Smart Omega

Smart Omega, 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. 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.

Smart Omega
Games
FoundedFebruary 2019 (2019-02)
LeagueThe Nationals
Team historyPLDT–Smart Omega (2019–2020)
Colors  Green,  Blue
Parent groupPLDT Inc./Smart Communications
Sterling Global Dragons

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".

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: Unknown Dominance


(FORMER)



  • tite (tertsbalanghoy)
  • Alexis (HirakoSenji)
  • Rafael (r4pr4pr4p)
  • Ernesto ([B]<3Rica)
  • Jomar (ACM-jomarskibat)
  • Don (DonSegunds)
  • Regem (Dubid4pd4p)
  • Justin (JSkore4n)

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer[1]

Tekken 7
  • Juliano Lozano (Jules)

Coach: Dannel Lozano (Pica)

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer[1]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Sterling Global Dragons are Your Road to The NAtionals 2018 (DOTA 2) Champions". Mogul Arena. SEA Esports PTE LTD. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. "Final competitors qualify for Road to The Nationals grand finals". ESPN. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. "Kuku signs with Smart Omega as its Dota 2 coach". ONE Esports. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.