For those who might have missed the most important news from the past week in competitive Dota 2 scene, here is a short recap.
Win over $1,300 in items and store credits in our GosuBet June contest
In the coming month, our GosuBet contest will be open to Dota2 and CS:GO betters and will feature more than $1,300 in items, skins and store credits, provided by our friends from Gameflip.com
Every better in the top 10 of his or her respective section will earn Gameflip coins to spend in their store, and the top three betters will also be rewarded with valuable skins!
Dota 2| Place | Gameflip coins | Skin + value at time of posting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200.00 | Dragonclaw Hook - $154 |
| 2 | $100.00 | Fiery Soul of the Slayer - $26 |
| 3 | $50.00 | Exalted Frost Avalanche - $22 |
| 4 | $37.50 | |
| 5 | $37.50 | |
| 6 | $25.00 | |
| 7 | $25.00 | |
| 8 | $12,50 | |
| 9 | $12.50 | |
| 10 | $10.00 |
Groups for ESL One Frankfurt have been decided
The eight participating teams have been split in two groups and will play in a double elimination format to decide the seeds for the final act. Keep in mind that the first day of the event, Friday 17th will be played without live audience, with teams coming to the Commerzbank Arena on 18th and 19th of June.
Group A:
Group B:
Nanyang Championship #2: Empire are the EU representatives
The sixth invited team to the Nanyang Champion #2 has been decided after Empire's 3-1 victory over Virtus.Pro in the finals of the EU qualifiers.
Atuun retires, DeMoN steps in for Infamous
A couple of days ago Atuun announced his retirement via an emotional Facebook post and Infamous will replace him with Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho.
Infamous roster:
Alonso 'Kotar?' Lion
Alexis 'Greedy' Ventura
Steven 'StingeR' Vargas
Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho
Christian 'Accel' Cruz
According to Infamous CEO, Joe Ccasani, Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho will play position four and will move to Lima, Peru at the team’s gaming house, starting next month.
Manila Major groups announced, DC and Team Secret paired in group B
The eight participating teams have been split in two groups and will play in a double elimination format to decide the seeds for the final act. Keep in mind that the first day of the event, Friday 17th will be played without live audience, with teams coming to the Commerzbank Arena on 18th and 19th of June.
NA’VI decline Global Grand Masters invite
Announced only last week, the first edition of Global Grand Masters suffered a change to their directly invited teams list. Natus Vincere’s schedule for the upcoming two months will prevent them from playing at ProDota’s first large tournament.
Global Grand Masters directly invited teams:
Team Empire
Team Liquid
Alliance
Vega Squadron
The Summit 5: Virtus.Pro win the European qualifier
After a very good performance throughout phase two of the European qualifiers, the Greeks from Ad Finem fell short against Virtus.Pro in the Grand Finals. The Russians received a tier two invite for The Summit 5 regional qualifiers and had to fight their way to Los Angeles from the first phase of the competition. They’ve joined Team Empire, Ad finem and Alliance in phase two after a perfect run in the starting stage, where they didn’t drop a single game and then reached the grand finals from the upper bracket.
The Summit 5 participating teams:
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Digital Chaos
Wings Gaming
Fnatic
Virtus.Pro
The prodigal Swede returns: zai joins Kaipi as support player
In an interview shortly before TI5, Ludwig 'zai' Wahlberg announced that he would take a break from Dota following the tournament in order to complete his studies. Now, almost ten months later, zai’s return to Dota 2 has arrived. He joins Kaipi as their support player, replacing Cosmin 'Masakary' Nechifor. Kaipi's Manager Joe 'Joe' Eastham announced the news on Twitter.
Kaipi roster
Armand 'bone7' Pittner
Craciunescu 'ComeWithMe' Alexandru
WehSing 'SingSing' Yuen
Alaan'Bamboe' Faraj
Ludwig 'zai' Wahlberg
