RSG Philippines

RSG Philippines
Logo of RSG Philippines
Short nameRSG PH
DivisionsMobile Legends: Bang Bang
Founded2021
Based inQuezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
LocationSoutheast Asia
Colors  Blue

  Gray

  White
ManagerLexie "llexieee_" Yambao
Championships2
Division titlesMPL Season 9 (Champion)
MSC 2022 Champion
Official fan clubRSG Raiders
PartnersSecretlab
Igamie
Realme
Parent groupRSG Organization

RSG Philippines is a Philippine-based esports team and organization that competes in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League in the Philippines. RSG Philippines is a direct-sister team of the Singapore-based RSG Organization.

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

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Season 8

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Further information: MPL Philippines Season 8

From multiple sources from the RSG Organization based in Singapore, RSG (formerly known as Resurgence) expressed its interest on setting a RSG team in MPL Philippines Season 8[1] which would be transitioning to a franchise-based league system on the said season.[2]

On 9 July 2021 via a Facebook announcement, RSG Philippines announces its signing of the Professional Player Earvin John "Heath" Esperanza, previously playing for Smart Omega.[3]

On 14 July 2021, RSG Philippines announces its signing of the Popular Streamer and Influencer for the game MLBB, Elyson Edouard "Wrecker" Caranza.[4]

RSG Philippines debuts in MPL PH S8 with a 2-1 result against the defending Mobile Legends World Championships or M2 World Champions Bren Esports.[5] However, RSG Philippines would experience a fluctuating standing results, finishing the season with a 7–7 and a 15–19 match and game win–loss record, respectively.[6]

In the playoffs, RSG Philippines would immediately be dropped in the Playoffs with a 0–3 result sweep by Nexplay EVOS.[7]

Season 9

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After their MPL Philippines Season 8 debut, RSG Philippines would begin to sign new additions to the roster, mainly Dylan Aaron "LIGHT' Catipon and Clarense Jay "Kousei" Camilo both from TNC Pro Team. It was also announced that Iy4knu would be taking a break from MPL Philippines Season 9.

RSG Philippines ended the first week of MPL PH Season 9, having a 1-0 standings and has seeded #3 out of 8 teams.[8]

During the day 3 of MPL Philippines Season 9 RSG Philippines successfully swept out into lower bracket the TNC Predators teams in a 3-0 victory,[9] getting a slot for the MSC qualifier this June 7. with "Demonkite" baxia in game one and Aqua's Yve in game 2 leading the score 18 - 10 in a 12 minutes and 48 seconds match which the team will await against the fight between TNC and Smart Omega in the lower bracket.[10]

ONEsports Invitational (2021)

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The ONEsports Invitational, commonly known as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Invitational, invited teams from the Southeast Asian region to compete against other teams from Southeast Asia. RSG Philippines were among the teams invited alongside Nexplay EVOS, Blacklist International, ONIC Philippines, Smart Omega and ECHO Philippines.

RSG Philippines would defeat their sister-group in RSG Singapore, and would defeat ECHO Philippines in the Quarterfinals.[11] However, they would fall short and would be eliminated by the eventual champions in ONIC Esports of Indonesia.[12]

SIBOL qualifiers (2022)

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RSG Philippines, alongside Bren Esports, Nexplay EVOS, Blacklist International, ONIC Philippines, Omega Esports and ECHO Philippines were invited to qualify and compete for the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team qualifiers for the upcoming 2021 Southeast Asian Games esports tournament for the aforementioned game.[13]

RSG Philippines would sweep the amateur team Crowzero esport and would win in a tough 2-1 series against the super team of ECHO Philippines. RSG would defeated MONSTER ANARCHY and would face off against El Ganador Esports.[14]

RSG Philippines would defeat Omega Esports in a 2-1 series[15] and defeating ONIC Philippines in a 3-1 series[16] in the second round. They would get swept 0-3 against Blacklist International[17] and would unfortunately be eliminated from contention after a 1-3 loss against Nexplay EVOS.[18] RSG Philippines would finish third in the entire competition.

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup (2022)

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Further information: Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup

RSG Philippines, together with Smart Omega were invited to compete in MSC 2022 along with the ten teams in Southeast Asia. During the day 1 of MSC, the team manage to clean sweep the group brackets with the 2-0 match against the Cambodia's representative SeeYouSoon and their sister organization RSG Singapore.[19] RSG Philippines successfully qualified in the playoffs; in their first match against the Myanmar's dark horse representative, Falcon esports where they slayed 3-1 score with the conceal plays of Emann and Light.[20] On their second match against the Malaysia's Orange esports, they prevailed with a 3-0 score,[21] this leads them to move forward against the Indonesia's "King of the kings " RRQ Hoshi where they fought in a 3-1 match in favor of RRQ which sent them into lower bracket against their fellow Filipino representative Smart Omega.[22] On the first game RSG Philippines lose with an unbelievable comeback of in 12-8 match in favor of Smart Omega. The team manage to tie with a 15-11 score, on game 3 RSG Philippines manage to win with 13-13 score. During the game 4, Smart Omega leads the match with the 9-7 score which equalizes the score of both teams. In the last match against the Smart Omega, RSG Philippines takes the game with their aggressive style of play which ends in a 15-6 score,[23] leads to fight against the upper bracket winner RRQ Hoshi. The RSG Philippines manage to defeat in their second fight in the championship match against the Indonesia's "King of the Kings" RRQ with the clean sweep 4-0 score that makes them the new champion of MSC 2022 [24]

Season 10

Further information: MPL Philippines Season 10

On week 1 of MPL Philippines Season 10, RSG Philippines got a reverse sweep 2-0 against the Smart Omega.

