September 15th, 20161Major All Stars prize money is still owed to Invictus Gaming almost 1.5 years later. IG won first place - $50,390 in March 2015 and has only been paid approximately a quarter of the money with significant delays and broken agreements. This is the second time the organization has turned to the community to report the situation.
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April 19th, 201521Last year, Dota 2 tournaments handed out over $16,000,000 in combined prize-pools. Quite staggering, isn’t it? The International 4 had a prize-pool of over $10 million – record breaking for the entire eSports scene, and more than 20 million viewers. Viewership is growing, sponsors are getting involved, cash is pouring in, and...
April 4th, 20150Owen "ODPixel" Davis quit his job to move to Sweden and join Dreamhack Season 3 full-time. The British caster will join hosts Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden and Shane “Shaneomad” Clarke to cast with Andy “Draskyl” Stiles for the new season, starting with the first of the main qualifiers, on April 6.
April 3rd, 20150Visa and immigration issues continue to plague the Dota 2 scene. Rave Dota has withdrawn from the MLG Columbus tournament due to insufficient amount of time to obtain the required visas. Ironically, the team had previously withdrawn from StarLadder StarSeries XII, so that they could have enough time to obtain the visas for MLG.
March 23rd, 20150Invictus Gaming become the champions of Major All Stars Dota 2 tournament, after dominating Team Empire in the finals, 2:0. The Chinese take home approximately $47,000 in prize money. The finals were supposed to be carried out as a Bo5 series, but ended up being forced into a Bo3 series, due to time constraints.
March 21st, 20150As the second day of the Major All Stars tournament is drawing to an end, things seem to go a lot smoother, with no reports of any of the technical and networking issues that plagued the event yesterday. Allegedly, all the credit for the crucial upswing should go to the Mineski Events organization.
March 20th, 20150The first day of the Major All Stars tournament is underway and expectations were set high for what was to be the biggest Dota 2 event in the SouthEast Asia region. However, reports from the front lines indicate that the conditions and experience have so far been less than desirable.
March 19th, 20150The Southeast Asian (SEA) organization Fallout Gaming has released the brackets for the Major All Stars Tournament. The event kicks off on March 20, in Malaysia, and will be streamed in both English and Russian. The first match, between Team Empire and Redemption, will take place tomorrow, March 20, at 03:00 CET.
