CMD368 CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCED WITH $20,000 PRIZE POOL


UCC has partnered with Chinese betting website CMD368 to host an online competition with $20,000 in prize money. The CMD368 Championship will run from January 21-27 and ill feature eight teams, seven hailing from Europe plus Mongolian side AUGUST, who are trying out Bold "ncl" Batsuh and Yesuntumur "nin9" Gantulga in a bootcamp in Moscow. The tournament will also mark the debut of the new SMASH roster, more than a month after it was formally unveiled by the Belgian organization. The eight sides have been split into two GSL groups, with the top two teams from both groups progressing to the playoffs, which will also feature a double-elimination bracket. Below is the complete participants' list for the CMD368 Championship: Group A  ALTERNATE aTTaX  GamerLegion  SKADE  Tricked Group B  AUGUST  Na`Vi...

DREAMLEAGUE LEIPZIG MAJOR DAY 1 RECAP


Credits : Kurt Lozano | January 19, 2020 The first day of the Leipzig Major saw both expected outcomes and surprising upsets. The first day of the DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major Group Stage has ended, with the top teams already beginning to separate themselves from the rest of the competition. Here’s how things went down in each of the groups: Group A Still fresh off their win at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor to secure the last spot at the Major, Nigma Esports defeated MDL Chengdu Major champions TNC Predator, 2-1. Despite an impressive showing from TNC carry Kim “Gabbi” Villafuerte in game one, Nigma prevailed on the back of masterful performances by Aliwi “w33” Omar with Outworld Devourer in the...

Alliance pushed Virtus.Pro to the edge in the Major debut series!


DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major is the first 2019-20 Dota Pro Circuit tournament for Virtus.pro, who entered the new season with a revamped roster. Alliance were VP’s first adversaries in the group stage play, and the Europeans managed to cut through the rather sloppy CIS team with a clean 2-0. Interestingly enough, it was none of the two newcomers of Virtus.pro who underperformed in the series, but rather the veteran mid laner Vladimir “None” Minenko, who had one of the worst days of his professional career. In game one he flopped on a mid lane Magnus, missing a few ultimates, and when he finally got a three-man Reverse Polarity in a Roshan contest team fight, he skewered all heroes...

Round 1, 40 seconds TKO by Conor McGregor on Donald Cerrone!


The top of the UFC 246 billing just closed out with Conor McGregor running right through Donald Cerrone, scoring a TKO in a sporty 40-seconds. He blasted Cowboy with a ferocious head kick and didn’t let him off the hook. He landed a swarm of strikes until the referee pulled him off. This is McGregor’s first win since November of 2016. As for Cowboy, this makes three-straight losses for the longtime veteran. This bout delivered as advertised, being fireworks from start to the quick finish. McGregor busted open Cerrone with a series of shoulder punches from the clinch. He then blasted Cowboy with a killer head kick that wobbled him. McGregor pounced on Cowboy against the cage, forcing him to...

Nigma off to a hot start in the Leipzig Major group stage


A Major champion vs Minor Champion series opened the second Major tournament of the season, as TNC Predator were pitted against Nigma in the first series of group A of DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major. Nigma were the last to join the 16 team line-up of this Major after a hard fought victory through the lower bracket rounds at the Bukovel Minor 2020. Their games weren’t exactly clean at the Minor, and not many were ready to jump on the hype train, even though they claimed the trophy last week to secure themselves a spot at the Major. Their struggles are not over yet, given the loss against TNC in the opening game. The SEA champions outmaneuvered Nigma with...

Team Secret kick of the Leipzig Major with a huge victory


DreamLeague Season 13 got underway a short time ago with the first games of the Major kicking off and for Group B it was a gigantic series between Team Secret and Vici Gaming to start things off. In the last season of the Dota 2 Pro Circuit, both Secret and VG were neck-to-neck in Major titles with two a piece by the time The International 2019 came around. This season saw Secret skip out on the first Minor/Major rotation, while VG were able to claim a valiant second place at MDL Chengdu. When last the two juggernauts met, it was VG who sent Secret packing from the ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational and now they would have a...

forZe confirm Na’Vi enquiry for FL1T


forZe have confirmed that there has been an enquiry from Natus Vincere for Evgeny "FL1T" Lebedev. In a Twitlonger post, forZe confirmed a formal approach from Na`Vi, who are reportedly in the market for a rifler to replace Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács as the Slovakian AWPer has failed to impress since his return to the team, in August. forZe stressed that any organisation will have to meet FL1T's buyout clause as they have no intention of selling the player, who, according to them, is also happy to stay on. "There were no offers made and no amount discussed," forZe added. "There was no pressure from us or from the Na`Vi management. "We also spoke to FL1T and it became clear to all of us that he has decided to stay with us. "We are asking for speculation and conjecture...

