DOTA 2

Ultimate Endgamers League (UEL) Announces Grand Finals for Season 7, Offering a Unique Multi-Game Esports Experience

The Ultimate Endgamers League (UEL), under the leadership of CEO Titus, is thrilled to announce the culmination of Season 7 with the Grand Finals scheduled for November 19th at 4:00 PM.

UEL is the world’s largest multi-game esports league, setting a new standard in competitive gaming. With a primary focus on five distinct game genres, including sports, racing, shooters, fighting, and strategy, UEL delivers an unparalleled and comprehensive gaming experience.

In this exciting season, gamers from across the globe have engaged in fierce competition, vying for a prestigious grand prize of $100,000 in cash. The heart of UEL lies in its 7 on 7 format, placing immense importance on teamwork and strategic coaching. Every team within the league is strategically assembled to excel in all game genres, showcasing the versatile skills of its players.

One of the most notable aspects of UEL is its commitment to creating a new category of gamers known as “endgamers.” These individuals transcend the boundaries of casual gaming, becoming true masters of the art of gaming. An endgamer doesn’t merely conquer a game; they possess an in-depth understanding of its mechanics, representing the pinnacle of gaming expertise. The term “endgamer” was coined by UEL to exemplify this level of gaming excellence.

The UEL competition format is a groundbreaking innovation in the world of esports. Each match begins with a four-hour timer, accompanied by a roulette-style wheel featuring 33 diverse game titles. Coaches from each team must strategically select which player to send into the chosen game. Victory in a game rewards the team with one point, and the wheel spins again for the next game selection. Importantly, coaches must tactically manage player rotations, adhering to a rule similar to baseball where consecutive play is prohibited until all players have had their turn. The team with the most points at the end of the four-hour timer emerges as the victor. Furthermore, once a game is played, it is removed from the wheel, ensuring a dynamic and ever-evolving competition.

UEL has pioneered this innovative style of esports, revolutionizing the art of gaming. By amalgamating strategy, skill, and an immersive gaming experience, UEL has created a platform that venerates the mastery of multiple game genres and celebrates the boundless possibilities of gaming.

Titus, CEO of UEL, stated, “Our vision for UEL has always been to transform esports into an art form. We’re proud to witness the growth of endgamers and see players from all backgrounds and preferences compete in diverse games. UEL isn’t just a league; it’s a revolution in the world of gaming.”

The Grand Finals on November 19th at 4:00 PM mark the pinnacle of Season 7. This event promises to be a thrilling showcase of skill, strategy, and the future of esports. UEL invites all gaming enthusiasts and esports aficionados to join us for this unforgettable showdown.

For media inquiries and further information about UEL, please contact:

Info@uelesports.com

About UEL:
The Ultimate Endgamers League (UEL) is the world’s largest multi-game esports league, committed to redefining esports as an art form. With a strong emphasis on diverse game genres and the cultivation of endgamers, UEL offers a unique gaming experience and pushes the boundaries of competitive gaming.

20 September 2023 0 comment

DOTA 2

Mo-Sys VP Pro XR LED content server powers major eSports production

written by Awa N'diaye

Mo-Sys Engineering (www.mo-sys.com), a world leader in image robotics, virtual production and remote production solutions, has successfully supplied its dedicated LED content server solution, VP Pro XR, via regional partner Cgangs (www.cgangs.asia) for a major eSports championship production in Asia.

The project is believed to be the first ever complete LED (with ceiling) virtual production of its kind in Singapore and the wider Asia region. The LED volume was powered by Mo-Sys’ VP Pro XR, which in combination with Mo-Sys StarTracker camera tracking, delivered breath-taking Live AR. The entire system was integrated with real-time DMX controlled lighting and an LED ceiling to increase the production value and to assist the cinematographer by providing real-time ‘scene spill’ on the talent.

Established as a media technologies system integrator in 2016 amidst the rise in popularity of VR, Mo-Sys’ partner Cgangs found success and grew its offering to include training, real-time live 3D virtual production, technical support and project implementation.

