In the photo: chot Reyes: This is esports like never
TV5 Network Inc. – via ESPN5 – Tuesday launched a series of events for its adventure in Esports, which is expected to further expand its audience share.
The Nationals, the league's premier league franchise model in the Philippines, introduced the Road to The Nationals, a series of pioneer local local espionage tournaments tournaments to be held nationally and presented in the free TV (TV) from 4 August.
"We use the road to nationals like," said TV5 president and CEO Vincent Reyes, during their media presentation in Makati, on Tuesday.
"It's all about" Esports like never before.The aspiring esports athletes now have a chance to enter a sustainable gaming career.The tournaments will be divided into three categories: "DOTA2" for personal computer, "Mobile Legends" for mobile and a console game "NBA2K19" or "Tekken" 7. "
Eight teams for each game will be selected in the initial rounds, and those who qualify will be drafted and sponsored by the Nationals pioneering teams.
In-game cash prizes per category are P 1 million or 1.5 million for "DOTA2", $ 5 million for "Mobile Legends" and 0.5 to 1 million for console games.
The six partner companies: TNC Pro Team, HappyFeet eSports, BrenPro Inc., Cignal TV Inc., PLDT / Smart Communications and STI Education Systems – have signified their commitments as the founding teams of the Nationals.
According to Reyes, two other franchise slots are still available in their quest to discover the best esports players across the country thanks to ESPN5. campaign.
This initiative is part of the National Sports Association (NSA) aimed at developing esports in the Philippines.
"The three separate tournaments are ESNAP tournaments [Esports National Association of the Philippines] .It is officially the greatest effort to raise Filipino esports," said ESNAP President Joebert Yu.
Esports gains ground in the country which, based on studies, has an audience of about 14 million Filipinos