Semithu
– Sajitha “Scavv69420” Suranjana
– Nisal “Nishastic” Ranaweerasinghe
– Prathibha “Ashlyx” Dissanayaka
Team nA
– Achintha “Nightmare” Konara
– Bhanuka “Xiaoraven” Rathnayake
– Anjana “Real mojo” Amarasingha
– Booshitha “Booshi” Ekanayake
– Harivarshen “Unseen blade” Selvarajah
Match 1 saw team PnX getting an early lead and drawing first blood against their opponents. However, team nA made a convincing comeback towards the mid game and also secured the Baron. With their current lead against team PnX, team nA pushed into their base destroying the enemy nexus, securing map 1 in their favour.
The 2nd match of the series on the other hand took a complete turn compared to match 1. In the very early game team nA had the advantage and first blood, but team PnX quickly retaliated. The match saw a slight back and forth between both teams before team PnX managed to take the lead. Making use of their advantage over their enemy, they kept that moment going and were able to win match number 2, taking the event to the final match.
Match 3 was the most intense out of the Bo3, with major back and forths between the teams. Team nA took a significant early lead in terms of gold and kills, but team PnX’s counter attack when team nA tried to gank them, got team PnX the lead. However, nA managed to get their lead back again, even destroying PnX’s top and mid lane inhibitors & inhibitor turrets. But when nA went for the Baron, team PnX launched their attack, defeating their opponents and taking back the advantage. With that they were able to get to nA’s base and won the final match and the event, 2 – 1.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media for more League of Legends tournaments and events in the future.
by Seshan Fernando | May 11, 2021 | News
After an action packed Season 3, which wrapped last month, Samsung Members is back for their quarterly Challenge Series tournament. Part 1 of Season 4 is set to begin on the 26th of May, and has 7 different titles to choose and play from. Along with the usual challenge series favourites, Season 4 Part 1 brings back Valorant, which was only played during Season 3 Part 2 and introduces a brand new title – Mario Kart Tour.
Game titles that will be played during Season 4:
- Call of Duty Mobile – Battle Royale Solos
- Call of Duty 4 – Free For All
- Clash Royale – Tournament Mode
- Free Fire Mobile – Battle Royale Solos
- Mario Kart Tour – Solos
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang – 5v5 (Teams)
- Valorant – Solo Deathmatch
Register for Samsung Members Challenge Series Season 4: https://gamer.lk/go/samsungs4p1
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK and Samsung Games & Esports Sri Lanka for more updates regarding the upcoming season of the Samsung Members Challenge Series.
by Seshan Fernando | May 10, 2021 | News
- 2 of the biggest names in Sri Lankan R6 were asked to captain for the Face-Off
- Team Jayv was captained by Gayan “Jayv” Bandaranayake
- Team FaTaLz was captained by Dulshan “FaTaLz” Lakvidu
- Team Jayv beat team FaTaLz, 2 – 0 to win the Dell Gaming Academy Rainbow Six Siege Face-Off
The Dell Gaming Academy Face-Off brought together some of the biggest names in Sri Lankan Esports in order to face them off against each other in friendly competition. The event consisted of 3 main titles; Rainbow Six Siege, League of Legends and DOTA 2. For this event, two team captains were picked and tasked with building their own roster for the face-off. The Rainbow Six Siege Face-Off captains were Gayan “Jayv” Bandaranayake and Dulshan “FaTaLz” Lakvidu.
Rainbow Six Siege Face-Off Team Rosters:
Team Jayv
– Gayan “Jayv” Bandaranayake
– Rasanga “Raxan” Rathugamage
– Bhagya “Killswitch” Dissanayake
– Maleesha “Mentu” Jayashan
– Dhanujaya “Dhanu” Weerakoon
– Malith “ ScropioN” Prasanna
Team FaTaLz
– Dulshan “FaTaLz” Lakvidu
– Gihan “Jay” Jayawardana
– Ashen “Nos” Sachintha
– Jayathra“Hyper” Mahadurage
– Heshan “BL4NK” Virantha
Match 1 of the best of 3 match series was played on the map Kafe Dostoyevsky and saw team Jayv make an impressive comeback after 2 round losses. With their change in strategy and tactics they managed to bring the scoreline to 6 – 3. Although, when it looked like they would be moving on to map 2, team FaTaLz won round 10. However, Jayv was not about to let them have a comeback and in round 11, beat their opponents with aggressive plays, securing map 1.
