Written by News Writer | 20 February 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The  GOM.tv director  Oh Juyang and caster and manager at GOM.tv  Mr.Chae have both joined the former Starcraft:BroodWar streaming channel  AfreecaTV.

This is most likely a move for the guys behind AfreecaTV to go international as the channel was until now a korean based broadcasting channel.

No official announcement was made public until now, also it is uncertain whom will be the new director over at GOM.tv.

Written by News Writer | 19 February 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The first season of the  Kung Fu Cup 2015 was announced.

First details were made public and we now have three players confirmed for the event.

The first players are  PartinG,  Jaedong,  Sen.

A total of 32 players will be part of the event that will hand out a total of almost $21.120 in cash prize.

It is expected that this event will allow many chinese players to show their skill.

Prize distribution:

Written by News Writer | 18 February 2015
Posted in News - Dota Allstars

The  Alienware Area 51 DotA 2 tournament ended seeing the swedes from  NiP take on the russians from  Virtus.Pro.

The final score saw NiP take the game with an close [2-1] game.

With this win, the players from NiP take home a total of $4.500.

Bracket:

Semifinal		Final		Champion
Virtus.Pro
[2-1]		Virtus.Pro
Team Tinker
		[1-2]		Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
[2-1]		Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Empire

Final prize distribution:

1'st.  NiP - $4.500

2'nd.  Virtus.Pro - $2.500

3'rd/4'th.  Team Empire,  Team Tinker - $1.500 each

Written by News Writer | 18 February 2015
Posted in News - Dota Allstars

One of the biggest DotA 2 event, the  DotA 2 Asia Championship 2015 with a total of $3.000.000 in cash prize has had it's end.

The final game saw the american team  EG take on the chinee players from  Vici Gaming.

The final game was an impressive game from the americans as they came from the Lower Bracket after losing to the same Vici Gaming and managing to grab the first place with an clear [3-0] scoreline.

With this, the americans take home over $1.000.000 in cash prize.

Upper Bracket:

Semifinal		Winners' Final		Grand Final		Winner
Team Secret
[1-2]		Vici Gaming
Vici Gaming
		[2-0]		Vici Gaming
EG
				[3-0]		EG
[2-1]		EG
Big God				EG

Lower Bracket:

Semifinal		Losers' Final		Winner
		EG
Team Secret
		[2-0]		EG
[2-1]
		Team Secret
Big God

Final prize distribution:

1'st.  EG - $1.284.185

2'nd.  Vici Gaming - $366.902

3'rd.  Team Secret - $277.175

4'th.  Big God - $214.026

5'th/6'th.  Cloud9,  Rave - $152.876 each

7'th/8'th.  HyperGloryTeam,  Invictus Gaming - $122.301 each

9'th/12'th.  EHOME,  NaVi,  HellRaisers,  LGD Gaming - $45.863 each

13'th/16'th.  TongFu,  CDEC Gaming,  Newbee,  MVP Phoneix - $30.575 each

17'th/20'th.  Wings Gaming,  Energy Pacemaker,  Speed Gaming,  Power Rangers - $15.288 each

Written by News Writer | 18 February 2015
Posted in News - Dota Allstars

The european team,  Team Tinker, a team known to have some of the best players all across the world, has announced the departure of yet another player, the dutch player  Weh Sing 'SingSing' Yuen has left the team.

The reason of his departure is uncertain, to fill in the gap left by the dutch player, the managers have secured the services of  Jesse 'JerAx' Vainikka.

To make it for a full line-up and be able to compete in the future events, the managers have called two more players in the name of "free agent", former  Team Liquid and  Team Dignitas player, the canadian  Peter 'Waytosexy' Nguyen and former  Void Boys player, fellow canadian  Zheng 'PatSoul' Yukai.

With this move, the two teams now have the following line-ups:

 Team Tinker:

Sam 'BuLba' Sosale (C)

 Peter 'Waytosexy' Nguyen

 Zheng 'PatSoul' Yukai

Max 'qojqva' Broecker

 Jesse 'JerAx' Vainikka

 Void Boys:

 Jie 'mercy plz' Du

 Yao 'fly.' Linhui (C)

 OmegaPwner

 Bian

Written by News Writer | 17 February 2015
Posted in News - Dota Allstars

The ukrainian team,  Natus Vincere has lost one player from their DotA 2 team.

The ukrainian player  Gleb 'Funn1k' Lipatnikov has left the team, the reason seems to be the fact that the player now has other goals in his life,  Funn1k stated:

“Hello, dear fans. I have a sad news for you today: I’ve decided to leave our friendly family, which took me 2 years ago. This was a tough decision. My priorities have changed by now. I might regret this decision in future.

However I want to go my own way and to write a new page in my life. I am very grateful to the organization, all the guys, with whom I played and spent almost all my time. I experienced many positive emotions and negative too, but there were more positive emotions after all :). I wish much success and good luck to everyone.

Once again thanks a lot for the time we spent together. Additionally I want to thank to all the devoted fans, who believed in us even at the hardest times. We appreciate it and we respect that much, remember it. As concerns my further plans, I am going to be inactive for some time and resolve my own problems. Goodbye. See you soon!"

Team manager  Andrew 'Kimi' Kvasnevsky stated:

“Many thanks to Gleb! Thanks for the great performance and for being the Professional. Funn1k has been in organization for 2 years, and this is a great contribution to the development and growth of the organization. I think such person as Gleb can find himself in this life. By no means do we say goodbye to Gleb. We will meet you again, friend! You are Born to win!”

With this move,  NaVi DotA 2 now has:

NaVi main:

Daniil 'Dendi' Ishutin

Alexander 'XBOCT' Dashkevich

Arthur 'Goblak' Kostenko

Ivan 'Vanskor' Skorokhod

NaVi female:

Anastasia 'PerfectVoid' Dmitrenko (C)

Masha 'Inverno' Gunina

Sonya 'Sofi' Romanova

Maria 'MooNka' Malahovskaya

Ksenya 'Leayh' Bazanova

Written by News Writer | 16 February 2015
Posted in News - Dota Allstars

After siginig in a new russian player,  Dimitry 'Ditya Ra' Minenkov, the belarussian team has announced that the russian player  Maxim 'Shachlo' Abramovskikh has decided to leave.

The reason of the decision is unknown, the announcement was made by the managers of the team via the official socialization page of the team where it is stated:

"Unfortunately,we shuold announce that Maksim Shachlo leaves Power Rangers. Big thanks to him for work and professionalism!"

With this,  Power Rangers now has:

Aliaksei 'j4' Lipai

Eugeniy 'chshrct' Kostroma

Akbar 'SoNNeikO' Butaev

 Dimitry 'Ditya Ra' Minenkov

Written by News Writer | 15 February 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The first round of the  ProLeague 2015 has ended with a game between  SK TelecomT1 and  Jin Air Green Wings.

The game saw an easy win for the best team in  KeSpa at the moment as SK TelecomT1 took down Jin Air Green Wings with an easy [4-2] scoreline.

With this win, SK TelecomT1 took a total of $14.235 in cash prize and +40 points while Jin Air Green Wings took $4.475 and a total of +10 points for their effort.

Next round will be announced soon.