April 28th, 20150StarLadder StarSeries 12 has come to an end. Eight out of the 40 participating teams have reached the LAN finals hosted at DreamHack Bucharest. ViCi Gaming grabbed the title and the $60,491 prize, Invictus Gaming came in second, while Cloud 9 ended up third.
April 27th, 20151DotaBlast had chat with Alliance's captain, Jonathan "Loda" Berg, and team manager, Kelly Ong Xiao Wei, after the StarLadder StarSeries XII LAN finals. Kelly and Jonathan discussed the impact the Majors tournaments will have on the Dota 2 scene.
April 26th, 20150The last day of StarSeries Season XII started with the Lower Bracket Finals between Cloud 9 and Invictus Gaming fighting for a chance to compete in the Grand Finals and to seek revenge on ViCi Gaming for sending both teams to the lower brackets. Invictus Gaming defeated Cloud 9 2-1, forcing an all Chinese Grand Finals series.
Road to...
April 25th, 20150The Lower Bracket Semi Finals were the last stop for two out of the four teams competing in StarSeries Season XII, as the losing teams of each will be eliminated from the tournament. Cloud 9 bested The Alliance 2-0 while Team Tinker needed all three games to secure their continued play in the tournament and eliminate Team Malaysia....
April 25th, 20150The StarLadder 12 LAN finals did not go as expected for Team Secret. The team underperformed and was knocked out of the tournament, after losing to Team Malaysia, 1-2, and to Alliance, 0-2. Secret's manager, Cyborgmatt, complains about the tournament's poor standards.
April 25th, 20151StarSeries Season XII started bright and early for Alliance vs Team Secret to compensate for the delay yesterday. Alliance fought hard and defeated Team Secret 2-0 in the Lower Brackets, giving them the opportunity to move forward yet again and eliminated Team Secret from the rest of the tournament.
Game 1
Drafts in the first game...
April 25th, 20150The StarLadder StarSeries XII LAN playoffs and finals are underway at DreamHack Bucharest. Yesterday, Cloud 9 and ViCi Gaming were the first teams to advance, after clear-cut 2-0 victories against Team Tinker and London Conspiracy, respectively.
April 24th, 20150Last game of the day for StarSeries Season XII was between Alliance and Invictus Gaming in the Upper Bracket Quarter Finals. IG had just arrived after being detained in the Frankfurt Airport due to visa issues. Despite their delayed appearance and stressful circumstances including spending the night at the airport as they were not...
April 24th, 20150Invictus Gaming have just arrived at the StarLadder StarSeries XII playoffs and finals at DreamHack Bucharest, after the team was held up in Frankfurt Airport for more than 12 hours, due to Schengen Visa issues.
April 24th, 201533The International 5 is quickly approaching and the invite and qualifier criteria and predictions are on everyone's minds. While Valve has maintained a tight lipped stance on the details surrounding their process of selection, a matter of speculation into the factors produces much discussion, debate and questions.
