Week 2 of the the PUBG Mobile Professional League Malaysia/Singapore (PMPL MY/SG) Season 2 was filled with welcoming surprises, certainly shaking up the meta from this week onwards. It's a refreshing sight to see the format has been changed in Week 3 to reflect the current state teams are in.
Here’s the latest match-up for Group Stage Week 3:
In case you're wondering how teams were arranged into their respective groups, it's based on the same format as last week - the current top 6 teams overall will be split into each group in pairs, with the remaining teams rounding up the numbers.
PMPL MY/SG S2 features a total of 24 teams be battling it out for the champions’ share of the US$150,000 total prize pool, as well as the best PUBG Mobile professional team title in the Malaysia and Singapore.
Regular Season continues today (2 September) at 4.30PM (GMT +8) until Sunday (6 September) on the official PUBG Mobile Facebook page.
Stay tuned to eGG Network for more news and updates on PMPL-MY/SG S2.
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It was a thrilling weekend (1 - 3 May) for us PUBG Mobile esports fans in Southeast Asia, as we witnessed the best of the best PUBG Mobile players in the region duking it out at the PUBG Mobile Professional League (PMPL) SEA Finals Spring Split 2020. Malaysia’s very own Yoodo Gank emerged as victors of the tournament, qualifying for the upcoming World League (PMWL) East Division along with Thailand’s King of Gamers Club (runner-up), plus four other teams - Team Secret, BOX Gaming, Bigetron RA and ILLUMINATE The Murder - who qualified by winning their respective country’s PMPL.
Related: Yoodo Gank enter World League with 5 chicken dinners
Awesome comic-style image from the PUBG Mobile FB page.
As the PUBG Mobile pro teams look back on their and other teams’ performance to ready themselves for the world stage, let us do the same and recount what we’ve learned from the PMPL SEA Finals:
Winner Winner Chicken Dinners (WWCD) may be the equivalent of Harry Potter’s Golden Snitch, but they aren’t a sure-fire way to secure the championship title.
Every PUBG Mobile tournament so far has valued one WWCD at 20 points, six more precious points than second place (14 points), thus, why it’s a valued commodity for teams who want a big boost to their rank. However, if the last chicken dinner winners were to get knocked out early in later matches with little to no kills, that head start would’ve been flushed down the sink.
Bigetron RA compensated for their near-absence of WWCD with good placements and (so) many kills.
In the PMPL SEA Finals, with Yoodo Gank in a league of their own, the other top 3 teams leading the pack were initially RRQ Athena and King of Gamers Club (KOG) of Thailand - each having scored two WWCDs. Although most were led to believe that RRQ Athena would be the second team to enter PMWL, Bigetron RA came in like a wrecking ball on Day 3, causing RRQ to drop onto fourth place after racking up only 21 points. Despite only winning a sole poultry dinner, the Indonesian powerhouse gained 86 points on merely good placements and kills on the last day itself, which brings us to ...
Whether it’s 18 matches (PMPL MY/SG Grand Finals) or 15 matches, there’s ample opportunity to learn and adapt to the meta in PUBG Mobile tournaments. Which is why it’s important to focus not only on Chicken Dinners, but also every other way to gather those points: regular decent placements and kill counts in every match.
It doesn’t matter if the team won two WWCDs on their first day. Though it remains an impressive feat to do so (who wasn’t losing their minds when Yoodo Gank and KOG pulled this off on Day 1?), there are still two more match days to maintain their high position. Focusing on getting chicken dinners may yield big points, but avoiding early knockouts or being good at gunfights are the little things that eventually add up to bigger results. It’s in this scenario that being the jack of all trades is better than being the master of one.
Occasionally, Team Secret and Yoodo Gank seemed to switch their preferred type of drop sites with each other.
Even though Team Secret were only placed fifth (not that it mattered, because they already qualified for the World League), they stuck to that slot like super glue without even flinching. On top of their only chicken, they were eliminated early in four out of 15 matches and got more than four kills in most matches. One may think that Team Secret isn’t the prime example to prove this point, but there’s a reason why they didn’t rank higher. (hint: revealed in our final pointer)
Related: Day 2 - Malaysian teams feast on 3 more chicken dinners
The discovered potential of PUBG Mobile’s gameplay is akin to how much the human race knows about the universe: scratching the surface.
