Blacklist Rivalry , formerly known as Blacklist International, has made a number of changes to its Dota 2 lineup. The Southeast Asian organization has announced two new players in its lineup: Kerry Murray " Palos " Lamatao and Romel " Mjz " Quinteros, who will replace Juan a " Carlo " Carlo S. Manalo is in fifth position.

Blacklist Rivalry is making a lineup change after a series of setbacks

Carlo has been with the team since November 2023 and helped win the Asia Pacific Predator League 2024, but the team never managed to qualify for any Tier 1 tournament.

Recently, in their native Southeast Asian region, Blacklist took 5-6 place in closed qualifiers for all top tournaments, such as ESL One Birmingham 2024 , DreamLeague Season 22 and BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 .

From now on, Mjz, who transferred from Thunder Awaken , will play the 5th position support position. The role of the captain was taken by the mider, Abed " Abed " Yusup.

"We will be inactive for Carlo as we prepare for the next round of tournaments and qualifiers. We hope you will continue to support him and the rest of the Blacklist Rivalry, agents," Blacklist said.

Palos has already represented Blacklist at the ESL One Birmingham 2024 qualifiers as a stand-in, and will now be a permanent player. Prior to that, Kerry was a regular at Execration starting in February 2022.

Updated Blacklist Rivalry roster:

• Marry "Palos" Lamatao

• Abed "Abed" Yusop

• Kim "Gabbi" Villafuerte

• Timothy "Tims" Randrup

• Rommel "Mjz" Quinteros

It is also worth noting that the organization recently renewed its partnership with the bookmaker Rivalry and will now play under the Blacklist Rivalry tag. With a revamped lineup, Blacklist Rivalry will participate in the closed Elite League Regional Qualifiers, which will take place from March 14th to March 16th.