October 18th, 20160Balkan-based team lvlUP has bid farewell to Niklas “Wagamama” Högström, Stefan “pwN” Pavlović, Dino “Dnz” Šavuk and Saša “Emperor” Bajrić.
According to the announcement, four players have taken their leave, including Wagamama. A longtime fixture of the Dota 2 community as a player, caster, analyst and personality, Wagamama has joined the compLexity Gaming's stream team, as a streamer and...
September 18th, 20164Chan "WinteR" Litt Binn, Joel Chan "XtiNcT" Zhan and Fadil "Kecik Imba" Bin Mohd Raziff take another crack at competitive play on the Mineski-X roster. The trio of SEA players were the founding members of the team formed for the Shanghai Major qualifiers. Clement "InsidiousC" Tan and a mysterious player named `zai have come on board in hopes of bringing the new roster a better season and results.
Mineski-X....
September 18th, 20160Kim "Febby" Yong-min, Kim "QO" Seon-yeop, Kim "DuBu" Doo-young remain as part of the MVP Phoenix roster, taking on Kim "Velo" Tae-sung and Lee "Reisen" Jun-yeong - both from the MVP.Hot6ix squad. The two additions replace Lee "FoREV" Sang-don and Pyo "MP" No-a who both joined Team Secret at the end of last month.
MVP Phoenix #FallShuffle pic.twitter.com/XiCbKLEDtB— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) September 17,...
September 18th, 20160The compLexity Gaming 2017 roster has been unveiled in the last few hours before the rosters become locked for the Fall Major. David "Moo" Hull, Justin "jk" Rosselle and Antonio "canceL^^" Mihai join the Freedman brothers - Kyle "melonzz" Freedman and Zakari "Zfreek" Freedman.
Today we are excited to announce our new #coLDOTA roster for 2017!Learn more: https://t.co/UMAU5meSub pic.twitter.com/VuwMyoyqSR—...
September 17th, 20160The Chinese shuffle 2016 has kicked into full swing, revealing a complete overhaul of most of the big name rosters and organizations. LGD Gaming has split into two rosters, ViCi Gaming.Reborn has transitioned into the main squad and big name veterans have shifted teams. Dotablast has outlined the major changes of the Chinese shuffle 2016 below.
The Chinese shuffle 2016 yields some dramatic changes across the...
September 16th, 20160The Alliance new roster remains fully Swedish as Jonathan "Loda" Berg and Jerry "EGM" Lundkvist picked up Simon "Handsken" Haag, Jonas "jonassomfan" Lindholm and Linus "Limmp" Blomdin. All three players have been teammates previously bringing forth established synergy and experience. In addition, Joakim "Akke" Akterhall and Henrik "AdmiralBulldog" Ahnberg will remain with the organization, taking upon other...
September 16th, 20161Team Liquid new roster has finally been revealed. Kuro "Kuroky" Salehi Takhasomi, Lasse "MATUMBAMAN" Urpalainen and Ivan "MinD_ContRoL" Borislavov will now be joined by the first 9k MMR star - Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi and Team Liquid's former TI3 and TI4 star Kanishka "Sam" "BuLba" Sosale
Day Three: The NEW #TLDOTA Rosterhttps://t.co/wbDCJ91EJy#TLWIN pic.twitter.com/P1iLsW38WQ— TeamLiquidPro...
September 16th, 20160White Fries Gaming has a last minute roster change, replacing Zeng “290” Chen and Nicholas “xFreedom” Kelvin Ileto Lim with Malaysian veteran Ng "YamateH" Wei Poong and 张晓安 Xiao-an "Big_A" Zhang. The roster changes comes after the team took 9-10th place at the MPGL Sea Championship less than one week ago.
White Fries Gaming. #FallShuffle pic.twitter.com/tbBr6ucsN2— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm)...
September 16th, 20168978F.R.I.E.N.D.S roster, formed in July 2015 of members of ex-Virtus.Pro, will continue with the addition of Vasily "AfterLife" Shishkin and Dmitry "UnderShock" Bolshakov. Afterlife most recently was part of Team Empire until early September. He was playing with UndersShock who was standing in for the team, but didn't make the cut for the official roster.
