Officially! SEA Games 2021 confirms that there are mobile legends
Mobile Legends is still one of the most popular mobile games in Indonesia and also in Southeast Asia. Because of their popularity, these mobile games are eagerly anticipated to compete in traditional sporting events such as the Asian Games. However, at the completed 2021 Asian Games, the names of these games were not chosen for eSports exhibition sport.
Although not selected at the 2021 Asian Games, it wasn’t long before Mobile Legends Bang Bang entered prestigious traditional sporting events. Exactly a few months after the Asian Games, at the end of 2021, Mobile Legends finally entered the SEA Games 2021, also known as confirmed participation in the SEA Games 2021, an international tournament in the Southeast Asia region.
At the SEA Games 2021, the Philippine organizers made an extraordinary decision to propose eSports as a sport. The International Olympic Committee (KOI), which recognized and recognized the success of eSports at the 2021 Asian Games, immediately approved electronic sports for the SEA Games to be held in Manila, Philippines. KOI’s decision is an important path for the development of esports in Southeast Asia.
After it was clearly and officially confirmed that eSports would be the branch to be contested, the organizers of the SEA Games 2021 immediately announced that the games to be contested were a total of 6 games, consisting of two PC games and two console games and also put together two mobile games. From the six games that will be played later, one game title has already been selected, namely Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB).
The MLBB games, known as analog MOBAs, were played at the 2021 SEA Games due to the large number of players playing these games in the Philippines and also in Southeast Asia. Because of this, there is a possibility that the other five games that will be played will also be selected based on this popular factor.
IeSPA director Eddy Lim told Liputan6.com that the process of selecting the athletes who will compete to represent Indonesia will be based on appointment and later incorporated into national training.
“We will not hold a qualification process and have the winning team represent Indonesia, but we will appoint the best players to take part in national training.,” he added.
Eddy Lim ended his testimony by announcing the national training process for eSports athletes.
“The SEA Games Committee will announce the games on December 7, 2021, after which the national training will also be announced, ” he concluded.
Mobile Legends officially took part in the SEA Games 2021, which were greeted with euphoria by one of the famous gaming Youtubers, Sarah Viloid. He shows euphoria in the form of a statement. He said he would be proud to be selected as an esports athlete representing Indonesia at an event like the SEA Games.
Not only Sarah Viloid, who was euphoric when Mobile Legends entered the 2021 SEA Games, was similar to telecom provider PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk.Euphoria got that company to run a tournament called Smartfren National Mobile Legend Daily Tournament 2021. This Mobile Legends competition is aimed at amateur gamers.
The championship will take place from December 2021. This eSports tournament uses a platform from Yamisok. Later, within a period of three months, there will be a daily match for points and the ranking list. This eSports event will compete for prizes worth 1 million rupiah per day for a total of 185 million.
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