Despite the loss of Team Mineski at the World Cyber Games Asian Championship DotA elims, many are unaware that a member of the Philippine contingent pulled off a second place finish in the Guitar Hero 3 competition. Jose Luis “Jolo” Benesa, a high school graduate from the Ateneo de Manila University, beat out competitors from China, Vietnam and Korea but eventually succumbed to New Zealand’s Rafael Formoso by a very close margin. Benesa’s win is the Philippines’ best showing in the WCG so far since Team Flow’s bronze finish last year for DotA. New Zealand made a surprisingly strong finish in the DotA competition as well, placing second next to China.