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Dota 28 years agoAndreea "divushka" Esanu

Manila Major panel announced

The third Major starts in less than two weeks with some of usual suspects missing from the talent line up, but with quite a few new names brought in to give us their insights and knowledge about the competitors.

Returning in his hosting chair will be Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner, leading the team for the third time at a Valve event, while Jacob 'SirActionSlacks' Kanner will make his debut as interviewer at a premier event.

Neither Jorien 'Sheever' van der Heijden nor Dakota 'KotLGuy' Cox will be part of the Manila Major broadcast team.  As for casters, William 'Blitz' Lee, Troels 'syndereN' Nielsen, Andrew 'Zyori' Campbell and Vitalii 'v1lat' Volochai are the four big missing names from the list. According to a tweet made immediately after the official announcement, v1lat will sit this one out due to personal reasons. However, he will be commentating the group stage remotely .

Casters and Hosts:

Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner
Jacob 'SirActionSlacks' Kanner
Austin 'Capitalist' Walsh
Toby 'Tobiwan' Dawson
Andrew Lee 'Draskyl' Stiles
Owen 'ODPixel' Davies
David 'Godz' Parker
David 'LD' Gorman
Ben 'Merlini' Wu
Niklas 'Wagamama' Hogstrom
Travis 'Maut' Bueno

On the analyst desk for the first time at an official Valve event are Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier, Ioannis 'Fogged' Loucas and the ex Evil Geniuses manager, Charlie 'Charlie' Yang. Both Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Andersen and Sébastien '7ckingMad' Debs will not be part of this Major’s team.

Analyst Desk:

Chan 'Winter' Litt-Binn
Kevin 'Purge' Godec
Alan 'Nahaz' Bester
Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier
Ioannis 'Fogged' Loucas
Charlie 'Charlie' Yang

Observers:

Johan 'Weppas' Westberg
Rikard Holm 'Skrff' Melin
Travis 'Maut'Bueno

The Manila Major main event will kick off on June 7th at the Mall of Asia Arena but a group stage will be played behind closed doors a few days ahead. Dates, groups draws and full schedule are yet to be announced.

source:  themanilamajor.com
title image source ESL One

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