Written by: Brix Dela Cruz, Carlos Miguel Fernandez, Genesis Hernandez, Leandro Sarmiento
Organized by the UST Engineering Student Council (UST-ESC), several Engineering department representatives fought and went head-to-head for glory in the Engineering E-Sports 2023 last February 13–16.
It was an extreme battle against all departments from each event. Two head-to-head grand finals matches highlighted the final day of the Engineering E-Sports 2023. After an entire duration of a breathtaking battle, the Civil Engineering (CE) department faced off against Electronics Engineering (ECE) for mobile legends, while Mechanical Engineering (ME) went up against CE for Valorant.
Mobile Legends: Teamwork makes the dream work!
This proved the success of the ECE team V=IR, who were hailed as champions as they ruled over Cookie ni Nookie of the CE Department, 3-0, in the recently concluded UST Engineering E-Sports Mobile Legends Tournament.
​​The Electronics Engineering Department showed confidence in a best-of-three series in the upper bracket quarter-finals and semifinals against Ginanon Lang of the Mechanical Engineering Department, 2-1, and IE’s The Champs, 2-0.
Team V=IR persisted in their dominance after taking down team Cookie ni Nookie in the upper bracket finals, securing their spot in the grand finals, and hindering the CE Department's chances of winning.
A familiar episode struck the Civil Engineering representatives as ECE swept them again in the grand finals match. It was a close first game between the two teams, but the ECE managed to take game one due to its objective-centric lineup. CE had a good start, but Delmos from ECE guaranteed all objectives, which helped them secure the game.
For game two, team CE operated neatly right from early to mid-game, with unique heroes picked on their side. The victory was drawing near for CE, but one crucial mistake turned the tide for the team. ECE picked off four members of team CE 15 minutes into the game, thus costing them the game. The Exp-Laner Clarkk reigned MVP for games one and two.
It was a totally different story for the third and final game as team ECE dominated the bout, finishing it in 12 minutes. The gold-laner Levi was crowned MVP after putting up 11 kills and nine assists with his kagura. Copping the win, ECE was hailed the champion for the Mobile Legends Tournament.
Valorant: Perfect Accuracy
Jang's Angels of ECE, Germa 66 of EE, ChEntinels of ChE, WBG of IE, and Big Baby Cholo of CE earns a ticket in the interdepartmental playoffs of valorant as they dominated the games in their specific departments.
Overall, in the series of playoffs mentioned, ECE, ME, and CE secured a spot on the throne as they entered the semi-finals.
ME battled ECE in the first game of the valorant semi-finals, where ME showcased and maintained the momentum of precise gunplay, outpowering ECE and earning ME a back-to-back win, 13-5, 13-6. These victories sent ME to the championship game of valorant.
It wasn't the end for the ECE to pull off their skills as they still have a chance to become a finalist. ECE played a thrilling close game against CE, accumulating a tie in the best of three games. However, ECE failed to defend and execute fiery attacks on CE, resulting in CE's hard-fought victory, 11-13, 13-9, 3-13.
Meanwhile, on valorant’s grand finals showdown, the ME SENGtinels squad claims victory over the Big Baby Cholo team of Civil Engineering in a best-of-three series, ending in spectacular fashion as both teams come neck-and-neck in overtime, with ME ultimately besting CE, 15-13.
Game one set the tone early as ME gained a commanding 6-1 lead and finished the match point with a score of 13-9, with the match being decided as ME was saved by a clutch play as CE player Liebe failed to defuse the bomb in a 1 vs. 4 setting after all his teammates went down. ME player Garapotski, meanwhile, used an unconventional tactic in the first match, using Reyna as a duelist, notching 31 kills.
CE started the second game with two decisive wins against ME and even held a big advantage of 7-2 before ME closed the gap with a 9-7 score. ME made crucial plays, particularly Garapotski, who switched strategies in the split round, using Breach to dispatch two defenders and tie the game at 11-11.
Both teams still performed strongly late in the game as the match was sent into overtime following CEs timely bomb defuse as they caught MEs contingent by surprise, making it 12-12. While the CE’s Big Baby Cholo won the first overtime round of Split, ME stuck to their unconventional yet effective tactics as they won three straight, making it 15-13 as they secured the title.
