Pham “Minas” Minh Phuoc, born in 1996, is the first professional player of the Vietnamese League of Legends. The Minas family is a rare case with up to 3 brothers who pursue an electronic sports career. The British violated “Vigoss” Minh Tai used to be Minas's teammate in Saigon Jokers and Saigon Fantastic Five. Meanwhile, the “very talented” younger brother is Pham “Zeros” Minh Loc 3 times to win the VCS, attending 2 international tournaments Mid-Season Invitational and the World Final.
The word “hero” to “zero”
Minas was once known as the number one gunner of League of Vietnam in the past, when the SF5 won a double champion of VCS A and Spring 2015 (Southeast Asia Championship). He possesses the ability to carry the team, great personal skills, mutant gameplay and always know how to shine at the most important times.
In the 2015 Spring GPL final, Minas left a strong impression with the Pentakill phase that helped the SF5 overturn the game 1, opened a 3-0 victory over Bangkok Titans of Thailand and won the championship. That moment of Minas was imprinted in the minds of hundreds of thousands of viewers watching. Even many fans said that the Pentakill was made by Minas like Le Cong Vinh's header when bringing Vietnam to the 2008 AFF Cup. Because defeating Thailand always brings extreme happiness.
However, the event happened with Minas at the right time to reach the peak of form. The “night -to -night” case agreement with Boba Marines before the permission of Saigon Jokers made Minas banned from playing for 3 months. However, in reality, Minas did not appear in the professional arena in 2016.
When returning to the competition, Minas chose FFQ as a new stop in his career. Not playing professionally for nearly a year, plus psychological pressure has made Minas unable to regain his form and FFQ only won 6/8 position at VCS Spring 2017.
After saying goodbye to FFQ, Minas took turns wearing two Hall of Fame and FTV teams but almost did not leave any imprints in 2018. It seemed that the career of the competition had come to an end when turning to streamer, Minas suddenly joined GAM ESPORTS into VCS in the summer of 2019.
The contract named Minas is considered to be the accompanying clause when his younger brother Zeros agreed to move to the Esports. But like the previous times, Minas continued to fail instead of becoming the perfect piece for Esports in the Gunner position.
The time when VCS summer 2019 ended was also the time when Minas said goodbye to the League of Legends career. Accordingly, it is necessary to wait for the summer SEA SEA Icon in the summer of 2021, all to see the image of Minas playing professionally. However, this time Minas chose the battle to write the journey with electronic sports.
Dreaming with speed
During the day of launching in the group stage of SEA SEA SEA Icon in the summer of 2021, Minas was noticed as one of the two players who used to play the professional SBTC Esports, along with Trung Hau “Akeno” lake. When moving to the speed of war, Minas also changed the position from the gunner to the top. However, the quality of Minas's team always exists, when SBTC creates a dramatic 3-2 comeback against Gamehome.
“I felt normal with a 3-2 reversal against Gamehome. Hitting with Gamehome, SBTC Esports thought in the beginning of the 3-0 victory. However, the score of 3-2 is still a victory, so it is still under our control,” Minas gave an exclusive interview of the exclusive interview of the exclusive interview of the exclusive. Thethao.vn.
“I think the leader like me must maintain the psychology so that the teammates can trust. The spirit of the team today is still good, so we can control everything. The gameplay of SBTC has not yet to revolve around me but for the whole team to maintain the psychology of competition, we have to spend a long time training together.”
Minas revealed: “I came to the speed in a very accidental way of going out outside Hanoi. I had experiences with a series of events.
Not only was it difficult to get acquainted with the speed of the battle at the beginning, Minas also had to worry about money when he did not receive funding before the group stage of the SEA SEA SEA ICON SEA in the summer of 2021. But finally, Minas found SBTC to continue raising eSports.
“Due to the internal problem, we were not sponsored before joining SBTC. We were later contacted by SBTC, there was a place to practice and accommodation to continue playing,” Minas opened up.
“When moving from the League of Legends to the speed, everyone had difficulty in operation.
Minas's ability is also indisputable. “I think I myself have the ability to play well in the upper position,” Minas said. “In the past, when I first started playing the League of Legends, my first role was to go on the top. I also thought that my personality and play style were more suitable for the top lane.
Minas affirmed: “My goals and SBTC are the same as other teams. Surely all teams want to win the championship. If we are in the 3 most powerful teams, we will continue to play for SBTC.
Besides talent, Minas also needs to be supported to dream about the championship. “I think financially is a factor that can help SBTC win the title,” Minas said. “We need to be sponsored to have the best living, training and health conditions. Currently we are still not stable but can still practice normally.
