Before the M4 upper bracket semifinals battle, two Pinoy players catch up and bond in Jakarta.
It's a moment where you would wholeheartedly type, "Proud to be Pinoy!"
Top-tier Filipino Mobile Legends: Bang Bang junglers, Karl "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno and Kairi "Kairi" Rayosdelsol went face-to-face in Jakarta ahead of their M4 World Championship clash . . . to swap jerseys in a gesture of friendship and goodwill.
Who do you think would wear it best?
Consider it a fine addition to Kairi's growing ML:BB jersey collection.
Like this one from his former teammate and Blacklist International's Edward "EDWARD" Jay Dapadap.
Plus this number from Albert "Alberttt" Neilsen Iskandar of fellow Indonesian squad RRQ Hoshi.
KarlTzy and ECHO will be battling Kairi and ONIC Esports on Wednesday night in the first of two Philippines vs Indonesia bouts in the upper bracket.
The Filipino squad had breezed through the group stage at 3-0, only to keep their fans at the edge of their seats with roster experiments in the quarterfinals. ECHO bounced back in the best-of-five against Malaysia's Team HAQ, 3-2.
Kairi — the first Pinoy to play as an ML:BB import — proved to be a noteworthy pick for Indonesia's ONIC Esports, picking up an MVP nod in the group stage and another in their upper bracket sweep of Myanmar's Falcon Esports.
ONIC Esports last faced ECHO, then known as Aura PH, in 2020 as the Indonesian squad won Mytel Season 2. But then again, neither Kairi nor KarlTzy were in those rosters. So who's to say history will repeat itself?
May the best Pinoy jungler win.