KarlTzy Isn’t Faker. Winning 6 Worlds? ‘Sure, Why Not.’

When KarlTzy won MSC at the Esports World Cup, he was suddenly no longer just Karl. He is the GOAT. The Face of MLBB. Capital letters mandatory. He has won every major MLBB tournament there is. 

Now at the M7 World Championship, he stands on the edge of history again. One more win and he becomes the only player to claim three world championships.

But talk to him long enough and the monument talks back. Softly.

‘I don’t really think about the hype.’

When asked about the hype—about that strange moment after being crowned the greatest—KarlTzy says he doesn’t really think about it. 

“Hindi ko naman iniisip yung mga hype. Sobrang happy lang talaga ako na ang dami kong napapanalunan, and sana magtuloy-tuloy pa,” KarlTzy told ALL-STAR. 

(“I don’t really think about the hype. I’m just genuinely happy that I’ve won so much, and I hope it continues.”)

No fireworks. No existential victory speech. 

The follow-up tries again. Surely, this is the peak. Surely, he’s thought about standing at the top of the mountain.

“Hindi ko pa naisip iyan kasi gusto ko laging mas galingan pa lalo every tournament.”

(“I haven’t really thought about that yet because I always want to keep getting better in every tournament.”)

This is the pattern. Every attempt to freeze KarlTzy in history is met with motion. He is always moving forward because stopping doesn’t seem to occur to him.

In the M7 World Championship, the math is unavoidable. Win, and he becomes the only player to claim three world championships. A record that would demand comparison, elevate him into that dangerous territory where players stop being themselves and start being symbols.

So what does M7 mean to him?

“Hindi ko talaga alam anong meaning sa akin ng M7, hindi ko rin alam kung kanino iaalay itong M7 pero gusto ko lang talaga maglaro. Sobrang sarap manalo at sobrang nag-eenjoy ako every tournament,” said KarlTzy. 

(“I honestly don’t know what M7 means to me. I also don’t know who I would dedicate M7 to, I just really want to play. Winning feels so good, and I really enjoy every tournament.”)

KarlTzy: ‘Faker isn’t really comparable to me.’

That answer feels almost rude to legacy. As if history were offering him a throne and he politely asked if he could finish his game first.

Then comes the inevitable question. The one esports always asks its greatest players once they’ve won enough titles to scare the statisticians. “Do you intend to match the number of world championships of Faker?” 

Six world championships. A career that has become shorthand for immortality. Does KarlTzy want to chase that? Does he see himself as the Mobile Legends version of Faker, a parallel legend marching toward the same impossible number?

His response is the thesis statement of his career.

“Hindi naman po comparable sa akin si Faker, pero kung kaya, sige. Pero hindi ko naman iniisip kung anong mangyayari after ng lahat eh.”

(“Faker isn’t really comparable to me, but if I can, sure. But I don’t really think about what will happen after all of it.”)

It’s not a rejection. It’s a refusal to play the comparison game at all. Faker exists in his universe. KarlTzy exists in his. If the paths accidentally overlap, fine. If not, also fine. Greatness, in his mind, is not something you cosplay after someone else.

Strip away the hypotheticals and the answer becomes even simpler. 

“You just really want to play?”

“Opo.” (“Yes.”)

‘Winning feels so good, so all I want is to keep going.’

By this point, the interviewer tries one last framing device: You’re at a stage where you have nothing left to prove. Surely, you’re still chasing something?

KarlTzy doesn’t say legacy. He doesn’t say records. He doesn’t say history.

“Ang sarap ng feeling ng manalo, kaya ang gusto ko lang ituloy nang ituloy. Gusto ko lang po ng stable na buhay.”

(“Winning feels so good, so all I want is to keep going. I just want a stable life.”)

In another player, that might sound like an exit plan. In KarlTzy, it sounds like a mission statement.

He is not trying to be Faker. He is not trying to outlast time. He is not even trying to be remembered correctly.

He just keeps playing. And history keeps following him around, slightly out of breath.

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