Until now, the controversy regarding the pause carried out by the Philippines when the final battle of Mobile Legends against Indonesia at the SEA Games 2021 continues. Many speculated that Indonesia's defeat in the final was due to the Philippines' frequent pause requests, thus breaking the concentration of the Indonesian team.

Regarding the heat of the META Pause issue, one of the players from the Philippines who was competing at that time, Johnmar “OhMyV33nus” Villuna spoke up. He finally clarified the incident that occurred during the final match.

In his explanation, he said if there was a reason why the Philippines often paused in the final round. First, there is an obstacle that makes the connection or ping in the Mobile Legends game high so that it is red. The second reason is that there are often delays when their team competes on the right side.

In his explanation, he admitted that it was the first time that the Philippines had played on the right side, which according to him was always a problem, so that the team on that side often asked for a pause in order to temporarily stop the game. According to him, when he played on the left he never asked for a pause.

Not only OhMyV33nus, previously Salic "Hadji" Alauya Imam also provided clarification regarding the pause incident. According to him, ping is considered high to be the main cause.