Free Fire Asia All-Stars 2020, Garena Free Fire’s fun-tier tournament took place over the weekend and drawn in an extremely impressive number of viewers. This online-only event featured pro players and top influencers all across India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Online live streams of all the matches have surpassed the 20 million limit, counting both official and partner channels over 3 platforms YouTube, Facebook and BOOYAH!. The streams highlighted Garena’s approach to local esports contents and live service, as local casters are available in all 4 languages.
This tournament consists of 2 sections – the Pros All-Stars & Influencers All-Stars. The Influencer All-Stars, kicking off on June 12, is rather simple, with YouTubers and content creators all over the place participate no matter which level they are at. Thailand’s Savage outplayed their 11 rivals to claim victory and the top prize of $8000. The team included YouTubers GuyNa, Cake XI, SACOOL CH, and JASMINNIIIZ. They earned a total of 183 points and 2 Booyahs in 6 matches.
The Pros All-Stars followed on June 13 the next day. The teams were selected from the top amateur league of the country – in India’s case, it’s Scrim Wars. Thailand’s Xavier Esports dominated the tournament with one Booyah and third place in the rest of the games, bringing home $12000. India’s Team Mafia is in third place with $5000 in reward money.
Overall, the 20 million views this tournament managed to pull speak volumes about Free Fire's popularity in Asia and the gaming world. The prize pool of the tournament is gigantic - $50k, only 2k lower than PMIS 2020, one of the biggest PUBG Mobile tournament in India this year.
Interested in more of our articles related to Garena Free Fire? Please check out this post for information related to Free Fire Battle Arena, South Asia's premier tournament.
Comments