The Weekly CourierTeam Secret Steamrolls Through Dreamleague Minor, Artifact Appears In Steam Store, China Gets A 'Supermajor'
Team Secret Wins Dreamleague Minor
Team Secret rumbled through the competition towards their first LAN win in three months, since Dreamleague Season 8. Their championship victory at Dreamleague season 9 nets the team 150 DPC and $150,000. They're still third on the Pro Circuit leaderboards, but the win inches them closer to Team Liquid as well as further securing their top 8 standing for a direct invite to TI8 in Vancouver. The next major, DAC 2018, is less than a week away.
Artifact Appears on Steam Store
Artifact now has a listing on the Steam Store. The game is currently in a closed beta stage, with a release date sometime in 2018. When the listing initially appeared, it had the release date set at December 27, but this has since been removed. It could have just been a placeholder date, and the community has its own reservations with setting expectations when it comes to Valve and their history of releasing games. Valve did announce mobile versions of Artifact in 2019, so it stands to reason that the beta would get released in the latter half of the year. A good bet would be at this year's TI, where Valve made their initial announcement of Artifact last year.
Perfect World And PGL Announce Supermajor in China
The final Major in this DPC season will be the Supermajor, held and organized collaboratively by Perfect World and @pglesports in Shanghai.
— Perfect World_DOTA2 (@PWRD_DOTA2) March 23, 2018
With 2250 DPC points and TI8 on the horizon afterwards, look forward to the Supermajor in early June 2018.
More details to come soon. pic.twitter.com/xMxEy7M1Co
The final Pro Circuit event before TI8 will take place in Shanghai on June 4th to June 10th. The 'Supermajor" will be weighted heavier than other Majors, with 2250 DPC points and a $1.5 million prize pool, instead of the usual 1500 DPC points and $1.5 million. Only Virtus.Pro so far has secured a direct invite to TI8, with their 7200 DPC points on top of the standings. The event will cap off three Majors--MDL Changsha and ESL Birmingham--occurring in the span of four weeks.
Na'Vi CEO Calls Out Team's Lackluster Performance
Na'Vi CEO, Yevhen Zolotarov tweeted his discontent on the team's recent performance, saying that it was "unsatisfactory." The message comes in the aftermath of Na'Vi failing to qualify for the MDL Changsha Major Qualifiers and last place finishes at recent Majors. The team still is within the top 8 on the Pro Circuit board, but the context of this is in light of Na'Vi's player swap with Virtus.Pro. Virtus.Pro, with Rodjer, has soared since the swap, while Na'vi has faltered. The team is set to have a private meeting with coaches and management.Noteworthy:
- Resolution returns to Dota as a standin for Effect. He will be replacing iLTW, who was released from the team for "unsatisfactory results."
- ESL announces Virtus.Pro as the first invited team to ESL Birmingham.
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"instead of the usual 1500 DPC points and $1.5 million. "
*$1 million
I was really skeptical about Artifact at first, but then i found out that Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic the Gathering, is one of the lead designers for it, and now i'm actually pretty excited. Also, you can actually trade and sell the cards you get on the steam marketplace, unlike other online TCG's (Hearthstone), so it should feel more like a traditional tcg. Hopefully it turns out well
There is no link in the first "Noteworthy" news mods, just a different colored text.
Resolution can play Artifact
It is my understanding that Sonneiko wanted to leave Na'Vi, but I think the truth is he was the best player on the team and was the lions share of their success. Under his leadership they got their 8th place standing, but removing him, and clearly Rodjer as well, was a huge mistake.
ive said it before ill say it again...the only reason navi still exists in it's current form is because dendi is still bringing in the cash thru sponsorship..but thats going to only dwindle as new players will have no idea who he is and old players are gradually watching less and less of his games and navi's games...puppey and kuro have both moved on to greater things while dendi seems happy to milk the cash cow for all it's worth instead of trying to replicate success...his ending in dota will be ignominious