F.R.I.E.N.D.S Alexander "NoFear" Churochkin, Maxim "yoky-"...
September 15th, 201618Almost at the end of the registration period and following a portentous countdown on the organization website, the new Evil Geniuses roster has been finally revealed. The long time captain Peter "PPD" Dager has transitioned out of the team into a business management position with the brand while Andreas Franck "Cr1t-" Nielsen will assume his position as captain and drafter. Artour "Arteezy" Babaev returns for the...
September 14th, 20160Evil Geniuses player Clinton "Fear" Loomis has officially announced his retirement from competitive playing. He will remain with the organization, taking on the responsibility and position as the team's coach. One of the most storied players in the scene, Fear has been with the EG organization since 2011.
Day one: @FearDotA retires from competitive @DOTA2 and transitions to team coach for EG....
September 14th, 20160Brian “FLUFFNSTUFF” Lee rounds out the Kaipi roster for the Fall Major 2016 season. The North American will be replacing Alperen "mdL" Arslan in position 5 and has already been playing in officials with the team. With the roster lock confusion from earlier this month cleared up and in the past, the team is looking to make their mark on the scene immediately.
Kaipi. #FallShuffle...
September 13th, 20161Wings Gaming will not make any changes heading into the Fall Major 2016 season. The TI6 championship team has decided to keep their roster intact. All Chinese teams had agreed to clear out all of the rosters during the drop period - resulting in all players having to be actively re-added to teams during the second stage 'add' process. Li "iceice" Peng was the last of the five Chinese superstars to join the team only...
September 13th, 20160After much uncertainty surrounding the upcoming Fall Major 2016 season, the ProDota Gaming roster has been secured. When Armand “bOne7” Pittner missed the drop deadline by mere hours Alexandru “ComeWithMe” Crăciunescu had been locked into Kaipi, instead of ProDota Gaming - the team that he had been playing with and enjoying much recent success with. As the team contemplated disbanding and other options...
September 13th, 20160Team Empire's roster has been finalized with the addition of Sergey "G" Bragin and Ilya "ALOHADANCE" Korobkin. The two famed CIS players have officially registered with the team for the Fall Major 2016 season. Earlier in the month, Andry "Ghostik" Kadyk had joined the two remaining players Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov and Rinat "KingR" Abdullin.
Team Empire. #FallShuffle https://t.co/WhCAviSRcD...
September 9th, 20166Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao has revealed his new lineup and brand - Team NP. EE will be joined by former teammate Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling, former coach Theeban "1437" Siva, Arif "MSS" Anwar and Avery "SVG" Silverman. All five players have at one time or another played for Cloud 9 and are known throughout the NA region and internationally.
A New Beginning.We are pleased to announce our DotA 2 roster for the upcoming...
September 8th, 20164With the Fall Major 2016 team registration process underway, the drop period ended on September 4th, causing quite a stir in the scene. Several players had not been released from their former teams on time and became locked for the upcoming season. Valve's vague wording regarding the specific deadline for the drop and oversight on the part of teams and players were to blame for the situation. After players and teams...
September 7th, 20160Liu "Sylar" Jiajun has joined the EHOME roster alongside returning members Wang "old chicken" Zhiyong and Ren "old eLeVeN" Yangwei. The three famed Chinese players have officially locked into EHOME for the Fall Major 2016 season. Sylar most likely assumes the position left open by the departure of Daryl "iceiceice" Koh Pei Xiang earlier this month. As of now, it is not revealed if Lu "Fenrir" Chao or Zhang "LaNm"...
September 7th, 20160The Fnatic roster is now complete! Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, Nico "eyyou" Barcelon and Marc Polo "Raven" Luis Fausto have joined the Malaysian based squad for the upcoming Fall Major season. All three players are veterans known throughout the region and internationally. Fnatic placed fourth at TI6 with an impressive run through the brackets.
Fnatic. #FallShuffle pic.twitter.com/YiXGuSO9Wy— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm)...
