LaNm leaves Keen Gaming, joins Team Sirius as a coach


LaNm is on the move again, but will continue as a coach. Zhang "LaNm" Zhicheng known to be a coach on Keen Gaming leaves his former team this time to coach Team Sirius. Keen Gaming got off to a very slow start to the Dota 2 2019-20 season despite only swapping out one player from the squad that made an impressive run last year. That slow start prompted legendary Dota 2 player Zhang “LaNm” Zhicheng to leave his coaching position with the organization to find a better fit for his skill set. It appears that this move was in the works for several weeks now as LaNm was allowed to transfer directly to Team Sirius without having his contract terminated by Keen. The negotiations between...

MAD LIONS, HEROIC QUALIFY FOR DREAMHACK OPEN LEIPZIG 2020


The European closed qualifier for DreamHack Open Leipzig has reached its conclusion, with MAD Lions and Heroic locking down spots at the $100,000 event. Once again a regional qualifier in Europe proved to be a gruelling process for the attending teams as the DreamHack qualifier hosted a multitude of closely-contested matchups to determine the two teams heading to the event in Leipzig. The opening round of the closed bracket saw Secret push Heroic to their limit and SKADE bring the best out of MAD Lions in two narrow three-map series before the Danes ultimately prevailed. Meanwhile, Gambit Youngsters overcame the newly-formed Heretics side, while a 1.44-rated performance from Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo was not enough to prevent defeat for his team, CR4ZY, against Defusekids. In the semi-finals, MAD Lions made short work of Defusekids in a swift 2-0 series to keep up their qualifying streak, just two...

Duster’s Interview at WePlay Bukovel Minor. does CSGO have better system over DOTA2?


WePlay!Bukovel Minor marked the LAN debut for Furia, an organization that entered the Dota 2 scene by giving a shot to a few talented new players led by Heitor “Duster” Pereira, who is the only one the roster with international tournament experience. We had the chance to sit and talk to Duster about Furia’s future plans, about the volatile South American scene and what prevents the teams there from staying together for more than a few weeks, about the players’ mentality and much more. *** Hi Duster, thank you very much for talking to us, despite Furia’s results here at the Bukovel Minor. This was the first LAN appearance for all your teammates, and I’d like to start this interview...

The first tier 5 neutral items in the Dota Pro Circuit just dropped at the Bukovel Minor


Ever since Dota 2 lead developer IceFrog introduced tier five items into the game, fans have wished for its appearance in the pro circuit. Game two of the WePlay! Bukovel Minor grand finals between Royal Never Give Up and Nigma saw those items drop for the first time in a hectic 80-minute battle. RNG were in control for most of the game, taking down two lanes of barracks at the 50-minute mark. It looked to be smooth-sailing from then on, but this won’t be the first game where RNG’s tendency to throw reared its ugly head. RNG’s mid laner Gao “Setsu” Zhengxiong was having a fantastic game on Queen of Pain. A vast overestimation on his part meant that he committed an...

Barangay Ginebra took the lead again after Game 3 of their Finals Run


Ginebra won game 3 of PBA Governor Cup last January 12, Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum with a final score of 92-84. It was a tight game at the first half with just a 1pt lead by GinKings, 43-42. The score stretched away to 20pts lead by GinKings after the 3rd quarter. Even though the Bolts make an effort to catch up an 11 point lead, still wasn't enough until the last minute of the third quarter. Meralco was scoring poorly outside the arc the whole game, 6-24 3pts field goals only. An unexpected scene happened at the third quarter as Raymond Almazan had an awkward fall after making an offensive thrust. Leaving the game at 6 minute mark. Almazan...

Nigma are victorious at the first DPC event of 2020


We had reached the final day of the first Dota 2 Pro Circuit event of 2020 as the WePlay! Bukovel Minor would come to an end with the lower bracket finals followed by the grand finals. The first order of business for the day at the Minor would be the lower bracket finals between Nigma and Geek Fam, as both teams were looking for a rematch against Royal Never Give Up to find some revenge for earlier defeats. Unfortunately for the Southeast Asian squad, even after a magnificent tournament, they were unable to match up to a Nigma that were still struggling in many ways. While the first game could easily have gone the way of GF, Nigma found their...

John Wilson becomes first player to reach MPBL 1,000-point milestone


San Juan-Go for Gold star John Wilson etched his name in Chooks-to-Go/MPBL history when he became the first player in the two-year-old league to reach the 1000-point club on Saturday. Heading to their match-up against the Pasig Sta. Lucia-Realtors, the 32-year-old swingman was not aware of the milestone he was about to reach. It was only when a staff member approached him right before tipoff that he became fully aware of what was about to unfold. However, instead of forcing things, Wilson stuck to the game plan and let things come to him. “Actually nung magju-jump ball nga e, binulungan ako nung isang staff na kailangan ko four points lang,” shared Wilson, a native of Binangonan Rizal. "Sabi ko, ‘Relax...

TSM building NA CSGO lineup for planned return in the pro scene!


Team SoloMid is in the first steps of returning to Counter-Strike with a new lineup according to a report from Rush B Media. The organization which has been without a team for three years will be piecing together a new lineup rather than acquiring a previously built one. Former eUnited player Anthony “vanity” Malaspina is being tagged as the in-game leader for the squad according to the report. vanity had been with eUnited since February of 2019 before being released to start 2020. He’ll be reuniting with current eUnited player Kaleb “moose” Jayne in the new roster. Two players that have been floating around between teams for awhile Hunter “SicK” Mims and Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik will be rounding out the riflers for...

