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Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) Professional League (MPL) Philippines has officially announced that the Playoffs for its inaugural MLBB Developmental League will be held fully online on April 21-23, 2023. Six (6) teams have qualified this season to compete to take home the most-coveted title and the lion’s share of US$20,000. The regular season ended with the top six teams namely Blacklist Academy, Bren Euphoria, Echo Proud, GameLab, Smart Omega Neos, and RSG Ignite. The teams will start their playoffs campaign on April 21 and 22 in single elimination best-of-three (BO3) match series with Blacklist Academy and RSG Ignite in an opener. The Grand Finals will be held on the 23rd of April through a best-of-five (BO5) format.
Meanwhile, the league will recognize this season’s players and talents who have unleashed their strength in gaming and casting in line with the theme “Ilabas Ang Lakas". The awards include Regular Season MVP, Grand Finals MVP, Team of the Season, and Best Talent. The Regular Season MVP will be awarded to a player whose team is in the top two of the Regular Season rankings. The team should have won the weekly MVP honor or the player should have excellent performance throughout the season. The player should also have no serious violations to qualify. The winner will be announced on April 14. The Grand Final MVP will be awarded to a player from the champion team, provided that he had an outstanding performance during the match in the grand finals. The winner will be announced right after the Grand Finals. Talents and broadcast vendor Mineski Events Team will compose the voting committee. Meanwhile, the Team of the Season will consist of players from different squads who have exhibited outstanding performance based on their assumed roles, such as jungler, roamer, mid laner, gold laner, and exp laner. The winners will be announced on the 8th of May.
The voting committee for both the Regular Season MVP, Grand Final MVP, and Team of the Season will consist of talents or current host and casters (60%), coaches (30%), and the MPL Philippines Press Corps (10%). MOONTON Games will review the votes. For casters, the Best MDL talent will be judged based on performance (20%), knowledge (20%), punctuality (15%), professionalism (15%), appearance (10%), cooperativeness (10%), and social media performance (10%). The voting committee for the awards dedicated to talents will consist of the MPL Philippines community or fans (50%), MOONTON Games representatives (30%) and the broadcast team (20%). Fans can now cast their votes via MPL Philippines official website at https://ph-mpl.com/mdl/votecaster. The winner will be announced on the day before the Grand Finals match. The inaugural season of MDL Philippines is supported by official sponsors Smart and Alaxan.
