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Evil Genisues sign s4 and Fly
Evil Geniuses have signed Gustav "s4" Magnusson and Tal "Fly" Aizik to their Dota 2 roster, the organization announced Monday.
S4 and Fly are replacing Rasmus "MISERY" Filipsen and Clinton "Fear" Loomis. Fly will be taking on the role of team captain, while s4 will remain in the offlane position. Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan will also be moving back to the mid lane.
Both s4 and Fly previously played for OG, which has struggled this season, but has historically been a top Dota 2 organization, with four Major titles under their belt.
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Virtus.Pro take down third ESL Dota 2 title
Virtus.Pro took down their third ESL Dota 2 title this past weekend when they won ESL One: Birmingham.
Once again congratulations to @virtuspro - your #ESLOne Birmingham champions 🏆 pic.twitter.com/18APjWNiAh
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) May 27, 2018
Going into the event, Virtus.Pro were regarded by many as the best team in the world, and their victory helped prove that point.
This is VP's fourth Major title.
swag and AZK form new ESEA MDL team
Keven "AZK" Lariviere and Braxton "swag" Pierce have formed a team to compete in the ESEA Mountain Dew League.
The full roster is as follows:
- Keven "AZK" Lariviere
- Braxton "swag" Pierce
- Joshua "Hunter" Madore
- Zack "XotiC" Elshani
- Edgar "MarkE" Jimenez
compLexity Gaming add Adam and Moonmeander
Adam “Adam” Shah and David “Moonmeander” Tan have been added to compLexity's Dota 2 roster in preparation for The International. The move will take place immediately.
We are excited to announce the new #coLDota!
— compLexity Gaming (@compLexity) May 27, 2018
Welcome back @MoonMeanderated & @_adamdota! They will immediately join the roster as we gear up for this year's International qualifiers. https://t.co/aZX7AWEBsk pic.twitter.com/jDq43mOF1m
Both players are making their return to coL, as the team looks to bolster their roster for The International 8.
Rasmus “Chessie” Blomdin has been removed from the roster to make room for these new additions.
G2 Esports allowing Mixwell to explore other options
G2 Esports is allowing Oscar "Mixwell" Cañellas to explore options with other teams after his trial period with their Counter Strike: Global Offensive team.
As of today, we are allowing @Mixwell to explore possible options outside of G2 Esports.
— G2 Esports (@G2esports) May 28, 2018
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Mixwell's trial period was taking place while the team was working on a new leadership structure with Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt as the in-game leader.
Today I end my trial with @G2esports!
— Oscar Cañellas (@Mixwell) May 28, 2018
Good luck in your future, you know what I think about this situation, I hope that everything works out for you guys @NiaK @G2bodyy @G2NBK @G2apEX @G2kennyS @CarlosR @ziminaite Merci beaucoup 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/T0MD7flFCD
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