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Leaders
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Leaders
EWC 2025: Week 2 Features Emerging Stars, Heated Competitions
The second week of the Esports World Cup 2025 (EWC 2025) has wrapped up with historic feats, dramatic comebacks, and rising stars, creating unforgettable moments in the world's largest Esports tournament. Week 2 saw the crowning of four champions and a major movement at the Club Championship leaderboard as more teams secured points across multiple games. The EWC 2025 is currently taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, featuring thousands of the world's most prominent players who are contesting over a lucrative $70+ million prize pool and the ultimate prize: the Club Championship crown. Week 2 Highlights The South Korean Gen.G Esports secured their second international title in just over a week, snatching the League of Legends (LoL) title after defeating 3-2 in a thrilling grand finale. With a winning streak of 26 matches, Gen.G becomes the fastest team ever to secure back-to-back international LoL titles. Russian Team Spirit Clinches Dota 2 Title at 2025 Esports World Cup Meanwhile, Team Spirit clinched the Dota 2 tournament title, dropping just one game across the entire event. In the grand finale, they triumphed over Team Falcons 3-0. Showing confidence in his team and fans in Riyadh, captain Iaroslav 'Miposhka' Naidenov said: 'There is not really much emotion as the grand final was not that hard.' MLBB Women's Invitational Team Vitality secured a 4-0 victory over Gaimin Gladiators in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational (MWI), regaining their crown after falling short last year. They also broke the MWI fastest match record twice, reclaiming it with a 9:36-minute victory in the grand finale. Team Vitality Women's Team Wins MLBB Title at 2025 Esports World Cup Free Fire The Free Fire tournament was dominated by Indonesia's EVOS Esports, who won the championship after a dramatic final battle against Team Vitality. The 15-year-old phenom Rasyah 'Rasyah' Rasyid, showed brilliant performance, becoming the youngest MVP in EWC history by earning the SONY MVP Award and $10,000 in prize money. EVOS Divine Moreover, the Honor of Kings tournament had its top 8 playoff teams set, with Paws Gaming, Nova Esports, and taking the lead. Playoffs will start next week. Team Falcons won the Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) Midseason Last Chance Qualifier, beating ZETA DIVISION with ease and securing their spot in the OWCS Midseason Championship set for July 31. Club Championship Race The EWC 2025 Week 2 saw Team Vitality leading the Club Championship standings, with Gen.G Esports trying to catch up. Meanwhile, Team Falcons and are close behind. Now, with 8 clubs achieving titles across various games, teams earning points across multiple games are starting to pull ahead of the competition. Other Key Highlights The 'Stranger Things' and 'Gran Turismo' star, David Harbour, made an appearance at EWC Spotlight, where he got a Team Vitality jersey from their MLBB roster. He also joined them for a backstage game, and received an informal offer to join them, but his acting commitment prevents him from going pro. Furthermore, Week 2 marked the second time this year that siblings won EWC trophies. In addition to the Siswanto sisters' MLBB win, brothers Ričardas 'Boo' and Dominykas 'MiniBoo' Lukaševičius of Team Heretics secured the VALORANT title during Championship Weekend 1. Short link : Post Views: 100


Leaders
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Leaders
Team Vitality Women's Team Wins MLBB Title at 2025 Esports World Cup
The French women's team Team Vitality triumphed in the 2025 Esports World Cup, capturing the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational (MWI) title and the $150,000 first-place prize from a $500,000 total prize pool. The win also earned the team 1,000 points in the global rankings, strengthening their position in the race for the world's largest esports and gaming event. The Indonesian players of Team Vitality – Fumi, Vival, Cinny, Chell, and Vivian – delivered a flawless performance throughout the five-day tournament at SNB Arena, which took place from July 15 to 19. The team remained unbeaten on their way to the championship, avenging their loss in last year's Esports World Cup final. Cinny (Cindy Siswaanto) was named Best Player of the tournament and received a $10,000 prize. Speaking at the post-victory press conference, her teammate Vivian Indrawati shared, 'We are filled with joy right now. All of our players possess high discipline, skill, and experience. We always strive to be our best, never giving our opponents any victory or hope, and we aim for total control in every aspect of the game.' The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational (MWI) is a cornerstone of the professional Mobile Legends tournament calendar, providing a platform for aspiring women players to showcase their talents on the global stage. This year's edition was the largest in MWI's history, with 16 teams competing, up from 12 teams in 2024. Qualifiers spanned 57 regions worldwide, compared to 46 regions in the previous year. These efforts reflect the ongoing commitment of both the Esports World Cup Foundation and MOONTON Games to support and expand the involvement of women in professional esports. The second week of competition continues with three major titles, with Dota 2 wrapping up today. Tomorrow, the champions of League of Legends and Free Fire will be crowned. For more information about the 2025 Esports World Cup, visit: Short link : Post Views: 1


