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.
Wings Gaming and Digital Chaos are the only two teams directly invited to Dota Pit Season 5
For their fifth season, Dota Pit decided to grant only two direct invites, Wings Gaming and Digital Chaos, while hosting a must-watch regional qualifiers.
A total of 18 teams have been invited to fight for their spot in the Dota Pit 5 main event, and six more are joining them from the open qualifiers. The regional qualifiers will be held in a GSL group stage format with winners of each group claiming a ticket for the LAN finals.
Dota Pit # 5 regional qualifiers groups:
| Europe 1 | Europe 2 | CIS |
|---|---|---|
 Alliance |  Team Secret |  Vega Squadron |
 Kaipi |  Ad Finem | Virtus Pro |
| OG | Team Liquid |  Natus Vincere |
 ALTERNATE aTTaX | FlipSide Tactics |
| North America | South East Asia | China |
|---|---|---|
 compLexity Gaming |  Mineski |  Invictus Gaming |
| Evil Geniuses |  Fnatic | Newbee |
| NP |  MVP Phoenix | Vici Gaming |
| wwd | Execration | EHOME |
ReDeYe will not be hosting The Boston Major
After a streak of big events, hosted by ESL and Valve, including TI6, ReDeYe has become a beloved host in the eyes of the Dota 2 community, both for his style and commitment to the scene. It was almost expected for him to continue his role in all major Valve events, but his streak of Dota 2 hosting will end with the Boston Major. In his Facebook post he explains, that it was Valve’s decision to try someone new.
Boston Major tickets goes on sale
Tickets for the upcoming Boston Major in December will be split into two cost categories: $20 and $40. The $20 tickets are for one day admission while the $40 tickets are used for admission on the day of the Grand Finals. The tickets can be bought via ticketmaster.com, the Citi Performing Arts Center Box Office located at 270 Tremont Street, Boston, or calling (800) 982-ARTS (2787). Ticket sales begin on the 14th of October at 16:00 CEST.
Moonduck debuts replay casting scheme
The replay casting scheme allows fans to have their replays casted by select Moonduck casters in exchange for payment. Moonduck's replay casting scheme started last week, and has been welcomed with a warm reception. Replay casting services, capped at five per week for each caster, are currently sold out for three of the four casters participating in the scheme. These commentators were offering their services for $25 at this link.
Extract from Moonduck's announcement:
Team Faceless book their tickets to The Summit 6
Using The Summit 6 SEA qualifiers for their debut at the start of the week, iceiceice's new team, Team Faceless, has taken first place after an impressive run. Staying in the upper bracket for the entirety of the qualifier, and wining the grand finals with one game to spare, Team Faceless will be representing the SEA region in The Summit 6 LAN finals, where they will be competing for a $100,000 base prize pool.
Wings Gaming mark their first LAN victory after TI6
As expected, Newbee and Wings Gaming had no problems reaching the grand finals. Wings Gaming did what they know best and won the tournament with a final 2-1 score and 15 different heroes picked. In contrast, Newbee insisted on an infest bomb tactic for all three games. For the first game of the series they went with Lifestealer - Axe, in the second game it was Lifestealer - Storm Spirit, a combo that actually pushed the series to a decisive game three. The last game featured the Lifestealer - Batrider combo for Newbee, but Wings’ Morphling - Invoker split push strategy worked perfectly.
