Tag: ti9
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Vici gaming captain Fade decides to retire from the competitive scene
Vici gaming’s captain Pan “Fade” Yi decides to publicly announce his retirement from the competitive scene altogether through his social media account. He points out the mental breakdown that all competitive players face post-TI roster shuffle season. Vici gaming had an impressive run in the second half of the DPC season winning a minor and…
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TI9 champions OG won more money than top Wimbledon players
While we all know how much Esports has grown in the past 2 years, an esports player winning as much or even more than top Sportsmen was unprecedented. Until now. The International 9, DOTA’s biggest annual event, saw a prize pool of over 30 million dollars. With OG winning the tournament and getting a sweet…
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TI9: Main event Day 2 Recap
The main event of The International 2019 is underway at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China from August 20th-25th 2019. The first day of the main event saw us part ways with 4 teams already. After an exciting day one, day two just got even better with nail-biting and intense match-ups especially the lower…
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TI9: Main event Lower Bracket Round 1 Recap
The main event of The International 2019 is underway at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China from August 20th-25th 2019. In our last article, we covered the first two best of 3 games of the day. PSG.LGD made short work of Virtus.Pro in the first BO3, while VG won a hard-fought game against TNC…
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The international 2019: Day 1 Best of 3 recap
Day 1 started off with a cultural performance from the Chinese Max Crew which was truly mesmerizing, later on Valves showed us the recap, the mindset, the story and a glimpse of how it gonna go down at TI9 which truly hyped up the crowd. Last but not the least, teams were introduced at the…
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Chaos Esports Club are the first team to be eliminated from TI9
The International 2019 is underway in Shanghai, China. 18 teams are battling it out in the group stages. 16 teams proceed to the playoffs, while 1 team from each group gets eliminated. After the games on Day 3 were played, it has become mathematically impossible for Chaos E.C. to qualify for the playoffs. Following their…
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Virtus.Pro revealed new identity for TI9
Earlier today, VP revealed their new identity, new logo and new branding for the upcoming The International DOTA 2 Championship to held in Shanghai, China from August 15th-25th, 2019. They explain their decision to rebrand in the press release on their website. Our fanbase in Asia has been steadily growing over the last couple of…
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The International Eighteen: A TI9 Team Preview
Since, everyone in the Dota universe knows that August is a TI month, here is a short rundown of the final eighteen teams that will battle it out in Shanghai, China for a prize pool of over a $30 million dollars and ultimately the Aegis of the immortal. The International 9 is being held this…
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Newbee acquires ex-Forward Gaming roster for TI9
Just a few days ago, North American organisation Forward Gaming shut down operations, citing lack of funds, thereby rendering its DOTA 2 squad homeless, just before the biggest event of the year, The International. The Forward Gaming DOTA 2 line-up had already qualified for TI, hence it was obvious that their line-up would have no…
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Valve finally released Acolyte of the Lost Arts – Young Invoker Persona
The most anticipated cosmetic that this battle pass presents finally hits the live servers today. Kid Invoker persona awaited by Invoker spammers and the Dota 2 community alike. However, the Dota 2 community already had a preview of the persona, in the ti7 short film movie (SFM) contest and bagged the first place. With the…