The Weekly CourierSecret claims DreamLeague Major, 3 Pro Circuit Events cancelled
Happy Weekend!
Secret win DreamLeague Major
European powerhouse 
Team Secret won the DreamLeague Major last weekend. The team surrounding captain Puppey has displayed high quality Dota throughout the entire event, culminating in a one-sided best-of-five finals in which they dominated TI7 champions Team Liquid 3-0. This is the first LAN title for the current Secret roster and in fact the first LAN victory for Ace and YapzOr and only the second LAN victory for MidOne.
A closer look at the tournament's meta can be found in our meta recap.
8 Direct Invites to ESL One Genting Revealed
Over the course of the last week, ESL has announced the eight invited teams for their first Minor of this Pro Circuit Season. Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, Newbee, Mineski, Evil Geniuses, Fnatic, Team Secret and Vici Gaming have been directly invites to Malaysia. Seven more teams will be determined over the course of several regional qualifiers, with two spots dedicated to the Chinese region. There will be a ninth invite, though there are no details surrounding the invite. The qualifiers will have two stages, with more established teams directly invited to the second stage.
All details surrounding the event can be found on the official website official website. ESL One Genting is set to take place from January 23rd-28th.
3 Pro Circuit Events cancelled
Dota Pro Circuit Changes. #DPC #Dota2 pic.twitter.com/a5K6gcuFwQ
— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) December 7, 2017
Earlier this week, community figure Wykrhm Reddy confirmed the cancellation of three Pro Circuit events. GESC, a South-East Asian tournament organizer, had scheduled to host two Minors in early 2018, but according to a statement on their website those Minors "will not take place on their originally scheduled dates". While the events may still occur later in the year, it seems unlikely that they will be part of the Pro Circuit. A third, unrelated event, details of which have not been announced thus far, was also cancelled.
Tournament Overview:
- The MDL Macau Minor is underway and day 1 is over. Nine teams fight for a spot in the semi-finals in a massive round robin bo1 group stage. TNC finished day 1 undefeated and OG & EHOME take 3 wins each as well. Infamous is currently at the bottom of the group with a 0-3 record, followed closely by LGD who are 1-3. It's worth noting that VGJ.Storm and Virtus.pro are both using stand-ins. Kpii is replacing ritsu and VP are using their coach Artstyle for the time being, as solo has taken the rest of the year off.
- The ROG Masters have also finished day 1 and Execration and Team MAX have already been eliminated, only Optic Gaming, PENTA Sports, Team Empire and WG.Unity remain.
Also Noteworthy
- The Pub Tier List is back!
- The Clip of the week goes to Secret's MidOne whose Kunkka cleaved his way through Team Liquid with an ultra kill!
Thanks for catching up with us. We hope you enjoy your weekend.
sekret pog
What is "community figure" supposed to even mean? Does actually only literally Tweeting every announcement Valve makes about Dota make you a "community figure"? And who even spells Vikram as "Wykrhm"? He's clearly an Indian, South Indian to be precise (can't be creative with the spelling of "Reddy" can you?). It's like you can literally do any brainless shit these days and become famous through social media. Become an Instagramer, a titty Twitch streamer or a "How to get a girl" tips guide YouTuber. What a society we live in.
i see your point, but I think Wykrhm is a bit above the rest. He's not a community figure because of his beautiful graphics or what have you, but rather because he's been in the scene for years and these days makes about as many official announcements as we can get from Valve. The cancellation of these Minors & the one Major wasn't announced anywhere else from Valve
Happy for Puppey and Congrats to Secret. Dota is always better when they are near the top! Looking like this year is heading down an awesome path so far.
did you really just got triggered and jealous because someone is famous for tweeting and not you? what a society we live in.
Funny how you think people are jealous just because they criticize something they see. I consider myself a critic and analyse literally everything I see and experience in my life. I am a thinker. I'm don't post hasty comments, unlike you. It's understandable, the insecurity level on comments sections on most online portals is through the roof, and the only way people see by masking it is to try to unveil the other's.
@Skim
Okay, fair enough.
It's ok guys, Anomalina is another salty Indian jealous of fellow successfull Indian, Wyk.
Tch tch.
As a noob, I always have problem to fully understand what's happening in these clips and sometimes can't even recognize the
heroes with their cosmetics on