Understanding the basics is the first step of any professional esports career, and PUBG Mobile is no exception. Although it’s still admirable if one masters the fundamentals and win minor tournaments, that alone isn’t enough to win the big leagues. If they want to get to the next level, players have to put on their big boy pants and experiment with ways to maximise their potential and knowledge. This can include cooperation with their teammates, unique plays, advanced decision making and even familiarity with the play style of other roles.
Yoodo Gank's sniper/support, Draxx, embraced his fragger side and contributed a lot of kills to his team's victory.
Despite being the finals for a regional PUBG Mobile tournament, Yoodo Gank and - more so for - Team Secret ran their own secret experiments. Captain BiuBiu of Team Secret revealed that one of the reasons for their lacklustre performance, is that they were switching up their drop points; instead of dropping in the map/circle center, they opted for the edge of the circle during the PMPL SEA Finals. And as for the champions, sniper/support Draxx admitted that he and his teammates were exchanging player roles like football, especially after he surprised everyone with crazy good fragger plays during the regional tournament.
Like any other competitive games, there’s a lot more underlying meta and strategies to learn about in PUBG Mobile. But, with no shortage of major tournaments for the professionals to showcase their training and knowledge in, we’ll be sure to keep a lookout on other ways to understand its intricate gameplay and the next-level methods of conquering the battle royale field.
For more in-depth coverage of the PUBG Mobile esports scene, be sure to follow eGG Network on Facebook.
Relieve the PMPL SEA Finals action here:
Based on the results of the previous two days, it’s no surprise that the winners for PUBG Mobile Pro League - Spring Split 2020: Southeast Asia (PMPL SEA Finals 2020) are Yoodo Gank! If anyone deserved first place this weekend, it was them. Displaying stellar performances, match after match, the Malaysian PUBG Mobile squad played phenomenal this weekend. With five Chicken Dinners and a score of 126 kills (the only team to surpass 100 kills), Yoodo Gank completely outclassed the competition - second place wasn’t even close.
In addition to the $30,000 prize, Yoodo Gank have also secured an invitation to PUBG Mobile World League: Spring 2020 - East, where they will be one of six SEA representatives to go against other teams from the eastern part of the world. Look forward to Yoodo Gank on the big stage!
Other notable performances today include Bigetron RA who ended up in 2nd place. The team played out of their minds in Match 12 - a must-watch replay if you’re a Bigetron RA fan. While they weren’t very flashy for most of the tournament, they placed very well the whole weekend, never getting knocked out before 9th place.
Third and fourth were the Thai favorites - King Of Gamers Club and RRQ Athena, who had a solid showing all weekend, while fifth place was Team Secret who looked pretty underwhelming despite their single win yesterday. After their topnotch showing at the MY/SG Finals, it seemed like they eased up on the gas pedal this weekend. Fortunately, they don’t have to worry too much as they have already qualified for PMWL.
For the first time this weekend, we don’t have HuGay and Kelvin in the finals. Instead, the remaining three players came down to RRQ Athena’s Beer, Bad Boy’s Kuvet, and TalenT’s Madara. This time, they took it much more seriously, with no time for pan shenanigans. RRQ Athena’s Beer stepped it up and won the match - about time, after being a featured player all weekend. Was this a sign of things to come for this team today? (spoiler: nope)
An unlucky start for Team MORPH, who found themselves eliminated first. The remaining fifteen teams converged towards the Ruins as the circle continued shrinking. This lead to multiple skirmishes breaking out on different areas, with ILLUMINATE The Murder (ILMN) being the next to be taken out by Malaysian favorites, Yoodo Gank. The final moments turned into another match of hide-and-seek, with teams taking cover in the grass and shooting blindly at each other. However, Yoodo Gank kept their calm and managed to take out all their opponents, collecting their fourth Chicken Dinner, this time with 18 kills to boot.
After a calm start, the match eventually turned into a slugfest on a hillside between Bigetron RA and King Of Gamers Club. The Indonesian squad managed to deny KOG from their third chicken dinner by pulling off an impressive win despite being stuck on the low ground. Bigetron RA’s Zuxxy ended the match with a whopping 12 kills - more than half of his team’s combined score of 22. With this victory, Bigetron RA catapulted themselves from 6th to 4th in the group standings. Looks like there are still signs of life for teams outside of the top three.
