First teams to direct invite to IEM


According to the initial information of ESL, Team Liquid and Astralis are the first teams to receive direct invites to the next Intel Extreme Masters (IEM). Both teams are now excited fighting for the trophy which will be take place to Beijing-Haidan, China.

The Bearers of the curse. Will it break? or the curse lives on.


One thing made more apparent this year is the invincibility of Team Secret and Virtus.pro. These beasts were the first to secure the first two slots to this year’s The International after appearing in two consecutive grand finals of a Major tournament. Though they’ve already achieved the goal everyone else was clamoring for even before the season reached its halfway point, the powerhouses’ dominance didn’t stop there. Team Secret and Virtus.pro closed the 2018-19 Dota Pro Circuit as the first and second seed, respectively. When it comes to The International, however, it becomes a whole other story. Both teams have a history of underperforming during the annual Dota 2 world championship no matter how strong they were in the preceding...

CS:GO Fnatic new potential roster


Upon reaching all fourteen CS:GO Majors this year, The news follows of disappointing results of Fnatic failing to reach a Major for the first time in the history of the competition after finishing in fourth place at the recent Europe Minor. Fnatic still disappoint and their effort aren't sufficient enough to secure a place at the Major. Fundamentally, both management and players agree that this is unacceptable of the standards and set their selves and of the black and orange in general. On the official statement of Fnatic in their Twitter account. They announce the initial changes of their CS:GO new rooster as Simon ‘twist’ Eliasson and Richard ‘Xizt’ Landström will moved in their bench. Richard ‘Xizt’ Landström stated: “I'm thankful...

FIBA: Clarkson has well wishes for Gilas


Clarkson is in the original 19-man Gilas team for the upcoming FIBA World Cup in China and naturally, the plan was for him to pair up with Andray Blatche to form a deadly 1-2 combo. (PSC file photo from Asian Games)   Gilas Pilipinas is moving on from Jordan Clarkson. Clarkson is in the original 19-man Gilas team for the upcoming FIBA World Cup in China and naturally, the plan was for him to pair up with Andray Blatche to form a deadly 1-2 combo. However, the Philippines is sticking to Blatche as its guy for the naturalized player spot and Jordan, who is Fil-American but not counted as a local by FIBA, is once again left in the dust. “I...

Villains sent to the Lower Bracket at TI9


Kindly remind us again what year is it, because, from what we’re seeing, OG and Evil Geniuses are facing off once again in the semifinals of a TI. A full year after OG defeated Evil Geniuses en route to writing arguably the biggest underdog story in esports history by winning The International 2018, these two Dota 2 teams are back at it again. The only difference is that, this time, there are no underdogs. Although one could argue that OG, the defending champions, are technically underdogs heading into TI9 after barely receiving a direct invite to the event, no one making a sound and logical betting prediction tomorrow will think that following OG’s performance over the past few days. After all, we just saw OG...

The International 2019 : Main Event (Day 4)


The International 9 Main Event Day 3 Standings! The 3rd day of the playoffs has been a wholesome battle between monstrous teams. Déjà vu is the word that we're looking for to describe the result of the day 3 matches as Vici Gaming was easily flushed out to the lower bracket by their fellow chinese team PSG.LGD securing the 3rd spot. The match-up that dota2 fans are looking forward to as EG failed to claim their revenge towards OG with an intense battle and indirect trash talking with each other throughout their best of three series. It is again the rematch of the TI8 runner up PSG.LGD versus the current grand champions OG. Also an extraordinary fight between Team Secret...

The International 2019 : Main Event (Day 3)


The International 9 Main event standings! Day 2 has it's ups and downs following with huge upsets from top tier team losing to underdogs, emotional loss has been witnessed today by most of the fans from around the world as we saw our favoured teams walk away with a devastating loss and a heavy heart knowing they won't be continuing their run to claim the Aegis of champion. Virtus Pro and TNC Pro bids farewell of this main event but surely they gave all of their best to hold on but unfortunately in run short as the other teams perform better. However, lower bracket matches will be more intense as we will witness tomorrow who will stay and who will...

The International 2019 : Main Event (Day 2)


The International 9 Main Event Day Standings! The Main Stage day 1 kicks off with a lot of surprises and immense clash of talents from all of the match-ups today. Four teams ended up bidding their farewell to the Aegis of Champions. Fnatic on their unanimous loss on Team liquid, Keen Gaming in their early game advantage turned upset against Infamous, Na`Vi in their GG Push failure against Mineski and an upsetting draft error of Alliance compromising their victory against Royal Never Give UP. As Wykrhm Reddy said "anyone is gonna beat anyone" at The International 9, PSG.LGD gives a convincing victory against Virtus Pro and an acrobatic win of Vici Gaming against TNC Pro knocking both Virtus Pro and...

