The post-TI3 Roster Shuffle thread

Clinton "Fear" Loomis - https://twitter.com/FearDotA
Jimmy "Demon" Ho - https://twitter.com/DotADeMoN
Jio "Jeyo" Madayag - https://twitter.com/Jeyostyle
Robert "Bdiz" Tinnes - https://twitter.com/bdizdota

None yet!

Alaan "SexyBamboe" Faraj

EG, Fear +4, the #hashtag Factory, the Kings of Throw, the least-successful-DoTA-team-Alex-Garfield-owns. Call them what you will EG are a team that might be argued was sorely missed at TI3, if only for the lack of Fear.

Will Fear be able to pull his ragtag band of patriots (and a Dutch guy. And a Canadian) together, to face back into the grind? Or will he attempt to mold the fabled, never quite achieved NA Dream Team with the EG tag or without? Demon has put on record he is seriously considering leaving the scene altogether to head back to education, which would deprive EG and the North American scene of one of its most talented, if controversial, players. Whatever happens, EG will definitely be one of the big movers in the off season.

Lord of the Dance

Saahil "O' Neal" "Universe" Arora - https://twitter.com/UniverseDota
Ioannis "Fogged" Loucas - https://twitter.com/FoggedDota
Peter "waytoosexy" Nguyen - https://twitter.com/waytopeter

None yet!

Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling
Jing "Sneyking" Wu (>Free Agent)

The overachievers of TI3? Perhaps not quite the number one team in that regard but Dignitas showed up to Seattle with a mind to quieten their detractors. After a more than solid group stage and being the first Western team to knock a Chinese team out of TI since TI1, Dignitas secured the respect of many a fan.

Was it enough to keep the team together? Will the longstanding PoTM Bottom be up for another full year of competitive DoTA together? Will they be able to hold onto Universe, by far one of the most coveted NA players on the scene? Not much has leaked out during or after Dignitas's TI3 run so we will have to wait and see

4 - Dancing Queen

Tyler "TC" Cook - https://twitter.com/LiquidTC
Steven "Korok" "StealthSteven" Ashworth - https://twitter.com/LiquidKorok
Sam "Bulba" Sosale
Brian "Fluffnstuff" Lee - https://twitter.com/LiquidFLUFF
Mike "ixmike88" "The 'Stache" "LAMO" Ghannam https://twitter.com/Liquidixmike88/https://twitter.com/shitixmikesays

None yet!

None yet!

Liquid. The highest placing North American team of TI3. Causation of many a heart palpitation. A likable bunch of lads.

Much like Dignitas, I expect the relatively deep TI3 run of Liquid to hold the team largely together. Does the team have more room to improve after TI3? Can it hold onto both TC and Korok for another International cycle? Will Bulba's dad join?

I don't feel like dancin'

Johnathan "Loda" Berg - https://twitter.com/LodaBerg
Gustav "S4" Magnusson - https://twitter.com/s4dota
Henrik "AdmiralBulldog" Ahnberg - https://twitter.com/AdmiralBulldog
Joakim "Akke" Akterhall - https://twitter.com/FollowAkke
Jerry "EGM" Lundqvist - https://twitter.com/FollowEGM

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Not much to be said about [A]. They won $1.5million dollars. They are all Swedish. I don't think anybody would bet any rares on roster moves for [A]. Don't fix that which wins TI.

Careless Whisper

Adrian "Era" Kryeziu - https://twitter.com/EraDota
Kai "H4nni"Hanbueckers - https://twitter.com/KaiH4nn1
Kalle "Trixi" Saarinen - https://twitter.com/fnaticTrixi
Johan "Notail" Sundstein - https://twitter.com/FnaticN0tail
Tal "Fly" Aizik - https://twitter.com/FnaticFly (?)

None yet!

None yet!

Its hard to justify any sort of roster shuffling for Fnatic post TI3. With an extremely deep run at the event alongside a long and storied history in multiple games, Fnatic have little to fret over. Interview after interview with the team will leave no doubt in my mind that this is a team of real friends that are committed to sticking together.