September 6th, 20163John Linuel "Teehee" Abanto, Mark "Cast" Pilar, Ryo "ryOyr" Hasegawa and Carlo "Kuku" Palad have joined Sam "Sam_H" Enojosa Hidalgo as the TNC new roster for the upcoming Fall Major 2016. TnC had a remarkable run at TI6, finishing in the top 8 after knocking favorites - OG, out of contention.
TnC Pro Team. #FallShuffle pic.twitter.com/8ZDzIl9U3s— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) September 5, 2016
The TnC new...
September 3rd, 20163Daryl "iceiceice" Koh, Dominik "Black^" Reitmeier, Wong "NutZ" Jeng Yih, Anucha "Jabz" Jirawong and Toh "Xy-" Wai Hong have joined forces to compete in SEA as Team Faceless. The mix of players will be making their debut later in September in the ROG Masters qualifiers.
Team Faceless. #FallShuffle pic.twitter.com/SdNL93YKXJ— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) September 3, 2016
Southeast Asia has a new team for...
September 2nd, 20161Vasily "AfterLife" Shishkin has parted ways with Team Empire after six months with the team. His departure brings the team down to only two official players. AfterLife has not revealed his future plans and the organization has not released information on possible replacement.
AfterLife leaves Team Empire https://t.co/0B2LiRlQFx— Team Empire (@team_empire) September 2, 2016
Team Empire has announced...
September 2nd, 20164Adrian "FATA-" Trinks has left Team Liquid as he prepare to take a break from playing Dota 2 competitively. The mid player has revealed in a personal manner the reason for his hiatus including stress and decrease of passion in playing. His departure drops Team Liquid to three players as of now.
I have decided to take a temporary break from Dota. I already thought of doing this last year and decided to (cont)...
September 1st, 20162White Fries Gaming is to debut their new roster at MPGL Sea Championship taking place September 9-11th. The team will continue to feature Benedict Lim "hyhy" Han Yong and Lee "kYxY" Kong Yang, adding to the mix Wai Pern "Net" Lim.
We are happy to announce Team White Fries Gaming as our invited team to MPGL SEA Championship at Selangor Cyber... https://t.co/wsf3fuWENk— Mineski-X (@MineskiXDota2) September 1,...
September 1st, 20164OG has revealed their new roster for the upcoming Dota 2 Fall Major season to include veteran players Gustav "s4" Magnusson and Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka, along with new face of Anathan "Ana" Pham from Australia. The player centered organization is the first team to win two Valve championship titles but slid into a disappointing 9-12th place finish at TI6.
New WavesRead: https://t.co/OQfXQlQxoV...
September 1st, 20161Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka has parted ways with Team Liquid in the midst of the post TI6 shuffle. Jerax was part of the original team - 5Jungz, formed by Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi at the end of August 2015 after TI5. The team was later picked up by Team Liquid and rocked the European and International scene for one year. The squad was easily one of the favorites for TI6 but took 7-8th place in the end. His...
August 30th, 20163compLexity Gaming have bid farewell to Swedish players Simon "Handsken" Haag, Linus "Limmp" Blomdin and Rasmus "Chessie" Blomdin. coL's roster for the upcoming season will be built around brothers Kyle "swindlezz" and Zak "Zfreek" Freedman.
Teams have until September 4th to release players from their current rosters. New players can then be added between September 4th-18th.
The rosters will become locked on...
August 29th, 20166Syed Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan has left Evil Geniuses, according to the Dota 2 Majors registration page. This marks the third desertion in EG's lineup, after Clinton "Fear" Loomis and Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg were released, on August 27th. The former International title-holder is now down to two players: Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora and captain Peter "ppd" Dager.
Teams have until September 4th to release players from...
August 28th, 20161Alliance have officially announced the departure of Gustav “s4” Magnusson, Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg and Joakim “Akke” Akterhall. Their replacements on the squad remain unknown, for the time being. However, Alliance have until September 18th to try out players and finalize their roster for the upcoming season.
Changes to Alliance's Dota 2 Roster. https://t.co/SONCj3vN56...
