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OG welcomes Misha as head Dota 2 coach for The International 10

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Time Stamp: September 24, 2021 3:13 PM - Modified On: September 24, 2021 - Published By:
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OG officially named CIS Dota 2 veteran Mikhail “Misha” Agatov as the team’s head coach for The International 10 today. Misha has been working with the team for six months now, having joined up as a coach following the end of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit’s second season in June, while Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz had moved to an assistant coaching role.  Another professional paper holder joins the crew ?After DPC, the team worked extremely hard and brought in some extra help. Today, we are thrilled to share with you that

Shanghai Dragons and LIP apologize for ‘inappropriate language’ heard on broadcast

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Time Stamp: September 23, 2021 4:44 PM - Modified On: September 23, 2021 - Published By:
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The Shanghai Dragons issued an apology today on behalf of DPS player Lee “LIP” Jae-won after the player used “inappropriate language” during a Sept. 22 Overwatch League playoff broadcast. LIP himself has also apologized.  After each game in the playoff bracket, which began on Sept. 21, league production airs the winning moment and includes player comms from the victorious team. Profanity is relatively common during these segments, but things escalated after the Shanghai Dragons’ victory against the Los Angeles Gladiators.  LIP, according to a community translator, called the Gladiators “loser

BIG’s head coach DuDe takes personal leave, LEGIJA to fill in

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 8:40 AM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Dustin “⁠DuDe⁠” Großmann is taking an undetermined break from coaching BIG’s CS:GO team due to personal reasons. This will see assistant coach Nikola “⁠LEGIJA⁠” Ninić replace him in upcoming tournaments, the organization’s CGO Christian Lenz confirmed after Dexerto’s report. LEGIJA had already coached BIG between 2018 and 2019 when the Germans featured a different lineup, and also played for them in the past. He has been on the sidelines since January 2021, when Envy transfer-listed its entire CS:GO division, but according to HLTV he was working as BIG’s assistant coach since May

LEGIJA steps in as interim head coach in BIG, DuDe takes leave

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 6:46 AM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Dustin "⁠DuDe⁠" Großmann is taking a break from coaching BIG due to personal reasons, with LEGIJA set to replace him in the role in the meantime, as first reported by Dexerto and confirmed by the German organization's CGO Christian Lenz. LEGIJA will step back into his old role in the German squad, having previously coached a different iteration of the team in 2018-2019. The 30-year-old officially returns under the wings of the BIG organization, having already been working with them behind the scenes as an assistant coach since May following

Valve adds Dunoo chat wheel tribute, Battle Pass content to Dota Plus in Fall 2021 update

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Time Stamp: September 1, 2021 8:24 PM - Modified On: September 1, 2021 - Published By:
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The Dota Plus Fall 2021 update is rolling out, bringing refreshed seasonal content to subscribers, along with some new bonuses and features from the concluded Nemestice Battle Pass.  As promised, several new features that were added during the Nemestice Battle Pass over the last several months will now be rolled into Dota Plus permanently. This includes improved Item Assistant with Neutral Item Suggestions and enhanced Quick Buy Recommendations.  Additionally, the Chat Wheel sound effects from the Nemestice Battle Pass are now available for purchase via shards in the Dota Plus

ALEX: “mezii is an IGL’s dream; he’s an overall amazing player to glue a team”

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 6:11 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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fnatic announced a substantial change to their composition at the start of August, departing from an all-Swedish lineup — which they have housed since 2013 — and transitioning to an international roster with the addition of former Cloud9 duo Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin and William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman. The team is set to make their first official appearance on Friday at 16:45 , and will have a trial by fire as they will face Natus Vincere in their opening match-up. ALEX sung his praise for mezii Ahead of their debut, HLTV.org briefly

Aqua: “Every one of us wants to play at the top events one day, like the main team playing ESL Pro League”

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 4:21 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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The first match of the WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals is ready to kick off with BIG Academy facing off against mouz NXT in the opening series of the tournament. Ahead of the bout, we spoke with one of the key players in BIG Academy's third-place finish in the group stage, Nico "⁠Aqua⁠" Kembitzky, who ended up as the team's highest-rated player in the round robin stage with a 1.09 rating across 14 maps played and crucial performances in the squad's early victories against NAVI Junior, Astralis Talent and

tabseN: “Since XANTARES is gone, we’ll all have to get more frags”

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Time Stamp: August 24, 2021 2:05 PM - Modified On: August 24, 2021 - Published By:
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Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz took part in the HLTV Confirmed show on Monday where he talked about BIG's 2021, Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş' departure, the addition of gade, and where he sees the team in the future. Ahead of their first official with their new signing at ESL Pro League Season 14, tabseN revealed why they picked gade to join the team, how the roles will work in the squad, and which issues plagued them in the year so far. tabseN is expecting BIG to get more easy kills The summer break

Evil Geniuses move potter to VALORANT head coach role

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Time Stamp: August 20, 2021 7:07 PM - Modified On: August 20, 2021 - Published By:
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Evil Geniuses is altering the structure of its still developing VALORANT team, moving team captain Christine “potter” Chi to the head coaching role. The organization is moving Jimmy “LiN” Lin to the assistant coaching position, and will call on Kelden “Boostio” Pupello to stand-in at the upcoming Nerd Street Gamers Summer Championship. A long time veteran of women’s North American and international CS:GO, potter returned to active competition following the release of VALORANT after an extended stay of analyst work in CS:GO. After competing in the FTW Summer Showdown back

Evil Geniuses wins 2021 LCS Coaching Staff of the Year award

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2021 4:29 PM - Modified On: August 6, 2021 - Published By:
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The LCS revealed its first round of end-of-season award winners earlier today and Evil Geniuses took home the honors of Coaching Staff of the Year.  The EG staff, which is helmed by head coach Peter Dun and supported by assistant coaches Conor “Artemis” Doyle and Gabriel “Turtle” Peixoto, earned first-place honors after the team finished third in the 2021 LCS regular season. The coaching staffs of 100 Thieves, TSM, Golden Guardians, and Immortals all also received first-place votes.The post Evil Geniuses wins 2021 LCS Coaching Staff of the Year award