I don't feel like dancin'

Dominik "Black" Reitmeier - https://twitter.com/BlackDotA2
Adrian "FATA" Trinks - https://twitter.com/Dota2FATA
Max "qojqva" Broecker - https://twitter.com/qojqvaDotA2
Pascal "paS" Lohmeier - https://twitter.com/mouzpaS
Trols "Syndern" Nielsen - https://twitter.com/syndereNDota

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Mouz headed into TI3 on a high, with solid results against most top western teams, some good placings in tourneys and what seemed to be a harmonious team spirit. Sadly they failed to make any sort of headway in Seattle, bowing out at the first possible hurdle.

Will such a disappointing result mean the squad parts ways? If so several high value players will need homes, chief among them Black. No team would shy away from having such an obviously skilled and highly dedicated carry player farming for them.

Dancing Queen

Thibault "Funzii" Calonne
Titouan "Sockshka" Merloz - https://twitter.com/FollowSockshka
Sebastien "7ckingMad" Debs

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Artur "Goblak" Kostenko
Airat "Silent" Gaziev

The earliest causality of the brutal TI format, Quantic were a team specifically formed on rather short notice for the TI3 qualifiers. Led by drafting mastermind Goblak, many people were looking forward to Quantic to bamboozle teams with unheard of hero combinations, unorthodox laning and picking Gyro for Silent.

With the disparate national makeup of the team and their lack of results, I'm guessing a full disband is in the pipeline for Quantic.

Lord of the Dance

Niklas "Wagamamma" Högström - https://twitter.com/WagaGaming
WehSing "SingSing" Yuen (???) - https://twitter.com/Sing2X
Jesse "Jerax" Vainikka - https://twitter.com/JerAxai

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SingSing (>Kaipi)

Qpad, a failed project, a stillborn team and a huge disappointment to fans of all involved parties. The huge hype around the founding of the team quickly turned into an overlong trial period looking for a fifth, most notably involving missing out on EGM. Results never really came for QPad as a bright start quickly puttered out.

Now with SingSing caught in limbo between Kaipi and Qpad, Waga mayhaps becoming a more full time partner to Tobi and poor Jerax left all on his lonesome, Qpad might just be gone for good. The prospect of a switch of a merger with KP, taking of the Qpad name could be an option but last we heard from team manager James "2GD" Harding, he wouldn't touch KP with "a ten foot pole"

Lord of the Dance

Jackie "EternalEnvy-sama" Mao - https://twitter.com/EternaLEnVy1991
Pittner "Bone7" Armand - https://twitter.com/bOne7DotA
WehSing "SingSing" Yuen (?) - https://twitter.com/Sing2X
Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling - https://twitter.com/Aui_2000
Johan "pieliedie" Åström

Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling
WehSing "SingSing" Yuen

Artour "Arteezy" "A-God" Babaev (>High School)

#roadtoti4. The most pressing issue with KP is whether EE will be able to stand having a high schooler dictate his scrimming schedule by virtue of being legally obliged to be in high school. Past experience says that RTZ will get the boot after summer is over, as was the fate of Kizzles from early NTH.

The SingSing issue is as of yet resolved. While Envy has stated in interviews and on stream that WehSing has joined KP, Sing himself has not made any public statement to that effect nor has anyone affiliated with QPad.

Dancing Queen

Oleksandr "XBOCT" Dashkevych - https://twitter.com/NaViXBOCT
Danylo "Dendi" Ishutin - https://twitter.com/DendiBoss
Hlib "Funn1k" Lipatnikov - https://twitter.com/Funn1kDota
Clement "Puppey" Ivanov - https://twitter.com/CLEMENTINATOR
Kuro "Kuroky" Salehi Takhasomi - https://twitter.com/NaViKuroKy

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Oh god if that XBOCT post on vk turns out to be true. Maybe we'll see Kuroky back on 1! Or any number of insane possibilities.