August 28th, 20169Luo “Ferrari_430” Feichi has left Invictus Gaming earlier today, after more than 5 years with the organization. The former TI champion missed his first International event this year. IG and Ferrari have not provided clarification regarding their status and future plans as of yet.
Teams have until September 4th to release players from their current rosters in preparation for the upcoming season. New players...
August 28th, 20164Lu "Maybe" Yao has left LGD Gaming earlier today, according to the Dota 2 Majors registration page. One week ago, Sun "Agressif" Zheng has also parted ways with the Chinese organization. LGD Gaming ended their International 6 run with a dismaying 9th-12th place, after being forced to play with a substitute, due to Xue "September" Zhichuan visa complications.
Teams have until September 4th to release players from...
August 28th, 201617Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg was released from EG's roster, hours after Clinton "Fear" Loomis was let got from the team. The changes appeared on the Dota 2 Majors registration page and have not been followed up by any official clarification as of yet.
Teams have until September 4th to release players from their current rosters in preparation for the upcoming season. New players can then be added to the roster between...
August 27th, 20163Emblematic Evil Geniuses player Clinton "Fear" Loomis has been released from the North American team, according to the Dota 2 Majors Registration page. One of the most storied players in the scene, Fear has been with the EG organization since 2011.
At this time, Fear's future involvement with EG or Dota 2 altogether remains unclear. A tweet posted by the veteran player implies he might consider retiring....
August 27th, 20165Team Secret has revealed its new roster for the upcoming season - a mix of well-known SEA and European players. Pyo "MP" No-a, Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng and Lee "Forev" Sang-don will be joining Clement "Puppey" Ivanov and Johan"pieliedie" Åström. Puppey and pieliedie are the only members of the former Secret lineup who have remained on the squad. Artour "Arteezy" Babaev, Jacky "EternalEnVy" Mao and Sam "Bulba"...
August 26th, 20164David "MoonMeander" Tan and William "Blitz" Lee have officially joined Digital Chaos. Moon is replacing David "Moo" Hull, kicked from the team only hours earlier while Blitz has assumed the coaching position for the team.
Welcome @MoonMeanderated & @Blitz_DotAhttps://t.co/94ljv0PRLB pic.twitter.com/ginqyoudNV— Team Digital Chaos (@DIGITALCHAOSgg) August 25, 2016
Only hours after David "Moo" Hull...
August 25th, 20161David "Moo" Hull has parted ways with Digital Chaos. Moo, the only NA player on the team, has officially left the roster and posted subsequent messages about the change in status. Digital Chaos has not provided official information nor any word on his replacement. Digital Chaos took second place at TI6 in an astonishing run through the main event brackets.
looking for team— David Hull (@MooDota2) August...
August 25th, 20163The Mineski finalized roster has been revealed including Gavin “Meracle” Kang and Ralph Richard “RR” Peñano. While Meracle had already been slated for the team following the announcement last month, the Singaporean star player has finally arrived in the Philippines to join his team. RR joins as the last member - he had been unexpectedly let go from XctN following their TI6 Wild Card series attendance....
August 24th, 20161Zheng "Miduan" Yeik Nai and Adam Erwann Shah "343" bin Akhtar Hussein have officially parted ways with Fnatic, following the departure of Djardel Jicko B. "DJ" Mampusti. At this time both Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung and Chong Xin "Ohaiyo" Khoo remain with the organization. Fnatic placed fourth at TI6 with an impressive run through the brackets.
We say goodbye to @DjardelJicko, @_343dota and @midonedota2 after a great...
August 24th, 20160Andreas Franck "Cr1t-" Nielsen, David "MoonMeander" Tan and Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi parted ways with OG after an incredibly successful year together. Tal "Fly" Aizik and Johan "N0tail" Sundstein will remain with the organization and plan to announce their new roster soon. The team made history as the first to win two Valve tournaments - the Frankfurt and Manila Majors- but took a disappointing 9-12th place finish...
