The PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) Americas finished yesterday with Loops Esports coming in the first place. The Brazilian team dominated altogether three days of the finals to defend their trophy.
The stakes were high within the PMPL Americas finals. Teams weren't only competing for a share of the $122,000 prize pool but also the three available slots to the PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) season zero.
When the results were announced, the highest three teams were revealed as Loops Esports, The Unnamed, and Alpha7 Esports. it had been shocking for the underdog team Execute, who were tied in points with Alpha7 but placed lower within the overall standings thanks to a lesser number of kills.
But Execute’s Kevin “ZooTay” Huang alleged during a tweet that they deserved another point. this is often because a kill that he did wasn’t registered likely due to an in-game glitch. Dot Esports was ready to confirm this actually happened through the PMPL Americas’ English live stream on YouTube.
The incident happened in game 10 of the finals on Sanhok. consistent with the live kill feed, ZooTay secured three kills within the game. These happened in:
First kill: ZooTay knocks and kills Nova Esports’ Liu “Cat” Xin. It is often seen within the time stamp 3:27:47 of the live stream.
Second kill: ZooTay kills Tribe Gaming’s Aarron “Kingeh” Jimenez. It is often seen within the time stamp 3:28:35 of the live stream.
Third kill: ZooTay lands a grenade on Tempo Storm’s Martin “Rain” Duran, knocking him out. His teammate, “KillSwitch,” lands a couple of more shots on Rain who eventually bleeds out. ZooTay gets the kill as indicated by the live feed. This happened in time stamp 3:30:36 of the live stream.
But when the camera pans to ZooTay at 3:30:46, it shows that he only has two kills. Execute finished this game in second place with eight kills, albeit they deserved nine kills. If Execute gets this kill point back, they're going to have 157 points within the overall leaderboards and can place third within the overall rankings.
UNLESSS...https://t.co/5JploWgmQ3
— BOOtay 👻 | GFUEL ZOO 30% OFF (@ZoooTay) October 25, 2020
Jan M. Jahnke, the senior esports manager of PUBG Mobile replied to ZooTay’s tweet and said that they're “already looking into this.” It remains to be seen if Execute is given another point.
The PUBG Mobile Global Championship will begin in late November with 20 teams from around the world participating. it's a prize pool of $2 million.