For those who might have missed the most important news from the past week in competitive Dota 2 scene, here is a short recap.
Lu 'Fenrir' Chao and Daryl Koh 'iceiceice' Pei Xiang will change the Vici Gaming jerseys with the EHOME ones. The two players that got replaced are Chen 'Cty' Tianyu and Hu 'Kaka' Liangzhi.
EHOME current roster from position 1 to 5:
Zhang 'LaNm' Zhicheng
Wang 'old chicken' Zhiyong
Ren 'eLeVeN' Yangwei
Daryl Koh 'iceiceice' Pei Xiang
Lu 'Fenrir' Chao
After an unsuccessful run in the Shanghai Major placing 13-16th, Jeyo goes back to the SEA region with his former team, Rave Dota.
Rave current roster in no particular order:
Frederico ‘Derp’ Mampusti
Rafael ‘Rapy’ Palo
Michael ‘Ninjaboogie’ Ross
Ryo ‘Ryoyr’ Hasegawa
Jio ‘Jeyo’ Madayag
The Manila Major: dates and shuffle period announced
The Spring shuffle is the last time when teams can make rosters adjustments for this competitive season, rosters will have to remain locked for more than five months, from March 27 through completion of play at The International 6.
DotaPit LAN finals: talent panel, brackets and schedule announced
The DotaPit LAN Finals are scheduled to take place on the weekend of March 19-20, which is quickly closing in.
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The English talent desk:
Austin 'Capitalist' Walsh
William 'Blitz' Lee
Toby 'Tobiwan' Dawson
Gareth 'Durka' Bateson
Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Anderson
The single elimination bracket:
Contract Chaos: Sylar questions LGD CEO's morals
A conflict involving contract terms and player treatment by LGD's CEO Ruru has spawned after a lengthy post by Sylar entitled "Do you have a heart?" The details of the situation and the exact causes of the outrage by Liu 'Sylar' Jia Jun are still murky, however, much can be inferred from Sylar's lengthy post and the back and forth confrontation between Sylar and Pan 'RuRu' Jie on Weibo. You can read more on this topic here.
WellPlay Invitational, a new monthly tournament on the horizon
Eight invited teams from Europe and CIS regions will compete at the first season of WellPlay in a double elimination bracket, best-of-three series with best-of-five grand finals. Only the winners and the runner-ups will get a share of the $3,000 prize pool money.