Gunfire rings out, and the safe zone steadily shrinks.
Players jump from a plane, scavenge for weapons, and dodge the closing blue zone until only one team survives.
This is PUBG Mobile.
When a team survives until the end and wins 1st place, it is called "eating chicken," borrowing a famous phrase from the game.
The South Korean national team, competing in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finished the tournament in 6th place.
Korea was represented by five players—Kim Jun-ha, Park Sang-chul, Song Su-an, Jeon Hyun-bin, and Jung Yu-chan—who played a total of 12 matches over two days.
The matches took place across two maps: "Erangel," which blends grasslands and urban areas, and "Miramar," a desert terrain.
The 12 qualified countries played six matches per day, with their scores accumulated over the two days.
Points were awarded as 10 points for 1st place, 6 points for 2nd place, and 5 points for 3rd place, with an additional 1 point awarded for every opponent eliminated.
After finishing the first day in 6th place overall, our national team pursued opponents with aggressive engagements today, but fell just short of securing a medal.
Recording 36 kills and 1 chicken dinner over two days, they finished the tournament in 6th place with a total of 71 points.
PUBG in this tournament was completely different from Hangzhou three years ago.
In Hangzhou, instead of fighting other players, participants drove vehicles along designated courses, hit targets, and raced against the clock.
At that time, South Korea won the silver medal behind China with a time of 50 minutes, 25.039 seconds.
This time, the battle royale format returned, requiring players to directly subdue opponents and survive until the end.
This marks the second consecutive time that PUBG Mobile has been held as an official medal event at the Asian Games, following the Hangzhou Games.
Meanwhile, regarding controversies over the potential removal of esports from the Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia stated that esports will continue to be featured in the Asian Games.
(Reported by Yeo Hyeon-gyo, Edited by Kim In-sun, Designed by Ahn Jun-seok, Produced by Intellectual Contents IP Team)
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