If not, I would not be surprised if Na'vi stick as they are. They have 3 players close to being ESPORTS biggest earners of all time. They have history and friendships.

What they don't have is a fresh Aegis....

Everyday I'm Shufflin

Sergey "God" Bragin
Yaroslav "NS" Kuznetsov - https://twitter.com/just_NS
Roman "Resolution" Fominok
Dmitriy "Lost" "LightofHeaven" Kupriyanov
Artur "Goblak" Kostenko

Artur "Goblak" Kostenko
Dmitriy "Lost" "LightofHeaven" Kupriyanov
Sergey "God" Bragin - https://twitter.com/GTHEMALL

Sergey "ARS-ART" "Smile" Revin
Ilya "Illidan" "Airman" Pivcaev
Oleg "Crazy" Kolesnichenko
Sergey "KSI" Kuzin (All to Free Agent)

VP are a team that have failed to truly deliver on LAN. TI3, sadly, was no exception. The legends of NS and Smile alongside the undoubtedly talented VP squad could never really pull it together at TI.

Being a CIS squad, many will expect them simply to disband. Will NS continue his long career with or without Smile? Where will Mr. No Breathe Fire head to?

Lord of the Dance

Roman "Scandal" Sadotenkov
Airat "Silent" Gaziev
Ivan "VANSKOR" Skorokhod

Ivan "VANSKOR" Skorokhod
Airat "Silent" Gaziev

Vladislav "Blowyourbrain" Morozyuk
Dmitriy "Lost" "LightofHeaven" Kupriyanov

At the start of 2013, Empire were looking like legitimate contenders to Na'vi in the CIS scene. Internal conflicts put paid to that momentum and Empire failed to pu together a squad that could make it through the qualifiers.

Still Empire's remaining players, if they stick together, present an extremely experienced and skilled core that with proper support could once again build an empire to last the test of time.

Lord of the Dance

Stanislav "BzzIsPerfect" Glushan
Maxim "TpoH" Vernikov
Vladimir "yol" Basov

None yet!

None yet!

322. The numbers that rocked the entire DoTA scene and dragged Rox down from promising CIS team down to controversy ridden, reforming CIS team.

With Dread retired, Solo banished (sort of) and Vanskor moving on, Rox have a long road ahead putting back the pieces. Perhaps they can unearth the next hidden gem from the now vast CIS player pool.

Lord of the Dance

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Maksim "Jackal" Doroshenok
Roman "Resolution" Fominok
Andrey "Mag" Chipenko
Andrey "ALWAYSWANNAFLY" Bondarenko
Oleg "wejustzik" Zinovenko!

Twitch chat gets its wish granted

Everyday I'm Shufflin'

Nobody!

None yet!

None yet!

Will the allure of this new project out of CIS be able to weave a true contender to the uncontested might of Na'vi? Apart from some rather cryptic tweets, we know very little about Astana Dragons except that most of us are praying it won't end up being Darer 2.0. Will it mark the triumphant return of Artstyle? Will Godkillthemall return from his pilgrimage to the Orient to reclaim his spot among the great CIS solo mids? Would adding Goblak to the team destroy DoTA2 drafting forever or be a case of too many cooks?

Lord of the Dragons

Luo "Ferrari_430" Feichi - https://twitter.com/430DOTA
Jiang "YYF" Cen
Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan - https://twitter.com/iGChuaN
Zeng "Faith" Hongda

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Chen "Zhou" Yao

Oh boy. IG, the fallen kings, the shattered dream team, they who could not put out the Burning and they who chocked on their porridge. Even post G-1 League Season 5, the rumblings of inner strife blasted to the surface. They persevered, trying to find that magic that made them the untouchable kings of competitive DoTA or perhaps simply trying to avoid the fate of LGDcn.

Now with their extremely disappointing run at TI3, IG are poised to cause what could be a second great upheaval in Chinese DoTA. Chuan could go absolutely anywhere - perhaps even beyond China and SEA. Will Chisburg make a comeback? Will they poach from the well of talent that is VG? In my mind, IG are the team that will cause the biggest waves post TI3. Keep an eye on this space!

