Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147385.html
results so far are below, stream found here: http://dota2.sgamer.com/video/201208/31109.html
Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147408.html
Dotaland note: First reported on and translated in early September here: https://dotaland.net/2012/09/04/dota-2s-chinese-partner-confirmed/
After The International 2 in Seattle, Dota2 let itself become known by many more fans, with everyone wishing to join in on the beta. But to do so requires access to a beta key, and in addition to issues with lag between regional servers, this meant that many Chinese players have been denied access to playing Dota2, so more and more players have been hoping for Dota2 to officially go into public open beta in China.
According to information gained today, Perfect World has confirmed their role as Valve’s official Chinese partner in promoting and running Dota2 in China. However, there are no specific details as of now, and all we can confirm is that Perfect World will be responsible for at least the entirety of Mainland China, and that they have established an operational headquarter in Shanghai. As a result, we believe that open beta for Dota2 in China is only a matter of time now.
In order to find the most suitable partner for Dota2 in China, Valve has sent many high level executives over the past few months to China, and ultimately decided upon Perfect World as the exclusive partner.
This is not the first time Perfect World has worked with Valve; not long ago Perfect World’s North American section published their FPS Blacklight: Retribution under Valve’s Steam platform (dotaland note: Torchlight series is also by a Perfect World owned developer and is also on Steam). The arrival of heavyweight title Dota2 in this context means that this is the start of an even bigger cooperation between Valve and Perfect World.
Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147425.html
partial translation, paraphrased
Long story short, LGD.int has been officially confirmed via LGD’s Weibo account. The members will be Pajkatt, Misery, GoD, 1437, and Brax.
Speaking with LGD’s manager Ruru immediately after the fact, she revealed that the international squad will arrive in China by month’s end, and they will stay in China long-term for training and everyday life.
In comparison to Chinese players, European and American players tend to play with more excitement in their game, and are more likely to have more flexible and versatile strategies. However, they also tend to lack professionalism, and team discipline is often lacking, which result in Euro/NA teams being on a lower overall skill level compared to Chinese teams. So, when we put European and North American players in China to train offline, thus combining the steady Chinese style with their enthusiasm, what will the result be? With both Chinese and international squads, will LGD stand at the top of next year’s International? Let us wait and see~
Dotaland note: After various rumors floating around on reddit and on Chinese sites, figured I’d put something up. What could LGD be doing? Are they really forming an international squad to go with their dominant Chinese squad?
Original: http://dota2.replays.net/news/page/20121015/1736164.html
LGD’s DDC has appeared in the Dota2 interface for LGD.int.
Additionally, Misery and Pajkatt have appeared as well, and in addition to rumors of God joining, it is perhaps true that LGD is forming an international squad. The fact that their manager RuRu’s name appears in both these screenshots must mean something — even though she had previously announced that LGD would make no changes to existing players, that does not rule out the possibility of forming a whole new squad in addition.
Original: http://dota.replays.net/news/page/20121015/1736025.html
Earlier, Replays.Net reported on the various pieces of upheaval surrounding EHOME (357 and Dai joining DK, KingJ leaving the club, LanM thinking about retirement).
But now, EHOME’s former captain, 820, has revealed in a video of his that he has been in contact with EHOME with regards to him coming back to lead the team and train new team members, with a club headquarters based in Shanghai.
In the video, at 4 minutes, 820 speaks of EHOME, and at 5 minutes he brings up the possibility of returning to EHOME in the role of manager/coach. In his own words, “As for me, I am considering it, because in this way I can come back to help, and train the next wave of new players. Though I don’t even know where to find these new players yet, I am still seriously considering this, because I really have love for EHOME!”
From these words, it’s not hard to see that 820 indeed has seriously considered the possibility of coming back to EHOME as a manager/coach, to the point that he’s even thought about where to find new players. As someone who is not known for acting impulsively, the fact that he has said so much on the matter fully displays his love for the club, and this all shows that it is very possible that he will come back to EHOME in some way to help them rebuild.
Original: http://dota2.sgamer.com/news/201210/147384_3.html
Update: ForLove have won the rematch 2-1 and will face Flash next. DreamZ are now out.
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Viewers reported that in the DreamZ vs ForLove match earlier, which ForLove lost by 0-2, DreamZ used an unreported ringer to play for them. Apparently, the ringer was from fellow Philippines Dota team Mineski. After discussing with both teams, the G-1 League has decided that for fairness, the matchup has been reset to 0-0, and ForLove has been given a rematch with DreamZ. This rematch will not be streamed (in Chinese at least, seems English twitch stream is going).
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In other news, both other Chinese teams, mD and NA have lost to their respective opponents in the prelims 2-0, with Flash of Singapore and SQL of New Zealand being the ones to go through, respectively.
NA particularly lost badly, with one match going 1-30 in team kills and NA members asking in chat how to leave the game, showing that obviously this is one of the first times NA has ever played Dota2.
Up next on October 15 at 6PM Chinese time: SQL faces EG, and Flash awaits the winner of the DreamZ and ForLove rematch.
Dotaland note: streams are at 6pm Chinese time each night — http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/17173zhibo.htm — http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/beat_kid.htm — http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/8923_1348919582720.htm — http://tl.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit
Original: http://dota2.17173.com/news/10142012/111234634.shtml
DreamZ knocks out For.Love
DreamZ is an old school powerhouse from the Philippines, and with ForLove meeting such a strong opponent in the first round, sadly Love’s warriors were unable to sink this Filipino battleship, ultimately losing 2-0. In the first match, ForLove picked strong pub heroes Chaos Knight and Ancient Apparition, but were unable to control the match. After going into the second match, they immediately made adjustments, with their combo of Keeper of the Light plus Phantom Lancer winning a lot for them early on. However, because of their opponent Shadow Fiend’s outstanding performance in mid game teamfights, grabbing many kills, ForLove were unable to halt Shadow Fiend’s momentum and lost the initiative for DreamZ. In the end, Shadow Fiend with filled out item slots led the push onto high ground to take towers. ForLove, in the face of great adversity, tried their best to hold out and pulled the match all the way to 50 minutes before they finally typed out gg, thus departing from the G-1 stage. This young team has endless potential in the future, there will be more and more Dota2 competitions domestically, so we hope to continue to see their lively selves in the future. Add oil, ForLove!
