MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2025's trophy catches community's eyes

HEROIC's win over BIG brought the MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2025 to a close with the team walking away with a $135,000 USD cash prize and a trophy that caught many eyes in the community.

In what looks like a small monolithic arrangement serving as the pseudo-base, the centerpiece of the trophy had a man, sitting on a trotting horse. The community quickly linked this to the statue of a Mongolian General who was born in Ulaanbaatar, the same place where the LAN was held.

The community speculates that the trophy was designed after the renown Mongolian General, General Damdin Sükhbaatar. Damdin Sükhbaatar was also born in Ulaanbaatar in a nearby Chinese settlement that was also a trading post. He was one of the founding members of the Mongolian People's Party and was enshrined as the Father of Mongolian revolution in 1921.

The community lauded MESA's design, pointing out that the trophy had actual character in contrast to some of the events held in the recent past.