MIA clinched the title in ASUS ROG's first ever eSports Champions Cup Finals tournament

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(left - right) Champions Missing in Action team (left), together with Frank Wang (middle), ROG General Country Product Manager with two two fellow ASUS executives, 1st Runner Ups Raiding Squad (right) and models for a group photo

Today, ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) held their first ever eSports tournament - The ASUS ROG Champions Cup Finals featuring two finalists Missing in Action (MIA) and Raiding Squad (RS) in a best-of-five format competing each other in League of Legends, the hottest eSports game globally at the moment. At first, MIA lost their first game against RS but made a steady come back which eventually got them snatching the win (3-1 score) with several entertaining combat engagement and strategies. MIA walked away with a total prize pool of RM60000 with a ROG laptop each.

The tournament was announced as a surprise two months ago, also marking the first ever e-Sports tournament to be held publicly in Malaysia. 177 teams from all over Malaysia faced off in fierce battles through qualifier rounds hosted at various cyber cafes nationwide and eventually here in the Ice Rink @ Sunway Pyramid. Without further ado, check out the pictures below!

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The tournament host getting the crowd pumped up!

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Frank Wang thanking the fans for making this tournament possible

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Cosplay!

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The whole place was filled up

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Missing in Action representing Kuala Lumpur/Selangor!

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Raiding Squad from Penang!

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Commentators Chris "The Chris Man" Lim (left) and Nik "The Hound" Haris (right)

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Game face mode on

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GLHF!

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Crowd watching in anticipation

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Many blood were shed in game 4 before winning 

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MIA for the win!

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Congratulations to RS in 1st Runner Up

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Also not forgetting the new "Legends" MIA!

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GG!

That's all from ASUS ROG's event today, stay tuned for more news at Technave.com and have a great weekend!