Aurora Gaming at the M6 World Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Moonton Games
MANILA, Philippines – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) coach and shoutcaster Neil "Midnight" De Guzman did not mince his words when he sent a message to the critics of Aurora Gaming, which earlier suffered an early exit in the M6 World Championship.
Midnight said Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter) that bashers of the Pinoy MLBB team "do not deserve to celebrate with Philippines' triumphs" in the MLBB scene as they criticized Aurora's performance on the world stage.
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The second-best team of MPL Philippines Season 14 was ousted by the MPL Indonesia S14 champion Team Liquid ID, 0-2, on Wednesday.
"'Yung mga namba-bash sa Aurora, hindi n'yo deserve maki-celebrate sa panalo ng 'Pinas. Nilaban nila [ang] pangarap nila. Oo, may critique at analysis tayo sa pagkatalo nila, pero 'di nila deserve ng hate n'yo o tawagin sila ng kung ano-ano," said Midnight.
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The MLBB analyst also urged the local esports community to support the team composed of Jonard Cedrix "Demonkite" Caranto, Edward Jay "Edward" Dapadap, Kenneth Carl "Yue" Tadeo, Jan Dominic Del "Domeng" Delmundo, Renejay "Renejay" Barcarse, and Ben Seloe "Benthings" Maglaque, saying that they also went through tremendous pressure of performing well.
After all, Philippine teams have targets on their backs coming into the world championship, being the winningest country in the M-series.
"Wala kayong idea sa hirap na dinaanan nila at sa pressure na nararamdaman nila. 'Yung oras na malayo sila sa mga mahal nila sa buhay. Manalo o matalo suporta tayo sa kanila. Ganyan i-celebrate ang representative ng bansa. Iisa tayo, manalo man o matalo," Midnight said.
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Following Aurora's elimination, the burden of retaining the M-series crown with the Philippines has fallen onto the shoulders of Fnatic ONIC Philippines, which earlier qualified for the Knockout Stage after three consecutive wins in the Swiss Stage.