Published April 6, 2021, 5:44 PM
Photo from Predator Gaming Facebook page
Still hot off its Singapore Major campaign, OB x Neon Esports made short work of Singapore’s Team SOOS for a rousing start in the Asia Pacific Predator League on Tuesday, April 6.
Star carry John Anthony “Natsumi-” Vargas looked like he never skipped a beat despite missing the first Major of the year as he came through with a solid performance on his Bloodseeker.
Natsumi- was deemed “unfit to travel” to Singapore, forcing Neon to tap a stand-in in its former offlaner Rafael “Rappy” Sicat Palo who was eventually replaced by Singaporean player Yang “Deth” Wu Heng due to having “close contact” with a COVID-19 positive case.
OB x Neon Esports is well on its way to this year’s multi-million dollar The International.
Thanks to its solid performance in the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) Season 1 capped by a stellar finish in the ONE Esports Singapore Major, Neon went on a tie at No. 5 with Thunder Predator in the DPC rankings with 600 points.
Same with TI9, the top 12 teams in the DPC rankings will directly qualify to the most anticipated Dota 2 global tournament held annually (except last year’s edition which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Neon collected 300 points after finishing second to Fnatic in the inaugural season of the DPC Southeast Asia upper division.