It's pretty obvious from the get go. Tryke, one of the bosses of Blacklist, is actually good friends with all of those that were acquired by the org for their dota roster. I'm just not sure why they picked Raven over Gabbi in the carry position given that Gabbi has gained notoriety for his role with these guys (Tims, Kuku) as his supports. But whatever talks they had behind closed doors, for sure Gabbi was considered, it's just that Raven, perhaps, may have been actively putting his best foot forward with the recommendation of Kuku as well.
Yep, Also Alodia is one of the owner of this since Blacklist is under the Tier One company that owned by Alodia. Typically people connected on the team has information regarding this news besides there’s nothing weong to share the potential roster line up since they are new and probably the manage wants a spotlight and publicity to make there brand popular to the public. I think Blacklist will be the next TNC predator of the Philippines which is the favorite team of Filipino community with the current prospect line-up.
Blacklist is good on scouting players as they already prove themselves by founding this same team on ML with a solid achievement since there day 1. I think Alodia charsima and connection what makes this e-sports brand easily get the perfect roster that they want. Imagine snatching players from well known teams is not an easy easy feat if Blacklist is not owned by influential people in PH.
Hopefully they don't fall off like TNC. The problem with TNC is that tjey never pushed their players hard enough and supported them hard enough to make an actual difference for their players who are, back then, hungry for tournaments and wins. I remember after their first TI and good placing, eventually dropping Miracle and co., they somehow settled with that win and didn't attend/join much of the minor tournaments for the grind. Hopefully Tryke and Alodia changes that, as we see in their ML squad they are pretty hands-on and supportive of the players they have.
