WEBER IS NO LONGER PART OF THE RIOT SQUAD LINEUP


According to the post of Riot Squad Esports in their Twitter account, they have announced the departure of team coach Brandon "weber" Weber from the organization. The British coach, who represented teams like mTw, FM eSports and Endpoint during his playing days, concludes a five-month tenure with the North American organization, during which the team finished second at the ESEA MDL Season 32 Global Challenge and qualified for the ESL Pro League Season 10 relegation before the tournament was canceled. https://twitter.com/RiotSquad/status/1222264508149850113 https://twitter.com/webercsgo/status/1222279682516750337 Riot Squad are down to just four members, with Peter "ptr" Gurney set to take over as in-game leader. With weber's departure, Riot Squad stand as:  Peter "ptr" Gurney  Mitch "mitch" Semago  Jonathan "Jonji" Carey  Austin "crashies" Roberts    

CLOUD9 COMES OFF COOLDOWN AND REJOINS COMPETITIVE DOTA 2


Cloud9 is ecstatic to announce our return to competitive Dota 2! Having last competed at The International 2017, we are thrilled to once again have a presence in one of the biggest games in the world. Please join us in welcoming Cloud9’s Dota 2 roster! Joining us are: Rolen skem Ong Jia Hao vtFaded Cheng Rasmus MISERY Filipsen Francis FLee Lee Johan pieliedie Åström   skem joins us from Neon Esports and has been on a roll lately, helping his team earn victories at God League, the Blue Dota Championships, and Asia DOTA2 Master League Season 1, all within the last four months. vtFaded most recently played for EHOME, coming away with the top spot at the Hainan Master Cup in November. FLee has been competing in Dota 2 since...

GAMBIT ESPORTS TO JOIN WEPLAY! TUG OF WAR: MAD MOON LAN IN FEBRUARY


Bukovel Minor 2020 organizers, WePlay! Esports are getting closer to their first non Dota Pro Circuit LAN tournament of this year. A total of eight teams will be present in Kyiv, Ukraine next month, from the 19th to the 23rd of February, to fight for the Tug of War: Mad Moon trophy and a share of the $300,000 prize pool. Gambit Esports are the latest addition to the line-up. They are the second directly invited squad to the tournament after Team Secret was announced mid-January. https://twitter.com/WePlayEsport/status/1222159179072319488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222159179072319488&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpesports.com%2Fdota2%2Fnews%2Fgambit-join-the-tug-of-war-mad-moon-lan-in-february Tug of War: Mad Moon is the culmination of an event that began last year with regional online tournaments. Tug of War: Radiant featured European and CIS teams, WePlay! Dota 2 Tug of War:...

ICE CHALLENGE SCHEDULE REVEALED


The ICE Challenge's schedule is now public, with two days for the group stage, a day off, and a day each for quarter-finals, semi-finals and the grand final. The second-ever ICE Challenge will take place at the ExCel, in the London Docklands, on February 1-6, with eight invited teams from Europe and the CIS region fighting over a $250,000 prize pool. The tournament will have two four-team GSL groups, of which three will advance to the playoffs. The winners will go straight to the playoffs, while the second and third-placed teams will go the quarter-finals as the high and low seed, respectively. Group A is headlined by mousesports and features two Danish teams in MAD Lions and Heroic. The group is rounded out by Virtus.pro, who...

DOTA 2: FOUR THINGS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE LEIPZIG MAJOR


Two days after the second Major of the 19/20 DPC season is over, it’s time to take a step back and look at what happened. We got one week of the highest quality Dota games that were full of surprises. In the end, it was Team Secret that reigned supreme after an amazing Grand Final against Evil Geniuses. Even though most people expected the NA team to crumble, that was not the case. Instead, Artour "Arteezy" Babaev and his team-mates played very well and nearly snatched the victory. Having said that, let’s take a look at four important things that we need to take from this amazing event. VICI GAMING IS NOT IMMORTAL Although everyone thought they could win, it...

Astralis expects to participate in ESL Pro League


Astralis, the Danish powerhouse of CS:GO has shown interest in playing the ESL Pro League instead of the new league that will be created by B Site Inc. and organized by FACEIT. In a brief statement released today, signed by Anders Hørsholt, Astralis’ group CEO, the Danish organization confirmed that a number of top CS:GO teams including Astralis have recently met with ESL in Paris to discuss the new format of ESL Pro League and secure a long-term agreement. “Negotiations regarding the final term sheet are still ongoing and are expected to be signed in the near future,” Hørsholt said. ESL changed the format of the Pro League last week. In that series of changes, the number of participants was cut in half. Astralis are one of the 24 teams invited to...

Alaska veteran Sonny Thoss to retire at end of PBA Philippine Cup


The coming 2020 PBA Philippine Cup will serve as the swan song of veteran big man Sonny Thoss for Alaska. The Fil-German big man, 38, is set to hang up his jersey at the end of the all-Flipino Cup and is poised to become one of the rare players to retire with the very same franchise which picked him in the rookie draft. Picked in the first round of the 2004 draft, Thoss was supposed to retire at the end of the league’s 44th season but was prevailed upon by Bachmann to suit up for one more conference. “I talked to him if he can play one more conference. We really lacked a big man especially in the Philippine Cup....

Four-cornered fight for MVP plum


The PBA Season 44 MVP derby is down to a slugfest among the season's Best Player of the Conference winners and the top rookie that wowed the league like a grizzled showman. June Mar Fajardo is on line to stretching his record reign as PBA MVP to a sixth straight year as the San Miguel Beer ace behemoth is in the exciting MVP race versus TNT KaTropa's Jayson Castro, NorthPort's Christian Standardinger and Columbian Dyip's CJ Perez. The season's top performer will be awarded with the coveted ware during the Leo Awards that usher in PBA Season 45 inaugurals on March 1. Fajardo bagged the Philippine Cup BPC award, Castro took the BPC honors in the midseason Commissioner's Cup, Standhardinger...

