July 23rd, 20150Franco Duerme was rushed to an ER on August 22nd, 2014. After an emergency helicopter ride to Seattle and a moment when his heart stopped briefly, he was diagnosed with Lymphoma - a form of cancer that affects the immune system. He remained hospitalized for two and a half months, three weeks out of which - in a pseudo-coma, with a...
July 20th, 20150We are days away from The International 5 and many of the participating teams are already in the US, or bootcamping, tweaking and optimizing their strategies and putting the final touches on their plans to secure a slice of the almost $17 million prize pool.
July 2nd, 2015895Akbar "Sonneiko" Butaev's US visa has been denied for a second time. On the other hand, Team Empire's player Maxim "yoky" Kim has finally received his visa, after having it denied twice. With TI5 right around the corner, the pressure for approved applications and appeals increases, as teams fear the worst.
June 20th, 20152From a spectator's stand-point, ESL One Frankfurt seems to have been an absolute success so far. Unfortunately, players have had a different experience.
June 17th, 20150Cloud 9 offlaner, Pittner "bOne7" Armand, will be unable to participate in the seeding phase of ESL One Frankfurt and will be replaced by Pascal "paS-" Lohmeier for that portion of the tournament only, as ESL One was not able to accommodate the team's request to allow bOne7 to play online.
April 24th, 20151DotaBlast sat down with Cloud 9's offlaner Armand "Bone7" Pittner. We talked about C9's StarSeries XII game versus Team Tinker, expectations for TI direct invites, Bone's lack of popularity with the community and how that affects him.
March 31st, 20150Team Empire player Maxim "Yoky" Kim has had his visa to the United States denied for the second time. With the MLG LAN finals coming up between April 10-12, in Columbus, Ohio, the team turns to former Na'Vi player Gleb "Funn1k" Lipatnikov to stand in.
