Dota 2 Articles

Cloud9, Liquid among group leaders after hectic day 1

<p>Western teams Cloud9 and Team Liquid are among the front runners of the group stage after a busy 36-game day 1, which ended with four of the top six slots being held by western teams. A similar number of games will be played tomorrow.</p>

TI4 Day 2 results update - Fnatic, Cloud9, Newbee undefeated

<p>The first day of the TI4 groupstage is halfway over, and 12 matches have been played. So far, Fnatic, Cloud9 and Newbee are undefeated, taking down their two opponents convincingly. On the other hand, Arrow and LGD lost both their matches, and they currently sit at the bottom of the leaderboard.</p>

Day 1 Event Blog: Liquid the biggest surprise

<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>

TI4 Day 2: Group stage expectations and group stage schedule

<p>The International 4 is on its way, and we are now entering the second day. But what exactly are we expecting from this phase of the tournament? Read on to see more, including the games and casting schedule of the group stage&#39;s first day.</p>

'Ones to Watch' at TI4: Key Players who could make the difference

<p>With the biggest Dota 2 prize pool yet, TI4 promises to be an incredible tournament. Here are a few players to look out for who have the potential to make the biggest impact for their teams early on.&nbsp;</p>

Team Liquid takes down MVP to earn Wildcard spot in TI4

<p>In what seemed like an almost routine series of games, Team Liquid defeated the Korean representative MVP Phoenix in the grand final of the Wildcard playoffs. They will now join the rest of the teams in the groupstage of Phase Two.</p>

S4 is the TI4 Solo champion after a 2-1 victory against Ferrari_430

<p>With three victories against iceiceice, Arteezy and Ferrari_430, Alliance&#39;s s4 is the 2014 Solo champion! s4 will take the throne from his first opponent and last year&#39;s champion Iceiceice, and he will have to defend his title next year against new challengers.</p>

Liquid crushes CIS, will take on MVP Phoenix in the Play-In final

<p>With a dominant 2-0 performance against CIS, Team Liquid has managed to secure their spot in the finals of the Play-In series. They will now take on the Koreans MVP Phoenix for the precious spot in The International 4.</p>

MVP opens TI4 with exciting performance, knocks out Virtus.Pro

<p>Korean team MVP.Phoenix claims the first win of The International 4&#39;s LAN phase as they knocked out Russian team Virtus.Pro out of the competition. They will face the winner of the CIS-Liquid match-up, which is scheduled 21:30 CEST, in the finals of the wild card tournament.</p>

TI4 Day 1: Wildcard and Solo Championship

<p>The proverbial calm before the storm will end tonight, as the two-week The International 4 will commence tonight. Starting it off is its first phase, a four-team wildcard tournament wherein the winner will earn the final slot on the competition. The Solo Championship will also be held on day 1.</p>

TI4 Solo Championship and All-Star match

<p>In a tweet from David &#39;Luminous&#39; Zhang, the TI4 1v1 tournament participants have been revealed. In addition, the two teams for the All-star matches are Team Xboct and Team rOtk.</p>

Empire - A quest for dominance

<p>The International Dota 2 Championships 2014 is all set to begin on July 18th at Key Arena, Seattle. Nineteen teams will travel to Seattle out of which only sixteen will contest for the ever growing prize purse of a whopping $10,500,000. GosuGamers will be releasing team previews until the main event for The International 2014 begins, to offer an overview of the teams&#39; performance since The International 2013.</p>