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Esports organization T1 has released its entire Dota 2 roster.”Today, we decided to disband our #DOTA2 roster. We thank âTopsonâ, âanaâ, âKukuâ, âXepherâ and âWhitemonâ for their time with us. We wish them the best of luck for the future,” noted the T1 statement.Kenny “Xepher” Deo, the ocaptain of the squad, announced he was leaving the team at the end of October, while T1 said goodbye to the Head coach Park “March” Tae-won. At the same time, Carlo “Kuku” Palad also talked about leaving, although he allowed the possibility of staying with T1 if they made him an offer.Earlier in…
CS:GO developer and publisher Valve has announced new rules for inviting teams to the Regional Major Ranking tournaments.Previously, teams entered the RMRs by direct invitation or through a series of open qualifiers. For 2023 Paris Major, teams who aren’t directly invited will get to skip the open qualifiers. Teams who consistently perform well in Valve and third-party events will be directly invited by Valve to a closed qualifier. There they’ll compete against teams that enter from an open qualifier.Valve has promised to reveal more detail in the coming weeks.The next Major and the first Major in 2023 will be held…
Polaris Esports has released its Dota 2 roster. The Philippines organization has been unable to compete financially with more affluent colleagues in the esports arena.”It is with a heavy heart that we announce the team and players’ mutual separation. It’s not a secret that Polaris Esports is still a relatively young and small organization and as such we cannot go toe to toe with the financial capabilities of other, much larger, and established organizations. There were offers for the players that were too far out of our reach and there are also wishes from our members to go and try…
The North American professional gaming organization Evil Geniuses has officially announced the release of its entire Dota 2 roster.The organization said goodbye not only to the players but also to the coach.According to earlier reports, Evil Geniuses is going to hire Crhistian “Pakazs” Casanova, Farith “Matthew” Huamancaja and Jose “Pandaboo” Hernandez from Thunder Awaken and Jean “Chris Luck” Salazar with Adrián “Wisper” Dobles from beastcoast instead.Evil Geniuses ranked 9th-12th at The International 2022. Despite a good performance in the group stage, the team suffered two defeats in a row in the playoffs and left the tournament.Outgoing EG lineup is:Artour “Arteezy”…
French professional CS:GO player Kenny “kennyS” Schrub has left G2 Esports and joined the Team Falcons.kennyS should replace Jayson “Kyojin” Nguyen Van, who was returned to the active roster at the end of October instead of benched Bryan “Maka” Canda. However, Kyojin couldn’t keep up with the team and again joined Maka on the bench.27-year-old kennyS came to Saudian-French Falcons from G2 Esports. He has been playing with G2 since 2017 but from March 2021 he was inactive in the Berlin squad.Team Falcons are now:Ali “hAdji” HaïnoussJordan “Python” Munck-FoehrleNathan “NBK-” Schmitt (in-game leader)Kévin “misutaaa” RabierKenny “kennyS” SchrubSteeve “Ozstrik3r” Flavigni (coach)Bryan…
According to the information provided by Vitalii “v1lat” Volochai, Outsiders’ players will give 60% of the team’s sticker money to Virtus.pro (note: Virtus.pro’s CS:GO team is suspended from participating in events under its tag due to sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine – the players are still contracted to Virtus.pro, but have been playing under the name Outsiders in 2022). Team’s stickers share between Virtus.pro and the CS:GO roster according to v1lat’s information.Following the information displayed above, Outsiders’ players would get only 40% of team stickers for winning the IEM Rio Major 2022.The provided information is related only…
Legendary Swedish Counter-Strike player Emil “HeatoN” Christensen joins GODSENT as the new CEO and the major shareholder of the esports organization.”Godsent is blessed to present Emil “Heaton” Christensen as the new CEO of the organization. Heaton has become a partner and major shareholder in the company and will work besides its founder Ludwig Sandgren in running the business and spearhead the CS:GO division,” noted the GODSENT statement.GODSENTâs CS:GO roster is almost empty. Only Brazilian Bruno “b4rtiN” Câmara is on the team.The region in which GODSENT will compete has not yet been reported.HeatoN started his esport career in 2001 he played…
Andrii “ALWAYSWANNAFLY” Bondarenko is no longer the coach of Talon Esports Dota 2 team.”This was not an easy decision to make as AWF was not just a mentor but also a big brother to the team. Without his guidance, we wouldn’t be where we are now,” said the Talon statement.The Hong Kong esports organization recently reshuffled its Dota 2 squad. However, the organization’s management didnât limit itself to replacing players and said goodbye to the coach.Who will train the team in the new season has not yet been reported.The Hong Kongers were the first in the regional qualifier for The…
Russian team Outsiders (Virtus.pro) has defeated Norwegian esports organization Heroic at the Grand Final of the Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022 with a score of 2:0.Outsiders, as a winner, qualifies for the IEM Katowice 2023 and the BLAST Premier Final 2022 and takes home $500,000.Heroic receives $170,000 as a reward for the second place.Rio Major 2022 was remembered for the fact that two favorites, FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere, were eliminated long before the final. NAVI was eliminated from the tournament in the quarterfinals, while FaZe couldnât even make it out of the group stage in the playoffs.Prize Pool…
The Czech professional esports organization Entropiq has released four of five of its CS:GO players. Only player Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy and coach Dmitriy “hooch” Bogdanov now remain in the squad.Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov, Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko, Nikolay “mir” Bityukov and Aleksey “El1an” Gusev (was inactive since September) become free agents.Earlier, Entropiq tried to sell the team – the organization put the roster on the transfer list in October.Forester, the only remaining player, was actively looking for a lawyer specializing in EU labor law in early November. Perhaps, the legal aspect lies in the fact that he still remains in the organization.Entropiq…