The 2nd match was played on Chalet, and witnessed an intense back and forth between both teams all the way up until round 11, where the scoreline was 5 – 5. However, team Jayv managed to pull through in round 11 and secure match point. And in round 12, team FaTaLz had the opportunity to bring it to overtime, as it was a 2 vs 3, with their opponent’s captain bleeding out. But team Jayv stood their ground and managed to secure the final round, winning them map 2 and the title of champions at the Dell Gaming Academy Face-Off: Rainbow Six Siege.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media for more Rainbow Six Siege tournaments and events in the future.
by Seshan Fernando | May 8, 2021 | News
On April 21st the Women’s Cyber Games 2021 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament concluded and AE – Vixens were crowned the victors. During the grand finals, AE – Vixens managed to beat their opponents; M-eS Frag Influence 2 – 0 in a BO3 series. They steamrolled their way through both matches in the finals, whittling down the enemy towers one by one and stopping M-eS from making any comeback, which in the end brought them their well deserved 1st place finish.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 5v5 winners at the Women’s Cyber Games Online 2021:
1st Place: AE – Vixens
2nd Place: M-eS Frag Influence
3rd Place: AE – Invaders
The preferred Peripheral Partner is Logitech G and preferred Snack Partner is Perera & Sons for the Women’s Cyber Games Online Championship 2021.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media to stay updated regarding the remaining game titles and their winners of the Women’s Cyber Games 2021.
by Seshan Fernando | May 7, 2021 | News
The Real Cricket 20 grand finals of the Women’s Cyber Games 2021 took place last Wednesday (April 22nd), and saw Kaumini “PiK4CHU” Gunasinghe take on Nishanthi “niku” Kumari for the 1st place title. Match 1 of the BO3 went the way of PiK4CHU, where she put up an impressive 26 runs in the 1st innings (2 overs). Although niku managed 4 wickets against her opponent in the 1st innings, PiK4CHU’s superior bowling in the 2nd innings secured her match 1 victory, with niku only managing 8 runs.
Match 2 started with niku up to bat, and played out similarly to match 1, with PiK4CHU bowling consistent dot balls, allowing niku to only score 9 runs. In the 2nd innings niku showed promise of a comeback, even managing the 1st wicket by the 2nd ball. However, with 2 amazing back to back boundary shots PiK4CHU closed off the 2nd match, crowning her the champion.
Real Cricket 20 winners at the Women’s Cyber Games Online 2021:
1st Place: Kaumini “PiK4CHU” Gunasinghe
2nd Place: Nishanthi “niku” Kumari
3rd Place: Nadeeshani “Foxy” Jayasinghe
The preferred Peripheral Partner is Logitech G and preferred Snack Partner is Perera & Sons for the Women’s Cyber Games Online Championship 2021.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media to stay updated regarding the remaining game titles and their winners of the Women’s Cyber Games 2021.
by Seshan Fernando | May 6, 2021 | News
The grand finals of the League of Legends 1v1 tournament for the Women’s Cyber Games 2021 took place on the 20th of April. At the Finals, Sajitha “Purplecat” Samarakoon took on the 2020 runner-up of the Women’s Cyber Games LOL 1v1- Nuwangi “Easterbunnie” Randombage.
Match 1 (Champion – Ahri) of the BO3 seemed to be going the way of Easterbunnie during the first and latter half of the match. However, when Easterbunnie had reached 99 CS (creep score), just 1 away from securing her match 1 victory, Purplecat mounted a breathtaking comeback. At the last moment as Easterbunnie went in for the final CS, Purplecat managed to get the kill on her, which secured the 1st match. Match 2 (Champion – Malzahar) also went the way of Purplecat, where she managed to lock in a steady CS lead over Easterbunnie. Which in the end, resulted in her reaching the 100 CS needed for her to win the 2nd match and the entire tournament.
League of Legends 1v1 winners at the Women’s Cyber Games Online 2021:
1st Place: Sajitha “Purplecat” Samarakoon
2nd Place: Nuwangi “Easterbunnie” Randombage
3rd Place: Himasha “Hima” Perera
The preferred Peripheral Partner is Logitech G and preferred Snack Partner is Perera & Sons for the Women’s Cyber Games Online Championship 2021.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media to stay updated regarding the remaining game titles and their winners of the Women’s Cyber Games 2021.
