It was an intense battle between the best players in the region with not only local participants, we have international participants joined as well at Tekken 7 x SoulCalibur VI Borneo Tournament 2018 which was held during HobbyCon event from 8th-9th December 2018 at ITCC, Penampang, Sabah.
Willis Sia Chee Kian 'Hiromaxi' from Singapore took home the honor of being the SoulCalibur VI Champion, bringing home awesome prize with a rare 500 Million Limited Edition DualShock 4 Controller & RM1,000 cash prize.
1st Runner Up went to Mohd Rizan Mujip 'Bleed' from Kota Kinabalu who brought home RM500 cash prize while 2nd Runner Up went to Syarafuddin Durahman 'Dinjeres408' also from Kota Kinabalu who brought home RM300 cash prize.
There was also a lucky draw session for participating player and Alan Chan Kai Lun 'AOC.FV | AheGAO' was the lucky winner who won a BenQ 28" EL2870U 4K HDR Video Enjoyment Monitor.
Qasim Meer 'Dark Way' flew all the way from Pakistan to Kota Kinabalu to participate the Tekken 7 Champion for Tekken 7 x SoulCalibur VI Borneo Tournament 2018. His determination shows as he became the champion in the Tekken 7 event, as he walked away with a PlayStation 4 Pro Spider-Man Limited Edtion & RM2,000 cash prize.
1st Runner Up went to Muhammad Adriyansyah Jusuf ‘SoG l Meat’ from Indonesia who brought home RM1000 cash prize and 2nd Runner Upwent to Marwan Ghilan 'Shrimboo' from Yemen who brought home RM500 cash prize.
The presence of international players certainly bring the heat to competition against local players creating excitement among the players and audience. It was an eye-opening experience which has brought local players out of their comfort zone and motivate them to improve better by stepping up their game.
We would like to thank the organizers and sponsors for supporting Tekken 7 x SoulCalibur VI Borneo Tournament 2018 event. Thank you HobbyCon and Kinabalu Button Mashers for helping us organizing the event, Breeze Magazine for the event coverage, BenQ Malaysia for providing us the monitors, Monster Energy Malaysia and Shariff "El Beardo" for supporting the event as well as our sponsors: PlayStation Malaysia, Play Interactive, Aviimo, The W Group, Almacrest International College, Kasigui No.1, One Big Project, The Big G, D-Capture Studio, PSE Sound & Lighting, Henry L Photography and JSK Tours & Travel. We also would like to thank to all of the participants and attendees who travelled far and wide to attend this tournament. Thank you for making Tekken 7 x SoulCalibur VI Borneo Tournament 2018 event happen.
We hope this will open up more doors to the esport tournament scene in Sabah. If we are able to attract more competitive players from overseas in the future, then the exposure would leave a positive impact in the esport community as well as tourism industry.