ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) gathered some of the best e-sports players for both CS:GO and DOTA 2 in the country. The ROG Masters 2017 Philippine Qualifiers started in June and ended last August 19-20, 2017 in SM Cyberzone, SM City North EDSA.
Mineski CS:GO wins the ROG Masters 2017 with a back-to-back win securing their second title.
Mineski CS:GO team finished off the finals with a back-to-back win from last year. They took the first game at glance against Rekt E-sports with 16-6 score and bagged Php 75,000.00 cash prize at the end of second game. During the semi-finals, Rekt E-sports turned down the Wargods while Mineski eliminated Fractals. Mineski was able to secure a spot in ROG Masters 2017 regional finals and will battle against Asia’s finest CS:GO players.
The DOTA 2 tournament quickly passed as a 2-0 score consistently turned out every game. Entity Gaming defeated Happy Feet during the first round of the competition and Execration was crowned as the next ROG Masters DOTA 2 Grand Champions. They grabbed the top spot after winning against Imperium in a 2-0 battle winning the first game of the ROG Masters 2017 Philippine finals with ease.
The ROG Masters 2017 Philippine Finals is an exciting 2-day event for gamers. Gamers and e-sports enthusiasts witnessed the battle of the bests and got to experience the latest ROG machines in the experiential area. It was also filled with fun activities and giveaways for the end-users. Items like ROG’s eleven Godlike items that include gaming monitors, mouse, keyboards, DOTA 2 Arcana, motherboard, graphics card and the powerful ROG gaming laptop as grand prize were given away during the event. Gaming personalities and ASUS ROG ambassador Ann Mateo also joined the event and participated in some of the activities. One of my favorite Pinoy band, Rivermaya, rocked the event with songs like Elesi, Awit ng Kabataan and Olats.
“The Philippine eSports scene is starting to get really exciting day-by-day. Last year, we partnered with the Professional Gamers’ League (PGL) in mounting the world’s biggest DOTA 2 tournament series in the country which is the Manila Major. Last June, we also took part in the grandest eSports event this year in the country which is the Manila Masters and we will not stop here,” says Mr. George Su, Country Manager of ASUS Philippines System Business Group. “Staying true to our commitment to support the local eSports scene, ASUS Republic of Gamers is proud to host the ROG Masters 2017 Asia Pacific finals in the country bringing together more than twenty professional teams all over Asia. The Republic greatly believes that the Philippines can be considered as the eSports capital of Asia and Filipino pro gamers and up and coming talents has highest potential to become the next global eSports superstars and ROG Masters 2017 can be their stepping stone to reach this dream,” Mr. Su concluded.
For more information:
ASUS ROG Facebook: facebook.com/asusrogph
Website: rog-masters.ph
ASUS PH Faceboook: facebook.com/ASUSph
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