Even as we await official announcement from TeamDK personnel, there's been some circumstantial evidence leaking out.
The weibo of TeamDK Dota division manager that resigned today.
http://t.qq.com/p/t/418784082061309
For personal reasons, I've resigned as manager of TeamDK; for things concerning DK contact Fabregas.
And there's a few other individuals making an exodus from the TeamDk headquarters.
TeamDK is now missing both BurNiNg and IceIceIce from its in-game roster.
And a fan at the airport had BurNIng come in for a flight out of Yunnan and accounted the story of meeting BurNIng
Topic with Picture of Burning
http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=7269940
The retirement exchange
http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=7269940&page=13&topid=136086454#pid136086454Anchor
The exchange in colorful NGA emoticons went:
A signature is a necessary part of the boarding procedure. And because there were so many people, I had not mentioned a photo requirement. But when I lifted his id card and read: 徐达拉, I popped up my head and yelled "BUR-DEN-NING." The "Old Bus Driver" could not help but chuckle a bit. My coworkers glanced over at me with puzzled looks. (At this moment a Canadian old lady rocked over the counter, suffering from sun-stroke.... blah blah blah)
Me: Burning, can I ask you a personal question.
Burning: Go ahead.
Me: Are you really going to retire?
Burning: Yes, really. I've already made the decision.
Me: Is that really the truth!?
Burning: Yes. It's final.
LanM and 71
http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=7269940&page=17&topid=136100826#pid136100826Anchor
The results of talking with LaNm and 71
http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=7269940&page=19&topid=136104472#pid136104472Anchor
1. About BurNIng retirement, Mushi and LaNm gave the same answer, no special reason.
2. Don't know if it should be reviewed, in I-League LaNm is going to get invited in for professional commentary.
3. MMY is going to continue to play, don't know where. I laughed at that joking that they just can't say yet, and LaNm responded that they really don't know yet.
4. "The GameFy spying incident hit DK really hard," according to 71. "Especially LaNm and BurNIng especially because of the pressure situation."
5. LaMn retiring is going to go into commentary or bringing in newcomers, from picking up the game to understanding game situations to learning game mechanics. And he can use PW and Valve to publish and disseminate his work.
Talking about Mushi & IceIceIce
http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=7269940&page=20&topid=136107380#pid136107380Anchor
Mushi and IceIceIce will continue onward. Mushi has especially said he won't miss TI5. Where to, with which club, however, is still a question.
Talking about 71
http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=7269940&page=21&topid=136107749#pid136107749Anchor
71 will remain to train and develop the new team. DK will definitely have players to carry on.
There's always reddit: linking to this.
http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/2d7hac/burning_to_retire_iceiceice_to_ig/