Pinoy Mobile Legends imports stranded in Singapore amid Bleed Esports’ legal, financial woes

October 16, 2024 Philippines Sports

Two Filipino Mobile Legends: Bang Bang imports were allegedly stranded in Singapore with no flight tickets to return home, as their club, Bleed Esports faces a multitude of legal and financial accusations.

SEA Games 2022 Gold medalist Kyle Dominic “Dominic” Soto, fellow Pinoy Folkmarr, and coaches Cesar “Amethyst” Santos and Douglas “Imbadeejay” Astibe were stuck in the Lion City with “no flight tickets back and 0 contact,” caster Sean “Hades” Goh wrote on X (Formerly Twitter) on October 15, 2024.

“Suddenly the upper management guys of ggBleed who love to parade their roles have just decided to leave their PH ML imports stranded at the bootcamp with no flight tickets back and 0 contact. The COO has left their GC [group chat] and they have nobody to help them. WP [well played] guys,” Hades, a former Bleed Esports employee shared, as quoted by a report by Spin.PH.

Later on, Hades shared that they Pinoy imports’ families booked airplane tickets so they could head back to Manila on Thursday night, October 17, adding that he “and the manager will pay for meals till then.”

The revelation came after MPL Singapore Season 8, as the esports squad faltered early into the playoffs.

Aside from this, the Singaporean esports organization’s management was revealed to have faced several issues legally and financially. Bleed CEO Mervyn Goh and investor Lincoln Lim Jun Hong were accused of criminal and federal charges, according to esports website ggscore.com.

Goh, alongside Lim, were accused of punching, kicking, and pushing a woman at a club. Hong was accused of trespassing and punching another person. Meanwhile, Goh is set to attend an October 21, 2024 hearing.

Prior to this revelation, Bleed Esports was also stripped of the Valorant team franchise privileges, which are usually given to organizations who are not only recognized for their performance but their capacity to sustain their players and staff financially.

“Removal of a team from the Riot Games esports ecosystem is not something we take lightly. However, due to persistent operational failures of the team, Bleed Esports will no longer participate in VCT Pacific to protect the best interest of the players and the league,” Valorant Esports said in a statement.

Aside from this, both staff and players alike have come forward alleging that they have not been paid salaries and prize money, with Bleed failing to pay thousands of dollars to various people in the industry.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive esports coach Aleksandar Trifunovic aka “kassad” claimed that they weren’t paid their salaries and prize money. Rainbow Six Siege’s Taylor “Terdsta” Ching also shared that Goh “completely disappeared,” adding that the organization owed him US$35000, as an import.

“To this day, BLEED owes me $35000 USD+. I live abroad throughout the year, and without streaming, I would literally not be able buy food for myself. This is not a new issue, it’s plagued us since we joined this organization and we were constantly met with the same ChatGPT replies and false promises by BLEED’s upper management,” he shared.