Echo gold laner Benedict “Bennyqt” Gonzales has been named the primary Razer Gold-MPL PH Press Corps Player of the Week because the reigning world champions remained undefeated in Season 11.
Echo nixed the M-series curse to open its MPL Philippines Season 11 marketing campaign and have become the primary world champion to win its first two common season assignments within the succeeding MPL season.
The Orcas got here out unscathed within the opening week, sweeping all of their assignments. They first asserted their mastery over defending MPL PH champion Blacklist International final Friday earlier than claiming revenge on Bren Esports, the identical crew that took them down within the SIBOL qualifiers.
Echo’s fundamental 5 continued their advantageous showings, but it surely was M4 Finals Most Valuable Player Bennyqt’s regular efficiency within the gold lane that powered the crew’s assertion exhibiting in Week 1.
The former Execration star averaged 6.50 kills, 5.75 assists, and a pair of.0 deaths for a 6.13 KDA towards Blacklist International and Bren Esports.
He recorded a complete of 26 kills, 23 assists, and eight deaths usin Beatrix, Brody, Lunox, and Harith all through the week, exhibiting his deep hero pool.
For his efforts, Bennyqt was named the primary Razer Gold-MPL PH Press Corps Player of the Week for the interval of February 16 to 22. The 21-year-old gold laner will obtain a Razer Barracuda courtesy of Razer Gold, the main digital credit score for avid gamers worldwide.
“Masaya po ako sa performance namin this week. Isa na ring rason kasi yung natalo namin, Blacklist international na defending champion and also Bren Esports na contender din ngayong season,” stated Bennyqt.
“Mahalaga talaga ‘to para sa akin at sa team namin na mag-start kami ng sweep sa first week kasi alam natin na importante talaga yung momentum. Once na maganda simula namin, mag-tutuloy tuloy talaga,” he added.
(“I’m happy with our performance this week. Among the reasons is we beat Blacklist International, the defending champions, and also Bren Esports, which is a contender this season…. It’s important for me and for my team that we start with a sweep in the first week because we we know how important momentum is. Once we get off to a good start, it will continue.”)
Bennyqt edged his teammate Tristan “Yawi” Cabrera and RSG Slate PH gold laner Eman “EMANN” Sangco for the weekly award handed out by print and online media covering the MPL PH beat, as well as the league’s broadcasters and operations crew.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
