Preparing the Arena
One of Indonesia’s home-grown community VALORANT tournaments. Plenty of solid teams in Samarinda only ever get seen in random lobbies — Rei Production built Mahakama Cup to give them a real stage. 32 teams, one bracket, played down to the last squad standing.
No reserved slots, no team advancing just because they know the organizers. The team that plays best is the team that wins. Simple as that.
The rule is simple: lose once, go home. Schedule, maps, even pause rules are all locked in from the start — so there’s no arguing on match day.
Samarinda has no shortage of good players. What it lacks is a place to prove it. Here, they get one.
Campus squads, net-cafe crews, independent teams. Usually they run separately — now they meet in the same bracket.
Clear schedule, staff on every match, anti-cheat running. Get caught cheating and you’re out — no drama.
If this year runs clean, next year goes bigger. Step by step, East Kalimantan gets its own esports calendar.
The tournament is over. Click the photo to see the full bracket, every match score, and the team that took the trophy home.