Dota 2 Articles

Summit 3: Slow and steady wins the race for EG, LGD eliminated

<p>With caution and care, Evil Geniuses chipped away at LGD&#39;s towers to eliminate the Chinese team in fourth place from The Summit 3. EG is set to face the loser of Vici Gaming versus Secret tomorrow in the loser bracket final.</p>

Summit 3: Formidable Secret takes down EG, Secret to face VG

<p>Team Secret came back from the tiny disadvantage they had in both games to totally overrunning Evil Geniuses for the second winner bracket final spot. They will be facing Vici Gaming in the winner bracket final while Evil Geniuses will face LGD in the dreaded elimination game next.</p>

Xiao8: 'This will be my last TI'

<p>LGD&#39;s xiao8 talks to BeyondTheSummit talent interviewer Ken &#39;Hot_Bid&#39; Chen about women, his future and the western scene. In his closing speech, xiao8 mentions that his wife isn&#39;t happy with him returning to dota and thus he will retire after ti5.</p>

Summit 3: VG ends LGD 2-0 with a base race

<p>Vici Gaming, the 65% favourite coming into the match, outplayed LGD beautifully to secure their winner bracket final spot. They will be waiting to face the winner of Secret versus EG while LGD is one step away from elimination.</p>

ESL One Frankfurt 2015 talent lineup announced

<p>ESL have announced the talent lineup for the upcoming ESL One tournament, featuring most of the joinDota Staff and a few others.&nbsp;</p>

Summit 3: LGD wrecks iG 2-0 for the final playoffs spot

<p>Cleaning up iG in a convincing fashion in game one, LGD had a tougher game two against their countrymen but came out on top anyway. Winning the series 2-0, LGD will be heading to the playoffs in which they will face Vici Gaming in the first round.</p>

Dotapit S3 reaches $250,000 - final stretch goal released

<p>The online tournament, featuring world heavyweights such as Team Secret and Evil Geniuses, has reached it&#39;s final stretch goal thanks in large to a contribution of $181,000 from community members.</p>

Summer's Rift relegated to TI5 open qualifiers, eHug to replace

<p>BananaSlamJamma alleged on stream that his team has changed a player after receiving the TI5&nbsp; qualifier invite and will most likely have to go through the open qualifiers.</p>

Summit 3: Evil Geniuses get revenge over Cloud9

<p>After Rave falling to Evil Geniuses, they claim another victim in Cloud9 as they get their revenge for yesterday&#39;s defeat. EG moves on to the playoffs bracket.</p>

Summit 3: iG destroys NoT's Bristleback, NoT second to go

<p>Evidently coming into the tournament to gain experience, Not Today has learned a lot in terms of knowledge from these games, the Peruvians fought bravely but it was not enough to take down the Chinese juggernatus LGD and Invictus Gaming.</p>

Summit 3: Rave eliminated after intense fight vs EG

<p>After an intense match and what almost became the first third game series of The Summit so far, Evil Geniuses redeems after their harsh loss yesterday. Rave is the first team to get eliminated.</p>

The most notable teams in The International 5 open qualifiers

<p>The TI5&nbsp;open qualifiers don&#39;t only feature unknown teams, it features a plethora of Tier 2 teams across all regions that failed to get an invite for the regional qualifiers. Let&#39;s take a look at some of the teams.</p>