New Straits Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
No fairytale for Aria as Gaimin Gladiators stumble in Riyadh
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's hopes of seeing a female player lift an international Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) title were dashed after North American side Gaimin Gladiators (GG) were crushed 4-0 by Indonesia's Team Vitality in the MLBB Women's Invitational (MWI) Grand Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. The Malaysian trio -- EXP Laner Sharifah Alia Husna "Aria" Syed Fakrrurozi, head coach Kelvin "Rexvinn" Unting, and analyst Farhan "SoraPayung" Ibrahim -- had been bidding to guide GG to North America's first-ever international MLBB crown. But Vitality, the two-time MWI champions, were simply too strong, sweeping the best-of-seven series in dominant fashion to underline their status as the queens of the game. Their victory earned them US$150,000 (RM636,600), while Aria and her GG teammates took home US$90,000 (RM381,960) as runners-up. GG had undergone a three-week bootcamp in Malaysia ahead of the tournament and put up a brave fight, banning Vitality's most dangerous heroes and trying to dictate team fights but were ultimately outclassed by a more experienced and cohesive outfit. Aria, a SEA Games bronze medallist in Phnom Penh in 2023, was heavily targeted in her lane, with Vitality giving her little breathing space throughout the contest. Despite the loss, Farhan praised the team for exceeding expectations. "They exceeded my expectations by reaching the grand final," he said. "I think they could have done better, but it came down to a lack of experience. Rome wasn't built in a day, and certainly not in three weeks. "You need time to build synergy, and that was what we lacked, especially against a team that's been together for five years. Still, I'm proud of them." All eyes now turn to the Mid Season Cup x Esports World Cup (MSCxEWC), where reigning champions Selangor Red Giants will look to defend their title The MSCxEWC group stage begins on July 23


Leaders
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Leaders
Mobile Gaming Matches Traditional Esports Intensity at Esports World Cup
Mobile gaming is proving its competitive edge at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, running from July 7 to August 24. Despite common perceptions that mobile games are less serious than those on consoles or PCs, the tournament is showcasing just how intense and skillful mobile esports can be. Players are demonstrating remarkable control, speed, and strategy—using only touchscreen devices. Far from casual gaming, these athletes are pushing the boundaries of what's possible on mobile platforms. One of the standout events is the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational (MWI), which began Tuesday. The competition features 16 top-tier teams from 13 regions worldwide, battling for a share of a $500,000 prize pool—plus a $50,000 award for the tournament's best player. Beyond competition, the MWI is helping elevate women's participation in esports. As interest continues to grow among women's clubs and international teams, this tournament marks a significant step forward in promoting gender diversity in the gaming industry. Related Topics : Saudi Esports Federation, PUBG Mobile Partner to Boost Gaming Ecosystem Saudi, Japan Ink MoU to Establish Digital Economy Partnership Riyadh International Book Fair 2023 Ends Revolutionizing Education: Unveiling Impact of Online Learning Revolution Short link : Post Views: 13


Forbes
5 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
How To Amplify The Effectiveness Of HR With An Organizational Ombuds
Chuck Doran is an organizational ombuds and the executive director of MWI, a dispute resolution firm he founded in 1994. For more than two decades, my work has focused on providing companies and universities with the unique benefits of an organizational ombuds. One common fear prevents some organizations from fully realizing these benefits: Will the ombuds undermine or replace formal channels like Human Resources, Legal, or Compliance? The answer is no. An organizational ombuds provides unique value as an informal channel, which supports the important work of an organization's formal channels. Organizational ombuds amplify the effectiveness of formal channels by working together to help improve employee satisfaction, mitigate risk, promote transparency, and advance the organization's efficiency and effectiveness. What is an organizational ombuds? An organizational ombuds provides an independent, impartial, informal, and confidential space for employees to raise issues and gather options to address work-related concerns. Based on an employee's situation, the ombuds may provide a range of services, including assistance with navigating workplace benefits and policies, coaching employees to communicate their concerns, helping them to brainstorm options and strategies to overcome problems, and facilitating difficult or complex discussions. Organizational ombuds also provide leadership with anonymized feedback to identify systemic issues and opportunities for improvement. How do organizational ombuds differ from formal channels? There are a variety of formal channels that an organization may utilize to support its employees, each of which provides unique