Europe
Alexander 'XBOCT' Dashkevich
Gleb 'Funn1k' Lipatnikov
Weh 'SingSing' Yuen
Pittner 'bOne7' Armand
Dominik 'Black^' Rietmeier
Artsiom 'fng' Barshack
Sergey 'God' Bragin
Ilya 'IllidanSTR' Pivcaev
Andrey 'MAg-' Chipenko
When you think of Europe, the first names that pop into your mind regarding their presence at the Internationals are Alexander 'XBOCT' Dashkevich and Gleb 'Funn1k' Lipatnikov. XBOCT(present at all TIs) and Funn1k (present at TI2,3 and 4) will miss TI6 due to the that fact Team Spirit fell to Team Toast at the Open European Qualifiers in a BO1. XBOCT made his debut alongside Danil 'Dendi' Ishutin and Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov at TI1, where they easily cruised through the Upper Bracket, facing EHOME in Grand Finals, and winning 3-1. XBOCT and NA`VI had an almost identical run at TI2, but fell to Invictus Gaming in Grand Final, while Funn1k was playing for Darer and was knocked out of the tournament by Team DK.
As their popularity grew, at The International 2013 NA`VI faced Alliance in an intense BO5 Grand Final with Funn1k and XBOCT playing together again. At TI4, NA`VI had a short run, being eliminated by Cloud9 in the Lower Bracket. Funn1k's and XBOCT's last performance together with the Ukrainian squad was at TI5, which famously didn't end well for NA'VI, and TI6 will be the first time the tournament has not been graced by one or both of these legends.
Two other big names to mention for Europe are Weh 'SingSing' Yuen and Pittner 'b0ne7' Armand, both well known players from Cloud9. At TI2, SingSing played alongside Dominik 'Black^' Rietmeier and Kuro 'Kuroky' Takhasomi for mousesports, where they didn't progress past the first round of the Lower Bracket. Their first International together was TI4 under the Cloud9 banner. The team started in the Lower Bracket where they beat NA`VI 2-1, but lost to the TI2 champions, Invictus Gaming. During TI5, SingSing was playing for Burden United, but he lost the chance of particiapting at the biggest event of the year, in the European Open Qualifiers againts Ninjas in Pijamas.
b0ne7, on the other hand, was still playing with Cloud9 and received a direct invite to TI5. At the main event, the team started in the Upper Bracket and got knocked down to the Lower Bracket by the Wild Card team, CDEC.Gaming. Cloud9's performance in the Lower Bracket was short, the team was eliminated from TI by Vici Gaming.
After TI5, b0ne7 and SingSing united their forces once again in Kaipi, where they made it to the 16th round of the first European Open Qualifiers, then lost to the Macedonian team Global Challengers. The team failed to achieve victory in the second European Qualifiers versus E-Lab, taking away their chance to compete further in the event.
Artsiom 'fng' Barshack, Sergey 'G' Bragin and Ilya 'IllidanSTR' Pivcaev will also be missing this year's TI. Illidan made his debut at TI3 with Virtus.Pro, via direct invite. The team's evolution in the event was a short one, eliminated by Team Zenith in the Lower Bracket. The following year, G joined the squad and participated at the qualifiers forTI4.
In 2015, fng joined Virtus.Pro and became the captain, leading the team into TI5. The Russians received a direct invite to the main event, but started off in the Lower Bracket where they faced Fnatic, compLexity Gaming, Team Secret and were later eliminated by LGD Gaming by 2-0. Later that year, Illidan departed from Virtus.pro and participated at the European Open Qualifiers for TI6 with Fantastic Five. His performance was limited, the team was eliminated by Escape Gaming. Fng and G continued to play for Virtus.Pro but 2016 proved to be extremly tough year for them and VP had to play regional qualifers for TI6, where they got knocked out by Vega Squadron, event after which the team disbanded.
Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier is another big name that will miss TI6. Black^ played for mousesports at TI2, where his team only managed to win in the group stage. In the main event his team started in the Lower Bracket and was eliminated by EHOME.cn. The following year's TI wasn't a good one either for mousesports , starting off in the Lower Bracket again they fell against LGD International. In 2014, Black^ joined CIS Game, a Chinese eSports Club with no big achievements. Since his deaprture from China he struggled to find a stable team, missing TI5 as well.
This year, the German player joined forces with Austin 'DotaCapitalist', William 'Blitz', Ben 'Merlini' Wu and Ioannis 'Fogged' Loucas and participated in the TI6 American Open Qualifiers as Vegetables Esports Club. The team failed to qualify for the tournament as they were defeated by EG Bulba.
