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<div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"></span></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px">MANILA - Unity League, a government-backed esports Mobile Legends: Bang Bang league, will have more than 100 teams competing for a P3.5 million prize pool. </p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><br/>The tournament, organized by national esports association <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Philippine Esports Organization (PESO) and state government media PTV-4, will start with a regional phase in NCR on from April 20 to 21. </span></p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/2/13/ph-eyes-training-facility-for-esports-players-2223">READ: PH eyes training facility for esports players</a><span id="isPasted"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span>In Metro Manila alone, 128 teams have already registered for the qualifier, PESO Project Manager Victor Cabuay said in the Philippine Sports Association Forum on Tuesday. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"> </div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px">“We will have the online phase, kasi 128 teams ang magbabakbakan. And yung walong matitira, magte-taping for the live studio setup courtesy of PTV-4,” Cabuay said.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span>Here are the schedules for the other regional qualifiers: </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><br/></div><div><span>• Northern Luzon (May 4-5 online, May 11-12 onsite) </span></div><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">• Southern Luzon (May 18-19 online, May 25-26 onsite) </span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">•</span> Visayas (June 1-2 online, June 8-9 onsite) </span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">•</span> Mindanao (June 15-16online, June 22-23 onsite) </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span>The top two teams from each region are going to play in the grand finals set July 5-7.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span> </span></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px">Gamers aged 15 and above are allowed to participate in the amateur tournament, PESO Executive Director Marlon Marcelo said.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span>“OK na rin sa 15 (years old) kasi on the side, the responsibility is there,” said Marcelo, while adding the meet also serves as tryouts for possible inclusion to the national team, which accepts members 16 years old and above.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span>“As an NSA, one of the things that we wanted to do is to promote Esports responsibly kasi maraming bad connotations initially (ang Esports). And we wanted to remove that connotation.”</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><span>The PESO official noted that currently there are 43 million gamers in the Philippines, and that out of the figures, 55 percent are in the youth market.</span></div>

<p>Unity League, a government-backed esports Mobile Legends: Bang Bang league, will have more than 100 teams competing for a P3.5 million prize pool. </p>

Unity League, a government-backed esports Mobile Legends: Bang Bang league, will have more than 100 teams competing for a P3.5 million prize pool.

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MLBB: Government-backed Unity League starts April; logs more than 100 registrants

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Published March 05, 2024 05:05 PM PHT

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Updated March 05, 2024 05:46 PM PHT

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