Saturday, August 15, 2015

The post TI shuffle has begun



After each Dota 2 International it’s not uncommon to see major shuffles between our top teams. This is a common occurrence in all major eSports titles, but is most prevalent after your supposed top team gets knocked out of a multimillion dollar tournament. Not too long ago we detailed Valve’s new ruling on roster changes allowing teams just over a month before (end of September) to submit any roster changes ahead of the Dota 2 Majors. We’ve already heard a few rumours as well as on definite change happening in Cloud9, but at the moment all we can do is speculate.



Cloud9 disband

North American hopefuls Cloud9 put up a rather dismal performance at this year’s International. Although the team was not completely North American (in fact, it didn’t have a single American player) they were backed by the patriotic followers of North American Dota. Cloud9 secured a 9th-12th finish at this year’s International and once again veteran EternalEnvy missed out on that much-needed victory. The rumour began last night on MiSeRy’s stream where he said he would never again play with fellow teammates FATA and n0tail, and that changes were coming. After this, as with all drama, it went straight to Reddit where users discussed the possible outcomes of Cloud9. Cloud9 captain EternalEnvy then tweeted the following:

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