Lord of the Dance

Zhang "xiao8" Ning
"Yao" Zhengzheng
Xie "DD" Bin
Leong "DDC" Fat-meng

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Liu "Sylar" Jiajun

If you had put a gun to my head and asked me which Chinese team would have done the best at TI3, I probably would have flip flopped over Tongfu and LGDcn, leaving you to pull the trigger on my indecisive self. Myself aside, LGDcn have always been presented as the foremost of Chinese solidity and consistency.

Then Liquid happened. In what was one of the most hype moments of TI3, USA triumphed over China in one of the most nail-biting BO1's to ever grace the stage in Seattle. So where now for LGD? Xiao8, Yao and DD have been "friends since childhood". Will this core of LGD stay or go to greener pastures? Despite his teams disappointing finish, Sylar has to be rated as one of the best carries in the world still. Finally, will DDC actually retire now? While IG might cause tidal waves, LGD could shake their own foundations.

Everyday I'm Shufflin'

Per Anders "Pajkatt" Olsson Lille (Pajkatt doesn't have a twitter???)
Rasmus "Misery" Filipsen - https://twitter.com/MiSeRyTheGOD
Braxton "Brax" Paulson - https://twitter.com/braxlikesdota
Theeban "1437" "Aren" Siva - https://twitter.com/LGD1437

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Sergey "God" Bragin - https://twitter.com/GTHEMALL

Look down, right down, at my tag. Yes, I am an LGDint fan. Yes I am deeply saddened by what happened at TI3 and everything post G-League honestly. What was I really meant to expect, taking 5 extremely talented but totally unrelated players, add China, stir for one year? LGDint was a fascinating experiment and one I would love to be repeated but I very much doubt this team will be seen together again. Misery and Pajkatt could be looking to create a big Swedish rival to the juggernaut of Alliance. Brax is probably one of the top 3 most coveted free agents in NA right now and 1437's globetrotting habits could land him absolutely anywhere. Oh and G is probably CIS's second best solo mid player.

LGDint, disband, go and do great things!

Lord of the Disband

Xu "Burning" "A player actually deserving of the -God moniker" Zhilei

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Yao "QQQ" Yi
Lei "X!!" "Dai" Zengrong[
Bai "rotk" Fan

Over/under on Burning retiring? A QQ post that turned out to be a shot at Chinese casters flame had many of us thinking that we had truly lost the B-God. Burning may venture once more into the breach but will it be with this same, impossibly experienced and old-school lineup. Would new blood re-invigorate the soul of Burning, so that he may burn the rest of ours?

Dancing Queen

Chen "Hao" Zhihao
Zhang "Mu" Pan
Yang "KingJ" Zhou
Jiao "Banana" Wang
Zhaohui "SanSheng" Wang

None yet!

None yet!

As the highest placing Chinese team of TI3, many would expect TF to stay as they are. They have the dynamic and explosive duo of Hao and Mu, the versatile KingJ and what is possibly "Most Improved Player since signing" Banana. I feel that TF don't have much to fear from within but may be threatened by roster changes around them. Depending on how many changes ACE feels need to happen to get the Chinese scene moving along again, we could still see some movement around TF

I don't feel like dancin' (but someone spiked my drink)

Linsen "fy" Xu
Fan "Tutu" Bai
Bai "rotk" Fan
Xie "Super" Juanhao
Gong "ZSMJ" Jian
Chao "Fenrir" Lu

Xie "Super" Juanhao

Tianyu "cty" Chen

When LongDD got kicked off LGDcn, it was not LGD who took the greatest hit but VG. Their journey to TI3 through the qualifiers had just gotten a lot harder. Maybe I'm just poorly theorycrafting here (surely TF would have been an even more diffiucult challenge...) but VG missing out on TI3 was a devastating blow to the young teams ambitions and a great disappointment to DoTA fans the world around who wanted to see cty in the 1v1 tourney and ZSMJ at a western LAN.

