January 26th, 201758The real-life Armand Pittner is quite a character, with his little idiosyncrasies and quirks.
Terrified of earthquakes, he sometimes mentions in passing that he doesn't think he'll live to be 30, only to crack up at the horrified reactions he gets from people around him. He enjoys going to the cinema alone. He's a disciple of the...
October 28th, 2016185DotaBlast talked to WehSing "SingSing" Yuen after Kaipi's failure to advance into the Boston Major closed qualifiers. In the middle of an answer regarding his future on the team, SingSing announced that he decided to "quit pro Dota forever" and that the Boston Major open qualifiers were his last tournament.
The confession came...
April 12th, 20169AGES 2016 (ASEAN Games for Esports) - a regional tournament organized by Platinum Eden Sdn Bhd, in partnership with Esports Malaysia, the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, and the Ministry of Higher Education - has come under heavy backlash from Malaysian players after introducing a...
April 11th, 201612DotaBlast's ProxyPL talked to David “GoDz” Parker about the upcoming events in Manila, SEA Dota, the Major invites, the shortcomings of the roster lock system, and the hair-raising Secret-EG-DC shuffle. David discussed his love for traveling and Ayesee’s comeback to casting, and reflected on the seemingly volatile fate of...
April 6th, 201635DotaBlast met Kim "QO" Seon-yeop for an interview in Croatia, during the Dota Pit LAN Finals. QO talked about his road to 9K MMR and MVP's good shape despite their lack of scrimming partners, mentioned how he put his dream of getting a doctorate on hold in order to pursue a career in gaming, and looked back on how he got introduced to...
March 28th, 201639I had a chat with compLexity's Kyle "swindlemelonzz" Freedman during the Dota Pit LAN Finals, in Split, Croatia. We were supposed to get together for a short, 10-minute interview about himself, his team, the Dota scene. We ended up talking for three hours and a half, on and off camera. For the sake of our readers' sanity - and our own,...
March 23rd, 201620I’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...
February 14th, 20168DotaBlast talked to Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora about EG's preparations for the upcoming Shanghai Major, the issues both him and his teammates want to improve on, and their goal of winning two TIs in a row. UNiVeRsE discussed his family, school years and passion for chess and tennis growing up, and reflected on his personal and professional...
January 28th, 20163DotaBlast 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...
January 23rd, 20166DotaBlast 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...
