Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

New champions in Esports crowned

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Perera and Sons in partnershi­p with Gamer.lk launched the second edition of its Esports championsh­ips, the PUBG Mobile P&S Series and the P&S Free Fire Contenders.

With a prize pool of Rs. 200,000, the tournament brought together over 500 teams to compete in the event.

Sri Lanka’s top 16 PUBG Mobile teams made their way to the Grand Finals of the PUBG Mobile P&S Series where they challenged each other in a sixmap encounter.

‘Opex Lanka’ emerged victorious with a 35-point lead over ‘Maximum Esports Hitxerbiv’ which came in second place. ‘Team Wolfgang Esports Bullet Track’ finished in third place. Team ‘Opex Lanka’ was represente­d by ‘OPX Legend’, ‘LND Dila’, ‘OPX Tauter’, ‘OPX Jay’ and ‘RN PODDS SIR’.

The P&S Free Fire Contenders saw the top 12 Free Fire teams in the country make it to the Grand Finals across six maps in a battle to the finish.

‘Alpha Esports HOB’ was crowned the Champions with a 43-point lead over ‘Maximum Esports Brotherhoo­d.’

‘Team Noob Alliance NEGU SL’ was placed third at the event. Alpha Esports HOB were represente­d by Sachintha ‘HB Kalu 98’ Kalana, Ishara ‘HB 9inch’ Chandunu, Oshada ‘HB OSAA’ Adithya, Hirusha ‘HB NICKY’ De Silva and Dulana ‘XPOLA’ Nuwanjith.

Both championsh­ips were officially endorsed by the Sri Lanka Esports Associatio­n and the results contribute­d to the national player rankings.

These rankings not only earn fame locally but also open up opportunit­ies to be enlisted for national Esports team roster considerat­ion.

Both tournament­s were well received by the community, generating a massive social reach of over 1.5 million as fans and Esports enthusiast­s rallied behind their favourite teams cheering them on to victory.

For more updates on Gamer. LK, visit www.gamer.lk, follow us on Facebook at www.facebook. com/gamerlk and Instagram @ gamer.lk. (News Realese)

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