Now recognized as a leader in virtual production, Cgangs was selected by American games developer Valve to handle the production of the opening sequence and top 4 team player introduction videos for the International Dota 2 Championships, a major eSports competition held in Singapore during October 2022, with a reported prize pool of $18.9 million.

Cgangs was introduced to the Dota 2 project in July 2022 and shortly after welcomed the Valve software team to their studios in Singapore. After shooting a sample video based on an animatic demo provided using green screen virtual production, Valve was able to decide on the same day to work with Cgangs.

Alvin Lim, Cgangs’ Strategic Partnership and Business Development Director explains: “The project made extensive use of Live AR, and it all needed to be shot in a single day without post-production. We only had about 1.5 hours per team to shoot and capture the opening and intro videos, which meant we were shooting real-time ICVFX and needed rock-solid camera tracking and a powerful LED content server solution that wouldn’t let us down.”

Cgangs utilized Mo-Sys’ award-winning StarTracker optical camera tracking and VP Pro XR, its cost-effective LED content server solution designed specifically for film and broadcast production. Mo-Sys also introduced Garden Studios who provided expert on-site technical support.

Alvin added: “We had limited time on-set so needed to work quickly. We were able to do this after ample pre-production planning and selecting products that would enable rapid ICVFX production. StarTracker and VP Pro XR were perfect for this project, both in terms of set-up, workflow and reliable performance. It was also a great pleasure to work with the DOP from Valve, who was using LED virtual production for the first time. He had a very clear vision and worked collaboratively with our technical team to achieve it, and this was essential to making the project a successful one, with very happy clients.”

Stephen Gallagher, Mo-Sys’ Marketing Director said: “It has been a great pleasure to support Cgangs, and it’s fantastic to see virtual production together with StarTracker and VP Pro XR utilized for such a high-profile eSports project. VP Pro XR is enabling more and more projects to achieve exceptionally high production value through its cost-effective and dedicated feature set for film and broadcast.”

Following the DOTA 2 project, Cgangs has announced plans to position itself as a technology enabler to support and train media students and industry professionals. The company plans to set up a permanent LED VP Studio to enable local production companies to have the opportunity to learn and apply VP for their own projects, as well as to become the leading VP technology production company in the Asia region.

18 November 2022 0 comment

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ePLEYER LAUNCHES GLOBAL ESPORTS MARKETING PLATFORM

written by Bruce Bissonnette

June 02, 2022 Esports enthusiasts looking to network and promote themselves professionally now have a first-to-market platform that will showcase who they are, their content and connect with others in the industry.

ePLEYER aims to gather the defragmented but rapidly expanding industry into a single space, not unlike other professional networking platforms.

“Esports players have always been part of a tight community, but they’ve lacked a truly professional space to connect, network and grow their industry. ePLEYER is the next evolution in highlighting top and upcoming talent, creating opportunities, and staying connected,” says Bruce Bissonnette, CEO/Founder at ePLEYER.

With its searchable database, ePLEYER.gg brings together players and content creators with teams, coaches, trainers, general managers, recruiters, agencies, educational institutions, sponsors and advertisers.

Users of the platform can expect the following features and benefits:
• Customizable esports Website for Individuals, Teams & Industry professionals
• QR code for ease of sharing
• Searchable Subscriber Database
• Live Streaming Integration (Twitch & YouTube)
• Social Media Links
• Dynamic Game Stats
• Media Gallery
• Biography
• Team Roster
• Ecommerce / Merch integration
• Contact information

For more information, visit ePLEYER.gg.

Cindy Cutts
Director of Business Development
Cindy@epleyer.com

2 June 2022 0 comment

DOTA 2

Interview with TorontoTokyo – ESL ONE Stockholm

written by Alexandra Aim

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢! 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧?
Well, I haven’t been here for long, but yesterday I took a walk and I liked it, the city is beautiful! But the only thing I disliked was the cold.

𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨! 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐈 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞. 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐈, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.
Well, I don’t know. It was the second big tournament in my life. The previous one didn’t have an audience as well, for me, it was nothing special. Just a LAN. The only thing that disappointed me was the hotel, I thought it would be better.

𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝟒𝟎-𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
(𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴)

𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 “𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭”, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐈𝟏𝟎 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐆𝐃. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?
Frankly speaking, I came to the finals with no expectations whatsoever, I’ve just played DOTA and had no hard thoughts. The only thing I have realized after the fourth map is that we need to change something in our draft. We tried to draft two times differently and it failed us. And I thought after the second map why it was that easy? I mean, was it even possible to win 3-0?

𝐒𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐆 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞?
I think yes. I just need to think only about the game and that’s it.

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫, 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝?
I think it’s not about the old-school player’s era coming to an end, it’s about young players that try hard and grind a lot. Like, let’s take Tundra, for instance, I know their individual players play a lot in pubs, as a team they play a lot of matchups, and I know that they are training a lot. In my opinion, they are the most hard-working team at the moment and it shows. The level of the game now is so high, that if you stop practicing you won’t be able to compete with anyone else.

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚’𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
If I speak with the knowledge of what is going on, as I have a good relationship with the players, I would say I agree with the replacement. But if you don’t know what is going on internally, I mean for a side viewer, then this whole situation appears not fair. But the results speak for themselves.

𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 – 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐆 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐈𝟗 𝐫𝐮𝐧. 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞?
Yes, we have a psychologist, and working with him was very productive so far. A team needs a psychologist also for the reason that he can find the right words in the right situations when we’re tilting for instance. So yes, a team should have this kind of specialist.

𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐃𝐎𝐓𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐩-𝟑 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬.
Hm, I have to think, it’s always different. Well, so Demon Slayer, Violet Evergarden and, let it be One Piece.

𝐒𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐞?
Yes, if you would ask if I watched something like Berserk or Great Teacher Onizuka then probably I would say no because I can’t watch anime with bad visuals. If those were remade, I would watch them.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰!

31 May 2022 0 comment

DOTA 2

Interview with Zai – ESL ONE Stockholm

written by Alexandra Aim

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐈 – 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐆𝐋 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞), 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?
Well, looking back to the summer when it was supposed to be here, there were a bunch of different circumstances that led to it not being held here, and I think all of them were kind of solved shortly after. I think it was half the fault of Stockholm people, and maybe Valve has blame as well, so as a whole it’s unfortunate, because it would be a nice place to have TI. But at least we have this Major which is still in Stockholm, so it’s nice that events are coming back.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭?
Yeah, it was nice, I liked Bucharest, but at the same time there was COVID stuff in place, so the event was nice, but there was no crowd. For us, for players, and you know, for everyone else it was kind of different as well. You couldn’t hang out with other teams, it was quite sterile in that way, so it was TI, but it was a pandemic TI.

𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐓𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫?
There were some hints towards Singapore coming out. If that’s the case, I would enjoy it. To be honest, I’m just happy the TI gets to be hosted again and hope to have it in a more normal way than last year.

𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧?
TI?
𝐘𝐞𝐬
Of course Team Liquid.

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐀𝐍, 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?
Well, to sort it out, it’s a good thing that young people are coming into the scene, because I think it’s been a bunch of old people for quite some time, so it’s nice. I think teams like OG, obviously you have to look at, their young players are impressive, all of them and they’re doing well so I’ll be excited to see them go forward. At the same time, they’re competitors of ours, so I don’t want to see them win anything. So there’s them, and trying to think of more young players, I’m sure there are more, I’m sure there are plenty…

𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐎𝐆 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐀𝐓𝐅 𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟕?
Yeah, but even I would say with last year, Team Spirit winning, they kind of started the shift a little bit.

𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐲𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐈𝟏𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬/𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.
They do now though.

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐓𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞?
Yeah.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐎𝐓𝐀𝟐 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲?
I would like to see more map changes. In the previous patches, the map has been consistently the same for a long time. I think hill wards, for me, it’s a big thing, the vision they give is a little bit too strong, so maybe I would remove some hills or balance them in some way. Apart from that, healing slaves and BKB need to change a bit, they both are a bit too strong. For the next big patch, I would like to see those things.

𝐒𝐨 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐲?
(𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴) Well, that will be good for him as well, he’s not doing that well so he can use it.

𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 – 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐙𝐚𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐙𝐚𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝?
I think I have more responsibilities now to help out with, not captainship but still, I need to use my experience, in a way, in this team. I didn’t have to do that in the old team, in Secret we had five extremely good and experienced players, Puppey has been playing for far too long. And now we’re a bit younger people, not as experienced so I think me and Matu should contribute a bit with our experience and what we’ve done before.

𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝟐𝟓?
Almost, 24 still

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐍 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨?
I have 0 plans for when I quit, I have put it off, and when I eventually decide to retire, I’ll deal with it then. For now, not so many plans, you know, I’m just happy to play DOTA2, going with the flow. And also I’m lucky enough in my position to not worry about it immediately. So when that day comes, I’ll deal with it then.

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦
Ask away

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 (𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧) 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭? 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
I will always rewatch Paris, Texas, and Chungking Express every once in a while so those are always on the list. As for others, it tends to go periodically, but there was a period a while back where I watched a ton of Yakuza films and really enjoyed this guy called SABU. Postman blues for example is amazing.

𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐫-𝐖𝐚𝐢 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞
Absolutely

𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 “𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.” 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬!
Yeah, that’s a big reason why they’re so rewatchable.

𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? “𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬” 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜” 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.
“Wings of desire” is also amazing in terms of visuals but a worse film, in my opinion. But yeah, he is one of my favorites.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬?
I think I haven’t watched any. Maybe I should

“𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡” 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
I’ll add it to my list.

𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐮, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐲? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐳𝐚-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬.
They’re very ridiculous but kind of fun

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧
But SABU is more in the spirit of some Takashi Miike films rather than Kitano. Or more like Kitano’s baseball film, kinda weird

𝐈𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 “𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫”?
Yeah

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰!

31 May 2022 0 comment

DOTA 2

Interview with Moxxi – ESL ONE Stockholm

written by Alexandra Aim

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧?
So excited to have everybody here! It’s been so long and there’s just nothing like being in the crowd and hearing them cheer for their teams, it feels so good!

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫?
I’m with SA teams, I think it’s gonna be South America’s major, I hope this ages well (laughs) but Thunder Awaken and Beastcoast – they’re my boys, I want to see them do really, really well! Top-3 baby, that’s what I’m hoping.

𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥! 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐈. 𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐆𝐋 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 – 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?
I was a little disappointed, obviously, I thought it’s gonna be super-hype, I love Stockholm I spend a lot of time here with DPC, but I understand that things are so up in the air with the whole COVID situation, you had to roll with the punches and they made the best decision they could. The same thing with Sweden, they thought it was the safest thing, but I would obviously love it to have it here. Bucharest was nice as well!

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞?
I know that the DOTA2 social media put out some interesting pictures, some of dotakins, and people are saying SEA, and that would be incredible! Fans there are amazing, but I don’t know.

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞?
That’s the hint, a lot of people that live in that area were like “it’s gonna be here!” and that would be so cool, I always wanted to go to Singapore!

𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬/𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭?
Oh, Gaming Gladiators they have Dyrachyo, he looks like a baby, it’s incredible to watch this guy play! Then Ammar from OG has been explosive and a lot of people enjoy watching him play. So those two teams, especially OG, I would like to see them continue the legacy as well. The Gladiators have been putting in a lot of work, so it’s interesting to see if they will make it all the way to the top-3.

𝐂𝐒:𝐆𝐎 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝?
I don’t think it needs to be instead, but having it side-by-side wouldn’t be bad. I know in the pro-scene, there have been times when there were female players, and then some of the teams weren’t keen to scrim against them or mess around a little bit, it’s not super comfortable, right? So I would like to see a place where female gamers can play and feel comfortable, and not worry that a team won’t take them seriously because they are having a female player or even not be able to find scrims because of this. I’d like the idea of having this comfort, and of course you can have these mixed groups as well, but I think Female Leagues are a stepping stone to feeling confident about yourself, and then once you have that confidence, then maybe you are ready to try to compete in the mixed Leagues.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐎𝐓𝐀𝟐 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞?
I thought we did, we saw Axx, she made it on the scene in China for a little while.

𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐚𝟐 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫.
Yeah..In South America there was one player K.rolzinha who played on STARS when that was a thing, I’m not sure if she made it to a LAN event though. I’m not sure, there are a couple of ladies that have been grinding and have pretty high MMR, but they don’t want that kind of attention or some cultural stuff going on and they don’t feel they can be a part of the pro-scene. We’re still little ways from it, but I’m hoping that the more we have ladies showing up in the scene, the more representation we have, talent and what not – the more comfortable they will be to start competing.

𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲! 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐌𝐑, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞? 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐨𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠), 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞?
I don’t think it’s on Valve, I think it’s on the tournament organizers. That’s them that will have to think like “hey, we would love to do this!” and they can bring it to Valve and see if they’re interested. I’d really love to see that because I know ESL did it with CS:GO league. I believe that was something that they were pushing for quite a while, I mean the agony for the ladies league. So yeah, it’s up to the efforts of the tournament organizers.

𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐮𝐨?
Ohh, my favorite? You gonna get me in trouble with the boys (laughs) – it’s Owen (ODpixel) and Fogged. I love watching them! Owen is just so excitable, and hype, and very, very witty, and quick. Fogged is amazing because he is so knowledgeable, you can hear how exciting he gets when something really interesting or brand new happens. He brings so much enthusiasm and with the hype that Owen brings it’s just a treat to listen to them together!

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐞𝐞𝐞𝐞𝐛 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭!
Yeah (laughs)

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐃𝐎𝐓𝐀𝟐-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞?
So I have curly hair naturally, a lot of times I have it straightened or styled, but my nieces tell me “Tia Mimi you look like Moana!” (laughs), I mean, Moana is super-cool so I’ll take that! I think she’s a Disney Princess, otherwise, I think I’m probably Lilo (from Lilo and Stitch) and she’s not a princess.

𝐎𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧
Yeah, but Moana fits, I love the ocean, I love to sing, I have big curly hair!

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 “𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐲”
Oh, thank you!

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰!
Yeah no problem, this was fun!

30 May 2022 0 comment

Arenas DOTA 2 Esports Business

ESL Gaming announces ESL One Stockholm powered by Intel®, the first Dota 2 Major with a live audience in over two years

written by John

Featuring a $500,000 prize pool and 18 top Dota 2 teams, the tournament will conclude at the Hovet arena in Stockholm, Sweden

Cologne/New York/Stockholm – ESL Gaming, the world’s leading esports company, has today announced that it will host the upcoming Dota 2 Major as ESL One Stockholm powered by Intel®, on May 12-22, 2022. Fans are invited to watch and experience the finest Dota 2 action and cheer for their favorites live at the Hovet arena in Stockholm, Sweden, during the final weekend, May 20-22.

As the first Dota 2 Major event with a live audience since early 2020, ESL One Stockholm marks the rebirth of Dota 2 events with fans on-site. The tournament will conclude the Spring Tour of the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) 2021-2022 season. The first Major of the current season, which would conclude the Winter Tour and was set to take place earlier this year, was replaced by six regional finals events produced online all around the world.

The Major features 18 of the world’s best Dota 2 teams from each Region’s Division I bracket with two to four slots available per region (China, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe). The teams battle it out to take home their share of the $500,000 total prize pool, as well as to earn more DPC Points in order to qualify for the renowned The International (TI) 11.

The group stage, which uses a best-of-2 round-robin format, sees the participating teams split into two groups of nine teams and will take place in a studio environment. The top six teams of each group will proceed to the double-elimination playoff stage where they will face off in front of the live audience at Stockholm’s Hovet arena to ultimately raise the trophy on May 22.

“It has been a long two years for Dota 2’s esports ecosystem, and we couldn’t be more excited to finally invite Dota 2 fans back on-site,” said Artem Bykov, General Manager, Game Management at ESL Gaming. “Organizing a Major is always special, but with so much at stake right now, ESL One Stockholm will simply be awesome. We can’t wait for it to get started!”

The ticket sale for ESL One Stockholm powered by Intel® will start on Thursday, February 17, at 5 pm CET. Day tickets are available from SEK 299 and three-day tickets start at SEK 899. More information about the different ticket types and how to secure your particular ticket can be found on esl-one.com/dpc/stockholm/.

