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The Weekly CourierTeam Secret Claims ESL Hamburg Title, Dendi To Standin At Dreamleague Minor, PGL Announces Bucharest Minor

By eggs on Oct 29, 2018 05:08 UTC

Team Secret Claims ESL Hamburg Title

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Down 1-2 in a best of 5 series, Team Secret came back and rolled off two straight games against Vici Gaming to claim the ESL Hamburg championship. Team Secret will cash in $125,000 from the largest prize pool since TI8.

Team Secret came out leading the group stages, but were quickly knocked down to the lower bracket in the first round against Virtus.Pro. They rampaged through the lower bracket with consecutive sweeps over EG, Pain, and again, Virtus.Pro. We'll dedicate a full post soon on the meta of the tournament, but the tournament did showcase a few unconventional picks, in spite of a hero pool that was dominated by Terrorblade, Phoenix, and Ogre. Puppey occasionally drafted Brewmaster in the 5 position for himself. Vici Gaming prioritized a support Weaver, where a timely Aghanim Scepter wrecked havoc on any initiation. Monkey King made a brief return, slightly expanding an already narrow carry pool in this meta.

The MVP award, and a new Mercedes E400 along with it, went to MidOne, who created so much space for his team, regardless of whether he won or lost his lane. As the largest prize pool tournament since TI8, ESL felt like the kickstart to Dota's next season, especially with the Dreamleague Minor around the corner.

Dendi Returns At Dreamleague Minor

The Dreamleague Minor starts Monday, and last week Dendi announced he would standin for Team Lithium due to visa issues with their midlaner, Mage. Then, just recently, Vega Squadron's CEO, Alexey Kondakov, announced that they would be signing Team Lithium with their organization. The organization had been seeking a foothold in Europe for sometime, and that negotiations had initially "fell through" with Team Lithium in August.

The opening matches start October 29 in a group, best of 3 format, followed by a double elimination bracket. The winner will take $125,000, 120 DPC points, and a spot at the Kuala Lumpur Major.

PGL Announces Second Minor In Bucharest

PGL announced the second Minor of the Dota Pro Circuit in Bucharest. The event is set for January 9-13, where teams will compete entirely behind closed doors, with no live audience. At stake is a $300,000 prize pool and a ticket to the second Major, which has yet to be announced. The open qualifiers will take place Dec 1-5 across six regions. NA, SA, SEA, and CIS all have one qualifying slot each, with China and EU get two slots each.

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15 comentarios
Vangelis
Vangelis
2018-10-29

    first

    Player 199865998
    Player 199865998
    2018-10-29

      Everyone's taking Dendi as a standin. Ofc.

      2nd

      One More Light
      One More Light
      2018-10-29

        Dendi the Mercenary

        Pattiex
        Pattiex
        2018-10-29

          The hottest free agent in town @DendiBoss

          Soggy Bottom Boy
          Soggy Bottom Boy
          2018-10-29

            I wonder what Phoenix's win rate was. In finals Phoenix was picked 2 times by Secret and 2 times by Vici. All 4 games were lost and it felt like the team with Phoenix on it played with only 4 heroes.

            Sleight of My Fist In You...
            Sleight of My Fist In You...
            2018-10-29

              snoopy I'm sorry but you're archon 2. I just have to make fun of you.

              ETd
              ETd
              2018-10-29

                Dendi is free publicity for the org, and free win for the other team 😁

                Mr.YaphetS
                Mr.YaphetS
                2018-10-29

                  So the Bucharest minor will not be held in a hall with live audience ? That's sad, in this case it doesn't matter the location.

                  Quartermistress
                  Quartermistress
                  2018-10-29

                    5 Days without a post I was getting worried.

                    aikyu3 SuBi ♪
                    aikyu3 SuBi ♪
                    2018-10-29

                      rule 101: <divine opinion does not matter.

                      (jk)

                      ShokerIsBad
                      ShokerIsBad
                      2018-10-29

                        Dendi gonna become the new MindControl, the new mercenary

                        Wav
                        Wav
                        2018-10-29

                          thats my dondi.

                          sominuovi
                          sominuovi
                          2018-10-30

                            team secret wp!

                            IU(아이유)
                            IU(아이유)
                            2018-10-31

                              wp w wp wp

                              Anomalocaris
                              Anomalocaris
                              2018-11-03

                                Puppey raising the bar

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