If the road to gold is paved with fallen kings, then Jakarta became its final grave as Team Liquid’s aspirations for the Golden Road at the M7 World Champions ends for the kings of MPL Philippines. After Filipino fans started clamoring for another All-Filipino final with Team Liquid pushing through the Lower Brackets to face local rivals Aurora PH, it simply wasn’t meant to be with Alter Ego powering through in their series to eliminate superstar Karl ‘Karltzy’ Nepomuceno and the rest of Team Liquid with a 3-2 scoreline.
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Team Liquid’s march toward immortality ended not with a victory cry but a whimper. In front of a roaring home crowd at the Tennis Indoor Senayan, Alter Ego pulled off the unthinkable—toppling the tournament’s so-called final boss in a brutal five-game Lower Bracket Semifinal. The Golden Road, once again, remained unconquered.
TL had already walked through fire. They had sent ONIC ID—the Sky Kings, the pride of the host nation—crashing back to earth, paving their Golden Road with another fallen dynasty. The cavalry marched on and the Filipinos roared. But Alter Ego was not interested in legacy narratives or perfect seasons. They were interested in survival.
And survival breeds creativity while winning for Team Liquid brought overconfidence.
With the series deadlocked, Alter Ego threw the ultimate curveball in Game 5—a Uranus jungle pick that shattered expectations and dismantled TL’s preparation with a Gold Lane Esmeralda for Kiel ‘Oheb’ Soriano. The gamble paid off for Alter Ego with Team Liquid’s weaker scaling line up, they just had to bide their time. With no Marksman for the Filipinos, Alter Ego’s late game with Uranus in the front was unbreachable.
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Fortunately for the Philippines, we still have our representative. Aurora Gaming PH already awaits in the Grand Finals, standing as the last pillar of Philippine dominance. With TL gone, the responsibility of maintaining the nation’s iron grip on MLBB supremacy rests squarely on their shoulders.
The Golden Road remains unbeaten and M7, true to form, claims another king.
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