Art by: Justin Lee
Aaron “AaronKoh” Koh is one of the best players in Southeast Asia and yesterday he took another championship.
Back in November 2014, Aaronkoh became the fifth GosuCup SEA champion and since then he’s been wrecking the Southeast Asian scene. He even finished third in season’s grand conclusion, further proving himself. Nowadays, the young Singaporean hasn’t lost his form, proving it by winning the eighth edition of the tournament.
This wasn’t the first grand final for Aaron this season as well. He made second at the inaugural 2015 GosuCup, only losing to Pewpewurface. Since then, he’s had two more top 16’s, but never got that close to a championship.
Yesterday’s grand final battle was a real thriller, as Aaron faced one of Philippines’ best, Jan “Chalk” Zadivar. Being one of the players supposed to be at last year’s BlizzCon NA final qualifiers – a missed opportunity due to visa issues – Chalk has been searching for a GosuCup championship for some time now. Finally, he had a chance to grab one.
The game went set for set, no player taking a decisive advantage. The final game came down to a very familiar Druid versus Control Warrior and even though Chalk did manage to halt the beatdown power of Malfurion for a long time, the power of the wild ultimately prevailed. Aaronkoh joined the club of multiple GosuCup SEA champions together with Dustin “WaningMoon” Mangulabnan and Lan “Neilyo” Tran.
GosuCup SEA #8 standings:
1. 
Aaronkoh - $300 + 20 HWC points
2. 
Chalk - $100 + 10 HWC points
3-4. 
Candycane - $50 + 5 HWC points
3-4. Wespogi - $50 + 5 HWC points
5-8. Tope – 1 HWC point
5-8. Demonhunter – 1 HWC point
5-8. 
Sweetfoot – 1 HWC point
5-8. Staz – 1 HWC point
In the nation standings, the Philippines are getting an ever so bigger lead and they’re now good seven points ahead of the runner-ups from Singapore. While their leadership position is pretty safe, Singapore’s #2 is still under threat from Vietnam, mere three points behind.
1. Philippines – 35 points
2. Singapore – 28 points
3. Vietnam – 25 points
4. Thailand – 5 points
5. 
Malaysia – 4 points
5. 
Indonesia – 4 points
7. 
India – 1 point
