3 days ago
The 'unwanted' silence their critics
PETALING JAYA: Once dismissed as a group of "unwanted" players, All Gamers Global (AG) have silenced their critics by securing a spot at next month's Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
AG booked their place after a convincing 3-0 victory over O2 Esports in the lower bracket semi-final of the Malaysia Honor of Kings Spring League (MKL) playoffs, held at a shopping mall here today.
They will join Nova Esports and reigning world champions Black Shrew Esports (BSE) as Malaysia's representatives at the prestigious tournament.
The win also sent AG through to the lower bracket final, where they will face BSE, who were outclassed 3-0 by Nova in the upper bracket final. Nova advance directly to the Grand Final and await the winners of the lower bracket final.
AG team manager Calvin "ShadowIU" Lee expressed pride in his players, many of whom were previously overlooked by other teams.
"We've been preparing for months for the league and playoffs," said Calvin. "There was pressure on us to qualify for Riyadh, so I'm really pleased we managed to pull it off.
"This achievement is even more meaningful because our players were seen as 'unwanted'. That makes qualifying all the more satisfying."
BSE, the top seeds from the regular season, look powerful. "BSE are giants of the MKL, but we'll give it our all," said Calvin.
"We played Nova in the upper bracket semi-final on Friday and were quickly 0-2 down as the players were quite tense.
"We regrouped, told them to enjoy the game, and came back to level at 2-2 before narrowly losing the decider."
