Dota 2 news week in review: July 26th

For those who might have missed the most important news from the past week in the competitive Dota 2 scene, here is a short recap.

Na’Vi become StarLadder Champions for the seventh time

Less than two weeks before The International 6 to kick off Na’Vi secures their first LAN trophy since November 2014 by defeating Team Secret with a final 3-1 game score in the SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Grand Finals.

StarLadder i-League Star Series Season 2 final standings:

1st place, $135,000 - Natus Vincere
2nd place, $60,000 - Team Secret
3rd place, $37,500 - Fnatic
4th place, $22,500 - F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
5th-6th place, $15,000 - Digital Chaos, Evil Geniuses
7th-8th place, $7,500 - compLexity Gaming, CDEC Youth

September’s visa rejected for the fourth time, LGD seeks permission from Valve to use their sub

As the time flies quickly and the teams are expected to be in Seattle by the end of this week, LGD is now forced to attend The International 6 with their coach and substitute player at the same time, Wang 'Banana' Jiao as September’s application for US visa got denied four times.

Extras form LGD’s weibo post:

We regret to announce that team's fourth position support player, September, visa still has not went through and will be unable to represent LGD at TI6. In these hard trying times, we have sent a request to Valve to use our substitute. We have decided to use TI4's champion support - who is also our current coach - Banana to replace September. We hope that this veteran can use his experience and skill to help control the damage. The team will leave for Seattle on the 30th of July ”

Nahaz becomes compLexity’s Coach

compLexity Gaming, who are one of a few teams to lack a coach or an analyst for their Dota 2 squad will now have on their side one of the most important Dota 2 statisticians to help them figure out their opponents in the TI6 Wildcards.

To many people Nahaz may seem like an odd choice for a coaching position, but to myself and our team, he was the only choice. Nahaz is extremely intelligent, well spoken, hard working, and his mature approach and attitude extends to the way in which he works with our team. What he may lack in professional experience in the booth, Alan more than makes up for with his preparation, statistical analysis, and ultimately the way in which he enhances our team’s ability to prepare and improve. I could not be more happy to welcome Nahaz on board for The International.” - compLexity General Manager Kyle 'Beef' Bautista

Mineski signs the legendary Singaporean star Meracle

Only five days after they announced the addition of Michael 'ninjaboogie' Ross to their squad, Mineski made  a new roster change adding  Gavin 'Meracle' Kang . Meracle, known for his amazing split push capability on heroes like Anti Mage and Naga Siren, will play the carry role for Mineski, meaning that Ryan Jay 'Bimbo' Qui will move back in his mid role.

Current Mineski roster from position 1 to 5:

Gavin 'Meracle' Kang
Ryan Jay 'Bimbo' Qui
Jun 'Bokerino' Kanehara
Julius 'Julz' De Leon
Michael 'ninjaboogie' Ross

Valve issue ceases and desist papers to twenty-three gambling websites

Valve have finally issued cease and desist papers to a total of twenty-three online skin gambling websites. The aforementioned websites are given 10 days to close shop, after which "Valve will pursue all available remedies including without limitation terminating your accounts."

Below you will find a list of websites Valve have contacted, as well as a transcript of the cease and desist:
 

Csgolounge.com	Csgobig.com	Csgostrong.com	Csgofast.com	Csgodouble.com	Csgosweep.com
Csgo500.com	Csgomassive.com	Csgocosmos.com	Csgobattle.com	Csgocasino.net	Skins2.com
Csgo2x.com	Csgopot.com	Csgohouse.com	Csgowild.com	Csgoatse.com	Bets.gg
Csgodiamonds.com	Societylogin.com	Dota2lounge.com	Csgocrash.com	Csgolotto.com

 

Dear Sirs,

Re: Violations of Steam Subscriber Agreement

We are aware that you are operating one of the gambling sites listed below. You are using Steam Accounts to conduct this business. Your use of Steam is subject to the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement ("SSA"). http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/. Under the SSA Steam and Steam services are licensed for personal, non-commercial use only. Your commercial use of Steam accounts is unlicensed and in violation of the SSA. You should immediately cease and desist further use of your Steam accounts for any commercial purpose. If you fail to do this within ten (10) days Valve will pursue all available remedies including without limitation terminating your accounts.

Karl Quackenbush

General Counsel, Valve Corp.”

*The original cease and desist may be found here.

Pro Gaming League 2016: MVP.Phoenix takes home the victory

Taking place on the same weekend as the Starladder i-League season 2 LAN finals, the Pro Gaming League summer 2016, featuring six Chinese teams, one SEA and one Korean team, had its LAN finals in Wuhan, China. The tournament featured a $100,000 prize pool split between the top three. The first place finishers, MVP.P, will be receiving the $50,000 first place prize, CDEC, the $30,000 second place prize and IG.V, the $20,000 third place prize.