Andrey 'MAg-' Chipenko, currently playing for Vega Squadron, will not be present at TI6 due to the fact that his team was ousted by the Greeks from Ad Finem in the Regional Qualifiers for Europe. His first International was back in 2012, tournament where he played alongside Funn1k and got eliminated by Team DK. The Ukrainian player missed TI3, but for TI4 he joined Team Empire. In 2015, MAg- was playing for Vega Squadron and cruised through the European Open Qualifiers for TI5, until they were eliminated by MVP.Phoenix in Wildcards lower bracket final. T
China
Bai 'rOtk' Fa
Xu 'BurNing' Zhilei
Liu 'Sylar' Jia
Luo 'Ferrari_430' Fei
Bai 'rOtk' Fan, Xu 'BurNing' Zhilei, Liu 'Sylar' Jia Jun and Luo 'Ferrari_430' Fei Chi are the four veteran players to mention regarding participation and performances at TIs. During TI2, Burning and rOtk were playing for Team DK, while Sylar was at LGD Gaming and Ferrari_430 with Invictus Gaming. Team DK were knocked into the Lower Bracket by the TI1 champions, NA`VI and had a good run there until they lost to IG in Round 5. As for Sylar and his team, they started in the Upper Bracket, lost against NA`VI, then against Ferrari_430's IG, eliminating them from the tournament. Ferrari_430 and his team find themselfs facing NA`VI in the Grand Finals, where they claimed the TI2 champions title.
In 2013, the players sticked to their teams from TI2, but this time all three teams started in the Upper Bracket. LGD fell to Alliance, then got ousted by Team Liquid in the Lower Bracket. rOtk and BurNing's Team DK lost to Alliance as well, later to be eliminated by Orange Esports. Ferrari_430's team was sent in the Lower Bracket by TongFu.
The following year, only BurNing and Ferrari_430 to participated at TI4 with Team DK respectively IG, while rOtk and Sylar joined forces at VG. IG were eliminated fast in the Lower Bracket by LGD. Team DK were sent to the Lower Bracket by Evil Geniuses, while Vici Gaming fell to the TI4 champions, Newbee. The two teams ended up facing each other, rOtk and Sylar's team proving to be the strongest. Later in the tournament, VG were defeated by Newbee.
After TI4, many players including BurNing and rOtk joined Big Gods, a team formed entirely of players who retired, while Ferrari_430 was still sticking with IG. At TI5, Sylar was playing for LGD, rOtk joined EHOME earlier in 2015 and Burning joined Ferrari_430 at Invictus Gaming. Both LGD Gaming and EHOME.cn started in the Upper Bracket, while VG and IG in the Lower Bracket. The four teams had an amazing performance, facing each other in spectacular games, and the last one standing, LGD, was eliminated from the tournament by EG.
The following year, Sylar, BurNing and rOtk combined their energy for VG and participated at The Chinese Qualifiers where they lost to their younger rivals, Vici Gaming Reborn and lost their opportunity to play at TI6. Ferrari_430 didn't succeed either with IG at their run for TI6, losing to VG in the Regional Qualifiers.
South East Asia
Lim 'hyhy' Han
Ng Wei 'YamateH' Poong
Although he's been not so active in the last period, Benedict Lim 'hyhy' Han Yong participated at TI1 with Scythe Gaming. The team started in the Upper Bracket, but lost to NA`VI. Hyhy's team faced EHOME in the Lower Bracket, but didn't succeed and were eliminated from the tournament. At TI2, hyhy joined Team Zenith and played alongside Jonathan 'Loda' Berg and Daryl 'iceiceice' Pei Xiang. After falling to LGD in the Upper Bracket, the team were knocked out of the tournament by Team DK. In 2016, hyhy rejoined the competitive scene with White Fries Gaming , but ended up as 5th position in the SEA regional Qualifiers for TI6.
Ng Wei 'YamateH' Poong, currently playing for Orange.Taring in Malaysia, participated at TI2 as a player from Orange Esports. His team started in the Upper Bracket, but lost to Sylar's team, sending them to face CLG and EHOME, and eliminating them from the competition. In 2014, Yamateh joined Chong Xin 'Ohaiyo' Khoo in Titan, but were knocked out of TI4 during phase three of the tournament. In 2016, Orange made a come-back in collaboration with Team Taring, later to become Orange.Taring, the largest Dota 2 sponsorship by a Malaysian organization.
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