BOOM Benches Tino, Introduces JaCkky as Stand-In for SEA DPC Regional Finals
BOOM Esports has benched Justine Ryan Evangelista “Tino” Grimaldo and introduced Souliya “JaCkky” Khoomphetsavong as a stand-in for the SEA DPC Regional Finals.
📢 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT@jackkydota will be joining with Boys Out Of Manila as a stand in the Regional Finals of DPC SEA while @dota2tino_ will be moved into the inactive position.
Witness their action in the 11th of February, Hungry Beasts! 🐺 pic.twitter.com/kEevslmKqk
— BOOM Esports (@boomesportsid) February 9, 2022
“[JaCkky] will be joining with Boys Out Of Manila as a stand in the Regional Finals of DPC SEA while [Tino] will be moved into the inactive position,” the Indonesian-based org stated in their announcement.
As such, Boom’s current roster looks like this:
- Souliya “JaCkky” Khoomphetsavong
- Erin Jasper “Yopaj” Ferrer
- Saieful “Fbz” Ilham
- Timothy John “Tims” Randrup
- Rolen Andrei Gabriel “skem” Ong
- Justine Ryan Evangelista “Tino” Grimaldo (benched)
— Neon Esports (@neonesportsdota) February 8, 2022
Prior to this announcement, OB.Neon leaked this move by BOOM with a screenshot of a scrim while censoring a player. Just as the community suspected, the player being trialed by BOOM was no other than JaCkky.
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