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Dale relishes return to world stage


Despite figuring in a rough start, Falcon Esports head coach Steven “Dale” Vitug is glad to be back on the world stage almost two years after steering Omega Esports to a respectable finish in the M2 World Championships.

The Myanmar-based squad suffered a surprise upset at the hands of Incendio Supremacy to open their M4 World Championships debut before bouncing back with a close win over John “Zico” Dizon’s Burn X Flash to put up a 1-1 win-loss standing in Group A after the first day.

“Firstly, I am grateful that I am back in the ML scene. I’m so happy that I’m back,” Dale said when asked about his return to the competitive scene.

Shortly after Omega Esports’ 5th-6th place finish in M2, Dale took his act to Aura PH and served as its strategic coach in the MPL Philippines Season 7. He was then promoted to head coach in Season Eight where they ended up at 5th-6th place after being hampered by COVID-19 mid-season.

Dale, in a surprising turn of events, left ECHO after that season before ending an almost two-year hiatus to coach a very promising Falcon Esports squad, who was coming off a fourth place finish in the 2022 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup.

The player-turned-coach later on revealed that one of the reasons why he decided to coach Falcon Esports is because of the gameplay that he witnessed from Burmese Ghouls during their run in M2.

“I think there is no struggle and the one thing why I decided to coach in Myanmar is because their playstyle is interesting. If you go back to M2, if you watch the Burmese and how they play, that’s the reason why I chose Myanmar,” said Dale after the win over Burn X Flash.

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Dale also said that the level of play in the Philippines is very similar to Myanmar despite the lack of major tournaments in the latter. He also bared that Burmese players are more disciplined than Filipino players in terms of training.

“They are almost the same but the difference is the tradition and culture in each country but in terms of inside the game they are almost similar,” Dale said.

“I think the managing Falcon players… Falcon is more disciplined in terms of practice,” he added.

Falcon Esports looks to clinch one of the two upper bracket spots in Group A by taking down Blacklist International on Tuesday, 8:00 PM.

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