League of Legends: Wild Rift is spicing things up in the Southeast Asian region with Pentaboom Showdown, a celebrity showmatch featuring 40 stars and personalities from eight different countries.
Eight SEA countries, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia will form teams of five to play for charity and a total prize pool of US$66,500.
In addition to this, Riot Games Southeast Asia has pledged to donate a further US$60,000 to charities like Room to Read (Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam), Openminds Project (Thailand), Beyond Social Services (Singapore), Passerelles Numeriques (the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam) and Wing Melaka (Malaysia).
Riot’s donation will greatly aid in promoting literacy and education, helping financially-challenged communities, and bringing smiles to those with disabilities.
The League of Legends: Wild Rift SEA Pentaboom Showdown will take place on December 12 – 13 at 12:00 p.m. GMT+8.
The tournament’s title, Pentaboom, “is a call for gamers to seize the moment and forge their own legends with crazy outplays” according to Riot Games. It draws inspiration from “pentakill”, where a player defeats all five of their enemy team’s opponents in a short timespan.
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Some of the big names in the gaming industry will be a part of the event including Filipina cosplayer Alodia Gosiengfiao, Indonesian content creator Vincent “VY Gaming” Yang, Thai darling Frozenkiss, Singaporean content creators Danial Ron and Ryan Tan, and Vietnamese streamer Milona.
Here’s the full list of of celebrities and personalities who would be participating at the Pentaboom Showdown this December.
Cambodia
- Chea Gaming
- Henaa Gaming
- Prom Official ML
- T26.haha
Indonesia
- Cindy Gullla
- Dylan PROS
- GOGOGOY
- Jess No Limit
- VY Gaming
Malaysia
- Fredo Sameon
- Harris Annuar
- Ismail Izzani
- Soloz
- XK Penjahat
Myanmar
- Ace Gaming
- GuGu
- I C E I C E
- Original Matt Channel
- NX Live
Philippines
- Alodia Gosiengfiao
- Ashley Gosiengfiao
- Dexie Diaz
- James Reid
- Megan Young
Singapore
- Danial Ron (TITAN GAMERS)
- Nathan Hartono
- Ryan Tan (Night Owl Cinematics)
- Sezairi
- Vincent Sin (TITAN GAMERS)
Thailand
- Dx Channel
- Frozenkiss
- JAI RAW
- May Pitchanart
Vietnam
- ADN Đấng YM
- Bé Chanh Gaming
- Milon
- Misthy
- Msuong
The Wild Rift SEA Pentaboom Showdown will be streamed on Wild Rift’s YouTube channel, as well as on their Facebook page. Fans can check out their event website here for more details.
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