Team Curtin first runner-up in ACE Championship Playoffs
MIRI : Team Curtin University Malaysia (Team Curtin) emerged among the top teams in the recent Alliance of Campus Esports (ACE) Championship Playoffs held at Sunway Velocity Mall in Kuala Lumpur.
The team was first runner-up for Dota 2 in the inaugural competition which featured two games – Dota 2 and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang ( MLBB). The team took home RM6,000 cash prize.
Team Curtin members comprised cyber security student Yeo Swee En, electrical and electronic engineering student Ariston Antonio Calipusan, banking and finance student Derek Stanley Norman Guang, and mechanical engineering students Cheah Jia Min and Yeo Wei Kiat. All are members of the Curtin ESports Club at the university.
The playoffs saw eight teams battling for the title of the best Dota 2 and MLBB players in Malaysia. The eventual champion for Dota 2 was Team Swift from Sunway University, while Team Ultra Instinct from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) was MLBB champion.
The ACE Championship is a multi-title e- sports tournament for university and college students offering a total championship prize pool of RM38,000. Registration must be done through the universities’ e-sports clubs and each university is allowed to field a maximum of two teams for each game.
The tournament was broadcast live on Channel 808 (eGG) on Astro.
According to Derek, apart from stress relief, e-sports can help one develop critical soft skills.
“Some people say gaming is bad, but on the contrary, we have learned much from it. Video games have helped boost our strategic thinking, teamwork, communication skills, leadership and self- confidence.
“The number of bright and highly competitive students from so many universities competing in the tournament says something about its positive aspects,” he added.
The participating universities and colleges were Curtin University Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ( UKM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak ( Unimas), Universiti Malaysia Sabah ( UMS), Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris ( UPSI), Universiti Tenaga Nasional ( Uniten), Management Science University ( MSU), UCSI University, International Islamic University Malaysia ( IIUM), Multimedia University ( MMU), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman ( UTAR), Sunway University, ADE, Taylor’s University, TAR University College, Universiti Malaysia Pahang ( UMP), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (Utem), Universiti Sains Malaysia ( USM), Eastern College and Universiti Teknologi Petronas ( UTP).
The Curtin E- Sports Club was established in 2017 to provide a platform for students from all academic disciplines to showcase their talents in e-sports.
For more information on the Curtin E- sports Club, visit its Facebook page ( Curtin ESports Club) or its website (curtinesportclub.wixsite.com).