Dota 2 Articles

ESL Announces $ 1 Million USD Prize Pool for ESL One events

<p>ESL has decided to invest 1 million USD in Dota2 ESL One Tournaments. The first one of these tournaments will be ESL One Frankfurt 2015, which will be held in June. This will be followed by three more similar events with a prize pool of 250k USD.</p>

Major All Star EU qualifiers: final four teams ft. PR, Empire, Asus.Polar, NiP

<p>The Major All Star EU qualifiers are down to its last stages with only four games left to be played. After today&#39;s games, one of the finalist will be decided and one of the four teams left will be eliminated.</p>

NiP replace Apemother with coL's Limmp

<p>Ninjas in Pyjamas have adjusted their line-up in the current shuffle and have replaced midlaner Joel &#39;Apemother&#39; Larsson with Linus &#39;Limmp&#39; Blomdin.&nbsp;</p>

D2CL#5 : European round-robin groupstage begins

<p>The European groupstage of D2CL#5 kicks-off today with the first best-of-two match between Virtus.pro and Power Rangers. The eight challengers will attempt to grab one of the top-three positions of the group, which lead to the LAN playoffs of the tournament.</p>

Major All Star EU qualifiers: HR and NiP battling for survival

<p>The EU qualifiers continue today with two games in the loser bracket being played, teams like Meepwn&#39;d, NiP and HR will be battling it out in a best of three to determine whether they qualify for the $100,000 prize pool tournament.</p>

Canada Cup #4 playoffs start tonight with Wheels vs. Boreal eSports

<p>Canada Cup Season 4 is in full force and the playoffs are set to begin tonight with Wheel Wreck While Whistling takes on Boreal eSports in a bo3. It is just the first out of four quarter final matches which are scheduled to be played out over the course of the next two days.</p>

SingSing's new team and a revamped Team Fire enter ESL One Frankfurt qualifiers

<p>The open qualifier is fast approaching with over 350 teams currently signed up, including another new roster for Team Fire and Burden United featuring former members of Team Tinker, Zephyr, Alliance and Moscow 5 International.</p>

Questions raised over Synergy League's legitimacy

<p>Almost 3 months after the postponed LAN finals were due to take place, Cyborgmatt and Basically Unknown&#39;s manager Panda&lt;3 have taken to social media to bring up concerns over travel arrangements not being reimbursed and that the postponed LAN finals may never take place.</p>

D2CL returns for season 5, featuring LAN playoffs and $50,000 base prizepool

<p>The prestigious Western competition Dota2 Champions League is back for its fifth season, with a similar format and a $50,000 base prizepool. Much like the previous season, one Chinese and three European teams will advance to the LAN playoffs, through the extensive online round-robin qualifiers.</p>

Confusion over Team Fire's future after Dota Pit exit

<p>Despite Team Fire only recently forming a new roster, it has been a night of confusion for the team following Dota Pit&#39;s announcement of their departure from the qualifiers and sequential reports of their disbandment - only for DeMoN to claim the opposite. Power Rangers will replace the team in the qualifier.</p>

Iron Trophy to begin today, $3000 up for grabs

<p>Eight European squads will have the chance to get their hands on $3000 in the upcoming Iron Trophy cup. The matches of the tournament&#39;s single elimination bracket are scheduled to begin today, starting at 18:00 CET with Moscow Five and Vega Squadron.</p>

Post-DAC Chinese Shuffle 2015 Predictions

<p>With the ongoing Lunar New Year and all its festivities, GGnet&#39;s ISB takes a closer look at the Chinese scene that suffered a beating at the hands of Western teams during DAC. Which teams will make roster changes in the oncoming shuffle and who are the players facing a likely exit?&nbsp;</p>