Sanhok’s smaller size always makes for entertaining matches and today was no exception. Late into the match, the remaining six teams found themselves on another hillside battle, with all of Team Secret’s players in an advantageous position on the high ground. However, that wasn’t enough as their hopes to win a second Dinner were dashed by Yangon Galacticos (YG) who executed the Malaysian squad without much difficulty. While it was a great achievement for YG, they were still a long way from a podium finish.
The second last match of the day started with all the teams scrambling to grab themselves some loot on the small island. All sixteen teams stayed alive until the 18th minute when two teams were eliminated at the same time by ILMN. However, the early momentum wasn’t enough to propel them to a deep finish. For the final two teams, it was down to YG and Yoodo Gank. The Burmese squad put up a good fight but alas, it wasn’t enough and Yoodo Gank earned yet another Chicken Dinner.
While Yoodo Gank sat comfortably on top of the leaderboards, the final match of the day had the other teams trying their best for a podium finish. Most of the teams played extremely cautiously, with 10 teams alive even after 20 minutes into the match. Suddenly, without warning, fights broke out all across the map, turning the match into a five-team showdown within a matter of minutes. As the fights continued, three unlikely teams found themselves as the remaining survivors - Team MORPH, Bigetron RA, and Orange. Team MORPH held their ground and emerged winners of the final match, pushing themselves up to sixth place on the overall standings. RRQ Athena’s early elimination this match (at 15th place) also caused the Thai favorites to lose their third-place spot.
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Next up: the global stage! It feels too soon that the Southeast Asian leg of the PUBG Mobile Professional League (PMPL SEA) Finals 2020 ended, with the regional tournament coming to a close today.
After three days of hard-fought battles and aggressive yet smart plays, Yoodo Gank won the regional competition with a grand slam: five Winner Winner Chicken Dinners and a whopping total of 126 kills. As the PMPL SEA Finals 2020 champions, they will join five other teams - including fellow countrymen, Team Secret, and runner-up King of Gamers Club - in battling the world’s best PUBG Mobile team in the PUBG Mobile World League (PMWL) 2020 East Division.
Just when you think Yoodo Gank has gotten their fill of chicken dinners, they went ahead to secure two more today for Match 11 and 14. Despite getting ambushed and stuck between teams - even to the point of almost getting wiped out earlier - in the day’s first match, they still managed to recover properly and held on until their victory.
It’s worth noting that Draxx has been the MVP several times (including this round), gunning down enemy players left and right like a crazy good fragger even when he’s supposed to play a more supportive role.
The Sanhok match that got Yoodo Gank their second WWCD.
“We actually exchange roles between us from time to time,” Draxx revealed. “So everyone is pretty much a multirole player.” Though we aren’t sure if it’s a tactic they’ll stick to in the World League, all that matters is that their new play style paid off in the finals, and are on their way to the upper echelons.
“We’re very thankful for getting here,” said captain Manparang. “We’re glad we got to prove ourselves and become champions.”
As for the other Malaysian teams, Team Secret fared pretty well by placing fifth overall. They largely got knocked out early today, but were so close to winning another chicken dinner before Yangon Galacticos blew them up skyhigh in Match 13. It was their good fortune that they managed to keep their placement by performing reasonably well in the first two days. Ultimately, as winners of the PMPL MY/SG Grand Finals 2020, Team Secret will be seen next on the world stage of PMWL 2020 East.
Bigetron AROV placed third in PMPL MY/SG 2020.
On the flip side, Bigetron AROV couldn’t get back the magic that scored them their first WWCD yesterday and were stuck in a slump today, getting knocked out early in all their matches. Although they managed to get six kills in the last match, their earlier knockouts lowered their placement from 10th to 12th. Even so, all’s not lost for Bigetron AROV, because they can try for the big leagues again next season during the Fall Split.
The PMPL SEA Finals 2020 was held over the weekend from 1 - 3 May. No other details have been revealed regarding PMWL 2020 East just yet.