For more information about ESL One Stockholm, head to the official website and follow ESL Dota 2 on Facebook and Twitter. Stay tuned as more details will be announced soon.

15 February 2022 0 comment

Betting CS:GO DOTA 2 League of Legends Mobile Esports

Fandom Sports Peer to Peer Esports Wagering Platform Live

written by John

Vancouver, British Columbia – December 29, 2021 – Fandom Sports Media Corp. (CSE:
FDM) (OTCQB: FDMSF) (FRANKFURT: TQ43) (“Fandom Sports” or the “Company”), is
pleased to announce the Company’s peer to peer (P2P) Esports wagering platform
(www.fandomesports.com) is live and ready for revenue generation.

The Company recently announced that it had been approved to provide Skrill and Neteller
payment services as solutions. Wagering customers are now able to fund their accounts to
facilitate P2P wagering on Esports, with eventual sports and other igaming offerings being
deployed in Q1 2022. The Company’s P2P platform is now fully integrated with payment
solutions and the Company’s banking partners.

“We are super excited to have completed our banking and payments integrations. Now that the
first iteration of our modular wagering platform is live, the Company will be transitioning to an
operating and revenue generation trajectory. The P2P Esports is the first instance of our
modular approach to building out a holistic wagering and prediction platform,” states David
Vinokurov, CEO and President.”

The Company’s all-ages sports, Esports prediction and fan engagement platform is on track for
completion in Q1 2022 and will serve as the primary tool for audience aggregation to the overall
platform. Fandom Sports is currently developing a detailed marketing and user activation
roadmap to support the launch of the all-ages platform and associated revenue streams.

“Given that the platform as of launch has been purpose built from scratch since Fall of 2020, I
am pleased with the corporate progress and development road map to date. Furthermore, with
the steady flow of product rollouts and additional potential partnerships on the horizon, I’m
confident that 2022 will be a transformational year for value creation and an even more fruitful
one than this past year,” continued Mr. Vinokurov.

Key operational 2021 highlights and accomplishments include:
• Letter of Intent with Funjoy Company Limited of China – January
• Announcement of Letter of Intent with Gamerwager UK – February
• Marketing Partnership with Yalla Esports – February
• Beta launch of 3 leading Esports titles: League of Legends, DOTA 2, CSGO – March
• Successfully raising $5,067,588 in April
• Completion of first deployment of global server infrastructure – April
• Exclusive use license of Databionix UIA platform – May
• Joining the Canadian Gaming Association – May
• enabling eleven additional Esports titles for wagering and predictions and enables social
sharing across leading social platforms: Facebook, Google, Twitch, Whatsapp, Viber,
Pinterest, Reddit, Telegram and Twitter – June
• Commencement of Malta Gaming Authority applications and corporate formation for
B2C and B2B licenses – July
• Initiation of corporate wide compliance processes to support global wagering and NonFungible Token (NFT) business initiatives – September
• Completion of Sports modules (NBA, NHL, MLB, Nascar) for P2P, odds line wagering
and all ages fan engagement – September
• Key Management and Board Additions – April and September (CFO)
• Partnership with Polygon for NFT technology deployment for Fandom Sports’ NFT
marketplace; www.fandomart.com – October
• Solidifying overseas banking relationships to support global wagering platform –
November
• Finalizing deployment of Skrill and Neteller for launch of wagering platform – December

“We enter 2022 with a strong cash position and as evident from the above list, numerous
opportunities that we will begin weaving together to amplify and expand our presence both in
the global wagering and rapidly expanding fan engagement vertical. I’d like to congratulate and
thank our entire team for the hard work and dedication to date and we all look forward to
realizing our vision for Fandom Sports for the coming year.” Mr. Vinokurov states.

About Fandom Sports Media:
Fandom Sports Media operates an Esports/Sports wagering platform at www.fandomesports.gg
The platform is the ultimate mobile friendly application for unfiltered raw Esports and Sports
predictions and data interactions. Fandom allows passionate fans to unleash their primal
passions, make predictions and/or wagers and earn rewards. Fandom Sports is a web
application which instantly operates on an Android and iOS mobile device targeting “Superfans,”
who aspire to show the world they know their stuff better than the experts and their friends –
giving them a chance to Play, Predict, and Get Rewarded. Fandom Sports is revolutionizing the
way that consumers interact with streamed and broadcast content through the creation of
www.fandomart.com the Company’s own NFT marketplace. Fans will be able to tune in, watch,
predict, wager and create NFTs all on-platform.

