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Blacklist International
Blacklist International lightmode full.png
Short nameBLCK
DivisionsMobile Legends: Bang Bang
PUBG
Garena Free Fire

Call of Duty: Mobile
Based inQuezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
LocationSoutheast Asia
Colors  Black
  Dark Blue
  White
CEOTryke Gutierrez
Alodia Gosiengfiao
Brian Lim
Championships3 (Most Championship Title in MPL Philippines History)
Division titlesMPL Season 7 (Champion)
Nimo Tv Cup (Third Runner-Up)

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup (1st Runner-Up)
MPL Season 8 ( Champion) MPL Invitational (1st Runner-Up) M3 World Championship (Champions)
Call of Duty Mobile Garena Invitational 2022 (Champions)

MPL Philippines Season 10 (Champion)
Official fan clubBlacklist Agents
PartnersOPPO
GCash
Globe
Tea Bliss
Super Crunch
Anker
Soundcore
Nanoleaf
SVGA
Peculiar Eyewear
CU Dental Office
Parent groupTier One Entertainment

Blacklist International is a Southeast Asian esports organization under Tier One Entertainment. They manage competitive esports divisions in PUBG, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Garena Free Fire and Call of Duty.

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

History

Blacklist International's Mobile Legends represents the Philippines. The team traces its roots to SxC Imbalance, which was acquired by EVOS Esports of Indonesia. The roster was absorbed by Blacklist after dissolution of EVOS Philippines due to alleged corruption in the organization.[1]

Season 5

Tier One Entertainment bought some of Evos Philippines' roster and rebranded it as Blacklist International. They are powerful at initially, dominating the league behind SunSparks. However, the teams began to adjust their gamestyles, resulting in the development of counters and methods that may potentially defeat Blacklist. They came in sixth place, just ahead of SGD Omega.[citation needed]

Season 6

During the sixth season of MPL PH Blacklist International would acquire veteran Mark Jayson "ESON" Gerardo after a short stint break from season 5 and FULLCLIP (now known as Kairi). Blacklist International would end up finishing the regular season as the third seed in Group A, with a 3–2 and 8–5 match win–loss result. Blacklist would however, lose their contention for the championship after getting defeated by Smart Omega in 5 games.[2]

Season 7

During the offseason of the recently concluded MPL PH season 6, Blacklist began making moves to reorganize and remake their roster before the start of season 7. One notable change that is still felt today, was the acquisition of Blacklist of Johnmar "OhMyV33NUS" Villaluna and Danerie "Wise." Del Rosario, known as the "VeeWise Tandem" from ONIC Philippines in return for FULLCLIP (now known as Kairi "Kairi" Rayosdelsol.).[3] Despite the move being called out as "Unfair" for ONIC Ph that lost two of their stars, this would be a massive turning point at the start of MPL Philippines season 7 and season 8.[4] Blacklist would also pick up Kiel Calvin "OHEB" Soriano, a promising rookie for non-turtle laners, and with a shot-calling ability and massive leadership ability given by OhMY33NUS during their time with ONIC, he was appointed as the Captain of the team going in season 7.[5]

At the start of season 7, Blacklist International roared the competition, being one of the best teams in the entire league. With the new roles of the VeeWise Tandem that they are taking, with the all-new-improved roster and coaching changes that had been made, Blacklist International would ultimately win 12 games and only loose 1 matchup against Bren Esports during Week 5, Blacklist finished the season as the first seed, winning 25–7 matches and an impressive 12–1 game record.[6] Blacklist International would win their first matchup against Bren Esports in the Upper-Bracket Finals and beating Aura Philippines sealing their spot into the Grand Finals. Execration would meet Blacklist in the finals as one of the most hyped up matches in MPL PH history. Blacklist would go on to suffer a 3–1 deficit against Execration, however, with numerous adjustments and very unexpected picks beginning with the Faramis pick on Game 5, Blacklist has turned the table and won the Championship in 7 Games, the first time a Finals Game led to a Game 7.[7]

