Esports is finally being recognized around the world as the future of sports competition and its inclusion with the traditional sports at Asian Games is one of the biggest achievements for this industry. 2022 Asian Games are to be hosted in Hangzhou, China in September 2022.

At the 2022 Asian Games, following esports titles will be included and each one will have its own national team:

• Arena of Valor (Asian Games version)
• Dota 2
• Dream Three Kingdoms 2
• EA Sports FIFA
• Hearthstone
• League of Legends
• PUBG Mobile (Asian Games version)
• Street Fighter V

The AESF will be employing special committees to ensure that each region will send its best representative at the Asian Games. A number of national competitions in the titles like League of Legends and PUBG Mobile will be hosted in the month of February and March and finally, the national esports teams for each region will be decided by April.

According to the RDAG(Road to Asian Games) timeline, the campaign was pitched in November and the official introduction of esports into Asian Games was announced on 14th January 2022.

Furthermore, the timeline states that National Team Selection will be done between February and April and from April to July, the ‘RDAG Regionals’ would be hosted to give the final seedings.

The final event will be hosted in China in September 2022 and will have all the national teams competing in their respective titles.

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India Today’s gaming division is led by Vishwalok who has executed several major esports projects in the region. Nath is known for his time as the director of ESPL, India’s first franchise-based esports league for popular mobile game Garena’s Free Fire.

WEC marks the next highly ambitious project that will set the path for the organization going forward and on the basis of merits, Vishwalok Nath appears to be the choice of a person as the driving force.

“Our Next big IP, World Esports Cup got announced now. Watch out for the teams from India, Pakistan & Nepal to battle it out to win the massive prize pool ” he said.

World Esports Cup

World Esports Cup is expected to feature a prize pool of USD 100,000 i.e 75,00,000 INR, making it one of the most well-compensated esports events ever hosted in the region.

The registration or which is supposed to kick off on 23rd October, with Infinix Smartphone as the title sponsor for the inaugural edition of WEC.

The tournament will take place in multiple stages including qualifiers, groups, and playoffs. Teams across India, Pakistan, and Nepal will have the opportunity to grab the Free Fire crown that comes with eye-boggling prize money.

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With 327 maps under the belt and having an average rating of 1.19, xeta now announces his departure and joins the free agency pool.

From the Korean Region under xeta, MVP PK did lay it’s reigns by capturing the eXTREMESLAND 2018 Asia Finals title held in Shanghai, China and Cobx Masters held in India earlier in 2019. Also, they did bag the third place at Hong Kong while competing for the Zotac Cup Masters title which was later won by team Mibr led by Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and his men.

With xeta’s exit from the starting 5, MVP PK now has:

• Min-Soo “glow” Kim
• Gu-Taek “stax” Kim
• Sang-Min “Rb” Goo
• Seung-won “k1Ng” Lee
• Seon-Ho “termi” Pyeon (coach)

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The event will be held from November 21-24 with $300,000 USD on the stake. The venue hasn’t been disclosed yet but Shanghai is all set to host the 2019 variant as well.

Similar to the 2018 event, this year will also feature 8 teams. Seven teams will be directly invited while one would qualify through China qualifier. The organizers have initially revealed 3 invites – MIBR, TyLoo & ENCE eSports.

Further invites and additional information about the tournament is awaited. The tournament format hasn’t been revealed too. Natus Vincere won 2018 variant and the mighty share of $150,000 USD.

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Malav: So escudo, you mentioned earlier that you are 15 years old. How did your journey to play CSGO professionally begin?

escudo: So it all started when I was around ten years old and my dad bought a computer for his own office work. Instead of him, I ended up using it for hours daily. I actually played Counter Strike 1.6 when I was eight at my domestic helper’s house. I first played Counter Strike Global Offensive in the summer of 2016. In the beginning, I did not enjoy it and I would only play because of my friends, but after a while I absolutely enjoyed it. In reality, it took me a long time to get to where I am, after playing the game for a month I was still horrendous at it and I was mocked for my skills. Being mocked by my friends, in turn, motivated me to play even better.

While scrolling through Youtube for CS:GO videos, I stumbled upon highlights video of a professional CS:GO match, to be exact, it was ESL Cologne 2016. Till then, I had no idea that there was a competitive CS:GO scene. I thought that the only possible way to make money with gaming was by making Youtube videos. After that, I watched the entire ESL Cologne 2016 tournament and saw SK Gaming lift the trophy. That’s when I found out that I wanted to go professional, I said to myself “this is what I wanna be, an esports player.” So I started playing, even more, I even quit sports to devote myself to gaming and from there everything led to another. By that time I started playing FACEIT and I started getting recognition from the community. I started playing tournaments, I got invited to teams and that’s essentially how it went.

