Mineski Partners Up With Riot Games To Kick Off VALORANT And Wild Rift Tournaments For 2021

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The esports organization Mineski has teamed up with mobile smartphone brand OPPO, Globe Telecom, and Riot Games to host a ton of tournaments happening all year round for the first-person team based shooter Valorant and League of Legends: Wild Rift.

With Mineski bearing the official licenses to hold tournaments for both games, these tournaments will feature a format that would allow the best teams in the country to compete against top gamers in Southeast Asia, and possibly, the world. The tournaments are being done through the Philippine Pro Gaming League, co-presented by Globe.

VALORANT Calendar Overview

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Valorant will have a 3-stage tournament with each stage having 3 splits before ending with Valorant Champions later in the year. Valorant Masters will take place after 2 Challengers splits and will have 2 teams competing in each split.

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Valorant Challengers has already started their tournament leg earlier this month with the second split set from April to June and the third from July to September.

League of Legends: Wild Rift Tournament Timeline and Points System

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Wild Rift's tournament schedule will begin in April to June for their summer split and July to September for their fall split. Open qualifiers for these tournaments are set to take place for North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Moreover, a national points system, dubbed the "Wild Rift Points System by Globe" will be implemented and is a first to be done for a mobile game. The points earned will determine a team's advancement to the playoffs. Points are then convertible to cash at the end each split and teams will win points based on their placement at the conclusion of every open league with the total prize pool amounting to PHP 10,000,000.

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Players and spectators alike can look forward to the pre-season Wild Rift Icon series happening on March 20-21, 2021. The first pre-season tournament in the Philippines for Riot Games' mobile MOBA promises an exciting series of matches that pits 8 professional esports teams against each other, including Globe Telecom's esports team, Liyab.

For more information on updates, registrations and broadcasts, head on over to the PPGL Facebook page.