Season 8

Blacklist International would recoup and compete for the Eight Season of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League in the Philippines as one of the most-feared teams with the addition of Salic "Hadjizy" Imam.[8] Blacklist International would maintain a dominant performance and standing within the competition, going 11-0 undefeated[9] until it took their first lost to ONIC Philippines, the only team that managed to beat Blacklist International in the competition.[10] Blacklist International would finish 13-1 and 26-7 Games Win and Loses, winning over Bren Esports for their final regular season game.[11]

In the Playoffs, Blacklist International would be put into Match 4 in the Upper-Bracket. Blacklist would eventually lose 3–1 against Smart Omega, lowering them to the lower-bracket. This was partially due to the suspension of their player Kiel Calvin "OHEB" Soriano after pulling up a middle finger after their regular season win over Smart Omega.[12] Blacklist International would defeat both NEXPLAY EVOS and Smart OMEGA in the Lower Bracket competitions in a 3-0[13] and 3–1 series, respectively, putting them in the position of obtaining back-to-back titles. In the Finals, they would face off ONIC Philippines.[14] Blacklist International would be named Champions of MPL Philippines Season 8 after defeating ONIC Philippines in 5 Games.[15] Blacklist International is the second team in MPL Philippines History to win back-to-back titles, the other being Sunsparks for Seasons 4 and 5.

Season 9

On 9 January 2022, the dynamic duo of "VeeWise" has announced along with the management, that they will be taking a break and would not compete in the upcoming MPL Philippines Season 9.[16] However, both OhmyV33nus and Wise have confirmed that they will be making a return for MPL Philippines Season 10 and would still be under Tier One Entertainment.

On 13 January 2022, a roster reveal poster was released by Blacklist International, showing the three MVPs in Kiel Calvin "OHEB" Soriano, Edward Jay "EDWARD" Dapadap, and Salic "Hadji" A. Imam, with two new players with the caption "A veteran who's still got some fuel left in the tank" and "a brand new face who's gonna shake things up".[17] A day later, the official roster was announced and that Mark Jayson "ESON" Gerardo, will be joining the roster again, alongside a new rookie Kent Xavier "KEVIER" Lopez as the new Jungler of the team.[18]

Upon opening the Season on 18 February 2022, Blacklist would go and open the season with a matchup against the M3 runner-up in ONIC Philippines however, Blacklist would fall in a 1–2 series opening to ONIC.[19] After a 2-week struggle, Blacklist International would score their first series win against Bren Esports in a 2–0 sweep.[20]

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup

Prior to the cancellation of MSC 2020, MPL Philippines Season 7 was still continued as planned with minor postpone schedules in the process. This would eventually lead up to a Blacklist-Execration battle that would ultimately favor Blacklist International, giving it its first Championship Title.[7] This also led to Blacklist International and the eventual runner-up Execration to represent the Philippines in the regional competition MSC 2021 in Singapore.[21] Both Blacklist and Execration faced off juggernaut teams in the region, including M1 Champions EVOS Legends and Bigetron Alpha, and qualifying teams and champions of their respective MPL Competitions in EVOS Singapore, TODAK Malaysia, RSG Singapore, Impunity KH, Nightmare Esports, and Cybe EXE.

Blacklist International would sweep Bigetron Alpha for their first matchup and one of the dominating games Blacklist has put on a show. Blacklist would as well defeat in a sweep, Impunity KH the following day.[21] Blacklist International, alongside RSG Malaysia, EVOS Legends and Execration would end up in the Upper-Bracket with the first competitions in the Lower-Bracket being Bigetron Alpha, TODAK, Impunity KH and EVOS Singapore. Blacklist International would seal their positions and spot in MSC 2021 with a 3–0 sweep against EVOS Legends. Blacklist would meet Execration in a Rematch in the finals, however, the title would eventually go to Execration, finishing the series in 4–1.[22]

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championshipss

After their finish as the second team to win back-to-back MPL Philippines titles for Season 7 and Season 8, Blacklist International avenged their loss over the now-Smart Omega roster from MSC 2021. Alongside MPL Philippines Season 8's runner-up in ONIC Philippines, both teams would represent the Philippines in the MLBB M3 World Championship in Singapore.

