Portal Game World – Garena has revealed that it will once again host the Garena Youth Championship (GYC) 2024 Free Fire. Premier esports tournament specifically for junior high and high school students across Indonesia. This event aims to promote the positive integration of esports and gaming within educational environments.
Garena announced in a press release on Monday (August 5, 2024) that it will hold the GYC 2024 Free Fire tournament in various cities. Offering Rp 275 million in educational funds and Rp 17 billion in scholarships. The GYC Free Fire is part of Garena’s “Garena Goes to School” (GGTS) initiative, which began in 2017. Last year, the competition took place in 72 cities, and this year it has expanded to 82 cities.
“With the goal of balancing education and esports, GYC 2024 Free Fire includes specific academic requirements for all participants,” Garena stated in the press release.
Similar to previous years, participants must have an average report card score of at least 65 to compete. This initiative encourages students to excel both in esports and academics. The esports tournament will kick off with City Qualifiers from August 19 to October 19, 2024. Each week, GYC 2024 Free Fire matches will be held offline in 13 to 14 cities, with various schools hosting the events.
The competition will visit cities such as Deli Serdang, Padang, Semarang, Nganjuk, Pontianak, Singkawang, Bima, Ternate, Makassar, Manado, and Jayapura. The top Free Fire teams from each City Qualifier will advance to the Region Qualifiers. Scheduled from November 5 to 28, 2024. During this stage, the best teams from several cities will compete in 12 regions spanning Sumatra to Papua and Maluku. This stage is crucial for each school team, as only one team from each region will progress to the Grand Finals, which will be held in Jakarta in December 2024.
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Meanwhile, the Free Fire World Series (FFWS) Indonesia 2024 Fall has concluded with Bigetron Delta emerging victorious. With this win, Bigetron Delta will represent Indonesia as the fifth team at the FFWS Southeast Asia (SEA) 2024 Fall.
In the final match, Bigetron Delta excelled, accumulating a total of 107 points (62 eliminations and 45 placements). With an additional 8 points from the previous day’s Point Rush, their final tally reached 115 points.
“We learned not to give up, using our past defeats and failures as motivation to perform better and strive to give our best.” said Bigetron Delta’s coach, Christian Jonathan (CHRISJO), in an official statement on Thursday (August 1, 2024).
As the champions, Bigetron Delta will receive Rp 200 million. The largest share of the total Rp 700 million prize pool for this FFWS ID series. The team will also join Evos Divine, RRQ Kazu, Onic Olympus, and Gaimin Gladiators (Indostars) at the FFWS SEA 2024 Fall.
In this event, Indonesian teams will compete against top Free Fire teams from Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam for a total prize pool of USD 300,000 and a chance to advance to the Free Fire World Series Global Finals 2024 in Brazil in November.
The pinnacle of the FFWS ID 2024 Fall was held at Sabuga, Bandung, from July 27-28, 2024. Featuring the Point Rush and Grand Finals. The event attracted thousands of Free Fire esports fans from Bandung and surrounding areas.
The high enthusiasm for the FFWS ID 2024 Fall was evident from the qualifying rounds through the Free Fire Nusantara Series #3. In total, the FFNS#3 and FFWS ID 2024 Fall saw participation from 272,323 teams. Including 251,486 online and 21,837 offline teams across 90 cities in Indonesia. In recognition of this achievement, the competition received a MURI award for being the largest hybrid esports event by participant numbers.
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