Four Filipino Dota 2 Teams Compete for a Chance to Go to New York at the ESL Qualifier next Week
Four Filipino Dota 2 teams along with the rest of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Region, will battle it out next week for the ESL One New York SEA Qualifier.
The team who comes out on top will be going to Madison Square Garden to compete at ESL One New York 2015. The tournament will be on October 3-4 and has over $250,000 (P11.6 million~) prize pool.
Teams representing the Philippines include Mineski-Dota, Excreation, TNC Pro Team and Team B.
Mineski is widely considered to be the current number one team in the country today. Ever since the return of former player and now current captain Ryan “Bimbo” Jay Qui, Mski-Dota has gone undefeated in online tournaments across the SEA region.
They are followed closely by Excreation and TNC, both of whom ousted Mineski in the recently finished Esports Festival (ESF) 2015 held at Cebu.
Team B on the other hand is a fresh new team just founded this year, though they are already widely considered to be a threat. Prominent in Team B’s roster is Mineski-Dota’s former captain James Kenneth “Wootz” Valdez.
Apart from the Philippine squads, other teams to watch out for in the bracket include Fnatic and MVP. Both teams are rumored to start housing prominent Filipino Players, with Fnatic being speculated to get Djardel “Chrissy” Jicko Mampusti and MVP believed to be taking in Ryo “ryOr” Hasegawa.
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