ASUS Republic of Gamers Champions Cup Crowns its First Champion at its First ROG Champions Cup

ASUS Republic of Gamers Champions
Cup Crowns its First Champion at its First ROG Champions Cup
ASUS
ROG inaugural gaming tournament saw a total of 64 teams battle it out for a
combined cash and product prize pool worth more than $20,000 last weekend

 

Singapore
(2 June 2016) — The ROG Champions
Cup at CEE Show 2016, ASUS’ inaugural first gaming tournament in Singapore, saw
large crowds of enthusiastic gamers heading to The Champions Cup booth at
Suntec Convention Centre last weekend. There was a wide spectrum of gamers from
PC core gamers, avid gamers to console gamers who fought it out during our FIFA
tournament and daily stage games. In addition, it proved to be an exciting time
for fans of Asterisk* who managed to win exclusive game time with their favourite
team as well as those who scored a photo with their favourite League of Legends
(LOL) cosplayers during The Champions Cup.

“The
ROG Champions Cup was a great event for us, and thanks to all the support from
our valued sponsors – Challenger, Garena, Logitech, MyRepublic, NVIDIA,
Samsung, Secretlab, Sony and Steelseries, we are very pleased with the overall
turnout and results of our very first gaming tournament in Singapore. We look
forward to bring more innovative gaming experiences to all consumers in
Singapore in the near future,” said Leo Tseng, country manager for ASUS
Singapore (Systems).

The
ROG Champions Cup kicked off with a 1v1 FIFA Master Cup tournament and a 2v2
Master Cup tournament on the second day with many contenders throughout both
days. All matches were streamed live on the screens for all event visitors to
cheer on their friends and family. It was a close fight between all teams, but
it ended with the top individual and pair teams winning more than $10,000 worth
of peripheralsproducts sponsored by Logitech. The stage was also buzzing with
numerous stage games happening at the ROG Champions Cup, which drew crowds to
win more than $11,000 worth of prizes sponsored by ASUS ROG, Challenger and
Logitech.

Massive
crowds gathered to catch the highlights of the ROG Champions Cup hosted by
Garena. Four team finalists battled it out on 28 and 29 May to vive for the top
prizes with a total cash pool of $10,000 and more than $15,000 worth of ASUS ROG,
Logitech and Steelseries products. Team WeFly was crowned
the champion of the inaugural ROG Tournament Cup. They were awarded with $4,000
in cash and each player walked away with the latest ROG notebook ROG G752 worth
$2,498.

Fans
of Asterisk*, the first all-female competitive eSports team had the chance to
come face-to-face and participate in an exclusive League of Legends (LOL) game
with the Asterisk* team. In addition to this exclusive opportunity with
Asterisk*, the competing fan team also walked away with a Logitech X50 wireless
speaker and Steelseries Rival 100 mouse worth a total of $450 from Steelseries
and Logitech plus a great experience with their idols.

Apart
from the gaming tournament, ASUS, together with sponsor partners like Logitech
and NVIDIA® hosted a variety of activities to elevate the entire
gaming experience. Visitors had the chance to try out the all-new Oculus Rift
Virtual Reality (VR) headset with their favourite games, bringing them into a
whole new dimension of gaming. Many aspiring race drivers also tried their hand
at the Logitech experiential Zone with the Logitech G29 Driving Force Race
Wheel to show off their skills. In addition, at the ROG Champions Cup at CEE
2016 was a grand lucky draw where visitors won up to $11,000 worth of prizes
sponsored by ASUS, Challenger and Logitech. A grand prize winner was also
picked to walk away with the latest 15-inch ROG gaming laptop GL502 worth
$2,498.

For more information regarding the ROG Champions
Cup, visit http://j.mp/rogcc
or ASUS Singapore Facebook page
at https://www.facebook.com/asus.sg