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'Number 1 priority is upper bracket': Blacklist unfazed by back-to-back defeats to Falcon

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Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" Blacklist International share high-fives after securing the upper bracket slot in the M4 world championships held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The reigning world champs had to go though a tiebreaker round after falling against Falcon in their group stage match. Courtesy: Moonton Games. " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/01/04/blacklist-international.jpg"/><figcaption>Blacklist International share high-fives after securing the upper bracket slot in the M4 world championships held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The reigning world champs had to go though a tiebreaker round after falling against Falcon in their group stage match. Courtesy: Moonton Games. </figcaption></figure></div>Reigning world champion Blacklist International absorbed double defeats in the hands of Myanmar&#x27;s Falcon during the M4 world championships&#x27; group stages held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Despite this, they remained unfazed, as they secured the upper bracket cushion heading into the knockout stages. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/04/23/m4-blacklist-enters-upper-bracket-by-a-hairline">M4: Blacklist overcomes late-night tiebreaker to enter upper bracket</a></li></ul>&quot;For me, I think being in the group stage, I think your number 1 priority is the upper bracket, so I don&#x27;t care because I think we are in the same [bracket],&quot; Danerie James &quot;Wise&quot; Del Rosario said moments after salvaging the last upper bracket slot in the Group A stages, late Tuesday. In their first encounter, Falcon secured a convincing victory against Blacklist, barely allowing the Codebreakers to push towards their side of the map. In their second encounter, Min &quot;Naomi&quot; Ko&#x27;s Franco proved to be the antidote anew against Blacklist as its &quot;Iron Hook&quot; sniffed out players staking out in the map&#x27;s bushes. This, for head coach Kristoffer &quot;Bon Chan&quot; Ricaplaza became their bottleneck. For MPL Season 10 MVP Johnmar &quot;OhMyV33nus&quot; Villaluna, the back-to-back defeats against the Myanmar squad is a lesson learned as they continue to defend their world title. &quot;I think the two losses will contribute learnings towards the upper bracket,&quot; she said. Blacklist will next see action on January 8, Sunday, with their opponents to be determined.

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'Number 1 priority is upper bracket': Blacklist unfazed by back-to-back defeats to Falcon

Angela Coloma,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 04, 2023 02:52 PM PHT

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