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GLOBE Team Liyab, the country’s foremost esports squad, make their presence felt outside their comfort zone, taking the online gaming arena to another level, as they successfully rallied fellow professional esports athletes, streamers, and League of Legends fans to raise over half a million pesos in cash donations as part of their COVID-19 relief efforts for the Philippine Heart Center (PHC).
Through ‘Starforge’, the online charity streaming event held last April 17-26, Liyab and Esports AcadArena, the largest campus esports initiative in the Philippines, get their act together to help raise funds for medical frontliners.
During the two-week campaign, Team Liyab participated in online community team matches, held entertaining podcasts, and interacted with fans, gaming community and other stakeholders. This culminated in a major Starforge event which featured a best-of-three All-Stars Showdown between teams headed by Liyab’s Kang ‘Kurd’ Yeonghwan and the team of Edrian ‘DoeDoii’ Brancia, with Team Kurd ultimately dominating the series.
Throughout the duration of the event, Globe donated cash when certain milestones are met. For every kill of an opposing player, dragon, or baron takedown Globe would add P1,000 to the fund. To further show their support towards the gaming community’s initiative, Globe donated P100,000 in funding upfront.
Together with several partners, Globe raised a total of P523,000 for PHC through Starforge.
Dr. Gerardo S. Manzo, Deputy Executive Director, Incident Command Post at PHC expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Globe, Team Liyab and esports enthusiasts who contributed in the initiative.
“It gives us great inspiration to know that partners and communities like Globe and the local esports industry are also supporting us here at PHC, and all medical frontliners in the country who are continuously battling the onslaught of COVID 19. We are grateful to Team Liyab and their fans in leading this unique initiative to ensure our staff’s safety and health so that in turn, we can ensure the health and welfare of the Filipino public,” said Manzo.
“More than just bringing together gamers and gaming enthusiasts, we wanted to harness the reach of competitive online gaming towards opportunities to raise awareness and donations to aid COVID-19 frontliners,” shared Jil Bausa-Go, Vice President at Content Business Group of Globe.
“During these stressful times where typical sports are no longer available, it is inspiring to see how esports have created innovative and collaborative avenues to bring people together and provide much needed entertainment to lift morale,” Bausa-Go added.
With the success of the Starforge tournament, Globe and Team Liyab remain committed to supporting more esports initiatives to connect and empower the local esport community and provide support during these unprecedented times.
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