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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Coach Bon Chan looking for amateur standouts to join M3 trio in Blacklist's SEA Games lineup

Coach Bon Chan looking for amateur standouts to join M3 trio in Blacklist's SEA Games lineup

Published Jan 4, 2022 10:32 am

The two players will join Danerie "Wise" Del Rosario, Jonmar "OhmyV33nus" Villaluna and Salic "Hadji" Imam in Blacklist International's Sibol lineup. (Photo from Moonton)

Blacklist International head coach Kristoffer “Bon Chan” Ricaplaza is looking for amateur talents to join the M3 championship mid-lane trio of Jonmar “OhmyV33nus” Villaluna, Danerie “Wise” Del Rosario and Salic “Hadji” Imam in Sibol's lineup.

The world champion coach plans to tap amateur standouts to fill the void left by Kiel “Oheb” Soriano and Edward “EDWARD” Dapadap after the two were deemed unavailable for the 2021 SEA Games due the age restriction set by the Vietnam’s Southeast Asia Games Organizing Committee.

Bon Chan is looking for two players, 18 years old and above, who can take the team's Gold Lane and EXP Lane roles.

“Looking for PUB Star sa RG (high points) or tirador sa amateur tourna (champs). EXP and GOLD lane. PM me your stats and hero pool, and also tournaments na nasalihan so we can assess and watch if ikaw na ang susunod na EDWARD/OHEB,” said the amiable coach in a post on his personal Facebook account.

Secretary General and Executive Director of the Philippine Esports Organization (PeSO) Joebert Yu revealed last week that only 18 years old and above players are allowed to participate in esports events of the biennial meet.

That prohibits the likes of Oheb, and EDWARD, and other MPL Philippine teen stars Karl “Karltzy” Nepomuceno, Duane “Kelra” Pillas and Kairi “Kairi” Rayosdelsol from joining the MLBB Sibol lineup for the Hanoi games set in May.

READ MORE: Age limit dims chance for Oheb, other teen stars to suit up for SEAG ML roster

Bon Chan still have a couple of more days to search for possible stand-ins for his sidelaners as registrations for the Sibol Mobile Legends team will only be available until Jan. 8

The MLBB Sibol team won the gold medal in the 2019 iteration of the regional games held in the country. The squad featured the core players of the Bren Esports in Karltzy, Angelo Kyle "Pheww" Arcangel, Allan "Lusty" Castromayor, and CJ "Ribo" Ribo which eventually ruled the M2 World Championship the next year. Kenneth "Kenji" Villa, Jason Rafael "Jay" Torculas, Jeniel "Haze" Bata-Anon were also part of the squad.

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