Taipei, Taiwan — At the sidelines of COMPUTEX 2019 where a shedload of interesting stuff about the tech industry is available for the world to experience, it's interesting to note that among the serious talks on AI and IoT, 5G, Blockchain, the amazing pavilions on Innovation and Startups, as well as (and especially) Gaming & XR, we see tech and social cause come together.
Themed "Fight for glory and honor, win for charity" the ZOTAC CUP at COMPUTEX Taipei 2019 will be the five-day trade show's curtain closer. With the final match to be held on June 1, 2019, that will culminate another successful year not only for gaming for the whole ICT industry as well.
Returning to COMPUTEX, Global gaming platform ZOTAC gives us the ZOTAC CUP which fights for a cause this year with the Fight for Charity League of Legends Tournament.
In the Grand Finals, five finalists are to face five international influencers in a “League of Legends” competition to decide to which charity the lion’s share of the US$100,000 charity prize pool will go.
The competition is supporting five international charitable organizations to help those in need: the Esports Foundation, Gaming-Aid, the Make-A-Wish foundation, MERCY Malaysia and the Oaktree Foundation.
Online qualifiers for Asia, Europe and the Americas each produced three winners, who faced off with six local influencers — MMD, Eggroll, 7Z, WeiWei, Toyz and Gear — in the semifinals on May 28-29 at ZOTAC’s booth (M0820) at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1.
On Thursday, May 30, the Grand Finals began with the five victors of the semifinals facing five international influencers — Voyboy, Kaypea, CooLifeGame, Zong Guan and Hao Kai — in 5v5 Howling Abyss, 5v5 Summoner’s Rift and several round-of-8 1v1 matches.
In the initial best-of-three, blind-pick Howling Abyss series, Team ZOTAC came out swinging and quickly demonstrated their dominance over the competition with two decisive wins, despite having to overcome a language barrier.
The tournament ends on Saturday, June 1, starting at 11:00 am with the 1v1 finals, followed by two rounds of 5v5 Summoner’s Rift early in the afternoon.
For those unable to see the Grand Finals in person, they will be live-streamed on the ZOTAC CUP Twitch channel, with English commentating by Jake “Spawn” Tiberi, Matthew “Fish” Stewart and Rikki “Riku” Quiapon, while Scott and Jwell will be the Chinese casters.
ZOTAC is providing the official gaming platform for the tournament: the MEK MINI. A diminutive gaming PC that packs a big punch, the MEK MINI is powered by a ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card and an Intel Core processor.
The MEK MINI is on display at ZOTAC’s booth, which features the firm’s latest products, including the new ZBOX MI553B, an ideal solution for the broadcasting sector powered by an Intel Core processor, with video capture functionality provided by an Avermedia M.2 capture card. (computexdaily)