Written by: Laurence Gabriel Arellano, Yitzhak Osei Bumanlag, Mary Andrew Dalogdog, and John Carlo Urbano
Photos taken by: Christian Mungcal
Image Courtesy of Engineering E-Games 2022 Facebook Page
Numerous teams from different Engineering departments dominated the battlefield in the Engsports Engineering E-Games 2022, presented and organized by the UST Engineering Student Council (UST-ESC) last March 3–4.
The skies were revealed and spread out for the best in the world of Call of Duty Mobile, DOTA 2, Mobile Legends, and VALORANT as the agents, heroes, and champions clashed and brought the party to the battleground.
Call Of Duty Mobile: Mission Complete
After grueling and thrilling matches with ten teams from different Engineering departments, Civil Engineering (CE) Rich Titos and Titas pulled down the Industrial Engineering (IE) Headshot sa Ulo with a 2-0 record at the recently concluded Call of Duty Mobile (CODM) tournament.
It took more than an hour for the Rich Titos and Titas to knock off the Headshot sa Ulo in an exciting best of three series.
In the final match, the best of three series consists of hardpoint mode with a best of three bases, search and destroy mode, and the domination mode for a do or die battle.
The IE Headshot sa Ulo led the points in the first half of the first round of the hardpoint mode, but the CE Rich Titos and Titas came out with a solid performance to beat their opponents, 170-200.
A lethal combination of Joaqin "CP KuroRG" Castillo and Ralph Emmanuel "Tito HPLAR" Luzon of the Rich Titos and Titas tallied 37 and 36 kills to stop the unstoppable Lloyd "CP Skrrrt" Atienza of the IE Headshot sa Ulo secured 59 kills and 6 assists.
It was a close bale in the first half of the second round, giving CE the slightest of leads against IE. With great precision play, the Rich Titos and Titas closed the series, 158-200, in hardpoint mode to complete a 2-0 run as CP KuroRG tallied 56 kills and 6 assists.
The IE representatives tried to make a comeback, but the CE team closed the doors and took the victory with an exciting 4-6 record and sealed the game in the search and destroy mode.
CP KuroRG scored 16,304 with a total of 109 kills and 20 assists at the end of the finals and was hailed as the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Ten teams from different departments battled out in the qualifying round to become the official representatives of their respective departments. Following a round-robin format, CE Rich Titos and Titas, IE Headshot sa Ulo, ECE Madrigals, and ChE ChEniper automatically advanced to the semi-finals.
After the crucial battle for the bronze, ChE ChEniper dominated the field and turned the tables on the ECE Madrigals.
DOTA 2: Victorious
Among the six teams that competed against each other, the Techies from the Chemical Engineering department reigned as champions after facing off against Atabs ni Nelson from the Mechanical Engineering department in the DOTA 2 Engineering E-games 2022, with a 2-0 record in a best of three series.
The final match lasted for an hour and took at least 30 minutes in each round, with a narrow difference between the scores of the two teams.
The first match of the finals started with Techies as the Radiant and Atabs ni Nelson as the Dire. It ended in favor of the radiant due to their aggressive split push, and the quick item build and harass of Lone Druid (Only Pudge), which resulted in the destruction of the dire's three lanes (Atabs ni Nelson), giving the radiant mega creeps and destroying the dire's ancient, 20-17.
With sides switched, the radiant (Atabs ni Nelson) controlled the early phases of the second match until midgame. However, the dire (Techies) were able to steal Roshan and kill half of the opposing team, allowing them to push the radiant's top lane and ancient, ending the match with a score of 13-16.
At the end of the final match, the Techies’ Rainiel Mark "Only Pudge" Natividad Cawat showed an impeccable performance and was lauded as the Most Valuable Player.
The competition was done in a round-robin format where each team clashed against each other. It ended with ECE DOTA of the Electronics Department placing third, Atabs ni Nelson of the Mechanical Engineering Department placing second and Techies of the Chemical Engineering Department placing first.
Welcome to Mobile Legends, SAVAGE!
Emerging from a series of double eliminations and best-of-three matches, Emelejens from the Industrial Engineering (IE) department won with a comeback victory, 2-0, against Sputnik from the Civil Engineering (CE) department in the Mobile Legends Engineering E-Games 2022.
The IE team fell short to the CE team in the play-off matches with a double-elimination format. Working their way through the losers’ bracket, they were able to secure their spot in the final rounds.
The first match went in favor of the Emelejens as they defeated the opposing team in 11 minutes and 55 seconds, 17-5. Their core hero, Paquito, took advantage of the playing field as he killed both the turtles and Lord in the early game. Garnering enough gold, Clint was also able to wipe out the heroes of the Sputnik team towards the end of the match.
As for the second and last match, the same team won in less than 15 minutes, 10-8. In contrast to the first match, the early game was in favor of the opposing team as Lancelot, Sputnik’s core hero, defeated the turtle. 13 minutes into the game, Emelejens defeated the Enhanced Lord and pushed hard on the turrets to level the playing field.
VALORANT: Headshot
Amidst 40 teams from the different Engineering departments, Patikim Boys of Civil Engineering emerged victorious as they pulled off a revenge win against the Laciaderas of the Mechanical Engineering department, 2-1, at the Valorant Tournament.
Patikim Boys had a grueling first day as they played four games in order to take the spot of being the representative of their department. The CE boys continued their streak through the first half of the second day as they breezed through IE’s WBG and ECE’s Jobless-JBL.
Laciaderas ended Patikim Boys’ hot streak by defeating them in the semifinals of the winner’s bracket placing them in the loser’s bracket. The CE representatives had a repeat win against the Jobless-JBL to set up a final meeting against their former tormentors.
Laciaderas spurted a six-round streak to take a commanding lead with eight rounds to two before the Patikim Boys took the last two rounds of the half to trim the lead to 8-4. The ME students had another streak of five rounds to close the game at 13-4.
Patikim Boys started strongly, having their own six-round streak to start the match, 7-1, before the ME reps closed the gap at the half, 8-4. The two teams traded rounds until the Patikim Boys had a back-to-back round win, securing the match 13-7.
The two teams again traded rounds early in the match before the Patikim Boys dominated the succeeding seven rounds for a 9-3 lead at the half. The CE representatives debunked the "9-3 curse" as they remained in control, completing their comeback with a 13-4 victory.