August 23rd, 20167Djardel Jicko “Dj” Mampusti possibly has returned to the Philippines to play with local team Execration, rounding out the roster along with Kim "Gabbi" Villafuerte. Dj left Fnatic last week while XctN had parted ways with two of their players. The arrangement is not official and teams have until September 18th to register their roster for the Fall Major.
Standin, Not Official— Execration...
August 22nd, 20161Vega completed their lineup with Bogdan "Iceberg" Vasilenko in the mid lane role. Earlier in the month it was revealed that Fng would be joining the organization following the complete dissolution of Virtus.Pro. With the new Vega lineup finalized, fans can expect to see them in action as soon as August 24th for the WCA 2016 EU qualifiers.
Vega roster is completed! Our 5th player is @Icebergdota! Welcome!...
August 21st, 20161The Ad Finem roster is confirmed to stay intact for the upcoming roster season. The all Greek Squad have been a symbol of stability and hard work as they have steadily been climbing the ladder of success during the last year.
With all this roster shuffle "drama" going on, we would like to announce that our roster will stay the same. #AdFinem #RoadToTi7— AD FINEM eSports (@adfinemgg) August 18,...
August 20th, 20161Sun "Agressif" Zheng has parted ways with LGD Gaming after five months of playing with the Chinese giants. LGD Gaming took 9-12th at TI6 after a more shaky performance than hoped for due to the last minute roster changes with substitute player Wang "Banana" Jiao standing in for Xue "September" Zhichuan due to visa issues.
Sun "Agressif" Zheng announced on his weibo account that he and LGD Gaming have parted...
August 20th, 201677Pyo "MP" No-a has left the MVP.Phoenix roster on the official Dota 2 team registration page. His departure comes on the heels of much public talk about the team's shaky status and future together. As contracts expired and players have been offered other options, the team was in negotiations until at least yesterday. No official statement from MP or MVP.Phoenix has been provided.
The flurry of tweets and rumors...
August 20th, 20161The Philippines reshuffle following in the wake of TI6 has been both surprising and on a large scope. TnC is down to two players as Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, Carlo "Kuku" Palad and Marc Polo "Raven" Luis Fausto have left the roster. Mark "Cast" Pilar and Jun "Bokerino" Kanehara have left Mineski with three. Jio "Jeyo" Madayag, Rafael "Rapy" Sicat Palo and Ryo "ryOyr" Hasegawa have all left Rave. Fernando "Nando" Mendoza and...
August 20th, 201613Within the first 24 hours of the drop phase - the first part of the team registration process, Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao, Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling and Theeban "1437" Siva have left Team Secret. The team's sub-par performance at TI6 and early elimination in lower bracket round 1 had already fueled rumors then of roster changes. Players and teams have until September 4th to leave or drop members in preparation for the...
August 19th, 20161Djardel Jicko "Dj" Mampusti has left the Fnatic roster only hours after the first phase of the new Fall Major team registration begins. Players and teams have until September 4th to leave or drop members in preparation for the official registration and addition of members between September 4-18th. Fnatic placed fourth at TI6 with an impressive run through the brackets.
Only hours after the Valve announcement of...
August 19th, 20161The new Fall Major team registration has been announced by Valve. Registration now includes two phases and begins now with the first phase - the roster drop - until September 4th. Adding new players will take place between September 4-18th. Along with the new two step process, several other changes have been implemented. The roster lock will be in place until the end of The Fall Major.
The International 6 has...
August 19th, 20161Chen "Hao" Zhihao has announced that he will be taking a hiatus this upcoming year for at least six months or even longer. The highly decorated and popular Chinese carry player has been playing with Newbee for the last year and led the organization to the championship title for TI4. There has been no official information from Newbee in regards to a replacement.
Chen "Hao" Zhihao has announced via his Weibo and...
August 19th, 20161The post TI6 shuffle has been slow to start, mostly fueled by speculation and rumors. The CIS region has been the first to make their moves with announcements by Virtus.Pro followed by Vega Squadron in domino effect early August. After Alexey “Solo” Berezin and Vladimir “None” Minenko move to VP, Artsiom "Fng" Barshak joins the Vega Squadron roster.
Vega roster for new season should look like: fn!, Mag,...