EG defeats Mineski
As a strong team in TI2, this time EG’s performance has not caused any surprises. With their experience in online competitions, their 200-300 pings to the server never became a big issue, and they comfortably defeated their opponents 2-0.
Upcoming matches…
Two Chinese teams in mD and NA will be going up against New Zealand’s SQL and Singapore’s Flash.
Dotaland note: streams are at 6pm Chinese time each night — http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/17173zhibo.htm — http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/beat_kid.htm — http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/tv/8923_1348919582720.htm — http://tl.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit
Dotaland note: Heartfelt responses from LongDD. Some insight into DK as they went from invincible to merely great over the past year and a half. He puts team and friendship first… And some questions on him and his new team, TongFu.
Original: http://dota.sgamer.com/201210/news-detail-151908.html
SG: Thank you to LongDD for doing this exclusive interview with SGamer.com. Let’s talk first about what happened with DK, when did you learn that you had been taken off the team?
LongDD: After Seattle, about half a month into my break time back at home I received notice from the team lead.
SG: After Seattle, there had always been talk that DK would make roster changes, but it always only involved Zippo, were you a bit surprised when you got the notice?
LongDD: Before it happened I had no idea at all that I’d be taken off the team, so after I got the notice I was really sad and disappointed.
SG: At the time were there any thoughts of giving up on professional play?
LongDD: Yes there were, but they were gone in an instant.
SG: Then what is your reasoning for continuing on professionally?
LongDD: It’s hard to put into words a lot of the reasons, but regardless, I will go on playing professionally, unless I one day feel that my ability can no longer keep up.
SG: In the past you were once said to be one of China’s best Dota players, what do you think is your level of ability now in the domestic scene?
LongDD: In Dota2 I feel that I still have a lot of room for growth, and also I feel that I can be pretty satisfied with my performances at TI2, I don’t feel I made any major mistakes; at LAN events the most important things are experience and consistency.
SG: At the end of 2011, DK had been undisputed kings of China for over half a year, yet recently have dropped consecutive championships, is this because problems have cropped up within the team, or is it because of playing different versions of the game?
LongDD: I think it’s because last year’s accomplishments affected the team, there’s a missing sense of urgency and desire.
SG: Even a 1 million dollar prize isn’t enough to ignite your desire?
LongDD: No, this was only previously. More recently, everyone was putting a lot of work in for the 1 million dollars, but there wasn’t enough time. During our time in Beijing, our internet wasn’t ideal for a time, and it was only after we returned to our Yunnan team base that things got better.
SG: We heard that in the ACE Pro League, DK’s poor performances came from the fact that you purposely lost so you could head back to your Yunnan base earlier, is this real?
LongDD: No, we took it very seriously, it was only because our training conditions etc in Beijing were really not ideal, so our form was really poor.
SG: After winning Season 2 of G-league in 2011, you said your goal for the future was to win a competition Grand Slam (win each major tournament) alongside BurNing, do you have any regrets about not being able to do that now?
LongDD: I am pretty sad about that, I hope BurNing can continue his glory with DK, and I will focus on doing my best with TongFu.
SG: What is the deepest memory you have from DK?
LongDD: In my career, DK has been a team that I’ve had an enjoyable time with, in my heart it’s like a big family, and outside of training things are very lively too.
SG: Why isn’t it a memory of winning a certain championship? Because it’s been nearly 2 years since you have won anything.
LongDD: My first reaction was what I responded with, last year winning a lot certainly made me very satisfied, I was very happy. Thank you to my friends at DK, these were the accomplishments of everyone’s hard work. But, [in the end] I care more about those things that I might not have with other teams.
SG: In the end how did you come to choose TongFu?
LongDD: I was already pretty familiar with some of TongFu’s members, and we all get along well.
SG: Now there’s a question, who plays the 3 position?
LongDD: This hasn’t been decided yet, we’ll adjust based on training, it could be me, previously in DK I had filled in in that role before too.
SG: Have you trained together yet? How were the results?
LongDD: Not yet, the team base has just been settled today, training has to wait until tomorrow to begin.
SG: By your current understanding of your new teammates, how long will it be until you produce results?
LongDD: This is something that will depend on the degree of familiarity we achieve, it might be until the next interview with you that I can give you an answer.
SG: Do you think you’ll achieve what you want?
LongDD: I hope for a championship this year, or to make it into the finals of two competitions.
SG: How about you say some things to cap off this interview?
LongDD: Thank you to everyone for your continuous support, I will continue to do my best!
Original: http://dota2.17173.com/news/10112012/180656730.shtml
partial translation
iG and N9 are the 6th and 7th invites to the new G-1 Dota2 League. The remaining 3 spots will be determined from a qualifier between 8 additional teams: For.Love, NA, mD (China), DreamZ, Mineski (Philippines), Flash (Singapore), EG (USA), and SQL (New Zealand).
The qualifiers will begin at 6PM Chinese time on October 13 2012 (3AM Pacific time).
The qualifiers bracket is below, top 3 will go on to compete in the League:
The full competitor list is:
DK, LGD, TongFu, Orange, MUFC, iG, N9 plus 3 teams from the 8 qualifier teams.
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