Dota 2 Articles

Cloud9 sends LGD to Lower Bracket, will now face DK for Upper Bracket spot

<p>After a 2-1 final score in the best-of-three series, Cloud9 managed to defeat LGD to reach their final battle of Phase III against DK. LGD, who managed to eliminate Liquid earlier today, will now move to the Lower Bracket of the TI4 Main Event.</p>

Liquid eliminated, LGD moving on to face Cloud9

<p>LGD continued their strong play to salvage a dismal first day, defeating Liquid 2-0 and securing a top 8 finish on The International 4. They will be going up against Cloud9 on the second round of the bubble race.</p>

Day 5 Event Blog: Liquid melting

<p>Join Mervyn &#39;ItchyScratchyBalls&#39; Tan as he blogs about his experience at the main event hall at the TI4 Group Stage, including short text interviews with the players in between matches!</p>

How did Alliance fare so badly at TI4? What went wrong?

<p>Whether you love, hate or love to hate the Alliance, they undeniably are (or perhaps &lsquo;used to be&rsquo; now) one of the best teams in the world. They had a rough start to TI4, but pulled back on day two. Now they have crashed out of the tournament, so what went wrong for this innovative European team?</p>

Caster schedule for remaining TI4 games released

<p>The International 2014 groupstage has come to an conclusive end, with Phase 3 expected to begin in less than seven hours. Valve has further released information pertaining to the allocation of casters to the remainder of the games for rest of The International.</p>

Day 5 preview: Seeding for main event, One more elimination

<p>With the group stages wrapped up TI continues into Phase Three, which will see the Lower Bracket and Winner&#39;s Bracket determined by a series of best of three matches. There will also be one more team eliminated from the competition determined by the loser of the first game of the day.&nbsp;</p>

Newbee come out on top in tie break, Mouz eliminated

<p>The results of the tiebreaker were Newbee winning two games, LGD winning one and Mouz not managing to take a game. This result puts Newbee through in 9th place in the group with LGD in 10th. Mousesports are eliminated from the tournament after a solid effort with a young team.&nbsp;</p>

Alliance eliminated, Mouz forces tiebreakers with LGD and Newbee

<p>The TI4 groupstage matches have just concluded, with defending champions Alliance being eliminated from the competition by Evil Geniuses. Through their impressive 16-minute victory against Liquid, Mousesports are now tied with LGD and Newbee for the 9th and 10th slot that leads to Phase 3.</p>

Alliance and DK victorious, all hell breaks loose in final groupstage round

<p>The final round of the TI4 groupstage is upon us, and the remaining games can have a massive impact on the final standings. After their victory against Na&#39;Vi, Alliance now has a final chance of survival against EG, who need a victory to secure the second place and a ticket to the Winners Bracket of the main event.</p>

LGD wins match against C9; Empire, Fnatic and Na`Vi.US eliminated

<p>LGD wins an important match against Cloud9, efficively eliminating Empire, Na`Vi.US and Fnatic who all cannot reach seven wins anymore. Na`Vi and Titan also secured a trip into the next phase as they won their respective matches.</p>

Day 4 Event Blog: Short Interview with 71

<p>Join Mervyn &#39;ItchyScratchyBalls&#39; Tan as he blogs about his experience at the main event hall at the TI4 Group Stage, including short text interviews with the players in between matches!</p>

Groups - Day 3 - Scenes and highlights

<p>Similar to the previous days, we also have collected a few scenes and highlight from last night&#39;s matches. Lots of beautiful ultra kills!</p>