Chongqing Major

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J.Storm add Fear to their Dota 2 roster ahead…

One of the most iconic Dota 2 players in North America has now joined a team for the upcoming year. Clinton "Fear" Loomis will be joining the J.Storm Dota 2 roster. He is a very versatile player and has played all positions and roles over his illustrious career. This is why he is a perfect part of any Dota 2 team. He recently played the Position 2 on Evil Geniuses. He is part owner and former player for Evil Geniuses. Together with Evil

TNC Predator announce ryOyr as a stand-in for the…

TNC Predator has announced that Carlo "Kuku" Palad will be taking a personal break. The past few weeks have not been easy on the Philippines player. He used a racist word in a pub match, which offended the Chinese players. However, it was the aftermath of this incident which truly caused a bigger controversy. The TNC Predator team lied about the reason for his usage of the word initially. Upon seeing proof of their lies, TNC did try to take remedial action, but

Valve disqualifies Zeus Gaming from the South East Asian…

The current DPC season has only five Dota 2 Majors and Minors at any given point in time. As such the importance of each Major has definitely increased many times. The prize pool involved in a Dota 2 Minor and the accompanying DPC points is a huge incentive for any team. The winner of the Dota 2 Minor also gets an invitation to the upcoming Major. In one such case, we have a Chinese team with the name Zeus Gaming attempting to qualify

KuroKy is the first Dota 2 player to play…

Team liquid player, Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi is the first Dota 2 player to play all 116 heroes competitively. KuroKy is a veteran in Dota 2, coming into the game as soon as it was released. Over his career, KuroKy has played in several well-known organisations such a Natus Vincere, Virtus Pro and now Team Liquid. https://twitter.com/TeamLiquid/status/1068560102398005248 He was on a mission since March of this year, when he took over the title of most-played heroes from EG's Fear. Team liquid secured a

Valve punishes Test123 trying to qualify from South American…

The Chongqing Major qualifiers are currently underway in different regions of the World. Over the past few days, we have seen the culmination of South America, the CIS as well as the South East Asia Qualifiers. Each of these regions will have a total of two teams qualifying to the Chongqing Major in China. The South American qualifiers saw Test123 and Pain Gaming emerge as the victors of the qualifiers. Test123 managed to defeat Pain Gaming in the Upper Bracket finals and secure

Skem and Kuku likely to be banned from the…

The Dota 2 scene has been embroiled in a controversy recently. Two professional players [ Skem and Kuku ] using racial terms in pub matches and in a competitive match. The derogatory term with racial overtones is specific to a particular trait of the Chinese people. As such it was only right that the Chinese community was up in arms over this usage. We saw multiple teams, professional Chinese players, as well as Perfect World, join the chorus demanding action. Naturally, Valve takes