“PLAY. PREDICT. GET REWARDED.”
For additional Information:
Investor Relations
Email: info@fandomesports.com
Phone +1 (604) 256 6990

DISCLAIMER:
The CSE has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of
this information. This news release may contain forward-looking statements. These forwardlooking statements do not guarantee future events or performance and should not be relied upon.
Actual outcomes may differ materially due to any number of factors and uncertainties, many of
which are beyond the Company’s control. Some of these risks and uncertainties may be described
in the Company’s corporate filings (posted at www.sedar.com).
The Company has no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements
due to new information or events. This press release contains forward-looking statements about
FANDOM SPORTS. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words like
“believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “consider,” “project,” and similar references to
the future. Forward-looking statements reflect FANDOM SPORTS’ good-faith evaluation of
information available at the time the forward-looking statements were made. These forwardlooking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and our actual results may
differ materially from those projected. Please refer to FANDOM SPORTS’ annual and quarterly
reports filed on SEDAR for a full discussion of those risks and uncertainties we view as most
important. Forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as, a guarantee of
future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the
times at or by which any such performance or results will be achieved. As a result, actual
outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
SOURCE FANDOM SPORTS

29 December 2021 0 comment

Betting CS:GO DOTA 2 Esports Business Fantasy Esports League of Legends Sports and Esports Valorant

Sportsflare and GameScorekeeper Extend Long Standing Partnership

written by Anders Elbæk

Sportsflare and GameScorekeeper Extend
Long Standing Partnership

Toronto, Ontario — (March 18th, 2021) – Sportflare (“Sportsflare”), a division of Tiidal Gaming Group Inc. (“Tiidal”), an AI-powered odds provider for esports and gaming, is pleased to announce a product and distribution partnership with GameScorekeeper (“GameScorekeeper”), a leading esports data provider for betting, fantasy sports and media.

This long-term partnership will see GameScorekeeper distribute Sportsflare’s AI-powered odds solutions to its impressive suite of B2B sportsbook clients, while powering Sportsflare with high integrity esports data. The Sportsflare products offered by GameScorekeeper will now include pre-match and in-play odds feeds, and also the first esports ‘Bet Builder’ solution in the market. Bet Builders have shown a stellar track record in traditional sports such as soccer, achieving high margins and additional turnover.

Using AI and proprietary technology, Sportsflare have created many new esports betting markets for CS:GO, League of Legends, and Dota 2. With the recent addition of Valorant and Overwatch to GameScorekeeper’s platform, both Sportsflare and GameScorekeeper will soon boast comprehensive odds offerings for popular first person shooter (FPS) titles.

“We’re excited about the partnership with GameScorekeeper,” said Max Polaczuk, Chief Executive Officer of Sportsflare. “In particular, we see a massive opportunity to bring more esports titles, such as Valorant, to market by combining our solutions. We are obsessed with creating new experiences for esports betting, and this partnership helps us deploy those new experiences to millions of bettors in a relatively short time.“

“Sportsflare has been a long standing partner of GameScorekeeper and we’re delighted to extend our agreement further. Combining our powerful esports data services with market leading odds solutions and the industry’s first esports Bet Builder, represents a fantastic opportunity” said Marc Burroughes, Chief Commercial Officer of GameScorekeeper.

About Sportsflare

Sportsflare is a B2B provider of esports odds for sportsbooks. They have developed cutting-edge AI and data, improving betting experiences for esports fans with new and engaging markets. Sportsflare are focussed on using technology to help shape what esports betting looks like in the future. For more information, visit sportsflare.io.

About GameScorekeeper

GameScorekeeper is a market leading esports data specialist supplying high integrity data and widgets to major industry players such as Pinnacle and DraftKings. Driven by a vision to bring a higher level of esports analytics to the esports fans across sports betting, fantasy sports and the media sectors. For more information, visit gamescorekeeper.com

About Tiidal Gaming Group Inc.

