Pacific.Macta wins Crossfire Stars 2017, to compete in global esports tourney

Fans of esports team Pacific.Macta couldn’t contain their excitement and fervor as the top CrossFire esports team emerged victorious at the CrossFire Stars 2017 National Finals.

Pacific.Macta fans cheering after a nail-biting play by their favorite team, TNC High Grounds Café, October 15, 2017. Photos: Jo Brianne Briones

Sixteen teams from all over the Philippines competed for the honor to be hailed as the country’s top CrossFire team for 2017 on October 14-15 at the TNC High Grounds Café.

CrossFire is a popular multiplayer first-person shooter game in the Philippines.

Developed by South Korean company SmileGate, CrossFire is played by pitting two five-man teams against each other. CrossFire has reportedly over 8 million concurrent players worldwide and 650 million total users.

Philippine standing

Newcomers ArmorLOKO from Butuan City made it through the grand finals, after battling valiantly against last year’s Philippine champion Pacific.Wara in the loser’s bracket, Cebu’s pride MATTJESS, and pro team Execration.Reborn.

But the rising underdog story was cut short at the final match, as Pacific.Macta’s veteran esports experience proved to be too much for Butuan’s representatives.

As second placers, ArmorLOKO became the first regional team to reach the grand finals since the global esports tournament’s inception in 2013 and took home 6,000 USD.

CrossFire Stars 2017 Philippine Grand Finals champion Pacific.Macta. (L-R) Christian Andres, Judan Cruz, John Kenneth Alde, Aldrin Borabon, Dennis Ramos (TNC High Grounds Café, October 15, 2017)

Pacific.Macta will represent the Philippines in the CrossFire world grand finals this December in China. Over 80 countries will be competing in this global esports event. — LA, GMA News