The final day of the Heroes II Bible Trivia Game World Championship is over and Ian Grey Antoni Segui, 14, has emerged as champion among 16 finalists from around the world.
Segui won the best of three series in the finals against Canadian finalist David Jeffrey, in which Segui won the first and third rounds.
Segui, together with his father, Greyson, who was also a finalist, crawled their way up to the final spot beginning in the Union Level Heroes II competition. From May 19-22, during the General Conference Global Virtual Camp meeting, qualifying rounds were initiated on four occasions to determine the contestants for the final round. After a four-day qualifying event, 16 names emerged on top: Alef from Indonesia; Karelys from Venezuela; Joseph from UAE, Freddy from Lithuania; David from Canada; Gaby from Ireland; Benjamin, Alexander, and Jose from Mexico; Andre, Vinicius, and Adrian from Brazil; and Ian, Greyson, and Chum from the Philippines.
Heroes II is a Bible trivia gaming app featuring characters from the Bible. Players are asked several trivia questions which they can use special character effects to help them answer.
Ian is a local of Lopez, Quezon, the Philippines, located almost 225 km (140 miles) south of the Philippines capital city of Manila. He is the son of Greyson and Shyrell Segui, and elder brother to Ivy Shy. He is currently in eighth grade and studying at an Adventist academy in Lipa City, Batangas.
Heroes II is the first gaming app Ian has experienced which has been produced and made by the Adventist church. At an early age, Ian was encouraged by his parents to read the Bible, as well as Spirit of Prophecy, and other Adventist publications. As he grew, Ian joined several Bible trivia quizzes in his church, school, and conference. He won the Bible Quiz Championship in his 3rd and 6th grade years, and was once the conference-wide champion for a Bible Spelling Bee.
“Adventist Education helped a lot in reinforcing Christian behavior and ethics to our children,” asserts Ian’s mother, Shyrell. “It is important that whatever we teach at home is in sync with what the teachers tell the children in school.”
Ian’s father, Greyson, was also grateful that a Bible trivia gaming app, designed and produced with modern-day concepts, was created to reach millions of individuals.
“This reveals to us that there are people we still need to reach through this medium,” he says. “This is one way we can cater to their needs and introduce Jesus.”
After he was announced as the world champion, Ian was overwhelmed by congratulations and messages coming from people all over the world. In an interview, he said that he never thought that something this big would happen. He just wanted to play and interact with other players around the world.
“Heroes II is not just a game but a tool designed to reach millions of young people,” Ian says. “It is an app carefully designed to make its contents, interface, and objective close to the Bible.”
Ian’s achievement is an inspiration to other young people that even at an early age they can know a lot about the Bible if they spend time reading it. However, Ian wanted to encourage Heroes II gamers not to just focus on how they can win the championship through this app, but how they can bring their friends and families to be involved in knowing Bible trivia and bring them to a deeper understanding of who Jesus is.
“This game is just a tool and it should never replace our relationship with God and other people,” Ian cautions. “Let us continue to know Jesus better by reading the scriptures, and let us also use this medium to introduce Jesus Christ to others.”
About Heroes II
Heroes II is a sequel to its pioneer version launched in 2013. The first version generated ten million minutes of interaction, and this resulted in the development of the modernized version of the app. In March 2021, Heroes II was finally launched. This newest version features revolutionary graphics that will capture players’ attention quickly.
For more information about the app, you can visit heroesbibletrivia.org/en/. Heroes II: Bible Trivia Gaming App is also available on iOS and Android for download.