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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) is an annual esports tournament for the mobile MOBA game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang in Southeast Asia. The tournament consists of different teams from different countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Cambodia, Burma, and Laos.

History

MSC 2017

The first season of "ML (Mobile Legends) Southeast Asia Cup" (MSC) started September 1, 2017 and held at Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a 3-day event with 8 finalists from 5 countries: Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia, and total prize pool of $100,000.[1] IDONOTSLEEP the esport team from Thailand became the champion in the grand finals.[2] MSC 2017 used a qualification system in determining the finalists.[3][4]

MSC 2018

The second year of MSC took off July 27-29, 2018 and held again at Jakarta, Indonesia with the same prize pool of $100,000. MSC 2018 didn't use a qualification system but started inviting teams from countries with established Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional Leagues (MPL). 10 teams were invited from 7 countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[5] IDONOTSLEEP, a competing team, reported technical issues during the tournament where the game casts skills without player input. Moonton put out a notice for a rematch but took it down and no rematch occurred.[6]

MSC 2019

Main page: Draft:MSC 2019

Filipino teams winning 1st and 2nd place in MSC 2018 made the 2019's SEA Cup to venue at the SMART Araneta Coliseum in Metro Manila, Philippines. Starting 2019, MSC was abbreviated as "MLBB (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang) Southeast Asia Cup". The prize pool increased to US$120,000 from US$100,000.[7]

Winners

Year Winner Prize Pool Date Venue
2017 IDONOTSLEEP[2] $100,000 September 1-3, 2017 Jakarta, Indonesia
2018 Bren Esports[8] $100,000 July 27-29, 2018 Jakarta International Expo − Jakarta, Indonesia
2019 Onic Esports[9] $120,000 June 21-23, 2019 Smart Araneta Coliseum − Manila, Philippines

Viewership

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup is streamed live to Facebook Gaming and YouTube.

Year Peak Viewers Average Viewers Hours Watched Reference
2019 276, 579 64 552 2 802 625 [10]

Format

Two teams from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional Leagues (MPL) on different Southeast Asian countries are invited to MSC. For countries without MPL, local qualifiers are hosted. The tournaments start with a group stage where teams fight for the spot in the upper bracket through best of 3 round robin. Teams winning the best of 3 in the group stage get the spot for the upper bracket. The other two teams compete on play-ins where the winning team gets to the lower bracket and the losing team is eliminated. After the group stage is the tournament proper. Losing teams from the upper bracket are demoted to the lower bracket while losing teams from the lower bracket are eliminated. One finalist will come from each bracket and compete in the Grand Finals.[11]

References

  1. ^ "'Mobile Legends: Bang Bang' MSC finals are ongoing".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "MSC Grand Champion Winner".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Globe Holds First-Ever Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup Philippine Finals". Globe. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "MSC Malaysia and Singapore Qualifiers Finals ends with a bang!".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "A Legendary Competition: Mobile Legends MSC 2018".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Drama Breakouts Out at Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup 2018". IGN.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "MOBILE LEGENDS' SEA CUP (MSC) WILL FEATURE A US$120,000 PRIZE POOL". ONE Esports.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "PH eSports teams bag $77,714 prize at Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Esports: Indonesian squad Onic wins PH-based Mobile Legends tiff".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "MLBB SEA Cup 2019 (MSC) detailed stats". Esports Charts.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup is coming to the Philippines this 19 to 23 June 2019".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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