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Esports: Alodia says venturing into Mobile Legends industry 'best choice'

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Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Courtesy: Alodia Gosiengfiao" s="" Instagram="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/12/02/alodia.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy: Alodia Gosiengfiao&#x27;s Instagram page.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>SINGAPORE -- (UPDATE) More than being &quot;Queen of Cosplay,&quot; Alodia Gosiengfiao is also known for her different ventures in the gaming industry. </p><p>Among these is co-owning Tier One Entertainment, the handlers of the most dominant Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team in the country&#x27;s recent history: Blacklist International. </p><p>Speaking to reporters here Thursday afternoon, Gosiengfiao said they&#x27;ve always wanted to venture into the ML:BB industry, and saw the potential in its growing community. </p><p>In fact, she described their entry into the esports industry through Blacklist International as their &quot;best choice,&quot; citing the different demographics the ML:BB community tapped into. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/30/21/esports-tier-one-launches-idol-group-expands-in-japan">Esports: Tier One Entertainment launches idol group, expands in Japan</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/11/21/watch-karen-davila-tries-streaming-call-of-duty">WATCH: Karen Davila tries streaming Call of Duty with Alodia</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Actually, we&#x27;ve been always wanting to venture into Mobile Legends and it was the best choice to go under Mobile Legends [first]. 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src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>She continued: &quot;It was a fast-growing game like, over the years, we saw how the community grew, how the audience grew and we can see a lot more potential in it. So it actually tapped a lot of... There&#x27;s like different demographics and it was perfect.&quot; </p><p>For Gosiengfiao, it was beneficial to support esports players, and eventually mount their own esports team through Blacklist International. Currently, Blacklist has three different mobile esports teams: two Philippine-based teams (ML:BB team, Call of Duty Mobile) and an all-Malaysian-based PlayerUnknown&#x27;s Battlegrounds (PUBG) squad. </p><p>Tier One entered the ML:BB scene in MPL Season 5, after it acquired players from the now-disbanded EVOS Esports PH and placed them into Blacklist International, which have been constant playoff contenders ever since. </p><p>With the acquisition of Johnmar &quot;OhMyV33nus&quot; Villaluna and Danerie James &quot;Wise&quot; Del Rosario, and rookie Kiel Calvin &quot;OHEB&quot; Soriano, they were eventually able to win their first championship in Season 7, and another one in Season 8. Currently, they are in Singapore to compete in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship from December 6 to 19. </p><p>During post-match interviews, the players have stressed that they are thankful to Tier One Entertainment for taking care of them. <br/> </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/06/19/20/trust-the-process-alodia-gosiengfiao-gives-advice-to-newbie-game-streamers">&#x27;Trust the process&#x27;: Alodia Gosiengfiao gives advice to newbie game streamers</a></li></ul><p>The secret, Gosiengfiao said, is how the organization treats each other &quot;like family.&quot; </p><p>&quot;I can share we treat them as part of family where we take in players, [tell them to] be themselves and we support each other even like super random things such as styling clothes. It comes from our heart so we treat everyone as part of our family,&quot; Gosiengfiao said. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1548248" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

With a decorated Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team under her organization's belt, cosplay celebrity Alodia Gosiengfiao said it was the 'best choice' to venture into the ML:BB industry. 

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Esports: Alodia says venturing into Mobile Legends industry 'best choice'

Angela Coloma,

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Published Dec 02, 2021 06:25 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 02, 2021 06:55 PM PHT

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