The first sponsored team I joined was Wanted Esport, a French organization, and now I am in Brutality playing the ESL Premiership India – Masters League.

Malav: Did your parents support gaming from a young age? What do they think about going professional is CSGO

escudo: My parents have always supported me in whatever I did, whether it was sports, gaming or anything. I am very lucky to have this kind of support. Many parents are against gaming- they don’t buy their children computers to play games who then sneak out to Internet Cafes to play. On the other hand, some parents prohibit gaming despite owning a computer. I believe that I am very fortunate to have such supportive parents. They are the best parents I could have asked for.

Although my parents support me, they do have some concerns. They think that gaming is not healthy and hampers education. I do agree with them to a certain extent. A lot of people have not been able to balance gaming and education. In my opinion,  with good time management anything thing can be achieved, you can be a top student and a top player at the same time. My parents believe that gamers are lazy and overweight. When I hear people saying this I just show them a picture of, my teammate, Ankit. Ankit (better known as V3nom) is the most active person I know. He plays professional Counter-Strike, goes to the gym, likes to do modelling and is the brand ambassador for the best companies in the world. He is the perfect example to show people that being a gamer doesn’t mean that you can’t be fit and lead a good life.

Malav: Is there a communication barrier between you and Indian players?

escudo: Well the communication in Team Brutality is a mix of Hindi and English. During retakes and executes, there have been moments where I have felt a bit out of the loop. Other than that our communication is pretty clear and all of us are working to improve it.

Malav: How different has the experience been playing on an Indian Team compared to a SEA Team?

escudo: In my opinion, there is a huge difference between Indian teams and SEA teams. In SEA, there are more individually skilled players so when it comes to teams you can see more individual plays in SEA teams. On the other hand, Indian teams have a lack of firepower and structure, however, they are getting better day by day.  Something I realized about Indian teams is that they tend to craft their own style. On the other hand, SEA teams tend to copy strats from other teams. Additionally, the SEA region has many young talents between the age of 13 and 16 who play on the top teams there. In India, there aren’t any players of my age group (13-16) who play for top teams

Malav: Where do you see yourself 10 years down the line?

escudo: To tell you the truth, it scares me a little to know that in one decade I will be twenty-five years old and that my childhood will come to an end. I hope that in ten years I can buy my own house from my own income and provide for my parents and family.

Malav: Favorite moment in your life regarding CSGO?

escudo: My favorite moment regarding CS: GO is definitely when I reached the finals of CESG & KOM, Macau. It was the first time I played on a stage and my parents were there. It was a special moment because I made my parents proud by showing them how good I really was and I feel that my parents started to believe in me even more.

Malav: What is one fact about you that only a few people know?

escudo: I have a huge passion for learning languages, for me when you learn a language you don’t only learn the language, you also learn about the culture of a country. I can only speak Portuguese and English fluently. However, I have intermediate proficiency in other languages like Mandarin, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, Spanish, French. In Macau, the esports scene isn’t great and I learned languages by playing with my friends from other countries.

Malav: A quote that you live by?

escudo: “With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything”-  Antoine Griezmann

I live by this quote because I can relate my life story to it. I do believe that if you work and focus really hard you can achieve anything. It wasn’t easy for me to get here, I worked really hard – hours and hours of practice and watching demos every day. I still work hard to find ways to improve myself.    

Thank you Escudo for generous responses. We wish you all the best for your endeavors with Brutality!

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Ex-players  Ke “captainMo” Liu, Hui “DD” Wu, Zhen “HZ” Huang and Yue “AE” Yu will be seen playing together under the banner of Team One Three

The first two players in the team are Ke “captainMo” Liu and Hui “DD” Wu. The duo were ousted from the team at the start of the year after being replaced by YuanZhang “AttackeR” Sheng and YuLun “Summer” Cai from Tyloo’s active lineup.

The next two players are Zhen “HZ” Huang and Yue “AE” Yu.  HZ played with Panda at StarSeries i-League Season 7. On the other hand, while AE plays with BTRG.IMBA

The last player to complete the roster is  QiFang “Karsa” Su, who doesn’t have a team since Fash disbanded their roster at the beginning of the year.

One Three are reported to play with:

• Ke “captainMo” Liu
• Hui “DD” Wu
• Zhen “HZ” Huang
• Yue “AE” Yu
• QiFang “Karsa” Su

Photo: HLTV

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They will play their first match against BOOT on the 16th of April at 1:30 PM IST in a Best of 3 Round Robin format, with their matches against Lucid Dream and Alpha Red being on 17th and 18th April respectively.

