Dota Pro Circuit SEA Elite Division: Boom Esports vs Neon | March 30, 6 PM

[Mary C]

A new season for the champions began with an ugly occurrence. Due to the contenders' incapacity to play the match on time, their 100 percent win game versus outsider Nigma Galaxy SEA ended in a technical loss. The organizers did not even bother with suspensions, as is customary in Europe, and recorded the season's first setback. The champions faced the tough Filipino Polaris Esports after their lackluster and mediocre loss of points (2-1).  

  

There were reshuffles across Southeast Asia over the off-season, and the BOOM Esports team was not spared to the adjustments. The outcome of the regional final and the Arab LAN event GAMERS GALAXY: Invitational Series Dubai 2022, however, demonstrated that the Asian champion's replacement was not useless, and that the synchronization of the carry from Laos was effective. 

  

Only the Indonesian lineup was promoted by the BOOM Esports squad from 2021 to TI10. If the Indonesians finished the first DPC league in 2021 more or less smoothly, the second one would be a failure, and they would lose a spot in the Asian elite. The guys, on the other hand, began the new DPC cycle in the elite. 

  

The Indonesians were dismissed by the organization. The failures of the past could hardly have had a beneficial impact on all previous "boom" players. It is currently a Filipino squad whose members have excelled in the offseason, dominating the BTS season for the eighth time in Southeast Asia. 

  

The Indonesian Fbz, who has been in third place in this team since 2017, is the only one who represents it on a long term basis. BOOM Esports' new faces are two ex-neons that wowed the world with their performances at the Singapore Major: Yopaj and skem.  

  

Neon Esports is still rapidly changing lineups. Only a miracle, or rather ambitions, kept this team in the premier Asian tier. The Filipinos bravely stormed into an already unsuccessful season in January, even threatening to break into the top three, but they miraculously made it to the replays, where they simply ripped apart opponents and secured a spot in the elite. 

  

Three players were replaced by the team this summer. The well-known Philippine squad has again gambled on talented youngsters from their homeland, but it remains to be seen whether they can maintain their place among the region's finest.