MSC 2021

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup 2021 or commonly known as MSC 2021 was the fourth annual regional Southeast Asian Tournament for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSC 2021 was held virtually via an online livestream that was streamed and viewed by millions in the region. With a total prize pool of $150,000 after Moonton's announcement of a prize pool increase, the games were held from 7-13 June 2021. The Philippine team of Execration won the Tournament against another Philippine team in Blacklist International with Kelra as the winning MVP.[1] This is the second title that the Philippines have won after Aether Main won the MSC Cup in 2018.

MLBB SEA Cup (MSC)
2021
Tournament information
SportMobile Legends: Bang Bang
Date
  • Group Stage
  • June 7-8, 2021
  • Playoffs
  • June 11-13-2021
Administrator(s)Moonton
Tournament
format(s)
Venue(s)None
Participants
Final positions
Champions Execration (1st title)
1st runner-up Blacklist International
2nd runner-up EVOS Legends
Tournament statistics
MVPKelra ( Execration)
Highest KDASYNO ( RSG MY)
Highest KillsKelra ( Execration)
Highest AssistsCH4KNU ( Execration)

Background

Previous MSC tournaments were held in Face-to-face and public viewing on public venues in 2017, 2018 and 2019. However, with the Pandemic circulating worldwide, this is the first tournament to be featured online via livestream. Then-current SEA Cup Champions ONIC Esports were the longest champions in MSC History after the 2020 MSC Tournament was cancelled on May 11 by Moonton because of the pandemic. MSC 2021 would push through to continue with the prize pool being increased from $120,000 to $150,000.

Format

12 different teams from 8 different Southeast Asian Countries[2] namely, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam were invited to compete in the tournament. The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional Leagues (MPL) invited 2 teams from each representative countries namely from the Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. Local Qualifying teams from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam were also invited to compete in the tournament. 2017 MSC Cup champions IDONOTSLEEP and M1 Mobile Legends World Championships Champions EVOS Legends were competing.[3] These teams would draw and would be grouped into four groups with three teams each from every group. The Tournament begins with the Group Stage wherein the teams would face each other to a Best of 3 round round robin. The team who wins the Group Stages would be promoted to the Upper Bracket. The two losing teams would proceed to battle in the Play-ins of a Best of 3. The team who wins in the Play-ins would be in the Lower Bracket to compete and the team whom loses in the Play-ins will be eliminated. After the Group stage, the tournament proper will begin. Teams who lost in the Upper Bracket will be demoted to the Lower Bracket and teams whom loses in the lower bracket in the Playoffs by a best of 3, will be eliminated. One team from each bracket would go on to compete in the Grand Finals.[4]

Teams Participating

Cambodia - KH Impunity

Indonesia - EVOS Legends, Bigetron Alpha

Laos - Nightmare Esports

Malaysia - RSG MY, Tudok (TDK)

Philippines - Blacklist International, Execration (Champions)

Singapore - EVOS SG, RSG SG

Thailand - IDONOTSLEEP (IDNS)

Vietnam - Cyber EXE

Results

Group Stage[5]
Best of 3 Games
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Team Advances to Team Advances to Team Advances to Team Advances to
RSG MY Upper-Bracket EVOS Legends Upper-Bracket Blacklist International Upper-Bracket EVOS SG Play-ins
RSG SG Play-ins TDK Play-ins Bigetron Alpha Play-ins Execration Upper-Bracket
IDNS Play-ins Cyber EXE Play-ins KH Impunity Play-ins Nightmare Esports Play-ins

Play-in Tournament[5]
Best of 3 Games
Team Advances to Team Advances to Team Advances to Team Advances to
Bigetron Alpha 2 (Lower-Bracket) IDNS 1 (Eliminated) TDK 2 (Lower-Bracket) Cyber EXE 0 (Eliminated)
RSG SG 0 (Eliminated) KH Impunity 2 (Lower-Bracket) Nightmare Esports 0 (Eliminated) EVOS SG 2 (Lower-Bracket)

Upper Bracket[5]
Best of 3 Finals
      
RSG MY 1
Blacklist International 2
EVOS Legend 0
Blacklist International 3
EVOS Legend 2
Execration 1

Lower Bracket[5]
Lower Bracket 1 Lower Bracket 2 Lower Bracket 3
Execration 2
Bigetron Alpha 2 KH Impunity 1
TDK 0 Execration 2
RSG MY 0
RSG MY 2
EVOS SG 0 Bigetron Alpha 1
KH Impunity 2

Grand Finals[5]
Lower Bracket Final (Bo5) Grand Final (Bo7)
      
Execration 4
Blacklist International 1
Execration 3
EVOS Legend 1

Champions: Execration (1st Title)

Runner-up 1: Blacklist International

Runner-up 2: EVOS Legends

With the win of Execration in the Grand Finals, the Philippines obtained its second MSC Cup in 2 years after Aether Main in 2018. This was the second time in MSC History wherein two teams from the same nation went head-to-head in the Grand Finals, the first was in 2019 when ONIC Esports and Louvre Esports faced off each other in the Finals. Both teams are from Indonesia.

Viewership

MSC 2021 was streamed online for a widespread reach and due to the COVID-19 pandemic MSC was forced to be hosted digitally. MSC 2021 recorded a record high of viewership, average viewership, and Hours Watched in MSC history. The tournaments were live steamed on YouTube, Facebook Gaming and NimoTV alongside TikTok and VK Live.[6]

Peaker Viewers Average Viewers Hours Watched Reference
2,284,012 514,618 29,461,886 [7]

High turnouts of viewership were from the teams competing in the competition. EVOS Esports of Indonesia has average viewers of over 986,314, followed by Execration, Blacklist International, Bigetron and RSG MY. EVOS, Execration, Blacklist have record high of viewership of over 500,000 viewers.

References
  1. "Mobile Legends' MSC 2021 competition comes to a close". Pocket Tactics. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  2. "Sistem MSC 2021 | Esportsku". www.esportsku.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. "MSC 2021: Results, schedule, format, prize pool, participating teams | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  4. Vistek. "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup". msc.mobilelegends.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  5. Vistek. "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup". msc.mobilelegends.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  6. escharts.com. "MSC 2021: Tournament Results and Viewership Stats | Esports Charts". escharts.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  7. escharts.com. "MLBB Southeast Asia Cup 2021 detailed viewers stats | Esports Charts". escharts.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
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