MVP Recap: Axie Open Manila 2022 Journey
Metaverse history was made once again in the Philippines! One of the biggest Axie Infinity eSports tournaments in the country with almost ₱7,000,000 prize pool (paid in USDC) was held on-site at the Activity Center of Ayala Circuit Mall in Makati City last November 17 and 18, 2022.
The Axie Open Manila 2022 was one of the highlights of the week-long celebration of the Philippine Web3 Festival which ignited the competitive spirit of lunacians. 200+ players from different guilds across the world competed in seven swiss rounds for a place in the Top 32.
The MVP players including Thunderstruck, CaraCute, Dubukid, Phif, Kapitan, Liamasdf, Cash, Naoki, Musket, Inkay, SugarDani and Psychedelic all gave their best during the tournament. The MVP family along with our sponsors and eSports partner, Axie.GG enthusiastically supported their attempt to win the championship title in AOM2022.
It was a spectacular day for the community as everyone proudly cheered for their favorite players through the livestream and on-site. The Top 32 players fought their way into championships through best-of-five matches in a single elimination format. Thunderstruck managed to secure a spot in the Top 16.
The much-awaited championship was held on the last day of the Philippine Web 3 Festival. Jeff “JiHo” Zirlin, Co-Founder of SkyMavis was also present at the event. The Top 16 players fought in a fierce head-to-head battle on the main stage and it began with MVP Thunderstruck’s nail-biting battle against Chan5539 of MMG, the recent Cabsycon champion. The result was 3–1 in favor of Thunderstruck who advanced to the next round.
In the end, ThunderStruck finished Top 8. Kapitan, another MVP eSports athlete finished in the Top 24. We saw a QU3ST vs QU3ST match in the finals. Spamandrice emerged as the AOM2022 champion after defeating Zaratustra with a 4–0 score.
The MVP fam is proud of ThunderStruck and Kapitan for showing an exceptional performance all throughout the tournament. As for ThunderStruck’s AOM2022 experience, he said “AOM was a lot of fun! I loved meeting my teammates from PH, some of which I’ve known for over a year. The competition itself was pretty successful. I arrived with no expectations and finishing 8th with $5000 was a great surprise. I love that LANs are finally back and I get to travel the world competing.”
MVP Caracute also shared that AOM2022 felt like AxieCon all over again and she got to meet her friends from all over the world for the second time this year. She hopes she could perform better with a much more diverse meta in the next LAN tournament. Lastly, she expressed her appreciation to the sponsors, “Thank you to our sponsors, Pendle V2, CryptoMoTo, and Axie.GG for always supporting us to achieve our dreams.”
We hope this is the first of the many Axie Infinity-related grand-scale events and tournaments in the Philippines. We appreciate your continuous support in all our endeavors.
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