Despite Team Fire only recently forming a new roster, it has been a night of confusion for the team following Dota Pit'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.
The constant roster shuffles look to continue after a bizarre day of mixed reports coming from one of the top American teams. The team had only announced a new roster towards the start of the month and already serious questions have been raised over the future of the team. Only a few hours ago it was announced that Team Fire had withdrawn from Dota Pit Season 3 and shortly afterwards reports followed of their disbandment. The team haven't played competitively since their shock loss to eHug in the Major All Stars American qualifiers on February 18th and were placed at the bottom of Group A with a single loss in the Dota Pit Season 3 qualifiers before they announced their departure.
Sadly Team Fire! is withdrawing from Dotapit Season 3.
— DotaPit.com (@DotaPit) February 20, 2015
And this is where things got confusing. Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho who was recently brought into the team took to Twitter to first deny claims that the team had disbanded claiming 'miscommunication'. He later contacted Dota Pit over Twitter to try and get their spot in the qualifiers back. With a match scheduled for later today it has been revealed that DeMoN's attempt at reclaiming their spot has failed and Power Rangers will replace the team in the competition.
Roster issues seem to be a major factor in their withdrawal, with Chris 'Ush' Usher seen standing in for Team Tinker in the MLG Pro League qualifiers and Team Fire competing in the MLG Pro League without Ush and captain Brian 'FLUFFNSTUFF' Lee on the same night. The team instead competed with stand-ins Artour 'Arteezy' Babaev and Secret Team coach Theeban '1437' Siva.
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