The top four teams in the PBA ‘Esports Bakbakan’ league will face off on May 1 as the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will be bringing its first esports tournament to an exciting conclusion powered by the pure fiber connectivity of Converge.
The eight-man esports teams of the Phoenix Fuel Masters, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, TNT Tropang Giga, NorthPort Batang Pier will battle it out at Ayala Malls Circuit, Activity Center in Makati for the P 1 million prize pool (P 750,000 will go to the champion, and P 250,000 to the runner-up).
The four teams will engage in the best-of-three tournament in the semi-finals. The finalists will then face off in a best-of-five format.
“The first esports tournament of the PBA has turned out to be as exciting and heart-pounding as the PBA games themselves. Converge is glad to be the connectivity partner of the PBA ESports Bakbakan, bringing all this action week after week to gamers, fans and followers. No better technology can bring this level of competitive action with speed and quality like fiber technology,” said Converge CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Anthony Uy.
The inaugural season of the PBA Esports Bakbakan featured all twelve franchise teams of the PBA competing in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament. Each franchise has an eight-man crew consisting of two PBA cagers, two gaming influencers or players, one student, and three fans.
Leading fiber internet provider Converge is the official connectivity partner of the PBA Esports Bakbakan, providing its high speed and high capacity internet connection to power up the high-intensity tournaments week after week. The partnership is aimed at showing the fiber capability of Converge in powering up the esports tournament.
Converge is making a mark in the gaming industry not just with its own franchise team in the PBA but through its tailored gaming product specifically catering to Filipino gamers: the Converge GameChanger.
“Converge GameChanger delivers high bandwidth and prioritization with low packet loss, jitter, and latency. It is the first fixed broadband internet plan tailored to address the specific needs of gamers in the country. With these plans, gamers would not only be elevating their experience and increasing their performance but also giving themselves better gameplay and competitive advantage,” shared Converge Chief Operations Officer Jesus C. Romero.
“Recently we announced that we won the Ookla® Speedtest Award™ for *Best ISP Video Experience in the Philippines by dominating all five key categories considered in determining the awardee namely adaptive start failure (the proportion of tests that failed to start), median adaptive start time (the time to first frame of video playback), median adaptive average bitrate (low bitrate means user experiences a fuzzy, low-resolution video while a higher bitrate supports better viewing experience), adaptive stall events (the proportion of users with at least one stall event) and lastly, media adaptive stall severity (users who experience stalling event). This validates that Converge produces the best experience in gaming, streaming, consuming video content, and video calls which are some of the most used content on the internet,” Romero adds.
With the GameChanger, Converge is empowering the Philippine gaming community to reach their potential and achieve better gaming performance, by delivering quality and consistent internet speeds.
Existing customers under FiberX Plans 2000, 2500, and 3000 can upgrade their plans to GameChanger Pro for just an additional Php500 per month. This will include the Prioritization feature and the ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400 Router.
Those under FiberX Plan 3500 can upgrade to GameChanger Elite Plan for an additional of Php 1500 per month. This will include the Prioritization feature and ROG RAPTURE GT-AX6000 Gaming Router, with its High-Efficiency Wi-Fi 6, Dual 2.5G Ports, Extreme Quad-Core CPU Power, and Triple-Level Game Acceleration.
To reserve seats for the PBA Esport Bakbakan on May 1 at the Ayala Malls Circuit, Activity Center in Makati, go to http://bit.ly/3UTxssX. Admission is free.