Results

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Year MPL Philippines Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup ONE Esports MPL Invitational Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship
Season P W L MW ML W-L% MW-ML% Seed Finish
2021 Season 8 14 7 7 15 19 .500 .441 6th 5th–6th Place; 0–3 Nexplay EVOS Did not qualify 7th Place; 1–2 ONIC Esports Did not qualify
2022 Season 9 14 11 3 23 9 .786 .719 1st Grand Champions; 4–1 Smart Omega Grand Champions; 4–0 RRQ Hoshi 3rd–4th Place; 1–2 Geek Fam ID
Season 10 14 9 5 20 14 .643 .588 3rd 2nd Runner-Up; 1–3 ECHO Philippines
2023 Season 11 14 7 7 17 16 .500 .515 4th 2nd Runner-Up; 2–3 ECHO Philippines Did not qualify Grand Champions; 3–1 ECHO Philippines
Season 12 14 7 7 18 17 .500 .514 4th 3rd Runner-Up; 1–3 ECHO Philippines
2024 Season 13 14 9 5 20 13 .643 .606 3rd 2nd Runner-Up; 1–3 Falcons AP Bren To be determined
Season 14 To be determined

Current roster

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MPL Philippines Season 14 RSG Philippines Mobile Legends: Bang Bang roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
EXP Lane Nibor Jhondy Ranque Philippines
Jungler Irrad John Abarquez Philippines
Mid Lane Aqua Arvie Calderon Antonio Philippines
Gold Lane Kousei Clarense Jay G. Camilo Philippines
Roamer Light Dylan Aaron Poblete Catipon Philippines
Head coach

Brian Im "Panda" Chang Rok

Assistant coach(es)

Ivan Dale "Dalyot" Hipulan
Lexie "Lexie" Yambao (Team Manager)

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: February 20, 2024.

References

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  1. ^ Dannug, Jonash (24 June 2021). "SOURCES: RSG looks to join MPL PH 8". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "MPL Philippines shifts to franchise model in Season 8, fires off on Aug. 13". Manila Bulletin. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ Dannug, Jonash (9 July 2021). "SOURCES: RSG arrives on PH shores, set to sign Heath". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Star streamer Wrecker joins MPL veterans Heath, Kenji, Iy4knu in RSG PH". Manila Bulletin. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ Vistek. "Schedule – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines". ph-mpl.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ Vistek. "Data – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines". ph-mpl.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  7. ^ Dannug, Jonash (21 October 2021). "Nexplay breaks curse, sweeps RSG to advance to MPL PH second round". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. ^ Vistek. "Data – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines". MPL Philippines Season 9. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  9. ^ Dannug, Jonash (30 April 2022). "MPL PH: RSG puts up masterclass vs TNC, advances to Finals". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  10. ^ "RSG makes quick work of Onic, arranges UB finals match vs TNC". Manila Bulletin. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  11. ^ "ONE Esports Mobile Legends Invitational 2021 | ONE Esports | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  12. ^ News, Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN (4 November 2021). "Onic PH, Echo PH eliminated; RSG PH marches on in MPLI". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 27 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Galindo, Daryll. "Sibol announces invited teams for Mobile Legends SEA Games qualifiers". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  14. ^ "SIBOL MOBILE LEGENDS: BANG BANG QUALIFIERS – Challonge". challonge.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  15. ^ Facebook (27 January 2022). "TAPOS NA ANG DAY 1 of 2022 NATIONAL TEAM SELECTION for Mobile Legends Bang Bang". Facebook. Retrieved 23 February 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ "SIBOL – RSG Philippines takes the series 3-1 versus ONIC Philippines! Catch the rest of the Day 2 action right here RIGHT NOW on the Sibol Facebook page #MulingLumakadMatatag #SibolpoweredbySmart | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  17. ^ "SIBOL – Blacklist International sweeps the series best of 5 series 3-0 against RSG Philippines! Catch the rest of the Day 3 action right here RIGHT NOW only on the Sibol Facebook page! #MulingLumakadMatatag #SibolpoweredbySmart | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  18. ^ "SIBOL – Nexplay Esports takes the series 3-1 versus RSG Philippines 🏆NEXPE Advances to the Grand Finals to face Blacklist International! 🏆 The team that emerges victorious today will be the new 2022 Team Sibol for MLBB! 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 Catch the action right here at 6PM on the Sibol Facebook page 6pm onwards! #MulingLumakadMatatag #SibolpoweredbySmart | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  19. ^ "MSC 2022: Schedule, format, teams, where to watch | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  20. ^ "RSG PH slays MSC's dark horse contenders Falcon Esports". Spin.ph. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  21. ^ Galindo, Daryll. "RSG PH Sends Orange Esports to MSC 2022 Lower Bracket After 3-0 Win". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  22. ^ UBALDO, JOHN EDISON. "RSG PH stumbles vs RRQ Hoshi, drops to MSC 2022 lower bracket". GMA News Online. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  23. ^ Lojo, Michelle. "RSG dethrones Smart Omega, plays Indonesia's RRQ Hoshi in MSC Grand Finals". Philstar.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  24. ^ Dannug, Jonash (19 June 2022). "RSG PH gets back at RRQ Hoshi, rules MSC". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
ONIC Esports
 ONE Esports Invitational champions
2023 		Succeeded by
Defending champions
Preceded by
Execration
 MSC Cup champions
2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by MPL Philippines champions
Season 9 		Succeeded by
Blacklist International
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