Dota 2 Articles

StarLadder schedule announced

<p><span style="font-family:tahoma;">StarLadder Star Series Season VII LAN Finals are only a few short days away with a total of $22,500 in prizemoney up for grabs. Games are due to kick off on the 10th of October at 15:00 CEST and run until the 13th of October, with the Grand Finals set to be played at 18:00 CEST.</span></p>

RoX.KIS replaces Flipside.Quantic in Star Series VII playoffs, FATA in no condition to play

<p>Flipside.Quantic has pulled out of Star Series VII playoffs because FATA-&#39;s is in no condition to play. RoX.KIS will be replacing Flipside.Quantic and will face Alliance in the first round.</p>

Virtus.Pro welcome back Ars-Art; Goblak and Resolut1on out of the team

<p><span style="font-family:tahoma;">The culmination of rumours about the future of Virtus.Pro&#39;s Dota 2 team has come to a head, as the rift within the team has lead to the exit of Artour &#39;Goblak&#39; Kostenko and Roman &#39;Resolut1on&#39; Fominok, making way for the return of Sergey &#39;Ars-Art&#39; Revin and a as of yet unnamed player, most likely to take up either the carry or off-lane role.</span></p>

LightOfHeaven sheds light on VP's dilemma

<p>With Virtus.Pro just hours away from making a roster change, we thought it will be interesting to translate a Russian interview performed by Maelstrom over Twitch to shed light on what went wrong in the star-studded VP dream team. Who else is better to talk about VP than one time The International winner, LightOfHeaven?</p>

Week's best VODs: October 1-7

<p>Na`Vi, DK and the best of Chinese DotA come together with the best games of the Season 3 World Championship playoffs in the latest edition of Week&#39;s Best VODs.</p>

Take 5 replaces Team Liquid in Prime Dota 2 Cup

<p>Postponed due to DotaTV ticket issues with Valve, the Electronic Sports Prime Dota 2 Cup has released a new bracket and new schedule for their tournament. Take Five will also be replacing Team Liquid in the tournament.</p>

Empire and PowerRangers represents Europe in ESWC

<p>Fresh off their second place finish in the regular season of Starladder, Team Empire carried their great performance over to ESWC European qualifiers and took down a couple of strong teams like Super Strong Dinosaurs and Team Life before defeating PowerRangers, their grand final opponent, in straight games.</p>

Take Five qualifies for EMS One after defeating EG in a five game thriller

<p>Take Five took down Evil Geniuses in a five-game thriller to qualify for EMS One offline playoffs later this year. Take Five is the third team to qualify for the playoffs after Fnatic and Na`Vi.</p>

Na`Vi and RoX.KiS advance through Group D of WePlay

<p><span style="font-family:tahoma;">In a group that came down to the wire it wasn&#39;t until the very last set of games today that RoX.KiS secured their spot alongside Na`Vi for the playoffs of the WePlay tour, as Fnatic failed to recover from a disasterous early run in the tournament.</span></p>

TongFu moves to second place in WPC-ACE League

<p>Winning their match-up against LGD.Int earlier today, TongFu moved up to tie Invictus Gaming at second place in the standings of WPC-ACE League. DK did not have much trouble retaining the top spot with two easy wins against RisingStars</p>

EG takes on Demon and co. in EMS NA qualifier final tonight

<p><span style="font-family:tahoma;">The final leg of the RaidCall EMS One North America path is set to be played tonight, as Evil Geniuses match up against their former proteg&eacute; Jimmy &#39;DeMoN&#39; Ho&#39;s&nbsp;new army, Take Five, in a best-of-five series to determine who will be the North American representative at the Fall Season LAN Finals.</span></p>

Retirement - How will the players handle it?

<p>Cyberathletes are often&nbsp;the subject of envy.&nbsp;Millions of fans worldwide, making headlines every few weeks, recognition when they walk on the street -- their fame does not stop growing. What will happen if we take that all away as they hit retirement age? This article investigates the options these professional gamers have after they retire from the competitive scene and discuss why it is not very viable to stay in Esports. We also hope the piece would serve as a wake-up call for the young budding players all over the world to think about their future.</p>