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by Drew Malihan
MAKATI - It is a historic Season 14 for all teams in MPL Philippines.
Unfortunately, RSG Philippines is on the wrong side of the story.
The Raiders fell short of their playoff hopes for the first time since entering the league after a 0-2 beating from Aurora Gaming to wrap their regular season campaign.
It was the worst performance for the boys in blue and black since they entered the league in Season 8, who ended the season with three wins and 11 losses, while Aurora boosted their chances of an upper-bracket spot.
Renejay "Renejay" Barcase's Tigreal led the charge for the men in teal as he put up a 1/2/9 KDA while Kenneth "Yue" Tadeo puts up 5/0/6 with the Valentina.
Dylan "Light" Catipon and Jhondy "Nibor" Ranque were on the wrong side of the coin as they conceded nine deaths combined in just 14 minutes.
Edward Jay "Edward" Dapadap's Khalid put up a great performance to seal the deal for Aurora as he tallied a kill and nine assists, while Yue contributed to 12 of 14 total kills.
Light's Chou was on the receiving end of the beating with six deaths, John Darry "1rrad" Tuazon's Julian fell thrice while only getting three assists, and Nibor's Gatotkaca led the kill count with two and assisted one.
With RSG's defeat, Blacklist International will be the last team to enter the postseason as they already have four points compared to RSG's three with one game to spare.
Aurora meanwhile will try to spoil Blacklist's momentum to end their regular season campaign on Sunday.
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