AMD and Rooter to sponsor Skyesports Champions Series, a road to VCT Stage 2 event
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AMD x Rooter presents Skyesports Champions Series
Skyesports, the leading South Asian esports tournament organizer, has announced that AMD and Rooter have joined the Skyesports Champions Series (SCS) 2022 as the presenting and ‘powered by’ sponsors, respectively.
The SCS, conducted in partnership with Riot Games, is a tier-1 VALORANT event in South Asia that leads into the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2022 Stage 2. Rooter will exclusively broadcast the regional languages live streams throughout the SCS, which will happen in Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and Malayalam. The Hindi and English streams will be broadcasted on Rooter and YouTube.
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AMD x Rooter becomes the sponsors of Skyesports Champions Series 2022
Skyesports has been announcing a lot of tournaments lately, particularly focusing on Valorant right now as it recently conducted the first-ever Valorant LAN tournament in Mumbai that became a successful event with Global Esports bagging away with the trophy and taking the winner’s prize of $4500 USD.
Skyesports is now back with another tournament named Skyesports Champions Series 2022 that will be the qualifying tournament for VCT (Valorant Champions Tour) Stage 2. The SCS is taking place across three phases: the open qualifiers (Phase 1), Group Stage League (Phase 2), and the Playoffs (Phase 3) and has a total prize pool of $30,000.
Commenting on this partnership, Dipesh Agarwal, the Co-founder & COO, Rooter, said, “We are excited to be associated with Skyesports for the Skyesports Champion Series 2022 as the broadcast partner. Such events exemplify India’s actual esports potential. As the demand for high-quality content is rising, through Rooter, we will provide a platform for fans to watch premium content in 7 different languages. We strongly believe that such collaborations will help to align with our goals of scaling esports in India.”
The Playoffs, which will take place in Chennai from May 31 to June 4 in front of a live audience, COVID-19 restrictions permitting, will feature South Asia’s top six teams competing to become the champions. The top two teams from the playoffs will make it to the VCT Stage 2 APAC Challenger.
Shiva Nandy, the CEO and founder, Skyesports, said, “AMD and Rooter have been key players in the esports and gaming industry in South Asia and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Skyesports Champions Series (SCS), one of the biggest PC tournaments in South Asian esports history.”
He further added, “The SCS, with open qualifiers and the LAN playoffs in Chennai, provides a golden opportunity to players from across South Asia for a chance to represent the region internationally. With Rooter powering the event, we are expanding the regional base by exclusively broadcasting regional languages on Rooter.”
AMD, the presenting sponsor will equip the players with its state-of-the-art CPU and components at the LAN in Chennai. On the other hand, Rooter will be streaming Skyesports Champions Series 2022 for the fans in multiple languages. The back to back LAN events has kept the audience hooked to the different Skyesports tournaments.
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