FILIPINO team TNC Predator took home the 2020/2021 Asia Pacific Predator League Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) 2 division title after edging out Neon Esports, 2-0, in the finals of the online tournament last weekend.
Another strong Filipino contender, ArkAngel Predator went into the last day of the tournament at second place and fell to sixth place.
The Asia-Pacific Predator League 2020/21 Grand Final finally pushed through after being postponed in 2020 due to the global Covid-19 crisis. Acer had scheduled the event at the Mall of Asia Arena with tickets already sold out.
The events were instead streamed online on Predator’s Facebook and Twitch pages. A total of $400,000 worth of prizes was up for grabs with teams from 17 countries around Asia and the Pacific fighting it out on DOTA 2 and PUBG to win cash, Predator products and the coveted Predator Shield.
Predator, the gaming division of Taiwanese computer giant Acer, started the esports league back in 2018 with Indonesia hosting the grand finals in Jakarta. The 2019 finals was held in Bangkok where TNC Predator walked away as that year’s DOTA 2 champion.
Last weekend, TNC Predator came from the lower bracket after losing to Neon Esports in the semifinals of the online tournament. TNC Predator had to get past Galaxy Racer and Reckoning Esports to stay alive before it defeated Boom Esports in the lower bracket finals to set up a rematch with Neon Esports in the championship round.
TNC Predator—composed of Timothy “Tims” Randrup, Kim “Gabbi” Villafuerte, Armel “Armel” Tabios, Marvin “Boomy” Rushton and Jun “Bok” Kanehara—took home the grand prize of $50,000.
“We adjusted better than they did,” said Tims Randrup said after the win.
Neon Esports bagged $25,000 and third-placer Boom Esports got $10,000.
Despite TNC Predator’s victory, Neon Esports’ Erin Jasper “Yopaj” Ferrer was named the league’s Most Valuable Player of the Dota 2 tournament.
After 12 rounds of battle, Indonesian team Eagle 365 Esports emerged victorious in the Predator League 2021 Asia Pacific PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tournament. With three Winner Winner Chicken Dinners and 67 kills, the team won $37,500. Eagle 365 bested 15 other teams in the tournament. Cerberus ESports came in second and Team N1 finished in third place to win $15,000 and $7,500, respectively.
Eagle 365 got a total of 125 points after 12 rounds of play, way ahead of Cerberus, which got 104. Eagle 365 had the most number of rounds won with three. Team N1, also from Vietnam, came in third with 97 points.
Meanwhile, Korean team Damwon Gaming are the champions of the Predator League 2020/2021 PUBG for the Asia region, with a 20-point lead.
HBO GO to air ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
Globe’s content partner HBO GO will be the first in the Philippines to premiere DC’s Wonder Woman 1984 this month. The film that debuted globally last December follows the next chapter in Diana Price’s story as she saves the world once again, this time in vibrant and sleek 1980s fashion.
Wonder Woman 1984 is just one of the many films available on the platform. Globe makes it so easy for its customers to subscribe to HBO GO and enjoy access to its extensive content library.
New Globe At Home Postpaid customers who avail of the latest Unli Fiber Up Plans can enjoy trial access to HBO GO for three months. This offer is also up for grabs for existing customers when they upgrade their current subscriptions to Plan 1699 and up. This exclusive promo is accessible through the Globe At Home app.
Meanwhile, Globe At Home Prepaid WiFi customers can subscribe to HomeWATCH199 through the Globe at Home app to get 4GB/day for non-stop streaming on HBO GO.
Globe Postpaid and Prepaid Mobile customers, on the other hand, can subscribe to HBO GO for only P149 per month through the GlobeOne app. Globe Platinum partners can charge their subscription to their monthly consumable allowance.
Globe Prepaid customers can also get an extra 1GB for HBO GO with GoWATCH10 on top of their favorite Go promos via the GlobeOne app.
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