February 27th, 20160The Shanghai Major Group C continued with the group stages of the event early this morning. Just like Groups A and B, it was played out in it's entirety today. OG and LGD Gaming were seeded into the upper brackets and Team Archon and Newbee were seeded into the lower brackets for the main event. Group D will conclude the group stages...
February 27th, 20169KeyTV has been fired by Valve after two days of incessant production problems disrupting the Shanghai Major Groupstage. The list of problems includes - significant starting delays, hours of downtime, horrible sound quality, bad lighting, technical issues, and lack of communication. The pronouncement comes one day following the dismissal...
February 26th, 20160The Shanghai Major Group B continued with the group stages of the event early this morning. Just like Group A -Group B was played out in it's entirety today. Alliance and Fnatic were seeded into the upper brackets and ViCi Gaming and Team Spirit were seeded into the lower brackets for the main event. Group C will start with OG vs Team...
February 26th, 20166James "2GD" Harding, the host of the Shanghai Major, was fired mid-series on the second day of the Shanghai Major group stage. According to Harding's social media reports, he was fired during the Team Secret vs. ViCi Gaming series, in the two-hour pause time, and the decision was made by Valve, not Perfect World. Harding was invited to...
February 25th, 20160The Shanghai Major Group A kicked off the group stages of the event early this morning. Group A was played out in its entirety today. MVP.Phoenix and Team Secret were seeded into the Upper Brackets, while CDEC and EHOME will start the main event in the Lower Brackets, with two rounds of brutal best-of-one elimination series. Group B will...
February 24th, 20168With the Shanghai Major starting tomorrow, Nahaz, Blaze and PimpmuckL dust off the crystal ball and make a handful of prognostications.
Shanghai Major predictions: Nahaz
Nahaz: If the Major started tomorrow, EHOME are the favorites. They played the best Dota I've seen yet in 6.86 in their MarsTV win. But I think EG...
February 24th, 20160The Shanghai Dota Major is upon us, with sixteen of the best teams getting ready to battle it out in China, between February 25 - March 6, for the $3,000,000 prize-pool. Check out the Shanghai Major teams, groups, format, schedule, streams, talent list, prize-pool distribution, and betting odds.
The Shanghai Dota Major will be held in...
February 7th, 20167Shanghai Major details continue to trickle in. With eighteen days left until the group stages of the event, information has started to unfold, giving way to increasing excitement and anticipation. The official website, dates for the group stages and main event, inclusion of a Dota 2 concert and announcement of a "Newcomer's Broadcast"...
January 28th, 20160The Shanghai Major talent and broadcast teams were revealed by Valve with the release of the Winter 2016 Battle Pass, featuring the Shanghai Major compendium.
Included in the team are 18 casters, analysts, observers and stats staff to cover both the group stages and the main event.
The Shanghai Major will take place between March...
January 11th, 20161The Shanghai Major Qualifiers have come to an end after four exhausting days jam-packed with over 200 games. With all the action occurring around the clock it was easy to miss some of the most spectacular moments. We have put together a list of the most memorable Shanghai Major Qualifiers VoDs.
Forty teams competed over a period of...
