Scheduled to start on September 6th, the Gaming Paradise LAN event just finished the line-up for the DotA 2 tournament. The last team to head over to Slovenia is 4Clovers&Lepricon.
Although Ludwig ‘zai’ Wåhlberg announced that he will step down for a while to continue his studies, today he sign up on the Majors registration list as a substitute for Evil Geniuses.
Roster shuffles have created changes for The Gaming Resorts LAN scheduled to be held in Portorož, Slovenia, between September 10-12. The finalized new lineup includes Team Secret, Virtus.Pro, Ninjas in Pyjamas, compLexity Gaming, Monkey Freedom Fighters, Arcade.PowerRangers and Golden Boys. There is only one more spot left available for a team to compete for the $50,000 prize pool.
Juan “VaNn” Tito, Freddy “SmAsH” Sina, Steven “StingeR” Vargas leave the Peruvian team Not Today. The trio of players will be remaining together under a new team, while the organization have already replaced the players to be announced September 1st.
Below is a translation of an article by Vitalii ‘v1lat’ Volochai, one of the most popular Dota 2 commentators on the CIS scene, adressing recent complaints and drama regarding quality of events organization.
moonduck.TV is a new studio and talent agency being spearheaded by Shannon ‘SUNSfan’ Scotten with the help of various well known Dota 2 personalities and talent such as Zyori, ODPixel, Draskyl, Purge, syndereN, Maut, PimpmuckL and SirActionSlacks.
Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi’s team – 5Jungs – is comprised of a mix of known professional players including Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen, Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka, Adrian “FATA-” Trinks and Ivan “MinD_ContRoL” Borislavov. The team will make their debut in just a few days for the ESL One New York Main Qualifiers.
With two days left before the Europe main qualifiers for ESL One New York will start, all the invited teams have been revealed along with a few format changes.