This Was The Best The International Yet

The eighth Dota 2 championship delivered Image Banner © Dota 2 The International August is the Christmas season for Dota 2 players. ‘Tis the time when millions of fans from around the world would gather in spirit to celebrate the grandest world championship of the esports title we all love—The International Dota 2 Championship. It has … Read more

TI8: Puppey Reinvents The Fountain Hook With Storm Spirit

How Team Secret tried to hold their high ground against Team Liquid Player Images © Team Secret Team Secret was able to create their own rendition of Natus Vincere’s historic Fountain Hook play from The International 2012 with, of course, Puppey’s Chen and MidOne’s Storm Spirit at The International 2018. The fifth main event day of this year’s … Read more

TI8: The Battle Of (Former) Brothers

N0tail wins against Fly at The International 2018 Image Banner © DOTA 2 N0tail and Fly met each other through playing video games when they were 14. Their professional Dota 2 journies have started in 2012 under the European gaming organization of Fnatic. It was amidst the rise of Dota 2’s professional scene and the downfall of Heroes Newerth’s, a … Read more

Mineski, Fnatic, TNC Eliminated!

Southeast Asia teams bow out of The International 2018 Player Images © DOTA 2 Twitter Fans who dreamt of witnessing the rise of Southeast Asian teams at The International 2018, the grandest Dota 2 world championship of the year, woke up to a real-life nightmare after the region’s last representative, Mineski-Dota, bows out of the Aegis of Champions … Read more

TI8: Mineski Wins The Most Important Fight Against TNC

Mineski-Dota is the undisputed Kings of SEA Image Banner © Valve We’ve seen Mineski-Dota and TNC Pro Team battle it out against each other for countless times, but none of those matches are undeniably more important, and significant, and awaited compared to their do-or-die match at the first lower bracket round of The International 2018, the grandest Dota 2 world championship … Read more

TI8 Group Stage: VGJ.Storm Penalized For Using Two Coaches

Valve imposes sanction on the NA squad Image Banner © VGJ. Storm VGJ.Storm was slapped with a sanction after Valve found out that they used two coaches for their The International 2018 group stage drafts instead of one. The decision was publicized in a tweet posted by the official DOTA 2 account earlier today. The tweet cited how … Read more

TI8 Group Stage Day 3: NA Teams Make A Statement

EG, VGJ.Storm prove NA deserves the regional qualifier slots Resolution Image © Beyond The Summit Evil Geniuses and VGJ.Storm mathematically secured the first two upper bracket slots at the main event of The International 2018, this year’s grand Dota 2 world championship, after a three-day group stage dominance. Both teams never let go of the their respective group’s top seed … Read more

TI8 Group Stage Day 2: The Rise Of The Underdog Regions

Evil Geniuses and TNC Pro Team are on a roll! Image Banner © Dota 2 Two months ago, if somebody were to tell me that the North American and Southeast Asian representatives will dominate the first half of The International 2018 group stages, I probably wouldn’t believe them. Well, it’s not just because I don’t believe in … Read more

Sanduguan Casters On Which SEA Team Will Perform Best At TI8

Lon, Tryke, Kuya Nic, Kuya D, Wolf, and Pao cast their predictions! The International 2018 is just around the corner (we really can’t stress this enough)! To get into the TI mood, we at Mineski.net talked to some of the casters of Sanduguan: The 2018 Philippine Coverage Of The International to know which of the three Southeast … Read more