Right Place at the Right Time The International 2017 main event series opener between Invictus Gaming and Team Liquid can be summarized in three syllables: XXS — EternaLEnVy (@EternaLEnVy1991) August 7, 2017 Ever since the start of the series, IG’s 17-year old offlaner couldn’t help but steal the show. From Xxs’ stomping of Team Liquid … Read more
Kids, Don’t Try This at Home The main event for The International 2017 is just about to start but we’ve already seen some great matches during the group stages, many of them featuring crazy out of this world strats from the best players in the world. As awesome as it may look during their games … Read more
The Dream Has Finally Come True The time has finally come for one of the oldest Dota teams in the Philippines to fulfill their dream of playing at the world’s biggest Dota 2 stage. After four days of going head to head against eight of the best Dota 2 teams in the world, Execration managed … Read more
An Early Exit Looms for the SEA Representative Earlier today, the third day of The International 2017 group stage was graced by DJ’s signature Enchantress when Fnatic-Dota went against Team Empire. We’ve seen how lethal the greatest Filipino player can be using this hero. Fnatic was able to reach their peak last year thanks to … Read more
S̶c̶i̶e̶n̶t̶i̶s̶t̶s̶ Everyone Baffled Image Banner © Dota 2 Instagram Cloud9, or any team led by Dota’s best theory-crafter EternaLEnVy himself, has always been infamously criticized because of their rather weird, yet effective, playstyle. The first placers of the Americas qualifiers were put in a position where a win was desperately needed after ending their first group … Read more
SEA’s Fnatic off to a shaky start however The first day of The International 2017 group stage could have been a disaster for the fans of Southeast Asian Dota if not for TNC Pro Team‘s three wins and Execration‘s one game off of Virtus Pro. The reigning kings of SEA commenced the group stage facing one of … Read more
Resolut1on to Na`Vi? Image Banner © plusmana The International 2017 has yet to start today yet the roster shuffle has already started. One of the first to be hit was The International 2016 silver finishers, Planet Odd. Planet Odd’s pack composed of Roman ‘Resolut1on‘ Fominok, Omar ‘w33haa‘ Aliwi, David ‘Moonmeander‘ Tan, Rasmus ‘MiSeRy‘ Fillipsen, and Martin … Read more
The former TI winner was sent packing Banner Image Credit: joinDOTA Youtube Visas have been troubling the professional Dota scene since time immemorial. This time around, however, it is not a Filipino but a Swede who has been inconvenienced greatly by the US Immigration System. Henrik AdmiralBulldog Ahnberg, a former The International Champion and well-revered Twitch streamer, was … Read more
The International 2017 Status Update Image banner © Dota 2 Two more nights of sleep to go before the coveted SEA powerhouse TNC Pro Team finally takes on the North American titan Evil Geniuses in a two-game series to officially kick off The International 2017 group stages. However, despite the community’s preparedness to witness the greatest … Read more
Only the strong walk out of the storm-beaten region Once upon a time infamous for its lawless esports scene, Southeast Asia has always been underestimated — this is their rivals’ biggest mistake. Mere salty sea dogs no more, these pirate lords and hero swashbucklers are set to make their mark on the world of Dota … Read more