Himatika E-Sport: Not A Simply Gaming

Mathematics and E-Sport are often said to be related to each other. Electronic sports (E-Sports) certainly require strategies and logic that can be stimulated from learning Mathematics. By seeing this relationship, it is not surprising that the Mathematics Study Program Student Association (Himatika) of Udayana University carried out a work program in the form of an e-sport tournament based on the Bang-Bang Mobile Legends game, namely Himatika E-Sport 2022.

The Himatika E-Sport 2022 activity begins with the official opening which will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2022, at the GF B Mathematics building, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Unud Jimbaran Campus. Tedy, as the chairman of the Himtika E-Sport 2022 committee, said that this activity has been designed and prepared for approximately three months since June 2022. With fantastic value of prize pool, Himatika E-Sport 2022 can attract dozens of participants.

On Saturday, September 3, 2022, a preliminary round will be held to compete for the top 16 position, which will then be competed again to reach the top 8 position. The participants in the top 8 positions then competed offline on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at Lovi Latte, Denpasar. The Behave Eos team won the third position, the National Blacklist in the second position, and 8Dominic Dikemao in the first position.

With the theme "Push Your Skills, Show Your Victory", the Himtika E-Sport activity is expected to motivate the public to continue to hone their skills and expertise in order to show their victory as champions. The field of Himatika which oversees this work program, namely Bidang Minat dan Bakat, attempts to make this work program as an effective event to develop interests and talents, both from students and the wider community.

The Himatika E-Sports 2022 committee, which came from students of the 2019-2021 Mathematics study program, claimed to have gained new experience and understanding about e-sports after contributing together and watching the implementation of the Himatika E-Sport 2022 match. Some of them mentioned that e-sports was not just playing games, but also had to involve considerations and strategies which turned out to be not far from the study program they are currently taking, Mathematics.