DREAMHACK LEIPZIG NA CLOSED QUALIFIER BRACKET


The bracket for the closed stage of the North American qualifier for DreamHack Open Leipzig has been determined, where eight teams will battle for a single spot at the $100,000 event. Almost 90 teams took part in the NA open qualifier bracket, through which Chaos, Gen.G, INTZ, and Triumph emerged victorious in order to earn spots in the closed portion of the event, set to play out on Sunday. The quartet of qualified teams will be joined by the invited sides of Cloud9, Complexity, eUnited, and Singularity in the closed portion of the tournament, with Johnny "JT" Theodosiou and company looking to secure qualification to their second offline event after earning a spot at IEM Katowice 2020 earlier this week. Complexity, meanwhile. will look to claim revenge against the newly signed North American roster...

Is Nigma set to pull off another one of its rosters’ trademark Lower Bracket championship runs?


We all know the iconic lower bracket run from Nigma right? Formerly known as "Team Liquid" as they always dominate their opponents in the Do-or-Die series! But can they pull off another trademark run in WEPLAY! BUKOVEL MINOR this time?  A struggling Nigma Esports squad stays alive at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor after overcoming the resilient Gambit Esports in an intense, back-and-forth series, 2-1. Nigma advance to the Lower Bracket Finals against Geek Fam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pguFe6Lf9xM   Game one Gambit opened the series with a high-damage, ranged tri-core of Drow Ranger for Kiyalbek “dream`” Tayirov, Storm Spirit for Danil “gpk” Skutin, and a position-4 Puck for Danial “XSvamp1Re” Alibaev, with Maxim “Shachlo” Abramovskikh on Abaddon to man the frontlines. Meanwhile, Nigma opted for a tri-core...

The fight of the PandaS comes to and end as Nigma moves to playoffs stage!


Group stages at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor came to an end a short time ago and with that there are now only four teams remaining in the tournament who have made their way into the playoffs of the event. Opening the day at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor we saw Ninjas in Pyjamas being the first team eliminated from the tournament from Group A. Following that it was the winner’s match which came up next and while Geek Fam looked fantastic on day one, Royal Never Give Up breezed passed the Southeast Asians and placed them in a tough elimination battle against Team Spirit. On a high from their victory over NiP, it was expected that Spirit would put up a...

VALVE’S TI9 TRUE SIGHT DOCUMENTARY GETS A RELEASE DATE AND NEW TRAILER


THE HYPE TRAIN IS COMING! GET INSIDE OF THE MOST HYPED MATCH Valve has announced that the latest installment of its True Sight documentary series, which features the historic Grand Finals matchup between OG and Team Liquid at The International 2019, will be premiering on January 28. While the documentary can be watched on the official Dota 2 YouTube channel on its release day, there will also be a premiere event in front of a live theatre audience at the Babylon Theatre in Berlin, Germany. The premiere event will start on 7:00 p.m. CET (January 29, 2 a.m. GMT+8) and will also be streamed live on the official Dota 2 Twitch and SteamTV channels. Members of the featured teams will also be making an appearance at the live premiere, so if...

Chaos add smooya to complete roster


Just a week after announcing the benching of Gage “Infinite” Green Chaos Esports Club has unveiled his replacement as none other than Owen “smooya” Butterfield. Infinite was benched as part of a mutual decision by the players. The English AWPer was recently released from BIG Clan as they moved back to an all-German lineup with the additions of Nils “k1to” Gruhne and Florian “syrsoN” Rische. He posted his desire to continue to compete and in the North American region in particular and it seems it didn’t take long to find a new home as this announcement comes just 9 days later. Joshua “steel” Nissan and company will be competing in the 33rd season ESEA’s Mountain Dew League which starts in...

Meralco Bolts tied the score with the help of their bench players


Game 2 ended with a final score of 104 - 102 in favor of the Meralco Bolts. Meralco bench players had exploded from outside the arc on their 2nd game finals match-up of Philippine Governor's Cup 2019 season. They had a field goal of 16-38 over GinKings 9-30. John Pinto started the bench power to fuel up their game in the early half, shooting 4-5. Followed by Durham and Amer later. Even Almazan got an early 2 fouls at the half, he returned to game and contributed 15 points and nine rebounds. Bolts had a 17 lead after the halftime.  But in the start of the second half time the GinKings rallied to tie the score at 70 but Bolts...

FaZe, G2 qualify for IEM Katowice


The first day of the IEM Katowice Europe closed qualifier has been brought to an end, with FaZe and G2 securing the two wins necessary to claim spots at the tournament in Poland. FaZe kicked off their closed qualifier campaign against ARCY, and struggled on the CT side of Nuke in their first map after the winter break, securing just five rounds. However, they were able to bounce back on the offense and claim the win on their map pick, before displaying a similar T-side on Dust2 to take the series 2-0. Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer was the standout performer in the match, finishing with a 1.35 rating and 11 first kills. The international roster then faced ENCE, who previously overcame Illuminar 2-1. The series kicked off on Mirage, which went FaZe's way after their...

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