value. This includes departments tasked with managing employees' relationships with the organization and each other, including Human Resources, People, and Employee Relations. Other formal channels include departments that oversee employees' alignment with legal requirements or ethical expectations, including Compliance, Legal, and Ethics. Formal channels act as agents of the organization, which requires them to protect the organization and take specific actions based on the information shared with them, such as launching a formal investigation or implementing corrective measures. In contrast, a properly chartered organizational ombuds resource provides employees with an informal channel to address their concerns, meaning that discussions with an organizational ombuds remain off the record and will not trigger formal procedures. What unique value do organizational ombuds provide? An ombuds can be a useful and necessary bridge between employee concerns and formal channels. However, the idea of a resource that invites employees to confidentially and informally share concerns can feel worrisome to an organization. Nonetheless, an organizational ombuds office's informality and confidentiality are the very same features that provide their unique value to employees and organizations by surfacing issues that may otherwise remain unspoken and unresolved. Employees turn to an organizational ombuds when they feel stuck, uncertain, or unsafe when using formal channels. This is typically not the fault of any formal channel; rather, distrust is a common reaction employees have when they are in a tough spot. The employee may fear harm to their reputation or fear outright retaliation for raising concerns about a supervisor, colleague or leader through a formal channel. Moreover, they may want to avoid subjecting anyone to corrective actions that they deem overly harsh. My colleague, Chuck Howard, former Executive Director of the International Ombuds Association, dubbed this 'the blue uniform problem' in his book, "A Practical Guide to Organizational Ombuds: How They Help People and Organizations." People generally have an aversion to 'tattling' on others and fear repercussions if they do. They avoid raising concerns to those in a position to take corrective action or implement formal punishments or reprimands. This leaves employees with a tough choice. Do they launch a formal process that could spin out of control, or keep their concerns to themselves? Organizational ombuds offer employees another way to proceed. The informal nature of the organizational ombuds creates a safe, zero-barrier space for employees to brainstorm ways to balance their desire for resolution with their fears about speaking up. Organizational ombuds answer employees' questions, address their fears, help develop options to surface issues that may not reveal their identity, and support them as they navigate formal channels. This makes it more likely that an employee will utilize formal channels, since an ombuds can equip them with higher levels of knowledge, confidence and trust. How can an organizational ombuds partner with formal channels? Organizational ombuds cannot replace formal channels. However, they offer measurable value to formal channels by expanding the scope and volume of issues that are brought to formal channels, and through thoughtful partnership and collaboration with the formal channels. As an informal function, organizational ombuds often have access to employees' unvarnished concerns, feelings, hopes and fears. While they cannot share information that would break an employee's confidentiality, organizational ombuds identify trends and provide data about their work through usage summaries they share with an organization's leadership. This provides formal channels with insights into employees' experiences that can help improve policies and their implementation. Empowered with these insights, a formal channel can modify policies, review internal procedures and educate employees on their processes or services. Sometimes, employees raise serious issues with an organizational ombuds that require escalation. Organizational ombuds can break confidentiality if a situation poses an imminent risk of serious harm, and they need trusted partners in an organization, such as HR, Compliance and Legal, to address such situations swiftly and effectively. Often, employees come to the ombuds simply seeking assistance navigating a large organization or identifying the best organizational resource to meet their needs. This can include an expecting parent wanting to maximize parental leave benefits, people unsure if they qualify for government protections such as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or employees clarifying updated vacation policies. Organizational ombuds partner with formal channels to update onboarding procedures that proactively address common questions about benefits and the appropriate internal resources to utilize to access those benefits. Ombuds also serve as a type of 'GPS' for employees to help direct them to relevant information or resources provided by HR, Compliance, Legal and other formal channels. Another benefit of an organizational ombuds is that they provide a forum to address issues early, which enables formal channels to focus on the most serious issues. In sum, organizational ombuds provide meaningful data about the employee experience, which helps formal channels champion meaningful change. Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders. Do I qualify?