October 20th, 201612SumaiL has been shortlisted as one of the most influential teens of 2016 by Time.com. The young mid player of the TI5 championship team, Evil Geniuses, is the youngest player to win the prestigious event and to also earn over $1 million playing esports. Far from done yet, SumaiL continues to forge ahead with more prize earnings and...
September 15th, 201612Almost at the end of the registration period and following a portentous countdown on the organization website, the new Evil Geniuses roster has been finally revealed. The long time captain Peter "PPD" Dager has transitioned out of the team into a business management position with the brand while Andreas Franck "Cr1t-" Nielsen will assume...
September 2nd, 20162Austin "Capitalist" Walsh, one of the most prevalent casters in Dota 2 will be leaving his position at Join Dota to return to the United States and pursue an independent, freelancing career. Capitalist joined the ranks of Toby "Tobiwan" Dawson at Join Dota in 2013 where he climbed the rungs of success and popularity.
I'm leaving...
August 20th, 20161Sun "Agressif" Zheng has parted ways with LGD Gaming after five months of playing with the Chinese giants. LGD Gaming took 9-12th at TI6 after a more shaky performance than hoped for due to the last minute roster changes with substitute player Wang "Banana" Jiao standing in for Xue "September" Zhichuan due to visa issues.
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August 20th, 20168Within the first 24 hours of the drop phase - the first part of the team registration process, Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao, Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling and Theeban "1437" Siva have left Team Secret. The team's sub-par performance at TI6 and early elimination in lower bracket round 1 had already fueled rumors then of roster changes. Players and...
August 19th, 20161Chen "Hao" Zhihao has announced that he will be taking a hiatus this upcoming year for at least six months or even longer. The highly decorated and popular Chinese carry player has been playing with Newbee for the last year and led the organization to the championship title for TI4. There has been no official information from Newbee in...
July 30th, 20167Valve has launched the official website for TI6 and included was the TI6 prize pool distribution. This year the first place team is granted 44% of the total prize pool compared to 36% at TI5. At the moment that is a mind blowing $8.3 million championship title prize.
UPDATE (August 13th):
TI6 final standings,...
July 30th, 20165TI6 Prize Pool passes $19 million mark merely days before the TI6 Wild Card series kicks off on Tuesday, August 2nd. With the release of the Immortal Treasures III, the prize pool climb has once again picked up some pace. Three days ago it shattered the TI5 record of $18,429,613.
19 MILLION!!! Champions take home over $8.3 Million...
July 21st, 20166LGD's Xue "September" Zhi Chuan has been plagued with visa issues in the final moments leading up to TI6. With his visa being denied two times already, the first-time International participant remains anxious for the decision of his third attempt.
Last week, on July 13th, LGD revealed that Xue "September" Zhi Chuan was having...
July 13th, 201610TI6 prize pool is now only $1 million shy of the TI5 record breaking prize pool. With the impending release of the Immortal Treasure III and only three weeks left, TI6 prize pool is bound to shatter records. If we take away the $1,600,000 Valve chipped in, we’re left with over $15,821,688 raised by the community. However, only 25% of...
