There isn't any new blood, and whoever they replace Frank and Darkmago with, will almost guaranteed be another matchfixer. Replacing matchfixers with matchfixers. This is why i said, South american scene is cooked.

As for Nemesis, they will be competing in 3 days for EPL Masters, with a new roster. Still unknown roster. Probably some shit CIS stack.

Second day of Dota 2 playoffs begins in 10 minutes and I think Vici Gaming will somehow manage to win 1 map against Falcons and with a bit of luck they can actually defeat them and eliminate them for good. I think Vici is also the last true China Dota team who are not playing for 322 and sus games and we can see them in their game style during the fights.

BTW , does anyone know what will happen with DarkMago from PlayTime ? it should be perma banned right ? and from now one hopefully Valve will do a better job to prevent betting scandals.

You're right on the money with that call, as Vici 2-0'd Team Falcons earlier. I don't know what happened with the Falcons draft, but they outdrafted themselves twice with the Snapfire mid and Windranger offlane in map one, and then Dawnbringer in game two. I wasn't expecting to see VG getting this far, but it's good to see another Chinese team hit their stride just before TI.

As for DarkMago, he's likely banned by ESL since they're also managing the EWC for Dota. Even if he doesn't get banned by Valve, his career is cooked.

Well, you say China can 322 without being caught, but they are the only region where their entire tier 2 and up-and-coming talent was completely ravaged by a ban-wave. South America is next, if anyone cares. SEA is also a pit of matchfix, but at least they do it at their own shitty tournaments like this "Lunar Horse 8" coming up. South americans do it straight up at important qualifiers and majors.

As for Nemesis, i am pretty sure(99%) Jabz is not CEO lol. Jabz simply has a longer duration contract and that's why he wasn't kicked along with the rest. If memory serves me right, Team Nemesis is like a rebrand of Into the Breach org, owned by the same people.

The quarterfinals has concluded, and now there's only three LCK teams + Karmine Corp remaining. For the upcoming matches, it's going to be T1 vs KC and Gen.G vs Dplus in the semis. (Edit: Added some basis for my picks)

T1 seems to be performing well, so I believe they'll go 2-0 against KC. I agree with Inspired's comment during MSI that T1 wasn't playing at their standard. Since then, they've made significant improvements in their macro and drafting. Doran has also been playing much better now, especially during their match against HLE. They're currently in great form, which is why I don't think KC stands a chance.

As for Gen.G, I think it's going to be a tough fight against Dplus, since both of them have eliminated LPL teams. I honestly didn't expect that BLG would lose, given that they're still playing in the same patch as MSI. This shows that DK had good preparation and was able to execute it well. It will be close, but I think it will go 2-1 for the defending EWC champions.

I agree about these 3 regions that they're prone to 322. But it just so happen that darkmago probably desperate to have that deal with the management because it's rumored that he's about to get kicked so might not just take of the advantage to do the 322.

That's for the meme bro.  
But you're right, he's got the longer contract and I guess that he's given importance for who he thinks are good teammates to join the org.

So if the rumors are true then they've just pulled themselves to the ravine along with the management itself. As for tailung and wisper, I guess these two are now the powerhouse of SA and they'll be more prioritized than any other players there in the region.

Haha, that's it. The meme they call CEO when all other teammates have been kicked and there's one that remains.

Esports World Cup for dota 2 has been concluded. And it is none other than Parivision who's won against BB on a 3-1 score setting. Well done to this kid and his teammates, I've watched the last series and that's one of the easiest finals that I've ever seen. I've lost in my bet but that's okay and congrats to my brothers here who's won their bets.



They are now the cover of the official esports world cup website.

Yeah, they're likely to win TI and I hope that they're not like the same strong teams during the other tournaments and failed TI. I've watched their game and I can say that they're very careful and whenever they're in the lead, they don't want to commit any mistake. And no patch will be able to stop their dominance from this season until the TI is done.