eSport enters 2019 Presidential Cup?

eSport enters 2019 Presidential Cup? - National eSports competition in Indonesia titled 2019 Presidential Cup is ready to be held. The Mobile Legends game is the only one that is contested. The tournament schedule itself will start from January to March 2019. The competition initiated by the Government takes place in two stages, namely regional and national.

The plan, the qualification round will be held in 8 cities, namely Palembang, Bali, Surabaya, Makassar, Solo, Manado. Pontianak, and Bekasi. Following are the details of the registration schedule:

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~ Regional Palembang (all Sumatra Island) and Regional Bali (all of Bali, NTT and NTB) on 28-29 January 2019
~ Regional Makassar (West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi) and Regional Surabaya (East Java and Madura) on 1-5 February 2019
~ Regional Manado (Central Sulawesi, Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, Maluku Island, and Papua Island) and Solo Regional (Central Java and Yogyakarta) on 8-12 February 2019
~ Regional Pontianak (all of Kalimantan Island) and Regional Bekasi (West Java, DKI Jakarta, and Banten) on February 15-19 2019

To participate in this tournament, the minimum Rank that must be possessed by players participating in this level is Epic. In addition, each team participating in the qualification round is also required to have 3 team members with a KTP domicile in accordance with the qualifying city or its surroundings.

Registration for the 2019 Presidential Cup can be done online. The trick is to click on the Official Indonesia Esport Premier League (IESPL) page here. Then, click REGISTER to fill out the form. For information, each city has 512 quota of teams that will compete for positions to compete in the Grand Final which will be held in Jakarta in March 2019.

Head of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Moeldoko revealed that the government fully supports this kind of competition. "President Joko Widodo pays great attention to e-sports and sees the potential of this industry for the advancement of Indonesia," he said as quoted by CNNIndonesia.com. For information, Mobile Legends is a game made by Moonton. First released in China, Indonesia and Malaysia on July 11, 2016 for the Android platform. Whereas the iOS platform is available starting November 9, 2016.