For those who might have missed the most important news from the past week in competitive Dota 2 scene, here is a short recap.
GosuShop - delivering eSports Apparel worldwide
As of 15/4/16, eSports aficionados will be able to take their support to the next level by purchasing gear from their favourite games and teams, all via shop.gosugamers.net
Worldwide shipping is available, and the plethora of options means you’ll never be short of a team shirt, hat or hoodie when you want to represent your favourite players or team out and about.
Orange Taring Dota2, a $45,000 partnership
At the beginning of the past week, Monday April 11th, Orange eSports and Taring revealed the details of their new partnership during a press conference held in Kuala Lumpur. The new Orange Taring Dota 2 team is a joint project in which the Malaysian government will invest a $25,000, while Orange eSports will bring ~$19,000 into the project.
Orange-Taring's roster:
Ng 'YamateH' Wei Poong (Captain)
Chua 'Ice' Chee Cai
Sim 'Ling' Woi Cheng
Law 'Nj' Chee Hoong
Byron Young 'Syeonix' Meng Keen
Roger Tan 'Roddgee' Boon Thye
The former Mineski carry Carlo 'Kuku' Palad was left without a team in the most important part of the year after Mineski decided to start the Manila Major and The International 6 journey without him. Luckily TnC found a spot he could fill and didn’t hesitate to welcome him aboard even though this roster adjustment after the shuffle deadline cost them any chance they might have had of receiving an invite for the Manila Major regional qualifiers.
TnC Pro Team roster from position 1 to 5:
Marc Polo Luis 'Raven' Fausto
Linuel 'Teehee' Abanto
Sam 'Sam H' Hidalgo
Nico 'Eyyou' Barcelon
Carlo 'Kuku' Palad
Gio 'WinterGSmallSon' De Ocampo - /Sub
Claurice 'Klo' Sta.Ana - Sub/Manager
Paulo 'Pau' Sy – Coach
Team Liquid received the last invite to ESL One Frankfurt 2016
Although we are two months away from the LAN playoffs of ESL One Frankfurt, the organizers have already decided on their three directly invited teams for the event. Alliance and OG were the first two teams announced by ESL with Team Liquid being the final team added to the invitation list last week.
ESL One Frankfurt participating teams:
Alliance (direct invite)
OG (direct invite)
Team Liquid (direct invite)
Fnatic ( SEA qualifiers)
TBD ( Americas qualifiers)
TBD ( Europe qualifiers)
TBD (Europe qualifiers)
TBD (China qualifiers)
Vietnam prepares for a half month of National Dota
Starting last Friday, April 15, Playdota Star League has games scheduled every weekend through the rest of April, with eight invited teams from the area competing for Vietnamese supremacy in Dota 2.
BTS Series SEA #4: Fnatic back on the throne
Crushing the competition, Fnatic was able to regain their spot as champions of BTS Series SEA without dropping a single game. Despite the victory being a clean 3-0, the games played were quite long, averaging 40 minutes game time for each match, partly due to TnC's resilience and partly due to Fnatic's weak high ground breaching drafts.
BTS Series EU #3: Liquid cruise to victory
Team Liquid achieved an impressive 6-0 (win-loss) run in the BTS Series EU #3's bracket prior to the finals, and managed to ride that momentum, defeating Polarity with a score 3-1 in the finals, earning them the right to take home the first place prize of $5000.
ESL One Manila: the groups are drawn
With the ESL One Manila LAN event starting this week, the groups for the GSL format used by the tournament have been drawn.The eight teams participating in the event have been split into two groups which will play out double elimination brackets, with the top two from each group advancing. These four teams will proceed to a single elimination bracket where they will face off for the lion's share of the $250,000 prize pool
Group A:
Team Liquid
Mineski
compLexity Gaming
Wings Gaming
Group B:
Team Secret
Team Empire
EHOME
Fnatic
Vici Gaming Reborn begin their Dota 2 journey with a LAN trophy
The first edition of Starladder i-League Dota 2 Invitational told the story of great comebacks and fresh restarts at the same time. Both finalists in Kiev, Ukraine had a spectacular run throughout the tournament, Na’Vi reaching the finals stage undefeated while Vici Gaming Reborn was forced to play their first ever LAN event with their coach as a stand in.
