Author: Dominic Tommy

All of the direct invites for The International are already confirmed while Supermajor is still ongoing. The last direct invitee is Vici Gaming J. Thunder, while OpTic Gaming failed to secure the spot. OpTic actually had a chance to get invited to The International 2018, but Virtus Pro had another plan for them, as they proved to be an obstacle that OpTic can’t handle. With OpTic Gaming eliminated from the tournament, VGJ.Thunder’s position in the ladder is set and became the last invitee to The International 2018. The Best 8 The first team that secured their invitation is Virtus…

Legendary position 1 of Alliance, Jonathan “Loda” Berg is retiring from professional Dota 2 scene. Loda is a member of the legendary Alliance line up that won The International 3. He is the co-owner of the player-owned Alliance, alongside Joakim “Akke” Akterhall and Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg. Loda was the only player that stayed on Alliance from its creation until his retirement. Alliance will usher a new generation, with its original line-up now retired, inactive or playing for another team. The End of An Era “A day that I feared for a long time, but now that it’s here, it…

The Dota 2 Supermajor kicked off on Saturday June 2nd, 2018. It starts with group stage at first, then proceeds to playoffs, just like your standard tournament. There are four groups consisting of four teams. From each group, there will be two winners that will go to the more forgiving winners bracket. There also will be two loser that must go through the unforgiving, you lose you’re out lower bracket. We will give you our prediction for who will be the one who goes through lower bracket and those who will reign supreme. Winners will be listed in bold. …

2018 Asian Games in Jakarta will be the first time an event with recognition from the International Olympics Committee has eSports as a demonstrated sport. Only six games are currently competed in the eSports branch: League of Legends, StarCraft II, Hearthstone, Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, Arena of Valor, and Clash Royale. Although no medal will be contested, this is a major step towards world wide recognition of eSports. Selection of Games “In the selection of Asian Games eSports, we exercised stringent criteria, i.e. the game must adhere to our vision of promoting integrity, ethics, and fair play” The games…

Recently, SmackDown Live! just got a new deal with Fox Network for broadcasting rights. The deal is rumored to be a 5-year deal worth about $1 billion. The staggering amount of money injected means WWE must produce a show worthy of it. This could change how WWE will perceive televised content and could change the landscape of WWE’s booking. TV Ratings Over PPVs? “It doesn’t matter. They literally could cancel every house show from this point forward and never run another house show again it doesn’t matter. Shut down the WWE Network, it doesn’t matter. They could stop selling…

Natus Vincere ( Na’Vi ), Legendary Dota 2 team, will change its roster again. The roster will part ways with Nikola “LeBronDota” Popović, who has been with the team since February. The substitute will be Fedor “Velheor” Rusihin. Velheor was a support player for SFTEsports before joining Natus Vincere. With the changes that took place outside of roster change, Na’Vi can’t contend in the fight for a direct invites to The International and must goes through the qualifier. According to Natus Vincere’s representative, the decision was made due to a recent string of poor performances of the team and the slim chance…

After a long wait, The International 2018 battle pass was finally released by Valve. The battle pass is an in-game item that gives a substantial amount of rewards to the buyer. It is also the way for players to participate in contributing to the prize pool of The International. Every purchase of a battle pass item, whether the pass itself or the level, will make Valve allocate 25% of the amount purchased to the prize pool. Since the making of this article, over $2.2 million has been raised by the purchases. Last year, the prize pool of The International exceeded…

Giant Chinese team, PSG.LGD (previously known as LGD Gaming) has won EPICENTER XL Major tournament in Russia. The team outclassed their opponent in a 3-1 victory over The International 2018 winner, Team Liquid. This win puts the team into 4th place in the DPC ranking, with 4,071 points, trailing Team Secret’s 4,710 points. LGD was the first professional team picked up by a football franchise that won a tournament with DPC points. PSG, or Paris Saint Germain, announced on April 19, 2018 that they will be a partner and the main sponsor for LGD Gaming moving forward. In other news,…

Techies, the hero that everybody hates to love and loves to hate, is now available again to pick or ban in captains mode! In patch number 7.14, Dota 2 has re-added one of the most hated heroes in the game into the mode that almost every tournament uses. Techies were removed from captains mode in patch 7.00 because of complaint about the play style and unpopularity among pro players. A team possessing Techies in their lineup will lean towards turtling and defensive play style, or Anti-Dota. This style of play frustrated their opponents and bore viewers because it will cause…

The 2018 edition of WWE Superstar Shake-up has been concluded. Both RAW and SmackDown Live (from this onward will be called “SDL”) have drafted a fair amount of Superstars to refresh their current roster. But who got the best deal of this event? We’re going to break it down for you from the lower card scene, tag team scene, and the main eventer for both brands. Monday Night RAW Lower Card The acquisition of Zack Ryder, Mojo Rawley, and Mike Kanellis surely will strengthen the lower card of RAW that has been lacking lately. These three guys were barely touched…