KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Esports Championship (MEC 2021/22), a national e-sports competition by Esports Integrated (ESI), a government-supported local initiative under the purview of the Ministry of Youth and Sports was concluded over the weekend.
Held at KL Gateway mall, the event took place in accordance with SOP to curb the spread of Covid-19, while fans on the other hand were able to watch the battle as the event was also live streamed on ESI's Facebook Page and Youtube channel.
Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker, who attended the closing ceremony, said that the increased number of participants as compared to the previous edition serves as proof that the local e-sports arena is growing and more talent needs to be cultivated.
"MEC 2021/22 falls under the allocation of the 2021 budget for e-sports to develop emerging e-sports talents in Malaysia. With a positive growing number of registrations of 12,000 players from last season, this is proof that we must continue to cultivate our homegrown talents and together with ESI, KBS will continue to support the e-sports industry. We hope this achievement will continue for the coming MEC seasons," said Ti.
The players compete to win cash prizes totalling RM100,000 in four games—FIFA 22, DOTA 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile.
The followings are the winners (according to title):
FIFA 22:
1. Muhammad Faiz Hariry Mohamad Fodzai
2. Muhammad Faid Mohd Said
3. Mohamad Zahin Thaqif
Dota 2:
1. Team Atlantis (Ahmad Ahyad Husam, Denise Danial, Pang Sze Xuan, Chung Wei Shen)
2. Cat God (Chucky Chan Kok Khin, Gan Hou Sing, Chua Jian Shen, Soh Aik Yang, Einstein Yap Ming Yu)
3. Sitiawan (Wen Xian, See Earn Soon, Ding Boon Kang, Dywon, Hoong Jhen Wei, Kingsley Kim)
MLBB:
1. Homebois (Muhammad Nazhan Mohd Nor, Muhammad Haniff Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Irfan Aujang, Muhammad Saiful Aujang, Muhammad Nazreen Nasir, Amier Fitri Muhammad Affendy)
2. Caracal (Muhammad Aiman Mohamad Abas, Mohd Norhadim Yusup, Muhammad Azam Ahmad, Ealtond Rayner, Zaraki Jamil Nurolla)
3. Team RSG (Muhammad Khuzaimi Ismail, Fareez Edraki Azhair, Ahmad Zaki Ibrahim, Mohammad Irwandy Lim, Muhammad Izz Daniel Zaidi).
PUBG Mobile:
1. D3V Silence (Mohamad Insaf Tamsil Suhardi, Muhammad Hafiz Samsul, Akhmansyah Salman, Aiman Hakeem Khairulnizam)
2. Farang Guerilla (Mohammad Helmi Eizlan Mohammad Ehsan, Nur Muhammad Safiuddin Abdul Jabar, Adib Syazwan Abd Razak, Adam Naqib, Muhammad Danish Ismel Muhammad Ghanisma)
3. Dingoz Glazer (Muhammad Zulqarnain Mohd Azmi, Ahmad Rusyduddin Abd Gani, Aliff Putra Ahmad Shar, Naufal Amer Hamzah, Aqil Hamizi Mohd Sabri).
ESI chief executive officer, Ahmed Faris Amir also confirmed that the best two teams under the MLBB category have qualified to the MLBB Professional League (MPL) as the top eight teams in the South East Asian and World Championship qualification round. And, as champions Homebois and third placed team RSG had previously qualified, their slots will be filled by Caracal and fourth placed team, Mikey.