ABLEJ JOINS W7M ON LOAN


W7M have added Rinaldo "ableJ" Moda Junior to their roster as part of a six-month long loan arrangement with FURIA Inagame. ableJ joins the Brazilian organization as a replacement for Leon "ryotzz" Felipe, who found his two year tenure with W7M brought to an end at the close of 2019. In the interim, the team utilized former player Lucas "YJ" Yuji as they looked to earn a spot at the WESG 2019 Brazil Finals through the online qualifier. There, W7M were quickly sent packing following a 1-2 loss to Lincoln "fnx" Lau's RED Canids, who went on to secure qualification for the event themselves. The 21-year-old former FURIA player spent just over three months playing under the organization's academy roster, competing in the Aorus League in Brazil and more recently failing to qualify for Brasileirão Season 2 through Relegation. ableJ is the second player to...

ZELLSIS, DAZZLE LEAVE SINGULARITY


Singularity have parted ways with Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro and Will "dazzLe" Loafman, the organisation has announced. The departure of the two players comes after a recent period in which the team failed to achieve any form of success, with Singularity crashing out of the IEM Katowice open qualifiers and DreamHack Open Leipzig closed qualifier in the quarter-final stage. dazzLe had joined up with Singularity in October, when the entire team went through a roster overhaul before ESL Pro League Season 10 Americas, while Zellsis was recruited a month later to replace Collin "wrath" McSweegan. "We have not been able to grind the results we would have liked to accomplish," Singularity CEO Atle S. Stehouwer said in a statement. After the holiday break the dynamics of the team were not at the level wished from everyone involved." Singularity are currently left...

ESL OPENS REGISTRATION FOR RIO MAJOR QUALIFIERS


ESL has opened the registration process for the open qualifiers for the ESL One Rio Major. The qualifying process for the first Major of 2020 will kick off at the end of January and will run for approximately two weeks to determine half of the 96 teams who will be competing in the closed stage. The Americas region has been divided into two sub-regions, North and South America, while Asia has been broken down into just five regions after Central & South Africa - which had been created for the StarLadder Major - was removed. All open qualifiers will be played on the ESEA platform and will feature a single-elimination bracket with best-of-one clashes until the semi-finals, which will be...

DreamLeague Season 13: THE LEIPZIG MAJOR: Prizes and Teams!


DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major, the first Major event of the decade, is set to begin this Saturday January 18,2020. Here’s everything you need to know. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The second Major of the Season. First Major of 2020. The Leipzig Major is the second Major championship of the 2019-2020 Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) season, and is also DreamLeague’s fifth DPC event and second Major championship since the circuit started in 2017. The Leipzig Major will run from January 18-26 in Leipzig, Germany. The tournament will start with a preliminary Group Stage from January 18-19 and will be followed by a one day break before the Main Event, to be held from January 21-16. The last three days of the tournament...

LeBron James reportedly thinks Jason Kidd is ‘the only person alive who sees the game of basketball with his level of clarity’


When it was leaked that the Lakers had serious interest in hiring Jason Kidd as an assistant coach, not everyone was on board with the idea, and rightfully so. In the four years Kidd served as a head coach, he had a losing record of 183-190, including a 23-22 record in his final season with the Milwaukee Bucks. In the season after Kidd was fired, his replacement, Mike Budenholzer, led the Bucks to an NBA-best 60-22 record. Generally speaking, that’s not a great look. It’s also worth mentioning that Tyronn Lue — who the Lakers offered the head coaching job to before Frank Vogel — didn’t like the idea of having Kidd on his coaching staff, which played a role in talks between the two parties breaking down. There was one person that...

Valve Changes Ranked Matchmaking System Again


Amidst concerns of a declining player base and complaints about the lowering match quality, Valve has changed the Ranked Matchmaking system once again. This drastic change is one of many experiments that Valve is trying, to stabilize the declining Dota 2 player base. According to Valve, Players will now receive or lose a fixed 20 Points for Party Games and 30 Points for Solo games instead of variable MMR. The Dota 2 developers have also removed the Fast/Slow Queue system and have replaced it with Ranked Roles and Ranked Classic (Where all 5 roles have to be selected). Players will need to queue 1 Ranked Classic Game, to earn 4 Ranked Roles tokens. Both Core and Support MMR will be...

Fnatic Team Director on the Leipzig Major: “This is when we basically say that our season officially begins”


Fnatic placed just 9th-12th at the first Major of the season, which to some came more of an unfortunate result, as the team is regarded as one of the best coming from Southeast Asia.In preparation for DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major, Fnatic bootcamped in London for two weeks, and in between their training schedule, they’ve made a video to update their fans on how they are planning to move forward into the season and to explain a bit the poor form they showed at the Chengdu Major.“I thought it was a holiday, like we went there for fun. I was not prepared at all for it,” Daryl Koh “iceiceice” Pei Xiang bluntly said in Fnatic’s video. Eric Khor, Fnatic...

“Ana is the Mike Tyson of Dota” says Captain N0tail


Johan "N0tail" Sundstein has been quite active on Social Media following OG’s triumph at TI9. He has been interacting with fans and has been offering up opinions on a variety of topics including League of Legends and the Majors/Minors. Earlier today, in response to theScore esports who awarded the ‘Hard Carry of the Year’ to Ana, OG’s captain sang high praises of his carry. He stated: “This guy is literally the Mike Tyson of DotA, I've laughed and cried for my enemies when I see what he does to them. Over the years Ana has shown where an open mind can take you as a player.” https://twitter.com/OG_BDN0tail/status/1217930233384443905 © Vignesh Raghuram

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