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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Tournaments

March 24th, 20161 The ESL One Manila talent has been revealed, less than a month before the event is scheduled to start. Twelve well-known casters, analysts, observers and stats staff will travel to Manila to cover both the group stages and the main event. ESL One Manila will take place between April 22-24, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Manila,...
Players

March 23rd, 201620 I’ve just come back from the Dota Pit LAN finals in Split, Croatia, where I had the chance to sit down with Omar “w33” Aliwi for an interview. I’ve known Omar since before he became a popular Dota player. He promised me this interview when he joined Team Secret. We never got around to doing it and kept rescheduling for months on...
Community

February 24th, 20168 With the Shanghai Major starting tomorrow, Nahaz, Blaze and PimpmuckL dust off the crystal ball and make a handful of prognostications. Shanghai Major predictions: Nahaz Nahaz: If the Major started tomorrow, EHOME are the favorites. They played the best Dota I've seen yet in 6.86 in their MarsTV win. But I think EG...
Players

January 28th, 20163 DotaBlast met 20-year-old Finnish Dota 2 player Lasse "MATUMBAMAN" Urpalainen for an interview in Minsk, during the StarLadder i-League LAN finals. MATUMBAMAN humorously talked about reaching 8K MMR, giving up his Maritime Management studies in order to play Dota full-time, his family and girlfriend, the current state of the Dota 2...
Tournaments

January 25th, 20160 Team Liquid have received the second and last direct invite for ESL One Manila. The boys in blue will compete for a total prize-pool of $250,000, alongside EHOME and six qualified teams. The LAN finals will take place in Manila, Philippines, between April 23-24. According to an announcement made by ESL, Team Liquid have answered the...
Players

January 23rd, 20166 DotaBlast met Natus Vincere's Danil "Dendi" Ishutin for an interview in Minsk, during the StarLadder i-League StarSeries LAN finals. Dendi talked about the problems his team is facing, his loyalty to Na'Vi, why we don't see more CIS players breaking into the professional scene, and his artistic inclinations as a child. The Dendi...
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