In our hit feature on Mineski Team Leader Roro Robins, he spoke extensively about his friendship and working relationship with his teammate, Khen Sy. Kendrick Boris Que Sy, who plays under the nick mski.khen is the other half of the original Mineski Team. (The other is of course, Roro). Khen, 22 years old (birthday: November 11, 1984), is currently a student of the College of Saint Benilde, taking up Export Management. He has only three terms to finish before he graduates. Meanwhile, he busies himself with his favorite games, DotA All-Stars and basketball. His favorite heroes are Bone Clinkz, Rikimaru, and Gondar.

Khen shares that his girlfriend Angelique Aizah “Nissan” Bendero serves as his inspiration as she never stops supporting him.

Khen also made famous the following lines: “mski.Damu-damuhan, mski.kati-kati, mski.hangloose”; “Oh baby baby it’s a wild card”; “Suicidal… Suicidal… Suicidal”; “Pare paano niyo ako nakita nun?”; “Did you know?”; “yacha”; “nyahay” ; “tefez”; calvento files” and many more.

In this interview we get to know more of Mineski’s number one support player.

1. When and why did you start playing DotA? Who influenced you to play DotA?

I played DotA when the brother of RORO told us that there is a new addicting computer game. So Roro, Dave and I tried to play the game around UST and the shop was EVO. I played DotA because I had sudden interest of it and it is fun. I think friends influenced me to play dota because most of us really loved to play the game. We also played most of the time at TOMAS MORATO 168. (Doon kami nagsimula at laging naglalaro). Pagkatapos naglaro kmi sa EVO at doon kmi talaga natuto maglaro ng dota. Our master or teacher of Dota named Nick. A friend of Roro. =)

2. Why did you continue playing DotA?

I continued playing DotA coz most of my friends are playing dota and luckily we made a team. First tourney we played was at 129. hehehe…. =) we enjoyed many people are competing in the tournament. I also wanted to have the feeling of excitement and thrills whenever I play dota. “Kung ang buhay ay may Gulong ng Palad, Ang dota rin may Gulong”. I enjoyed crucial and close games (parang one mistake lng talo na kyo).

3. How did you develop your skills in playing DotA?

I think playing pub games will help a lot! Hahaha….. Like 16 hours of playing dota lol! Hahaha… jk. I think I played a lot of tournament games and pustahan games. And by sharing of strategies of my team mates.

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The unbeatable Chen-Sven tandem of Arby Ng and Vinzyre Villeguez.

In a blurb about Team Philippines for the Asian Cyber Games 2007 (ACG), Filipinos’ preference for using Sven as the central hero is highlighted…

Teams from the archipelago are famous for their hyper farmed Sven style…. It is this special style that will be the headache of teams that will face them in this tournament simply because of the fact that it is quite hard to reproduce this special style in any internal simulations a team could make.

Alvin Villeguez of Team Flow, better known as Vinzyre, showcased this Filipino Sven style when he played in the ACG. He is the Sven to Arby Ng’s Chen. The two went beyond the hyper farmed Sven, and popularized the Sven-Chen tandem that has amazed and stumped local and international teams.

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Last night, Davao City’s Team Ch¡LL combined forces with CORPOration to play against GG Game’s guest team from Malaysia, Cybertime. Cybertime represented Malaysia in this year’s Asian Cyber Games DotA Championships. They got 2nd place.

Ch¡LL was represented by the farming hitters trio of Bernard “Burnz” Flores, Franco “Cocoy” Villaroman, and Yuki “Yukz” Perez. With them were CORPOration’s think tank Jay “yaJqt” Arabia and King “RiorEN” Padama.

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Tomorrow, some of the top DotA All-Stars teams in the country will face-off in what is seen to be the biggest tournament this year: the TSEI 150K Tournament Finals at the Mall of Asia.

As of last update, the following teams will be playing:
1. 129 All Stars
2. Cybertime
3. Flow
4. GL
5. Heavyweights
6. Homeboyz
7. Lalang
8. Locusts
9. Mineski B
10. Mineski C
11. Alchemy (formerly Ninja)
12. Pacific
13. Pacific B
14. Papi
15. PB
16. Project D
17. Rounin
18. Saw
19. Zenith

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Rea (rightmost) with friends

Tomorrow, September 21, Rea Lynne “rheadoo” L. Aguinaldo celebrates her 19th birthday. Why, you ask, are we doing a feature on her? Because she’s a gamer, that’s why. Rheadoo, a fourth year student at the University of Sto. Tomas major in Medical Technology, is part of Team Pacific. Her favorite heroes are Lich, Viper, Sven, and Nevermore.

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Last Saturday, September 15, 2007, yet unknown and rising stars in the Davao DotA scene came out to play against each other to be declared as the Sequel Juan Luna UNDERDOGS Champions. A total of 20 teams expressed their intention to join, but only 16 teams where lucky enough to have been given the chance to show off their skills. Several teams where disqualified as they had members who were DCE 07 Cafe Champion Team Members.

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Even before I knew the names of the prominent players and teams in Metro Manila, I already heard the name Roro. Roro is often mentioned and praised by local gamers here in Davao City. Who, you might ask, is Roro? That’s one of the questions that have been bugging my mind. Not to mention, the many requests I get for a feature on the guy. So without further ado, let me introduce to you Ronald Robinson “Roro” Robins, Mineski Team Leader. Now known as “mski.scofield,” 21-year old Roro (born May 25, 1986) is already the Vice President for Operations at the company he is working for. He graduated from the De La Salle University on 2006.

Roro, whose current favorite hero is Rhasta, got interested in DotA-Allstars due to the prodding of his older brother. He shares his first DotA experience…

…it was feb 2005 when i started playing, i cant forget the day that it was a Valentines Day, we had a triple date: Khen, Roro and Richmond at SM Megamall. The funny thing about it is while we were having a date the 3 of us were just reading the print out i brought containing how to make items…

Roro continued playing the game because it was fun. Eventually, he also enjoyed the competitive nature of the game. Right now, his work limits his practices to days leading to tournaments. If there are no tournaments ahead, he doesn’t practice. He just cooks up scenarios in his head before he sleeps.

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Better known as Lutan by gamers, Marvin L. Tan, who will celebrate his 21st birthday on September 26, was part of the famed Team Flow that represented and earned a medal for Team Philippines. Lutan now faces an uncertain future as a gamer as he embarks on the challenge of competing with a new team. Meanwhile, he is also facing the stressful life as a college student majoring in Management at the De La Salle University - College of St. Benilde.

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After his successful stint as part of Team Flow in the Asian Cyber Games, at 21 years old, Alfonso Martin Lim Baja is retiring from pro-DotA Gaming. Alfonso is better known by gamers as Ponti or ponsonegro.

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Jojo Uy with Flow teammates Lutan, Vinzyre, Arby, and Ponti

At 18 years old, Jojo Uy is already an accomplished gamer. As part of Team Flow, he represented the Philippines for the DotA All-Stars Asian Cyber Games (ACG) Championships. And for the first time in years, Team Philippines earned a medal at the ACG. Jojo, born on December 22, 1988, is currently a 2nd Year Entrepreneurship student at ESA. His favorite DotA All-Stars heroes are Akasha, Mirana Nighshade, Nevermore, Sand King, and Razor.

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