The GO Malta Esports Festival 2018 Recap: PUBG

Last year's iteration of The GO Malta Esports Festival was the very first inclusion of competitive PUBG on the island, exposing and slowly building up the local scene for the relatively new battle-royale. Since then, the title has progressed and so have we. The GO Malta Esports Festival 2018 hosted another PUBG tournament across the eventful weekend; involving €1,700 cash prizes up for grabs between 12 teams, all of which were local Maltese teams, more than last year. 

In order to determine a champion, the usual 'Bracket' format isn't followed due to the nature of all the teams competing simultaneously. A total of 17 matches were played across the three days, with all 48 players involved simultaneously. Note that the PUBG tournament only involved Quads, teams of 4. Points were given out according to placement and then adding 10 points for each kill. The number of points given for each placing remained constant across every single game; 400 for first, 300 for second, 240 for third and so on. To calculate the final scores, scores were added at the end of the weekend; the following standings were achieved. 

No time 4 losers - 4550 points

Paradigm6 White - 4086 points

Salty Seamen - 4084 points 

While NT4L conquered with a decisive 500 point lead, second and third were placed painfully close to one another, with only 2 points separating them. This tiny gap meant that it all came down to the final game, Game 17. Here, Paradigm6 White managed to best Salty Seamen by 125 points due to a total of 10 kills from Paradigm6 while SS only offered one kill and a lower placing. Due to placing 5th, while Paradigm6 finished 4th, this 2 point difference was made apparent. This is a difference of only two kills! Still, NT4L, together with their 108 kills, have cemented themselves as the top quad team in the local scene. The following are their rosters: 

No time 4 losers

• FunkeYYYY
•  Vault4
•  nt4L_Pucink 
• Shocker

Paradigm6 White

•  Got1ke
•  very najZ
•  vortex 
• repper55

Salty Seamen

•  MeloMit
•  Dizzy
•  Bahri 
• Coolinizer 

The team placing 4th finished 200 points underneath, while the rest of the teams followed suit with such intervals. To view all the placings, we recommend you check out the placings through the event page: https://www.gamers.com.mt/tournament/201/stage/190/matches.

Overall, the tournament was a great success and a huge step forward for the local PUBG scene. We'd like to thank everyone who participated and made it all possible, as with every team we increased the prize pool. Also, we were delighted with the fact that no early glitches disturbed the competition like they did last year.