Day two of the PUBG Mobile Pro League - Spring Split 2020: Southeast Asia (PMPL SEA Finals 2020) saw Yoodo Gank, RRQ Athena, and King Of Gamers Club maintaining their positions on the leaderboard, while a slight shift occurred with the remaining teams. Team Secret and ILLUMINATE The Murder, managed to win Chicken Dinners today, and jumped to 4th and 5th respectively. Bigetron RA, Team MORPH, and Team TalenT tied with Orange Esports, rounded up the remainder of the top eight.
After struggling for the first eight matches, Team Secret seems to have finally found their footing at the end of the day. Will they be able to maintain their momentum tomorrow? Or will ILLUMINATE The Murder steal their thunder? Could Bigetron RA and Team MORPH swoop in and steal the Dinners from their opponents? Can Yoodo Gank, RRQ Athena and KOG keep their hot streaks? If teams are saving strats, now's a good time to reveal them.
For the rest of the teams, it’s going to be a herculean task to finish on the winner’s podium - they would have to win five Chicken Dinners in a row, with the teams ahead of them getting eliminated before scoring any kills. Not saying it’s impossible, but it’s quite improbable.
As usual, the day kicked off with another fun warm-up for all the players involved. BOX HuyGa and Bad Boy’s Kelvin ended up in the top three again, this time with Yoodo Gank’s Fredo rounding out the third spot. As the circle closed in, the three players crawled around the map, taking stealthy shots at one another. Unfortunately, Fredo popped his head out for a moment too long and was immediately taken out. It then turned into a pan fight, with HuyGa coming out victorious and denying Kelvin’s second Solo King win.
Things started off quiet enough, with BOX Gaming being eliminated during the looting phase but the remaining teams stayed alive and well until about 15 minutes when skirmishes started breaking out around the map. As the teams all converged into the Mansion area, the action ramped up, with teams making more tactical manoeuvres to outplay their opponents. Multiple three-way fights took place, eliminating a number of teams within a short time. As the dust settled, RRQ Athena, Orange, Yoodo Gank, and Yangon Galacticos (YG) remained in the top four, and the match turned into a grassy shoot-fest. RRQ Athena managed to pull off a win and earned their second Chicken Dinner of the event.
Another slow start until about 15 minutes in, Orange was eliminated, their earliest knockout of the tournament. However, as the game picked up, six teams found themselves at a standoff in a wide-open hilly area, with Team MORPH, ILLUMINATE The Murder (ILMN) and King Of Gamers Club in an advantageous high ground position. Unsurprisingly, those three teams were the last ones standing, and after a long skirmish, ILMN emerged victorious to grab their very first Chicken Dinner.
Like in previous Mirama matches, teams took their time looting and moving towards the direction of Los Leones. The action started picking up towards twenty minutes, with multiple teams getting knocked out within seconds of each other. For the remaining eight teams, the match transformed into a hectic battle on a steep hillside, with YG, Bigetron AROV and ILMN securing an advantageous high ground position to take on their opponents. The final two teams turned into an all-Malaysian showdown - Bigetron AROV vs Yoodo Gank, with the former team winning and clinching their first Chicken Dinner of the tournament.
For the smallest map of the day, there was action from the get-go. ILMN started off the match well by eliminating ONIC Esports first despite the latter team having an initial advantage. The team’s luck kept up as they ended up being one of the few teams within the shrinking circle, while the majority of the teams had to scramble across rivers and choke points to make it to safety. Team Secret took advantage of this and scored multiple kills during the migration. Eventually, the confined battlezone turned into another all-Malaysian showdown. This time, Yoodo Gank triumphed over Team Secret to grab their third Chicken Dinner - with a flawless match score of 10 kills and 0 deaths.
Stakes were high in the last match of the day, with teams moving slowly towards the Dino Park. While there were a few kills here and there, most of the teams stayed alive until 16 minutes when Thai favorites, ILMN, lost their first skirmish, sending them packing for the day. The action picked up again after 20 minutes when Team Secret took out Malaysian favorites - Yoodo Gank in a fiery engagement, however, this left them at a disadvantageous position, surrounded by multiple opponents. Fortunately, they managed to fend off attackers and found some room to breathe in a better location. With three players alive and the high ground advantage, Team Secret easily took out the remaining Team MORPH for their very first Chicken Dinner, ending the day on a good note.
