League of Legends Third Anniversary Celebration Recap

The culmination of the League of Legends National Collegiate Championship (LNCC) and also the 2021 League of Legends Indonesian Championship (LIC) was held simultaneously at the third anniversary celebration of the League of Legends Indonesia, which took place on October 15-16 at the Atrium Center Mal Taman Anggrek .

This tournament with a total cash prize of 100 million rupiah, presenting the best teams representing universities throughout Indonesia, gave birth to UPH EKSDI as the first winner and representing Indonesia at the League of Legends International Collegiate Championship (LICC) in Taiwan in November.

UPH EKSDI’s journey in the LNCC event was quite difficult, the Pelita Harapan University representative team had to compete with dozens of other university representative teams to get a spot in the grand final. And in the final round, they had to face a superior team, namely MARANATHA STUFF in a fierce match that finally crowned UPH EKSDI as the champion and brought home a cash prize of 35 million rupiah.

This 6-member team was formed by Jeremy “Tibold” Yulianto and Florian “Wolfy” George after Garena Indonesia announced the LNCC. In order to realize their dream, which is to become a champion in the LNCC event and also represent Indonesia at the Taiwan LICC, UPH EKSDI prepares itself with rigorous training. “We have been preparing for more than a month, especially in the last two weeks we have increased the training schedule to become more intense, where in a day we can play together for more than 5 hours,” explained Jeremy “Tibold” Yulianto.

Besides UPH EKSDI as the first winner, the 2021 LNCC event at the Taman Anggrek Atrium Center also gave birth to Alvin “Vinsanity” Risdianto as the best player and received the MVP title. This ADC from UPH said, “I never thought that today I would be awarded the title as the best player. Obviously, I didn’t get this title because of myself, but because I have a team that always supports me from behind. Therefore, I dedicate this MVP title to my team, UPH EKSDI.”

In November, UPH EKSDI will head to Taiwan to participate in the Inter-campus League of Legends International Collegiate Championship (LICC) tournament. As the team chosen to represent Indonesia, Jeremy “Tibold” Yulianto said, “The competition in the LICC will be much tougher than the 2021 LNCC, considering that later we will no longer face opponents from within the country, but from the world. Because of this, we know, it will be very difficult for us to be champions there”. “But, we will still try our best to make Indonesia proud. And, yes, this will be the biggest and most valuable experience for us as students.” carry on top liner from this UPH.

The LNCC celebration was closed with the awarding of trophies and medals to the participants and also a few comments from Tribekti Nasima as Project Manager of eSports League of Legends Indonesia. “We hope that this competition will further popularize eSports among students. Esports is one of the most happening things in the world of technology and entertainment in recent years. With the existence of eSports, especially League of Legends among students, we hope that several campuses will start opening student clubs specifically for eSports.”

On the Third Anniversary of League of Legends besides LNCC, all visitors who attended the Atrium Center of Taman Anggrek Mall on Sunday, October 16, witnessed Fortius Gaming’s victory in the 2021 League of Legends Indonesia Championship (LIC) grand final. defeated his opponent, namely Pondok Gaming with a perfect score of 2-0 and held the title of the best team throughout Indonesia while bringing home a cash prize of 70 million rupiah.

Since the first day of LIC 2021 was held, Fortius Gaming has continuously shown perfect performances. The team, consisting of 6 e-sports athletes, was ranked the highest in the group stage for tickets to the semi-finals by pocketing 4 victories. Through the semi-finals which was held on Saturday 15 October 2021, Fortius Gaming succeeded in establishing a step towards the Grand Final by defeating Revival eSports.

Fortius Gaming, by name, is relatively new to the Indonesian League of Legends competitive scheme. However, this team is not entirely new, because they are old figures who have existed in the e-sports scene for a long time; Surya ‘Square’ Wana Bakti, Thanh Lâm ‘Meocon’ Trần, Vĩnh Thanh ‘Beyond’ Trương, Kenny ‘Chupper’ Marcellino and Kyle ‘Rofens’ William.

“Fortius’ main goal, from the beginning, was to win every game. We train hard every day to give our best performance and achieve our main goal, which is to be champions. Whatever the tournament.” Said Kayle “Rofens” as the captain of the Fortius Gaming team.

“These exercises can be in the form of adding an increasingly intense training schedule. We also often try new strategies. In addition, considering that our team also consists of two Vietnamese players, we increase the synergy by getting together more and getting to know each other. This really helps us, especially Meocon and Beyond, in communicating, especially when we are in a match,” added Kenny the ADC player.

Meocon became an important figure for Fortius Gaming’s victory. The man of Vietnamese nationality showed an extraordinary game throughout the match, and successfully secured the title for himself as the best player (MVP) in the 2021 LIC event.

The LIC 2021 event was officially closed with Fortius Gaming as the first winner—taking home a prize of 70 million rupiah, followed by Pondok Gaming as the runner-up—winning a prize of 35 million rupiah

The Grand Final at Mal Taman Anggrek is the highlight of LIC 2021 which has been held since September. A total of 102 teams from all over the archipelago participated to be the best in Indonesia. Through the elimination from their respective regions, 10 teams managed to qualify for the main round and were met in the city of Jakarta. The ten teams were divided into two groups, where each group contained five teams.

The event to celebrate the third anniversary of League of Legends Indonesia was successful thanks to the support from ViewSonic, Logitech G, TteSPORTS and AirPay Loket.

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