Yup. I edited my comment above to correct myself

Yep. SBE won over BRN so a two-way tie will favor them via H2H.

If APH lose 0-2, BRN and SBE qualify.

If APH lose 1-2, BRN qualify. Then, if APH lost the series by 11 rounds or more, SBE qualifies by round difference. Otherwise, APH will qualify by round difference.

EDIT: Let me correct myself. Map difference takes precedence over round difference. If APH lose this, they have overall map diff of -2. BRN and SBE both have 0. APH should be out.

PPGL Discord molded TMosura into the honorary Filipino that he is now

Power outage at SBE

Insanely close match.

fixed

tehbotoL got disconnected so they restarted the round.

In the Filipino broadcast, yes.

that was mb, fixed

The score was 11-9 before the technical pause.

Edit: mb, fixed.

No Namers have facecams, Boom do not but they did have earlier. Could have been turned off since BME players were disconnected in Map 1 due to connectivity issues. Just my guess.

Maru is qualified, then whoever holds tiebreaker (map differential, round differential) between T5 and HM.

https://www.vlr.gg/event/pickem/884/champions-tour-asia-pacific-stage-1-challengers-playoffs

Yep, Patch 4.04.

South Asian teams are not directly heading to the playoffs phase. The entire event is called the Asia-Pacific Challengers Playoffs. Aside from PH, we don't know yet how teams will be seeded into the group stage and play-in phases.

Yup.

This one, apparently.

PH seeding info is in the VCT PH rulebook.

ESL Thailand on Twitter: X10CRIT has been disqualified from the VCT 2022: Thailand Stage 1 Challengers for violating unauthorized communication rules during the match against XERXIA in the Quarterfinals.

OG Brudders forfeit after using a known exploit

One of LFO's players apparently had a power outage before Map 1 started resulting into the Map 1 FF.

This was his post on Facebook after TS posted about his departure. Regarding his family expecting, he shared it to the community in the PPGL Discord.

He wasn't dropped. Gibo stepped down since he's expecting a baby and wanted to focus on his family.

Not really. They pretty much need to win their three series this week to make it.

APH forfeit Map 3 due to technical issues, BRN take the series 2-1.

PH internet is having issues recently, actually

that was mb, fixed

Nvm. You're right. My bad

Nah, you have to be in either the Grand Final or the Lower Final to be in the Top 3. Upper Final only assures you Top 4 placement.

I honestly don't know who will make it out of Group A, it's so stacked. In Group B, Zeals have not seen that much action in the offseason so I'm least confident about their chances there.

They need to win two since it's double elimination.

3 from each

PPGL has announced the composition of groups in Challengers Philippines.

Group A

• Team Secret
• Bren Esports
• Oasis Gaming
• Action PH

Group B

• Zeal Esports
• NAOS Esports
• Looking for Org
• South Built Esports

Thoughts?

APH and NGX is on the same side of the bracket, so only one of them can qualify in the group stage. Same goes for SBE and AEP.

But yes, if they don't qualify, we don't see them in Stage 1 streams.

Group Stage Round Robin starts 23 Feb

Unfortunately, no

Match will happen today, not streamed. No confirmation of time, though.

They will do a draw like in Masters Berlin with the rules that (1) #1 seeds will face #2 seeds and (2) teams from the same group cannot be drawn in the same half of the bracket.

SEN-TL was not postponed. It was ACE-NV that is postponed. As a result, SEN-TL will be played earlier.

Riot reviewing VK decision, ACE-NV game postponed.

Upon further deliberation, matches in Group A will be delayed to provide additional time to review the ruling against Vivo Keyd. Today’s matches will feature Team Vikings vs Gambit and Team Liquid vs Sentinels. Broadcast will begin 1 hour later than initially scheduled.

From VALORANT Esports on Twitter: Upon further deliberation, matches in Group A will be delayed to provide additional time to review the ruling against Vivo Keyd. Today’s matches will feature Team Vikings vs Gambit and Team Liquid vs Sentinels. Broadcast will begin 1 hour later than initially scheduled.

Beast forfeits Map 1 due to scheduling conflict with another tournament match.

EDIT: BST forfeit both maps.

Based on Masters Berlin rules, a new map will be eligible for VCT four weeks after its release in the live queue while a new agent will be eligible two weeks after introduction to competitive. Fracture went on the live comp queue on September 21st making it eligible on October 26th. Chamber will be on the competitive queue on November 16th and should be eligible on November 30th, a day before Champions.

Yep, it's known as Taglish. The code-switching between the two languages is quite common in the Philippines.

He did not play as he was just signed by BOOM days before APAC LCQ

lammysnax u are an insane man

Yup, confirmed Round 4 replay

Casters mentioned a round replay, will get confirmation once stream returns