Now with ZSMJ on the 4 position, fy bumped up to carry after his impressive performance in the Red Bull 1v1 tourney, VG is a team in flux and a team vulnerable to being poached. Never has individual skill been a issue but rather team cohesion and with that in mind, the big fish in the Chinese pond might want to snap up any number of the aforementioned talents on VG

Lord of the Dance

Peng "Icy" Wang
Yinqi "Luo"
Zhicheng "Lanm" "What a hero guys" Zhang
Li "SagM" Guo

None yet!

Kai "Kabu" Zhao

Its hard to judge whether Rattlesnake's TI3 run was enough to keep the players going. With ACE league quickly approaching in China and not as much drama nor not as much lost from the aftermath of TI for Rattlesnake, perhaps they will gather themselves again and keep going at it. I just hope we get to see more crazy drafts and perhaps the most versatile squad in China continue playing.

Everyday I'm Shufflin'

Wang "Xiaotuji" Zhang
Peng "Super" Su
Silong "XDD" Liu
Xuntao "Xtt" Xu

None yet!

Yuxiao "Air" Yin

I cannot speak much for what RisingStars have been getting up to. Apart from Xtt joining after the VG shakeup, not much has come out of RS, failing to qualify for TI3 and being relegated from DSL Season 2 (although they can still go through Season 2 qualifiers). Another one of the crop of new Chinese teams, will they stick around for ACE League?

Everyday I'm Shufflin'

Chen "CZ" Zhuo
Yang "You" Houyi
Xiong "Zippo" Zhou
Zhang "8GK" Haohao

None yet!

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ForLove are an old-school team that once made two big runs in WC3 DoTA G-League. Since then they have been on a bit of a spiral, failing to make any sort of significant placings in DoTA2. With big players like KingJ and Banana leaving to Tongfu and their captain Hanci to the now disbanded Royal, it remains to be seen if ForLove are actually still active.

Lord of the Dance

Lee "kYxY" Kong Yang
Chong "Ohaiyo" Xin Khoo
Joel Chan "Xtinct" Zhan Leong
Wai "Net" Pern Lim

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Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung

How tragic a downfall it would be if kYxY were to leave Orange. While everyone was talking of Mushi's domineering performances, kYxY solid carry play and understanding of Weaver really propelled Orange forward in TI.

With such a huge finish at TI, Orange have a bright future ahead of them. The are the undisputed kings of SEA and even more so than before, proven Chinese team slayers. Perhaps Mushi will feel that a slight change could propel Orange into the stratosphere or that consolidation will keep their steady ascent going.

I don't feel like dancin'

Daryl "iceiceice" Koh Pei Xiang - https://twitter.com/iceiceicedota

None yet!

Nicholas "xfreedom" Kelvin Ileto Lim
Ng "NWP" "Yamateh" Wei Poong
Toh "xy¬" Wai Hong
Chua "ice" Chee Cai

A team that every wants to like, Zenith have amazing potential but let themselves down at TI. Even still, they should be granted an honorary award for being the only team to pick Invoker.

According to the Zenith blog xy is heading to the UK to continue studying, so that seems like the first official OUT of this season. Zenith has gone through many re-shuffles in the past and I expect this year to be no different. Will Ymth and icex3 stick together or will Ymth take himself and Ice and head back to Malaysia?

Dancing Queen

Jun "HONTRASHPLAYER" Liong Loh
Cheng "FzFz" Hor Siew
Daniel "TFG" Wong
Sim "Ling" Woi Cheong
Chan "Winter" Litt-Binn - https://twitter.com/WinteRDota

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Poor winter While pundits and talking heads did not expect much from MUFC, their hapless run straight out of TI was hard to watch. Whether it was a case of internal issues, poor play or a whole host of other possible problems, all we can say is that surely a squad that suffered such defeat is destined to change radically.

Lord of the Dance

NA'VI.CHUAN INCOMING!!!111!