Smart Omega
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Nicknames | Omega Esports |
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Games | |
Founded | February 2019 |
League | The Nationals MPL Philippines |
Team history | PLDT–Smart Omega (2019–current) |
Colors | Green, Blue |
Head coach | Pakbet and Ynot (Omega Eports ML), Carlo "Kuku" Palad (DOTA 2), Dannel "Pica" Lozano (Tekken 7) and John “Glaceox” (Wild Rift) |
Parent group | PLDT Inc./Smart Communications Sterling Global Dragons |
Website | smart |
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Smart Omega Esports, formerly known as PLDT–Smart Omega, is a Philippine franchise-based professional esports team which competes in The Nationals, the top esports league in the Philippines sanctioned by the eSports National Association of the Philippines, and . It was formed as a result of a partnership between esports team Sterling Global Dragons and corporate firms, PLDT Inc. and its mobile arm, Smart Communications.
History[]
Omega was officially launched by PLDT Inc. and its mobile arm, Smart Communications in February 2019. It is a collaboration of the private firms with Sterling Global Dragons[1] which competed in the Road to The Nationals, a tournament held by the Nationals league organizers in 2018 in order to provide a means for the pioneer teams of the league to scout players for their rosters.
The Sterling Global Dragons was the winner of the final Dota 2 tournament of the Road to The Nationals. They secured a 3–1 victory over Station 751 in the championship match of the final tournament which adopted a best-of-five series format.[2] The Dragons qualified for the final tournament of the Road to The Nationals twice. Initially they qualified through the tournament held in Manila. However, due to a roster change they had to forfeit their qualification spot to So Lucky team and qualified again for the final competition through the Cavite qualifiers.[3]
In 2020, the name of the team was changed to just "Smart Omega Esports".
In November 2020, Filipino pro player Carlo "Kuku" Palad signed as the teams new Dota 2 head coach.[4]
Rosters[]
The following consists of the rosters of Omega for the 2019 The Nationals season.
Dota 2[]
pos 1 : Ancelmo Miracle San Jose
Coach: Kuku Carlo Palad(JL`)
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer[1]
Mobile Legends[]
Until 2021, the following was the Smart Omega roster for Mobile legends but was later released:[5]
- Haze (Jeniel Bata-anon)
- Hadji (Salic Imam)
- Heath (John Esperana)
- KurtTzy (Jankurt Russel Matira)
- Toshi (Adrian Bacallo)
- Kenji ( Kenneth Jiane Villa)
- Khayte ( Alvin Gaspar )
Starting 2021, Smart Omega's new roster consists of the previous players of Execration:
- Billy “Z4pnu” Alfonso
- Joshua “Ch4knu” Mangilog
- Kiel VJ “Kielvj” Hernandez
- Renz “Renzio” Cadua
- Patrick “E2MAX” Caidic
- Duane “Kelra” Pillas
Additional new players of Smart Omega Esports:
- Dian “Dian” Cruz
- Romeire “Allidap” Padilla
- Dean “Raizen” Sumagui
- Robert Remar “Hito” Candoy
- Jomie “P4kbet” Abalos
- Jhieffer Drake “Mina” Ong
Reference:[6]
Tekken 7[]
- Juliano Lozano (Jules)
Coach: Dannel Lozano (Pica)
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer[1]
Controversies[]
Smart Omega's member of their new roster for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines (MPL PH) Season 8 Duane “Kelra” Pillas made homophobic remarks towards his co-professional player Johnmar “OhMyV33nus” Villaluna in a now deleted livestream. Kelra was suspended for 2 weeks due to his violations on MPL PH Season 8 rules specifically 12.3.3 Sexual Harassment and 12.3.4 Discrimination and Denigration as announced on MPL PH's official Facebook page on August 16, 2021.[7][8][9][10][11] Kelra was also alleged to have sexually harassed another pro-player Chareeny “Ramella” Ramella of Thai MLBB professional team IDNS where he said “I want Ramella k**t***n!” in a video. Ramella mentioned that they haven't received an apology in a report as of August 17, 2021.[12]
Smart Omega is officially banned in any Valve sponsored events after the match fixing happens last November, this includes current players Prince Daculan and Ryniel Keit "Zenki" Calvez, as well as previous players Patt Piolo "Piolz" Dela Cruz, Dave "Hiro" Miyata, and now-Execration player Van Jerico Manalaysay. Chris Ian "CTY" Francis Maldo, an Omega coach, is also on the list. [13]
References[]
- ^ a b c "PLDT, Smart launch pro gaming team 'Omega' for country's first franchise-based esports league". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Sterling Global Dragons are Your Road to The NAtionals 2018 (DOTA 2) Champions". Mogul Arena. SEA Esports PTE LTD. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Final competitors qualify for Road to The Nationals grand finals". ESPN. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Kuku signs with Smart Omega as its Dota 2 coach". ONE Esports. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ News, Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN (2021-07-02). "Esports: Smart Omega releases entire Mobile Legends roster". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Smart Omega acquires championship roster of Execration for MPL-PH Season 8". Manila Bulletin. 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Elona, Jules (August 17, 2021). "MPL PH suspends Smart Omega's Kelra for inappropriate behavior | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ News, Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN (2021-08-16). "Esports: Kelra suspended, fined over offensive remarks". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ Dioquino, Delfin (August 16, 2021). "'Mobile Legends' player Kelra suspended, fined for sexual, homophobic remarks". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lojo, Michelle (August 17, 2021). "Smart Omega's Kelra suspended for homophobic, sexual remarks". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pineda, Carlos. "MPL-PH hits Kelra with 2-week suspension for discrimination, sexual harassment". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pineda, Carlos. "Ramella, IDNS speak out on controversial video: 'Sexual harassment is not ok'". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Grande, Ralph. "Omega Esports found guilty of match-fixing, banned from all Valve events". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- 2019 establishments in the Philippines
- Esports teams based in the Philippines
- Dota teams
- PLDT
- Smart Communications
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang teams
- League of Legends: Wild Rift teams