The European and North American casting hubs for The International Dota 2 Championship 2014 qualifiers have been revealed and are ready to bring us an amazing viewing experience.
Few hours ago, invitations were rolled out by Valve for The International Dota 2 Championship 2014 to be held at Key Arena, Seattle from July 18 to 21. Eleven teams were directly invited to the main event whilst another piece of information was revealed regarding the regional qualifiers.
Four regional qualifiers will be held within a span of 16 days which will determine the final outcome of the teams qualifying for the grand event. With great event, comes great entertainment and you are in for a treat as the list of casters covering the the qualifiers have been revealed.
Primarily, the coverage has been divided into 2 casting hubs; Europe and North America. With a different approach this time around, GD Studio will be leading the helm for the European hub enlisting the services of all famous casting personalities at one place. YES, you heard it right! All casters will head down to Sweden to provide the much needed entertainment whilst the GD Studio will rebuild their basement into casting hub to provide adequate space and setup a 24x7 livestream in their living room.
The casters for the European hub are:
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Andy 'Draskyl' Stiles
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Toby 'Tobiwan' Dawson
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David 'Lumi' Zhang
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Jorien 'Sheever' Van Der Heijden
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Austin 'Capitalist' Walsh
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Ted 'Pyrion' Forsyth
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Shane 'Shaneomad' Clarke
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Bruno 'Bruno' Carlucci
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James '2GD' Harding
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Jess 'Ruckus' Brohard
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Salome Soe 'Soe' Gschwind-Penski
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Jacob 'Maelk' Toft Andersen
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Rickard 'Skrff' Holm-Melin
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Johan 'Weppas' Westberg
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Niklas 'Wagamama' Högström
Meanwhile, the North American hub will comprise of BeyondTheSummit, D2L and DotaCinema. They will also be providing livestream for all four qualifiers besides producing extra content on and off the live stream and bringing in additional support and expertise from D2L production guru Conrad.
The casters for the North American hub are:
- Aaron "Ayesee" Chambers
- Ioannis "Fogged" Loucas
- Troels "syndereN" Nielsen
- David "LD" Gorman
- David "GoDz" Parker
- Shannon "SUNSfan" Scotten
- Andrew "Zyori" Campbell
- Bryan "kpoptosis" Herren
- Cameron "Basskip" Scott
- Travis "Maut" Bueno
- Ben "Merlini" Wu
The propect of the combined efforts of all esports personalities in order to bring a top notch viewing experience for the community is refreshing and rejuvenating at the same time. Symbolising strong unity for a common cause rather than being competitiors is definitely the right way to move forward.