SumaiL officially joins OG


OG had a massive announcement as the World Premiere of True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals came to an end. OG announces and welcomes their new carry player Syed ‘SumaiL’ Hassan. A winner of The International himself with Evil Geniuses back in 2015, SumaiL will now join with Topias ‘Topson’ Taavitsainen and Johan ‘N0tail’ Sundstein as the team will move forward into the next set of Major qualifiers in the coming weeks. https://twitter.com/OGesports/status/1222253470574620673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222253470574620673&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpesports.com%2Fdota2%2Fnews%2Fog-sumail-is-here OG still has two spots empty on its roster, as the team needs a replacement support player for Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka and offlaner for Ceb.    

CJ Perez in line to duplicate Abueva’s Rookie of Year-Mythical Team double


CJ PEREZ has a shot at duplicating a feat last pulled off by Calvin Abueva by winning both the Rookie of the Year and a berth in the First Mythical Team in one season. Perez, labelled 'Baby Beast' during his varsity days at San Sebastian, looms as a heavy favorite to win the Rookie of the Year award after finishing second in the statistical race for the MVP awards with a 33.47 statistical points (SPs). Perez is only behind five-time MVP June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel, who topped the SPs with 39.6 SPs. The high-flying guard is a cinch for the Rookie of the Year plum since his closest rival, Robert Bolick of NorthPort, sits 14th in the statistical...

HellRaisers has a new roster


In the post TI9 shuffle, HellRaisers returned to the Dota 2 field after two years of absence. However, a month after they announced their roster, HR started to switch players and kept doing so ever since despite an honorable third place at the first Minor of the season. With a week to go until the regional qualifiers for ESL One Los Angeles Major and the SL-ImbaTV Kyiv Minor, the organization is once again announcing a reformed line-up.  This time around they welcoming three new members to their ranks and a couple of new faces to the competitive scene, including the team coach Aleksandr ”Accell” Litvinenko, who has almost no competitive experience. HR’s new roster is a mix of young blood...

MICHU to join Envy


According to a report by cybersport.pl, Michał "MICHU" Müller is in talks with Envy and is set to join the American team. MICHU discussed his desire to try out an international project in an interview with HLTV.org at the start of the year, revealing that he has been learning English for over a year and feels ready to play in an English-speaking environment. MICHU is looking to move overseas Envy is currently down to just two players, Noah "Nifty" Francis and Ryan "ryann" Welsh, with the report also tieing Buğra "Calyx" Arkın and Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić to the Texas-based organization. LEGIJA is supposed to take on a coaching role, and has reportedly been key in the selection process of new players. If the moves were to go through, Envy would still be one player short of a complete lineup:  Noah "Nifty" Francis  Ryan "ryann" Welsh  Buğra "Calyx" Arkın  Michał "MICHU" Müller  Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić (coach) ©Hltv.org

AVANGAR unveil new Kazakhstani squad coached by lmbt


AVANGAR have announced their new Kazakhstani squad branded AVANGAR Q. The AVANGAR Q squad consists of a full-Kazakh line-up featuring young up-and-comers. The five youngsters will be guided by Ukrainian veteran ex-pro and coach Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov, formerly of HellRaisers and mousesports. The roster is composed of the four-man core of ex-OG GANG SQUAD in Temirlan "TNDKingg" Nurmagamet, Makhambet "howl" Nurlybyekuly, Alan "hidenway" Dyusembayev and Diyar "spellfull" Issakhanov, who performed at a handful of online qualifiers and local events, such as the Burabay Cyber Cup and, most recently, the WESG 2019 Kazakhstan qualifier. Completing the squad is Aydos "kade0" Khayrzhan, formerly of OneWay. lmbt is back to coaching with AVANGAR Q Yongun Kim, CEO of AVANGAR, explained that signing the young roster is a large step for the organisation and players: "This is a big step for the entire club and players, whom we have...

True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals World Premiere


Even though OG may be only left with two of it’s two-time winning TI champions on its active roster at this point in time, we still have many memories of them – many of which will be highlighted in True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals. In less than five hours, broadcast via both Steam and Twitch, the World Premiere of True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals will take place. From posts via Valves TI Twitter account, we’ve already seen short images and videos of the two teams, OG and Team Liquid, as they enjoy the first viewing before it goes live to the public and in Berlin later this evening. https://twitter.com/dota2ti/status/1222143157221175297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222143157221175297&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpesports.com%2Fdota2%2Ftrue-sight-2019-how-to-watch%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2mObFfpCELlgLncY4B8VXukhq5_yDc7QawH8NKE5nMW7J6chruX2MiEOA For anyone who does not know, True Sight is a...

CS:GO Major winners Dosia and mou leaves OneThree as CORONAVIRUS concern


In early December 2019 after taking partways in Team Gambit, Rustem "mou" Telepov and Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov have announced that they have parted ways with OneThree due to China's coronavirus outbreak. In a Twitter post, mou revealed that he and Dosia would not participate in the qualifiers for the Asia Minor "due to the latest news related to the coronavirus in China", with the duo leaving OneThree without even playing an official match for the team. https://twitter.com/moucsgo/status/1222136555294412800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hltv.org%2Fnews%2F28919%2Fmou-dosia-leave-onethree-amid-coronavirus-concern The news come just days after WESG announced the cancellation of the Asia-Pacific Finals after Chinese health officials had urged people to limit travel because of the virus, which has killed over 100 people in mainland China. WESG has not yet announced new dates for the event, which was due to be held in Macau from February 16-18. With the...

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