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Esports In The Philippines
Esports in the Philippines refers to competitive video gaming or esports in the Philippines. This article covers both amateurs and professional levels. History From the 2000s to the early 2010s, video game tournaments in the Philippines have been largely amateur often held in internet cafés in Metro Manila. Video gaming was widely seen as just for leisure or past-time and not seen as a credible means for a professional career. Among popular video game titles featured in tournaments around this period are ''Dota 2'' and ''Counter-Strike''. The Philippine Esports Organization (PeSO), which would govern esports in the country would be established in 2011. Filipinos would eventually become esports athletes and professional esports teams would be organized to compete in international competitions. In 2017, the state agency Games and Amusements Board recognized esports as a legitimate sport. The Philippines would introduce esports as a medal event in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Esports Organization
The Philippine Esports Organization (abbreviated as PeSO) is the national governing body for esports in the Philippines. It is a member of the International Esports Federation (IESF) since 2012 and is an associate member of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) since 2020. It was established in 2011 by commissioner Brian Lim of the Cebu City Sports Commission following his attendance to a conference by the IeSF in Andong, South Korea Its membership includes firms and other organizations under the eSports National Association of the Philippines (eSNAP) and the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Esports Union (PSEU). References External links * Sports governing bodies in the Philippines, eSports Esports in the Philippines Esports governing bodies {{Philippines-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smartphones
A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, internet (including web browsing over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging. Smartphones typically contain a number of metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) chips, include various sensors that can be leveraged by pre-included and third-party software (such as a magnetometer, proximity sensors, barometer, gyroscope, accelerometer and more), and support wireless communications protocols (such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or satellite navigation). Early smartphones were marketed primarily towards the enterprise market, attempting to bridge the functionality of standalone perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet In The Philippines
Internet in the Philippines first became available on March 29, 1994, 10:18 a.m. With the Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connecting the country and its people to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link. As of February 2022, there are around 76 million people using the internet in the country, penetrating 68% of the total population. History A year after the connection, the Public Telecommunications Act of the Philippines was made into law. Securing a franchise is now optional for value-added service providers. This law enabled many other organizations to establish connections to the Internet, to create Web sites and have their own Internet services or provide Internet service and access to others. However the growth of the Internet in the Philippines was hindered by many obstacles including unequal distribution of Internet infrastructure throughout the country, its cost and corruption in the government. But these obstacles did not altogether halt all the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PBA Esports Bakbakan
PBA Esports Bakbakan is an esports league in the Philippines. It is organized by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in partnership with Dark League Studios. The league consists of the esport squads of the PBA's twelve franchise teams. The first tournament featured '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' while the following competition had '' PUBG: Battlegrounds''. The third tournament which had ''StreetBallers'' featured eight teams from outside the PBA. History The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) has planned to organize esports games in-between its league games during its 46th season in 2021. However the COVID-19 pandemic caused such plan to be placed on hold. In 2022, the PBA revisited its plans to get involved in esports and accepted an invitation by Dark League Studios to check their Kings League tournament. The PBA would enter in an entered a formal partnership with Dark League Studios in October 2022. The PBA would launch an esports league, the PBA Esports Bakbakan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MPL Philippines
''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines'' (MPL-PH) is a professional Esports league for the game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' in the Philippines. MPL Philippines is the direct route of qualified teams to both the '' Mobile Legends World Championships'' and '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup''. MPL Philippines currently follows a franchise-based system, wherein eight teams are currently competing as and officially removing local team qualifiers, previously evident during MPL Philippines Season 7. Established in 2018, there have been six teams that have won the championship title of MPL Philippines, with two teams being back-to-back champions in Sunsparks and Blacklist International. Three of the eight teams from MPL-PH have as well won the Mobile Legends World Championship title: Bren Esports, Blacklist International. and recently crowned ECHO Philippines. MPL Philippines has a "split" season system wherein a year is split into two seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Olympic Committee