The top 2 from their group will join the top 2 from the China Group, with the 4 vying for a single spot at the Pro League Finals in a BO3 Round Robin format. The other spot will be taken by the AUS/NZ region whose teams are divided in the other 2 groups in Round 1.

With a fresh lineup and high expectations, Entity will hope to spring a surprise and qualify for Round 2, while also looking to exact revenge on BOOT-d[S], who knocked them out of the IEM Sydney closed qualifiers.

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For the final change,  Anthony “ImpressioN” Lim will be moving to a backup position, with Malaysian player Ahmad “d4v41” Khalish Rusyaidee Bin Nordin, of FrostFire, filling in his boots.

The adjustment comes after a dry period for BOOT-d[S], who played last on December 23 in the StarLadder Season 7 Asia Qualifier where they failed to make it to the main event in Shanghai after being beaten by BTRG.IMBA in Group D’s decider match.

BOOT-d[S] CGO Harley “dsn” Orvall said in a statement, “We went through a period with mixed results last year and while it’s never fun to lose, I do believe that we learned some valuable lessons.With our new roster, I believe that we added back some of the firepower that we lacked late last year in acquiring “d4v41” and slotting “Benkai” back into the lineup.

Furthermore, we now have a new bellwether in “alecks”, tasked with leading our young roster in-game.We just need to remember to be humble about the fact that there’s a lot of work to be done in order for us to squeeze out the maximum potential of our roster. Get a little bit better and learn something new every day is our mantra moving forward. I would also like to thank FrostFire for their professionalism in dealing with the acquisition of “d4v41.””

With these changes, BOOT-d[S] now stand as:

• [flag=sg]Alexandre “alecks” Salle
• [flag=sg] Benedict “Benkai” Tan
• [flag=sg] Leslie “Bobosaur” Soen
• [flag=my] Nevin “splashske” Aw
• [flag=sg] Ahmad “d4v41” Khalish Rusyaidee Bin Nordin
• [flag=sg] Anthony “ImpressioN” Lim (backup)

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The WESG 2018 China Qualifier #2 featured four teams, 5POWER, BTRG.IMBA, ViCi, and EHOME, in a single elimination bracket for a spot in the grand finals.

5POWER and ViCi—who were using Hui “DD” Wu and Ke “captainMo” Liu as stand-ins for Andrew “Kaze” Khong and WingHei “Freeman” Cheung, won their semi-final matches, defeating EHOME and BTRG.IMBA, respectively, to face each other in the final.

The teams played two maps; Mirage and Inferno where 5POWER won 2-0 against VICI. In the first map, Mirage, HongGuang “Stevie” Li led the charge for his team, ending the map with 31 kills and an impressive rating of 1.51, closing the map out 16-13. The second map, Inferno went to triple overtime 5POWER could take the map,backed by a score line of 25-22

The tournament has one spot left to be filled by an invited team, will take place on March 11-17 in Chongqing, China. The complete list for WESG 2018 WORLD Finals is as follows:

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In an official post on social media, Signify has announced their new CSGO lineup featuring Tejas Sawant & Cong Anh Ngo.

Few weeks ago, TalkEsport had reported the developments in the Asian scene. According to the sources aware of the trades, Crazyguy and Ace were in talks with several organizations to explore new verticals.

We had also reported that ex-OpTic India players were looking for new home after parent org. OpTic withdrew from the region.

Signify CSGO lineup

• Agneya ‘Marzil’ Koushik
• Lukas ‘yb’ Groning
• Sunny ‘DEATHMAKER’ Das
• Tejas ‘Ace’ Sawant
• Cong ‘crazyguy’ Anh Ngo

In the first week of November we had learned that one of the most experienced Indian CSGO pro was returning to India after playing for Team XCN for a few months.

Post f0rsaken fiasco, the players of Optic India were left in a dire situation. Sabyasachi ‘antidote’ Bose was the first one to find asylum, haiVaan followed his footsteps a little later.

Cong ‘crazyguy’ Anh Ngo, the 22-year-old from Vietnam have earlier played for teams such as Skyred, Threats & Revolution.

The dominant performance of the youngster at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 was widely recognized and applauded. HLTV.org even produced a feature fragmovie, calling it ‘beast from the east.‘

Crazyguy was also part of the $4000 SoStronk’s King of the Hill – Asia championship, where his team Secret won the title.

Signify CSGO unprecedentedly brings a lot of firepower around the table. The experience of Tejas ‘ace’ Sawant & Cong ‘crazyguy’ Anh Ngo, along with the aggression of Marzil & DeathMaker, Lukas ‘yb’ Groning has a lot to showcase.

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