The International 2019 : Main Event (Day 1)


TI9 Group stage has ended and the Main event starts on August 20 with sixteen teams in contention. The International is in a league of its own as it boasts the biggest prize pool in esports. The sixteen teams remaining at TI9 all have a chance to possibly win the Grand Finals. Last year, OG was on the verge of disbanding before they qualified for TI8. Fans and analysts did not consider OG to be a favorite for TI9 and yet the European team surprised one and all with their performance. They took home the lion’s share of the $25,532,177 prize pool. The International 2019 Brackets Valve announced the TI9 brackets after the Group Stage. Round one of the Lower...

Team Secret vs TNC TI9


Team Secret vs TNC Match Winner - Team Secret Both teams have been acknowledged as fierce and tough competitors in the dota2 scene though team secret is more intimidating than TNC considering their current stance in the group stage. Team secret's run in The International 9 group stage has been an amazing start for the team making them strongest contender within their bracket. With their 4-0 (8points) standing, they've proven themselves to be upright by unanimously defeating Alliance, Newbee, Keen Gaming and the TI7 champions Team liquid. TNC on the other hand struggled a little bit in their past performances having an upset loss towards Mineski (2-0). Amidst immense work against tough teams Keen Gaming (2-0), LGD (1-1), Alliance(1-1) and...

The Bracket of Death, Bracket B


We all know that bracket are distributed equally, but we can't help and notice the teams in bracket B are all strong. We can't even count out the South American Team Infamous. This bracket will be full of bloodbath from day 1 to day 3. Many items will be lost and predictions proven wrong. We have EG the Villains, Fnatic the SEA TITANS, Infamous the Underdogs, NAVI the Fan Favorites, NIP the Masterminds, OG the TI8 Champions, RNG the Darkhorse, VG the CHINESE #2, and lastly Virtus.Pro the Major Slayers. Anyone can win in this bracket but we all know who's gonna be at the top 1st  = VG because this chinese team is very consistent and has a very...

EG as Villains in The International 2019


Let's face it the drama between EG and OG isn't done yet with the fact that Fly and S4 left OG for Evil Geniuses. This has been the case for all years of TI. If a team believe they do not have the Roster that takes to win TI, they will make the necessary changes required to do so but was it the right move? With OG dropping EG in the upper bracket with a score of 2-1, OG proved the villains wrong as OG proceed to play the upper bracket finals. 1 year has passed since the roster shuffle, Will the villains be able to bounce back and meet their nemesis in the Grand Finals or they'll meet in...

The International 2019 Prize Pool


The current total prize pool is $32,893,268 - thats $31,293,268 added to the original base reward of $1,600,000. Only 25% of the sales contribute to the prize pool meaning that $125,173,072 has been spent in purchases by fans across the globe. There are still 12 more days for the crowd to continue to fund the prize pool before it hits the final tally. Last year, The International prize pool reached $25,532,177 ($23,932,177 added).

The International 2019 Groupings Revealed


Valve has retained the same group stage format that they used since The International featured 18 teams: All 18 participants are divided into two groups where they will play in a single round-robin format. All matches are best-of-two. 1 point will be awarded for each win. The top four teams in each group will be seeded in the upper bracket. The bottom team in each group will be eliminated. The remaining teams in each group will be seeded in the lower bracket. Just like last year, the groupings have displayed a commendable balance between Dota Pro Circuit leaders and qualified teams. The same can be partially said with regional separation, given the balance between Chinese players in each group. The...

Team Liquid vs Chaos Esports Club


This may pale in comparison with the N0tail vs Fly arc since this issue touches an unfair loophole in the current Dota Pro Circuit more than betrayal between blood brothers, and both parties seemed to have parted ways on good terms. However, since it’s still true that MATUMBAMAN has almost missed his chance to attend The International 2019 despite being technically qualified if not for Chaos Esports Club’s success in the European qualifiers, revenge will always be a good angle. via The International Flickr   Evil Geniuses Since their victory in The International 2015, Evil Geniuses has two third-place finishes in the tournament, and three more during this year’s Dota Pro Circuit. These achievements turned them into the team with...

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