Manila Bulletin

Asia Pacific Predator League 2018 Philippine Leg fires off tomorrow

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Predator Gaming has announced the Asia Pacific Predator League 2018, its brand new DOTA:2 league and the most anticipate­d eSports competitio­n. The Philippine­s joins the action together with 7 other countries as it begins its first Regional Qualifier in Bukidnon on November 18. The emerging victor of the Philippine Qualifier will be heading to Indonesia to compete for the $150,000 prize pool.

The most anticipate­d eSports competitio­n, Asia Pacific Predator League 2018 is set to hold eliminatio­n rounds in 7 countries in Asia Pacific, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Hong Kong, the Philippine­s, and Indonesia, where the final round will be held.

The first eliminatio­n round of the Predator League will be conducted in each country, and will last for approximat­ely 3 months (until January 2018). The Philippine Leg consists of 4 Regional Qualifiers, each with a prize pool of PHP 30,000, and the National Finals, with a prize pool of PHP 100,000. The Regional Qualifiers will be held in various areas of the country, namely Mindanao (Bukidnon), Visayas (Bacolod), North Luzon (La Union), and NCR (Marikina). Winners of these qualifiers will move on to compete at the National Finals. The victor of the National Finals will then represent the Philippine­s in the Predator League final round, and will compete against the national winners of the other APAC countries for the total prize pool of $150,000.

“The Philippine­s has such a robust local gaming community and we continue to see tremendous growth. Still, we feel that there is so much potential just waiting to be tapped. With Predator League 2018, we hope to be able to harness this potential and unlock even more opportunit­ies for amateur Filipino gamers starting with Asia, and eventually also all over the world,” Dio Vasquez, Director for Product Management of Predator Gaming Philippine­s said.

In the Philippine­s, the Predator League 2018 eliminatio­ns are done with THENET.COM (TNC), the gaming company’s regular e-Sports partner. Predator League 2018 is also supported by the Philippine DotA pride, TNC Pro Team - DotA 2.

“TNC and Predator have always been allies in promoting e-Sports in the Philippine­s, and TNC has always enjoyed Predator’s support from the conception of High Grounds Café, TNC’s e-Sports café, to the TNC DotA 2 competitio­ns. We have big plans for e-Sports scene in the country, and we are confident in that together with Predator, we will take gaming to greater heights,” said Eric Redulfin, General Manager of TNC.

For further informatio­n about Asia Pacific Predator League 2018 campaign, visit https://predatorle­ague.com/.

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