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Roster Changes:
- Team NP : Envy kicks SVG and 1437 (Source)
- Sonneiko replaces rmn on Team Na’Vi (Source)
- Sunsfan and Sajedene leave Digital Chaos for undisclosed reasons (Source)
- Digital Chaos squad goes independent, they are now “Team Thunderbirds” (Source)
- Digital Chaos Org picks up Team Onyx (Source)
- Team B)ears disbands (Source)
- Mousesports signs ex-Ad Finem squad (Source)
- The Wings players leave the org and are now known as “Team Random”(Source)
- InsaNia replaces Synderen on NiP (Source)
- Moonduck adds Shaneomad & Brax to their broadcast/talent team (Source)
Kiev Major Information:
- Invited team performance (before invites)
- Team Random (ex-Wings) – TI Champions, BEAT winners, ¾ at ESL
- OG – Major Champions, ¾ as ESL, 1 Elimination mode, 2nd Dotapit
- Mousesports (ex-Ad Finem) – 2nd at Boston, failed to qualify for starladder or DAC
- Liquid – Starladder win, DAC qualified
- EG – Won Dotapit, Won China Top, ¾ Boston
- Thunderbirds (ex-DC) – Won ESL, ¾ Boston
- Newbee – 2nd ESL, 1st China only Tournament, 2nd at China Top
- VG.J – 2nd Starladder, 1st DAC qualifiers,
- Group Stages April 24-25
- 16 team single group stage
- Swiss style format
- Bo3 matches
- No team plays each other more than once
- Any teams with a 3-0 or 0-3 record are done with groups
- Main Event April 27-30
- Talent list:
- Redeye to host
- Aui_2000, 1437, and Conrad are new faces
- Synderen returns to analysis/casting
- Talent list:
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- Only casters will be present in Kiev according to anonymous sources, the rest of the broadcast team will be in Bucharest (Source)
- The in stadium broadcast language will be Russian
Upcoming Tournaments:
- StarLadder i-League Dota 2 Invitational Season 2, Shanghai, China, May 18-21
- ZOTAC Cup Masters at Computex Taipei, May 30 to June 3
- Epicenter, Moscow, Russia, June 9-11
- Summit 7 Los Angelos, USA, June 14-18
- Dreamleague Season 7, LAN Finals Atlanta, USA, July 21-22
DAC Overview
- 12 Teams – 4 invited and 8 qualified
- Two groups of 6
- Top 2 started in the upper bracket, bottom 4 in bo1 elimination games
- Group Results:
- NP, LGD.FY, Wings, and Liquid were the first eliminated
- IG.Vitality made it the farthest from the lower bracket (4th)
- IG fell to OG in the upper bracket, then beat Newbee 2-0 in the lower bracket
- IG beat OG 3 – 0 in the grand finals
- IG won ~$246,000 of the $612,000 prize pool
- Previous champions EG came in 5/6th place, winning $37,000
Game Changes
- 7.05
- Matchmaking Update (Source)
- A unique linked phone number is now required by May 4th to play ranked
- Solo Queue only can be selected in advanced options
- Low Priority is now a timeout in combination
- Party MMR takes your Solo MMR (if higher) into account when queuing
- Behavioral algorithms (for detecting griefing) have been improved
- Bot detection has been implemented
- New laws in China require that drop rates from loot boxes/Dota chests will be required to be public
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