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| TNC Pro Gaming team members (from left to right) Armel Paul Tabios, Kim Villafuerte Santos, Timothy Randrup, Marc Polo Luis Fausto and Nico Barcelon pose after bagging the trophy for being the DOTA 2 champion of the 2019 World Electronic Sports Games held in Chongqing, China. (Image Source: Rappler/WESG 2019) |
Two years ago, premiere Philippine eSports team TNC entered the inaugural
World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) and eventually came out victorious as the
DOTA 2 champion. Fast forward to 2019, after a one-year hiatus, TNC returned to
the WESG stage which took place in Chongqing, China and conquered once again over some of the best professional
gaming teams in Asia and around the world as a two-time DOTA 2 tournament
champion.
The team competed in the WESG DOTA 2 stage is comprised of some of the
finest professional gamers hailing from different parts of our own local shores
which include Timothy Randrup, Armel Paul Tabios, Kim Villafuerte Santos, Nico Barcelon
and Marc Polo Luis Fausto who was a replacement for team captain Carlo
"Kuku" Palad who is currently banned in Chongqing for hurling
a racial insult at a Chinese player back at late 2018. Despite the challenges
that surround them, TNC has managed to overcome these hindrances and was able
to defeat China's Keen Gaming, 2-0, in the championship round of the WESG DOTA
2 tournament leading them to their second crown in what is dubbed as the Olympics
of eSports.
Prior to its second championship crown, it was a force to be reckoned
with among other participating teams in the DOTA 2 tourney considering that no
opposing team hasn't been able to crack the undefeated streak of the Filipino
spirit all throughout the course of the competition, not even Team Canarinho of
Brazil and Russia's White-Off. Taking home the grand cash prize of US$500,000,
it is already written among some of the biggest victories for TNC since its
inception in the international pro gaming stage. In fact, their winnings at
WESG 2019 is regarded as the team's third largest prize won ever next to its
7th-8th place finish in The International 2016 (US$519,262) and their first
WESG DOTA 2 championship title (US$800,000).
I'm sure that a delightfully satisfying number of Filipino pro gaming buffs
were able to follow the journey of TNC and other favorite teams on their mobile
devices with NIMO TV in partnership with AliSports as the official broadcast
partner for the 2019 World Electronic Sports Games. Catch up on all the eSports
action that you want with the NIMO TV mobile app available to download and install on your smartphones for free from Google Play and
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