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We have our Mobile Legends: Bang Bang M5 Championship Top 6 teams!! The lower bracket quarter finals and upper bracket finals are a few days away, so let me catch you up to speed with what has been going on in the M5 Knockout Stage. I would say that it has been a pretty competitive knockout stage and there are a lot of moving pieces to keep note of to ensure that you can properly tune in to the games to come. Without further ado, lets talk M5 Series! Starting it off with our upper bracket finalists, Onic ID and AP.Bren, representatives of Indonesia and Philippines respectively. Onic ID showed great dominance in their match perfomances, only having issues with Blacklist International. Being the favorites to win it all, the pressure is on for Onic ID to bring the title back to Indonesia. Adding to this, being called Kairi eSports, Onic ID is trying to break away from the identity that they are more than just their PH import. AP.Bren on the other hand, they are the unexpected underdog fro...

You're watching a eSports tournament, a team brings out a weird draft and it ends up looking absolutely broken. So you decide to take it to rank, surprise surprise, you take a big fat L. This happens every single time when people see something OP somewhere (Youtube, Tiktok, Twitch).  Why is this the case? Why does something look OP in tournaments, yet bomb during ranked games?  It isn't a simple copy and paste. You have to consider the people doing these meta strats are professionals. These ideas don't just happen on the fly. Professional eSports metas don't directly reflect the ranked game scene because of several factors. Let's dive into the difference between Professional and Ranked Game! Communication  One of the most obvious difference between professional games and ranked games is the communication. Professional players are well-versed in communicating with one another, because teams most likely talked about proper call-outs and communication styles. Communica...

We've all experienced it. We've all experienced the grind it takes to rank up in competitive videogame titles. While some use their ranks as a flex or means to trashtalk newbies, rank plays a big role in motivation to play a game. It is an assumption that the higher the rank, the better chances you have to go pro. Because, logically speaking, the better you are at the game, the better you will do in the professional eSports scene. But... Does rank really matter in the grander scheme of things? Does having a high rank mean you will be a great eSports competitor? The answer may surprise you! YES and NO HAHAHAHA Yep, it is not as straight forward as one might think. There are several factors, aside from rank, that should be considered when deciding to go pro. So, let's talk about it! What does rank indicate? Before we get into why rank does or doesn't matter, let's talk about what rank means. Basically, rank in videogames act like a grading system, the better you play,...

Taken from the Dota 2 website. Property of Valve The International 2023 or TI12 group stage has ended and boy it has been a wild ride! The group stage has been a mix of stomps and upsets. Teams playing their hearts out, and some letting their nerves get the better of them. TI12 is rollercoaster of emotions with a side of great action. If you haven't already known, the group stage format for this year's The International is a bit different. It comes in 2 phases. 1st phase, there are 4 group of 5 teams who play a round robin series of Bo2 (Best of 2) matches and the bottom team gets eliminated. Then, the 16 remaining teams will move on to Phase 2 of the group stage. The 2nd phase decides which teams will be starting in the upper or lower bracket during playoffs, and this will be done through a series of Bo3 (Best of 3) matches. With everything that happened in the Group Stage, I was and am prepared to eat my own words. I have a few prediction updates and of course, I have to give...

Here is a list of  my personal mobile gaming dealbreakers or icks (as the zoomers call it) As someone who spends most of their time playing games on my phone, I’ve been bombarded with multiple ads for mobile games. Being pretty susceptible to targeted marketing, I download these games and try them out for myself. Through these unwanted ads, I’ve found hidden gems amidst the ocean of trash mobile games. Sifting through these games, gave me a clearer sense of what I want or don’t want in a game.  So, here are my top 3 icks or red flags when it comes to playing a game! Ads It should be a given, right? I know that ads are a way for free mobile games to earn money, and I respect that. I don’t mind watching ads when there are incentives involved, but there is such as thing as too much.  There are games you can play offline, but can’t, because you have to play it with ads on. Similarly, there are games you’d want to play offline to avoid the spam of ads when playing with an inte...

With the regular season concluded and the playoffs are just around the corner, let’s take a look back at how things turned.  It is worth noting that this is the first MPL season with the Emblem system revamp, so there was a lot of limit testing taking place during these games. Given that the regular season is the bulk of MPL PH tournament format, the meta heading into the playoffs will be very similar. But before we take a deep dive into the meta analysis, here are the standings: Congratulations to Echo and AP.Bren for securing the 1st and 2nd seeds. It has been a grueling season, especially since the top 2 teams will be heading to m5. GG Well Played to Minana Evos and TNC for putting up a good fight. Bounce back next season! Now… Let’s talk meta highlights! Utility Jungling is not Dead! An early prediction, with the removal of the Jungle emblem, was that tank junglers will not have a place in the meta. They assumed the lower damage output will affect the utility junglers’ clear ti...

The Philippines has been known to spend a third of the day looking at their smart phones. With majority of the population needing a smart phone to navigate through their day to day, it is no surprise that mobile gaming is a big hit here. From puzzle games like Candy Crush to competitive MOBAs like Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, mobile gaming takes on different shapes and sizes. It is no surprise to see Filipinos of different ages playing on their phones to drown out the noise around them.  We could see how big the mobile gaming industry is here in the country by looking at how much efforts companies are putting into it. We’ve got telecommunications companies competing with each other for the best mobile data plans they could offer, with allotments for mobile games. We have the biggest Mobile Legends eSports scene, and big tech companies are using this as a way to break into the Philippine market. Talk to any Filipino, and they could name at least one popular mobile game.  Aside fr...

Taken from the Dota 2 website. Property of Valve The most awaited Dota 2 tournament starts in a few days!! How will things unfold in the city of Seattle? What stories and moments will this TI be remembered for?  Let's not get ahead of ourselves, and let us look at what the tournament can potentially be! Time for a Pre TI23 Tournament Analysis! An Overview This year has been quite a ride. The world began opening up and teams are now more diverse, with players coming from different regions playing under one banner. There were a lot of firsts and lasts. The DPC system is being retired, Dota 2 received one of the biggest updates its had in years, and let's not forget, no Battle Pass for this TI12. It is sad to see the norm go, but progress must happen. Even the format of The International 2023 is new! TI12 is reborn in Seattle, HQ of Valve, and the event will be a month long! The Teams With the tournament happening in the USA, a country strict with VISA applications, it is no surpr...