by Seshan Fernando | May 5, 2021 | News
- UG ZeGG eSports place 1st at the ROG Arena Sri Lanka Valorant Invitational
- x3 Outplay and WG GunSlingerS placed 2nd and 3rd respectively
- Omal “Roach” Prabuddha of UG ZeGG eSports awarded the Top Fragger award
- Outplay, ZeGG and GunSlingers in a 3-way tie during round-robin qualifier
Day 1: Round Robin
The ROG Arena Sri Lanka Valorant Invitational was organised by ASUS ROG Sri Lanka in strategic partnership with Gamer.LK to bring together Sri Lanka’s best Valorant teams fighting for a prize pool of LKR 250,000. 5 teams were invited for the tournament where they got a chance to face off each other in a BO1 round-robin series from which 2 teams made their way into the Grand Finals. Day 1 (May 1st) saw the teams engage in 10 intense matches by the end of which all teams had played 4 matches over the course of nearly 12 hours. There was also a surprise three way tie between UG ZeGG eSports, x3 Outplay and WG GunSlingerS, who had all won 3 out of their 4 matches. Thanks to x3 Outplay’s incredible final match (match 10 of the day) against UG ZeGG eSports they were able to qualify for the grand finals due to a 2 round difference. This sadly left WG GunSlingerS in 3rd place and allowed x3 Outplay to move to the finals and face off against UG ZeGG eSports.
Top Fragger Award
A separate LKR 18,000 prize pool was up for grabs for the top 3 fraggers during the round-robin stage. Omal “Roach” Prabuddha from UG ZeGG eSports and Shazlim “Scr1m” Amith from WG GunSlingerS were the front runners with both securing an impressive 84 kills each. However, due to fewer deaths and a better overall combat score, Roach was eventually named the top fragger with Scr1m coming in 2nd and Janith “Slapspear” Hettiarachchi of WG GunSlingerS coming in 3rd with 73 frags.
Day 2: Grand Finals
During the Grand Finals on Day 2 (May 2nd), everyone was waiting to see x3 Outplay triumph over the behemoth’s of Valorant in Sri Lanka – UG ZeGG eSports, after their impressive final match on day 1. However, ZeGG came to the grand finals prepared more than ever and with the sole aim of being champions. They managed to win the BO3 series 2 – 0, with a 13-5 finish on their map pick of Haven and even beat x3 Outplay on their map pick of Bind with a shocking 13-1 scoreline. This allowed UG ZeGG eSports to be crowned champions and take home the bigger stake of the prize pool of LKR 150,000.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media for more Valorant tournaments coming in the future.
by Seshan Fernando | May 3, 2021 | News
On Sunday night (11th April) at the Women’s Cyber Games 2021 DOTA 2 1v1, we saw an interesting battle taking place between the 2 grand finalists; Legion – JollyGood and Stardust. Match 1 (JollyGood’s hero pick – Timbersaw) started off with Stardust getting the first kill advantage. However, JollyGood made a comeback straight after, securing her 1st match of the BO3.
For match 2 (Stardust’s hero pick – Viper), JollyGood was able to draw first blood. Further into the match Stardust went in to get her first kill, however, both players killed each other. Resulting in JollyGood getting her 2nd kill and wrapping up the grand finals with 2 – 0.
DOTA 2 1v1 winners at the Women’s Cyber Games Online 2021:
1st Place: Semini “Legion – JollyGood” Perera
2nd Place: Tikiri “Stardust” Diasena
3rd Place: Disuri “Platinum1379” Samarakoon
The preferred Peripheral Partner is Logitech G and preferred Snack Partner is Perera & Sons for the Women’s Cyber Games Online Championship 2021.
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media to stay updated regarding the remaining game titles and their winners of the Women’s Cyber Games 2021.
by Seshan Fernando | May 3, 2021 | News
- PnX – BLACK win the League of Legends Predator Challenge Series by mCENTRE
- Second consecutive ranked tournament win for PnX – BLACK
- PnX – BLACK win 2 – 1 in BO3 after amazing comeback
- nA – Vanguard placed 2nd, with PnX – Hottest Pink placing 3rd
With the conclusion of the Predator Challenge Series by mCENTRE League of Legends grand finals Wednesday night (7th April), PnX – BLACK were crowned champions. nA – Vanguard was given 2nd place and PnX – Hottest Pink placed 3rd, after their bronze match against Mystic – Meet Your Makers.
During the grand finals, both teams put up stunning performances, with nA – Vanguard taking the lead in match 1 and absolutely destroying the opposition. However, during match 2 PnX – BLACK made an astonishing comeback, bringing the BO3 finals to a 3rd match. For match 3, PnX – BLACK yet again showed an amazing performance, which secured the final victory they needed in order to be crowned champions.
PnX BLACK Roster
- Nishal “Nishastic” Ranaweerasinghe
- Manusha “Hydra” Lakshan
- Sajitha “Scavv69420” Suranjana
- Ashen “TheShyBoy” Semithu
- Prarhibha “A£shly” Dissanayaka
- Chamalka “Jazz” Ranaweerasinghe
Be sure to stay tuned to Gamer.LK’s website and social media for more League of Legend Tournaments in the future, such as the Dell Singer Online Esports Showdown 2021!