Coming of a strong finish in the group stage, going undefeated, Blacklist sealed their spot in the first bracket-matchup[23][24] on the upper-bracket's first round where they would face-off the North American-representatives in BloodThirstyKings (stylized as BTK). After an unexpected Game 1 loss to BTK, Blacklist would fall short, losing to the dark-horse team in a 2-3 matchup, favouring BTK.[25]

Blacklist International would face-off ONIC Esports in the lower-bracket second round after they defeated Team SMG of Malaysia. Blacklist would defeat ONIC Esports in a close 2-1 matchup series,[26] advancing to the next rounds where they proceeded to eliminate: Vivo Keyd of Brazil,[27] RRQ Hoshi of Indonesia,[28][29] and EVOS SG of Singapore.[30] They would face a rematch with BTK in the lower-bracket finals,[30] after BTK fell short to ONIC Philippines.[31] Blacklist staged a revenge tour, winning the series 3-1 and sealing their Grand Finals spot.[32] The first all-Philippine Grand Finals since Indonesia in the MLBB M1 World Championships.[33] Blacklist would dominate ONIC, sweeping the team in the Grand Finals, the first sweep by any team thus far.[34]

Kiel Calvin "OHEB" Soriano was awarded the Finals MVP award and was nicknamed as the "Filipino Sniper" for his smooth and perfect execution with marksmen heroes such as the Beatrix.

SIBOL 2022

The Philippines' esports lineup for the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is picked by qualifying rounds for the SIBOL National Team. A total of six teams were invited by SIBOL to participate in the qualifying tournaments, including ECHO Philippines, Bren Esports, RSG Philippines, Omega Esports, Onic Philippines and Nexplay EVOS.

Blacklist International would defeat Bren Esports with a 2–1 series victory.[35] Blacklist would face-off Nexplay EVOS where only 2 games were ever broadcast as Nexplay was not able to play the first game due to a sudden illness of their player H2WO and was immediately sent to the hospital.[36] In the vlog of AkoSiDogie, it was revealed that the officials of 2021 Southeast Asian Games for Mobile Legends had overruled the team's request to temporarily postpone the match against Blacklist due to the lack of substituting players.[36] It was ultimately decided that Blacklist would gain a 1–0 lead.[37] Blacklist would sweep Nexplay in a 3–0 series and would sweep RSG Philippines in the upper-bracket finals, losing only 1 game.

Blacklist International and Nexplay EVOS would rematch against each other, but Blacklist would ultimately win the series in a 4–1 game.[38]

The Philippines was grouped with Malaysia, Laos, and Myanmar in the group stage. The Philippines asserted its dominance over the group stage with three of the world championship roster players in the line-up and two aspiring rookies. They were able to sweep Malaysia,[39] Laos,[40] and Myanmar[41] and was set to face-off Singapore in the Playoffs, winning their tiebreaker game against team Vietnam. Despite a shocking Game 1 loss by the team, Blacklist was able to pull off a 2-1 victory, assuring the team a Silver Medal.[42] In the Grand Finals, a rematch was set between the Philippines and Indonesia because previously, the Philippines won over Indonesia in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, securing them the gold medal. Despite fierce and tough competition, Blacklist International was able to win the Gold, securing the team's dominance and repeating as Gold Medalists for the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament.[43]

Current roster

Blacklist International (MPL) Mobile Legends: Bang Bang roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
OhMyV33nus Villaluna, Jonmar Philippines
Wise. Del Rosario, Danerie James Philippines
OHEB Soriano, Kiel Calvin Philippines
EDWARD Dapadap, Edward Jay Philippines
Hadji Imam, Salic Alauya Philippines
ESON Substitute player Gerardo, Mark Jayson Philippines
DEX STAR Substitute player Alaba, Dexter Louise Philippines
KEVIER Substitute player Lopez, Kent Xavier Philippines
Head coach

Kristoffer "BON CHAN" Ed L. Ricaplaza

Assistant coach(es)

Aniel “Master The Basics” Jiandani


Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster

Blacklist International (Sea Games) Mobile Legends: Bang Bang roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
OhmyV33nus Villaluna, Johnmar Philippines
Wise. Del Rosario, Danerie James Philippines
Dominic Soto, Kyle Philippines
Owl Gonzales, Lee Howard Philippines
Eyon Substitute player Usi, Russel Aaron Philippines
Hadji Imam, Salic Alauya Philippines
Head coach