Tune in for the final day of the PMPL Sea Finals 2020 tomorrow at 4PM (GMT+8). Be sure to catch the live stream on the PUBG Mobile Facebook Page and stay tuned to eGG Network for more coverage!
The warm up of the PUBG Mobile Professional League Southeast Asia (PMPL SEA) Finals Spring Split 2020 Day 1 is forgotten as quickly as Day 2 ended today, with one day left to go for the tournament’s conclusion. Only the Thai and Malaysian teams have scored their share of Winner Winner Chicken Dinners (WWCD) so far, and three teams in particular popped their first ever chicken dinners today for the first season of PMPL SEA Finals 2020 - what’s more, two of them were Malaysian!
Bigetron AROV may have placed second last yesterday, but that’s now just a bad dream after winning their first WWCD today at dusty and mountainous Miramar in Match 8. What changed? “We focused on communicating more in-game this time, especially when we got knocked down plenty just now,” captain Boyka of Bigetron AROV revealed, explaining that they coordinate with each other on when to either revive the fallen or finish off their direct opponents.
Bigetron AROV towers over the other teams by securing the high ground during the final circle.
The most prominent issue that Bigetron AROV needs to fix soon is their consistency. Aside from their chicken dinner, they were knocked out early for their other matches, with bottom 6 placements for three matches. But, with a tenacity to go head-to-head with the region’s best teams, they still have a chance to climb the ranks even higher.
Maintaining fifth spot, Team Secret is the last Malaysian team to finally win their first WWCD - plus a whopping volume of 15 kills - in the final match of the day at Vikendi, not to mention that it was a victory that was hard fought to the teeth. Many teams seemed to be out for Team Secret’s blood here, with the BiuBiu-led team getting third-partied and ambushed aplenty right after they survived their onslaughts, although they managed to fend them off to live another few precious minutes.
Despite facing a lot of ambushes and third-party teams in Match 10, Team Secret took our breaths away by clutching kills after kills and still survive.
Overall, they’re still quite inconsistent, either getting knocked out early in the bottom 6 twice today, or placing in the top 5 for the others to compensate. And apparently, there’s a reason for that.
“We’re trying out new strategies, which is why we’re inconsistent in our performance lately,” captain BiuBiu disclosed, leaving out the formula of their secret experiments except for one: switching up their drop points. During PMPL MY/SG, they favoured dropping in the middle of the map or circle. But for the PMPL SEA Finals, they like to drop at the edge, and factor in their flight paths before deciding on an area. “It’s a completely new play style we’re trying out.”
Finally, Malaysia’s favourite PUBG Mobile team, Yoodo Gank, stands firm in first place. Steadily placing in the top 10 (bar one match) and bagging 35 kills in the PMPL SEA Finals Day 2, they even won their third WWCD in tiny Sanhok.
With only tress and foliage as cover, Yoodo Gank downed third-placer Team Secret first before finishing off Blacklist International.
Although the Yoodo esports team largely stuck to their signature tactic of edging just outside the circle, they switched up their movements from time to time to be a little more unpredictable, while continuing their new aggressive-but-tactical play style. “We aim to be consistent and stay within the top 5 standings,” said Fredo, Yoodo Gank’s fragger. He later added that getting WWCD is a bonus for the team, implying that they’re more focused on getting kills, which means more heart-stopping action for the fans. It’s a strategy that they should continue so far, especially when they’re aggressive play style has improved drastically from their time in the PMPL MY/SG 2020 Grand Finals.
The likelihood of Yoodo Gank advancing to the PUBG Mobile World League (PMWL) Spring Split 2020 East Division is high, with Team Secret already qualifying for PMWL 2020 as the champions of PMPL MY/SG 2020. The burning question now is whether Bigetron AROV are able to up their ante to secure a top 5 spot in time. Fortunately, we wouldn’t have long to wait long.
The PMPL SEA Finals 2020 concludes tomorrow at 3.30PM (GMT+8). Be sure to catch the live stream on the PUBG Mobile official Facebook page, and follow eGG Network on Facebook for more in-depth coverage of the tournament.
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