The Philippine Olympic Committee Inc. (POC) is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines. The POC is a private, non-governmental organization composed of and serve as the mother organization of all National Sports Associations (NSAs) in the Philippines. It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as having the sole authority for representation of the Philippines in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games and other multi-event competitions. The POC is financially independent and does not receive any subsidy from government, though its member NSAs receive some financial assistance from the Philippine Sports Commission. Instead, the POC supports its own activities with funds generated from sponsorships, licensing fees on the use of the Olympic marks, IOC subsidy and proceeds from special projects and donations. History Organized sports was first introduced in the Philippines during the American administration of the islands with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' (''PDI''), or simply the ''Inquirer'', is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Founded in 1985, it is often regarded as the Philippines' newspaper of record. The newspaper is the most awarded broadsheet in the Philippines and the multimedia group, called The Inquirer Group, reaches 54 million people across several platforms. History The ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' was founded on December 9, 1985, by publisher Eugenia Apóstol, columnist Max Solivén, together with Betty Go-Belmonte during the last days of the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos, becoming one of the first private newspapers to be established under the Marcos regime. The ''Inquirer'' succeeded the weekly ''Philippine Inquirer'', created in 1985 by Apostol to cover the trial of 25 soldiers accused of complicity in the assassination of opposition leader Ninoy Aquino at Manila International Airport on August 21, 1983. Apostol also published the '' Mr. & Ms. Spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International ESports Federation
The International Esports Federation (IESF) is a global organisation based in South Korea whose mission it is to have esports recognized as a legitimate sport. Member Nations So far, there are 130 member nations in IESF: History The International Esports Federation was founded on August 8, 2008, by nine esports associations from Denmark, South Korea, Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Vietnam and Taiwan, and held its first general meeting in November of the same year. A year later, on December 12, the IeSF was able to host its own international tournaments, starting with the "IeSF challenge" in 2009, followed by "IeSF Grand Finals" in 2010, and the "IeSF World Championship" in 2011 and onward. 2012 saw a massive breakthrough for esports and the IeSF, as the IeSF 2012 World championship presented an esports tournament for women for the first time. On July 7, 2013, IeSF was selected as counterpart for the electronic sports discipline of the 4th Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PUBG Mobile
''PUBG Mobile'' (Chinese: 和平精英; pinyin: Hé Píng Jīng Yīng) is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed by LightSpeed & Quantum Studio, a division of Tencent Games. It is a mobile game adaptation of '' PUBG: Battlegrounds''. It was initially released for Android and iOS on 19 March 2018. It was published by multiple publishers in different regions, including Krafton, Tencent, and VNG Games. By December 2022, ''PUBG Mobile'' had accumulated around 1.3 billion downloads while grossing over , making it the third highest-grossing mobile game. It is also the second most-played mobile video game of all time. In 2021, the game spawned an Indian version, '' Battlegrounds Mobile India'', and a separate game taking place in the ''PUBG Universe'', called ''New State Mobile''. Gameplay ''PUBG Mobile'' features gameplay similar to that of the original ''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds''. Players parachute down to a remote island and fight to remain as the last player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Bang
Bang Bang or Bang Bang Bang or similar may refer to: *Bang bang chicken, Chinese recipe People * Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) (born 1979), nicknamed Bang Bang Razzaq * Bang Bang (Dubliner) (1906–1981), eccentric elderly gentleman in Dublin known for playing cowboy in the streets * Bang-Bang Club, four photographers active in South Africa during the Apartheid period * Keith "Bang Bang" McCurdy (born 1985), a celebrity tattoo artist Technology * Bang–bang control, a controller that switches abruptly between two states * Bang-bang robot, or pick and place robot * Bang bang, Australian slang for a coffee knockbox Film, TV and entertainment * Bang Bang (TV channel), Albanian TV channel * "Bang-Bang" (''CSI''), 2006 episode of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * ''Bang Bang'' (telenovela), 2005 Brazilian TV series * ''Bang Bang'' (2011 film), independent film by Byron Q *'' Bang Bang!'', 2014 Bollywood film * ''Bang Bang!'' (play), comedy by John Cleese *'' Bang, Bang, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Game
A mobile game, or smartphone game, is a video game that is typically played on a mobile phone. The term also refers to all games that are played on any portable device, including from mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone), tablet, PDA to handheld game console, portable media player or graphing calculator, with and without network availability. The earliest known game on a mobile phone was a Tetris variant on the Hagenuk MT-2000 device from 1994. In 1997, Nokia launched ''Snake''. Snake, which was pre-installed in most mobile devices manufactured by Nokia, has since become one of the most played games and is found on more than 350 million devices worldwide. A variant of the ''Snake'' game for the Nokia 6110, using the infrared port, was also the first two-player game for mobile phones. Today, mobile games are usually downloaded from an app store but in some cases are also preloaded in the handheld devices by the OEM or by the mobile operator when purchased, via infrar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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