Tiidal Gaming is an esports and gaming platform company. Tiidal is focused on owning and operating synergistic businesses across the gaming ecosystem. Tiidal is focused on enabling competitive gaming and building the future of game-based entertainment. For more information visit www.tiidal.gg.

For further information, please contact:

Max Polaczuk
Chief Executive Officer, Sportsflare
max@sportsflare.io

Marc Burroughes
Chief Commercial Officer, GameScorekeeper
marc@gamescorekeeper.com

18 March 2021 0 comment

DOTA 2

DreamHack & ESL to host Dota Pro Circuit leagues for European and CIS regions

written by John

DreamLeague S14 DPC EU and ESL One DPC CIS will commence in January, offering points for Majors and The International

New announcement sees DH & ESL host two of the six DPC regions

STOCKHOLM/COLOGNE/NEW YORK — ESL Gaming, the world’s largest esports company, has today announced that it will host the all new Dota Pro Circuit leagues ESL One DPC CIS powered by Intel® for the CIS region and the DreamLeague Season 14 DPC EU powered by Intel® for the European region. The DPC leagues will precede the Dota 2 Majors and The International 10, which will return following a year off in 2020.

Commencing on January 18th, the DPC leagues will occur online and will run for roughly six weeks with each region consisting of a full best of three Round Robin format. Each region’s league has an upper and lower division consisting of eight teams, and will have three competition days per week. The broadcasts of both regions will be produced out of Stockholm, Sweden, while the leagues will be localised in several languages, including Russian and Chinese, with more to be confirmed at a later date.

The direct invites to the Upper Division of the ESL One DPC CIS are Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, Team Spirit and Live to Win. Directly invited to the Upper Division of the DreamLeague S14 DPC EU are OG, Team Secret, Team Liquid and Team Nigma. A closed 8-team decider tournament starting January 8th will decide who will fill-up the Upper or qualify into the Lower Division. The final slots for the Lower Division will be determined by Open Qualifiers starting on January 5th.

DPC points will be awarded in the leagues and contribute towards qualification for The Majors and The International, meaning that teams will need to perform to their best level in the DPC leagues in order to progress across the season. Both the European and CIS region’s league will have a prize pool of $280,000.

From the six global DPC leagues, the 18 best performing teams will progress into the Majors, with then the best 12 teams from the Majors going on to compete in The International 2021.

Michael Van Driel, SVP Game Management at ESL Gaming, said: “Alongside the rest of the Dota 2 community, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the return of the Dota 2 Pro Circuit, we’re very excited to kick off the DPC season and provide some thrilling matches for fans to tune in for worldwide!”

For more information on the ESL One DPC CIS head here, while fans can also get updates on LinkedIn, Twitter and at about.eslgaming.com. For the DreamLeague S14 DPC EU head here or visit us on Twitter.

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ABOUT ESL GAMING

ESL Gaming is the world’s largest esports and gaming lifestyle company. Since 1994, the company has been shaping the industry and leading esports and gaming innovation on a global scale across the most popular video games with numerous online and offline esports competitions, and through premier gaming lifestyle festivals. The company operates high-profile, branded international leagues and tournaments under the ESL Pro Tour, including ESL One, Intel® Extreme Masters, DreamHack Masters, ESL Pro League, and other preeminent, stadium-size tournaments. ESL Gaming also produces and hosts DreamHack Open tournaments, ESL National Championships, grassroots amateur cups, matchmaking systems, and DreamHack’s gaming lifestyle festivals — which feature everything gaming under one roof. ESL Gaming is part of MTG, the leading international digital entertainment group. More information is available at about.eslgaming.co

ABOUT DREAMLEAGUE

Founded in the fall of 2013, DreamLeague is one of the longest-running Dota 2 tournaments in the world. Celebrating ten seasons in November 2018 by hosting its second DPC Minor, and hosting DPC Majors in the past, DreamLeague is a prestigious tournament run by the experienced crew from ESL Gaming. Find out more about DreamLeague on dreamhack.com/dreamleague.

7 January 2021 0 comment