Blacklist Twins: Telepathy, Tilt-Proof, and Totally Unfair

Dragon Hart Dajao and Golden Hart Dajao, aka Dragon and Goldenk1te, are twins who move like they were copy-pasted by a distracted universe, a buy-one-take-one promo nobody bothered to put an expiry on. Now, they are the twin engines of Blacklist International’s HOK team, which won against Italy’s Twisted Minds during the knockout stage of KIC 2025 in Manila on November 28.

They grew up in Cagayan de Oro, in a house where gaming wasn’t a hobby—it was a religion with no commandments except walang iyakan pag talo. Their father loved driving games. Their brothers loved every other kind of digital chaos. The twins, being the second youngest in the family, simply soaked everything in like two sponges shaped suspiciously like future pros.

Goldenk1te says it clean: “Sa pamilya talaga namin… lalo na yung papa ko sobrang hilig sa mga driving na ano mga games.”

Dragon jumps in: “Sila yung sinusundan namin… nung nakita namin yung laro nila ayun… mga games… yung kinalakihan namin.”

Growing up in that house was less childhood and more bootcamp disguised as bonding. Screens everywhere. Noise everywhere. Destiny everywhere.

The Great Pandemic Loophole

Like every great Filipino esports story, there was a moment when the parents frowned and the universe winked.

They paused school. Their parents hesitated. And then… online class.

Suddenly, two kids from CDO had a technicality to stand on.

“Dahil online class ‘yun… nabigyan kami ng opportunity na lumipad dito sa Maynila…” Golden says, casual, as if uprooting your life to chase glory is just a weekday errand. They arrived in Manila, discovered the grind, and then discovered something else: they were too good to go home.

“Every game may rank… naabot namin yung pinakataas… doon namin na-realize na kaya namin mag-pro.”
The twins understood early what most people discover late: sometimes the world opens a door, and sometimes it’s a window you climb through before anyone notices.

They Got Scolded, Sure. Loved, Absolutely.

A universal law: Filipino gamers get scolded for playing too much. The twins weren’t exempt.

But the plot twist? Their father doubled as their enabler.

“Pinapagalitan kami kapag hindi kami pumapasok… pero yung sobrang support sa’min dati yung tatay namin.”

Every childhood rebellion needs at least one accomplice. They had theirs.

The Separation Nobody Wanted and the Return Everyone Expected

They weren’t always a duo on paper. After their old team disbanded post–SEA Games Vietnam, they split: Golden to a new team, Dragon to BOOM. The great twin schism, esports edition. Temporary, of course.

Eventually, Blacklist saw what nature already knew.

Golden: “Ako yung nauna sa Blacklist… tapos ngayon sa Blacklist parang nabigyan kami ng opportunity na kunin si Dragon… binuyout namin siya.”

They sit beside each other now, answering questions like two tabs open on the same browser.

Would they ever separate again? They laugh at the thought.

Dragon: “Feeling ko hindi na eh… ito na ‘yung hanggang dulo… all in na kami magkasama.”

It’s Like Having Twin Telepathy

There are things science cannot explain. One of them is how these two consistently gank with the same braincell.

“Meron… may time na alam mo na yung gagawin nung kambal mo… nagpapasahan kami ng com sa end game… parehas kami may carry mentality.”

Call it synergy. Call it instinct. Call it the kind of telepathy you only get when you shared a womb and a childhood full of loading screens.

No Twins on the Same Esports Team Have Ever Been Champions. They Want to be the First

Here’s the one thing that keeps them up at night: They’ve never been champions.

Not yet.

Golden says it like he’s promising the universe a favor:
“Gusto ko lang mag-iwan ng legacy… kasi never pa kami nag-champion talaga e.”

Dragon follows, like punctuation:
“Gusto namin mag-iwan ng legacy na kambal na nag-pro at nag-champion. Wala pang nakakagawa non.”

Two heads. One dream. Zero trophies—for now.

Blacklist’s twin engines step into today’s lower bracket with fourth place secured, knives sharpened, telepathy wired. Nothing about them is normal. Nothing about them is boring. Nothing about them is done.

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