With TI5 solidly in the past now, Dota fans everywhere turn their attentions to the future, and with future comes change. The Post-TI roster shuffle is always one of the most eventful times in the Dota calendar, as we saw last year with the birth of eu Team Secret, a new world Cloud 9 G2A roster amongst much more. Keep an eye out here for all the rumours, transfers, and finalised team rosters.
In a shocking announcement, manager of Evil Geniuses Charlie Yang tweeted that they have removed Kurtis ‘Aui_2000’ Ling from the team and Ling is to be replaced by former Secret player Artour ‘Arteezy’ Babaev.
Is Team Secret disbanding? That is the question of the day. According to Ukrainian caster Vitali ‘v1lat’ Volochai, all five members of Team Secret could be departing from the team.
The International 5 just finished and it was a great event. Nearly all players praised the organisational improvements. However, there is still one thing that needs to change as we step into the next stage of our scene’s evolution: Qualifiers. TI qualifiers were held online this year and as we head into the Majors, given just how lucrative TI5 was and potentially how big the majors will be, they should be held on LAN.
Toby «TobiWan» Dawson will return to action alongside Gareth «durka» Bates after his appearance at the TI5 Grand Finals to cast the Dr Pepper Allstar Tournament, an amateur competition that has been going on behind the scenes. Four qualifiers have concluded and the best teams from each will join the playoffs over the course of the next two days.
Cloud9 has officially disbanded after finishing 9th-12th in TI5, significantly below both fan and self expectations. It is still unclear what will be the next move for the organization.
The International 5 has come and gone, but the tournament was such a special event beyond the scope of its enormous $18 million prize pool. It’s where the biggest and best went head to head, for fun and for glory, and created some of the most memorable and spectacular moments in Dota 2 history.
Kurtis Ling’s parents were understandably concerned when he quit university to pursue playing video games full time. Their doubts were swept away this week when the Vancouver native won US$6.6-million.
