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Andra Ciubotaru

Chief editor, co-founder at DotaBlast. PR, journalist, esports professional of three years and loving every minute of it. Follow my new adventure at UpTrek

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Players

TI5 visas: Cty's visa denied, Valve's invitation letter "completely disregarded" by Embassy

July 6th, 201512 Less than a month before The International 5, EHOME's mid player, Chen "Cty" Tianyu, got his US visa request denied. The Chinese organization is asking for help. If Cty is not able to obtain his US visa in due time, EHOME will be forced to find an approved replacement for TI5.

Tournaments

Esportal Dota 2 League playoffs get under way tomorrow

July 1st, 20150 The Esportal Dota 2 League playoffs kick off tomorrow and continue through July 5. Virtus.Pro, Team Empire, Vega Squadron and 4 Anchors and Sea Captain are the four teams that managed to advance from the group stage. The first game is scheduled for July 2nd, at 17:00 CEST, between Virtus.Pro and 4ASC.

Tournaments

BTS Americas brackets and schedule

July 1st, 20150 BTS Americas kicks off today, at 17:00 PDT. Sixteen North and South American teams will compete for a $10,000 prize pool, over the course of three weeks.

Teams

G-Guard releases Dota 2 squad: "YamateH will build a new team"

June 24th, 20150 Malaysian organization G-Guard has decided to drop their Dota 2 squad, after failing to reach an agreement with the team's leader, Ng "YamateH" Wei Poong.

Teams

HellRaisers down to three players, ARTES and Gorec leave the team

June 16th, 20150 HellRaisers have parted ways with Ivan "gorec" Kartankov and Artem "ARTES" Gorobey, due to "internal conflicts". Replacements have not yet been announced.

Tournaments

Roof of Commerzbank-Arena damaged, ESL One Frankfurt to be held in open-air

June 15th, 20150 The upcoming ESL One Frankfurt LAN playoffs and finals, scheduled to take place in Germany between June 20-21, will be held in open-air, due to a roof tear at the Commerzbank Arena.

Tournaments

Dreamleague Season 3 LAN, day 3: LIVE updates

June 15th, 20150 The DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs held at Dreamhack Summer, in Jönköping, Sweden, are now live for the third and final day. Three teams – Natus Vincere, Virtus.Pro, and Ninjas in Pyjamas are still in the run for the championship title.

Tournaments

[VODS] DreamLeague Season 3 LAN day 2 recap: Na'Vi advance to grand finals, Alliance eliminated

June 15th, 20150 The second day of the DreamLeague Season 3 LAN playoffs at DreamHack Summer has concluded. Na'Vi bested Virtus.Pro, 2:1, in the Upper Bracket finals and have advanced to the grand finals. Ninjas in Pyjamas eliminated their fellow Swedes Alliance from the competition.

Columns

Dear Dota 2 personalities, you should be the ones setting up a good example

June 14th, 201534 Dota 2 host, reporter and streamer Jess Brohard responded to one of the people criticizing her interviewing skills on Reddit by digging up and exposing his alcoholism and suicidal behavior.

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IKEA instructed to change name coming into Kiev Major EU regional qualifiers - Now 4 protect five

'To the end' - Ad Finem parts ways with their Dota 2 team

Changes in Team Secret Management: Kemal steps down, John Yao appointed CEO

XBOCT signed by Russian Premier League organization FC Anji

FATA returns to competitive play, forms new team

2016 debutantes and break out players from around the world

YapzOr nominated for Red Bull's "Best Esports Player of the Month"

SumaiL shortlisted as one of the most influential teens of 2016 by Time.com

The International 2018 - who will qualify and who are the favourites to win?

Newbee, LGD.FY, Secret invited to Perfect World Masters minor

Liquid, OG, Secret, VP to square off in ROG DreamLeague season 8 EU+CIS qualifiers

Barcelona to host the WESG Dota 2 2017 Europe and CIS regional qualifiers

Trumps travel ban; The International, careers, tournaments at stake

New Patch update 7.02

ESL plans for television style production value

FC Copenhagen brings Maelk on board as esports director

Dota 2 API Key allegations and implications: A case against LGD owner, Pan "RuRu" Jie

Sources: Monkey Business to play under a new brand

Sources: London Conspiracy squad no longer with the organization

London Conspiracy to replace Vega Squadron for MLG Pro League LAN finals

Special Event; Dark Moon available for a limited time

Battle Cup Winter 2017; Chance for six teams to participate in Kiev Major regional qualifiers

Charity; Gamers can make a difference

TI6 Trove Carafe and Lockless Luckvase released

bOne7 interview: "I told Envy I want to coach his team so that I can build up my reputation and start playing again"

SingSing interview: "I'm going to quit pro Dota forever, this has been my last tournament"

MVP.QO interview: What makes MVP special, road to 9K MMR, personal background

swindlemelonzz interview: Early struggles, family support, blunt chronicle of the scene

Dear Dota 2 personalities, you should be the ones setting up a good example

Dota 2 tournaments: Watch out for the elusive cash cow!

Team Secret accused again for allegedly owing money

Flipsid3, PR, ProDota, DB ripped off after tournament organizer disappears with prize money

Mineski Dota may pursue legal action against former players for breach of contract

Valve clears Ewolves and Infamous of match-fixing ProDota Cup Americas series

Changes in MatchMaking; No ranked group games, Random Draft & Captains Mode out of Solo Queue

The curious incident of the Kiev Major tickets: A look into event ticketing

Valve issues cease operations notice to third party betting websites

The Spring Cleaning 2016 Update

Biased gender role cast poses question: How inclusive has esports become for women?

Valve, The International 6 and Miracle- among winners at the Esports Industry Awards 2016

Puppey featured as a guest speaker for TEDx at TTÜ

Miami University to launch first varsity esports program

Valve answers MMR complaints with new update

From Dota 2 to Overwatch – a game comparison

Ten changes you need to know as you boot Dota 7.00

Ten of the most important changes in patch 6.87

Understanding The Offlane Jungle

Frankfurt Major stats: Of Sides, Farm, and Rapiers

Beyond summary: truly understanding 6.85 Phantom Lancer, Gyrocopter and Intelligence Cores

6.84 items - winners, losers, equine superheroes, and pizza rolls

6.84 myths and realities

Dota 2 Bot API on the horizon

BecomeTheGamer drafting assistant: a statistically better drafting phase

Loot Market: one secure way to sell your Dota 2 items for real cash

Gamekit: Earn points and exchange them for Steam dollars!

The best Dota 2 tournaments for gamblers

TI5 VIP passes, limited eligibility

Sold Out! The International 5 tickets gone in minutes

The International 5 tickets on sale soon

coL undefeated, Wheel Whreck features first female player to advance through Kiev Major NA Open Qualifiers

Purge and Day[9] embark on their first adventure tonight

Arcana Votes: Eight heroes remain

City Hall employees fired for playing Dota 2 at work

ARS ART meltdown: "Artstyle is another player!"

How to Techies

TI5 compendium: The Summoning comic and other rewards

ESP giveaway: win an Arcana item (UPDATE: WINNER!)

ESP giveaway: win 100 Battle Pass levels (UPDATE: WINNER!)

LootMarket giveaway: win a $75 gift card (UPDATE: Winner!)

LootMarket giveaway: seven weeks, seven arcanas (UPDATE: WINNERS!)

We are live! What to expect

4CL snatch Game Show Invitational title after decisive victory over Burden United