Kristoffer "BON CHAN" Ed L. Ricaplaza

Assistant coach(es)

Aniel “Master The Basics” Jiandani


Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster

Tournament results

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship

Year Series Venue Place Last match Result
2019
M1
Axiata ArenaMalaysia
Did not qualify
2021
M2
Shangri-La Hotel, SingaporeSingapore
Did not qualify
Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition CentreSingapore 1st Blacklist International vs. ONIC Philippines 4-0
2023 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
Qualified with ECHO Philippines

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asian Cup (MSC)

Year Series Venue Place Last match Result
2021 None 2nd Blacklist International vs. Execration 1-4
2022 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Did not qualify

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL)

Year Series Venue Place Last match Result
2020
MPL Philippines Season 5
None
5th-6th
Blacklist International vs. Execration 0-2
MPL Philippines Season 6
5th-8th
Philippines Blacklist International vs. Philippines Smart Omega 2-3
2020 ONE Esports MPL Invitational
9th-12th
Philippines Blacklist International vs. Indonesia Genflix Aerowolf 0-2
2021 1st Philippines Blacklist International vs. Philippines Execration 4-3
1st Philippines Blacklist International vs. Philippines ONIC Philippines 4-1
2021 ONE Esports MPL Invitational
2nd Philippines Blacklist International vs. Indonesia ONIC Esports 1-3
2022 1st Philippines Blacklist International vs. Philippines Nexplay EVOS 4-1
MPL Arena, Philippines
7th-8th
Philippines Blacklist International vs. Philippines Smart Omega 0-2
Blue Leaf Cosmopolitan, Quezon City, 1st Philippines Blacklist International vs. Philippines ECHO Philippines 4-2

Call of Duty Mobile

Competition Place Final Results
Call of Duty Mobile Championships 2021
Third Place – Regionally
Call of Duty Mobile: Eastern 2021
1st
4-3
Call of Duty Mobile: Garena Masters 2022 S1
1st
3-2

PUBG: Battlegrounds

Year Competition Place
2022
PMPL PH Qualifiers
5th

Garena Free Fire

Blacklist International's Garena Free Fire team represents Malaysia. It was originally competed as Argon Baby prior to Tier One's acquisition of the esports team in 2021.[44]

Call of Duty: Mobile

Under a partnership made with Philippine esports firm Ultimate E-Pro in September 2021, Blacklist International maintains a Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) team known as Blacklist International.Ultimate.[45] The team will enter the 2021 Call of Duty: Mobile World Championships.[46]

BLACKLIST CODM ROSTERS JaBen Skerd Yato Eiji Yobabs Tin FDx

Season-by-season record

Season League GP W L MW ML Finish Playoffs
MPL Philippines Season 5 MPL Philippines
11
5
6
11
14
6th Seed Eliminated in the Lower-Bracket Quarterfinals, 0-2 (Execration)
MPL Philippines Season 6
13
8
5
16
15
3rd Seed (Group A) Eliminated in the Upper-Bracket First Round, 2-3 (Smart Omega)
MPL Philippines Season 7
13
12
1
25
7
1st Seed (Group B) Won the Grand Finals, 4-3 (Execration)
MPL Philippines Season 8
14
13
1
38
12
1st Seed Won the Grand Finals, 4-1 (ONIC Philippines)
MPL Philippines Season 9
14
3
11
13
24
7th Seed Did not qualify for the Playoffs.
MPL Philippines Season 10
14
9
5
22
12
1st Seed Won the Grand Finals, 4-2 (ECHO Philippines)


Controversy

Kiel "Oheb" Soriano, a player of Blacklist International, was suspended for two matches and fined $500 (≈PHP 25,000) after flashing middle finger after 2–0 victory against the Smart Omega last 9 October 2021. The recent statement of MPL-Philippines Operating Committee said that it "does not tolerate any form of abusive behavior in the league and we expect our professional players to follow a strict code of conduct." The rivalry between the two teams started since back Season 7 and heated after the homophobic statement of Smart Omega player Duane "Kelra" Pillas against the VeeWise duo.[47]

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