Manila Invitational Update

AI Battles Coming Your Way

Within the framework of the festival, the Manila Invitational tournament will take place between four teams. The prize fund of the competitions has not been announced yet. In addition, within the tournament there will be 1v1 matches and matches with artificial intelligence. Also at the competition, they will be shooting the Hollywood eSports movie, Underdogs Rising.

 

 

The last international competition in the Philippines was the Manila Masters tournament, which took place in May of this year. The champion’s title was won by Evil Geniuses. They beat Newbee in the final with a score of 3-1.

Manila Invitational -The Invited Teams

Here is the complete list of All-Star Weekend Manila 2017 participating teams:

• Virtus.pro G2A
• TnC Pro
• OpTic Gaming
• IG Vitality

 

Former World Champion, the legendary Chuan will be at the Manila Weekend. iG.Vitality will play the Invitational. #AllStarWeekend pic.twitter.com/oUtdxWesmF

— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) September 29, 2017

Transfer Surprises from IG and EG

It seems that Invictus Gaming has taken a long time to evaluate what to do. However one thing is certain, Xu “BurNIng” Zhilei will take a break from competitive DotA. It is still unclear whether it will be final or temporary.

We only know that for a while we will not be able to see the B-God again in action. That’s the official announcement on their web page.

 

 

As for the main team, Yang “End / Zyf” Pu will take on the role of his master BurNIng. For the occasion, he changed his nickname to “GazEoD”, which means Gaze of Death. All the regular players which include Ye “BoBoKa” Zhibiao, Ou “Op” Peng, Lin “Xxs” Jing, and Fu “Q” Bin, will remain in their places. It will be an awkward site for IG without BurNIng at Manila.

EG Makes Room for Former Captain

 

The professional team Evil Geniuses announced the return of one of the oldest players in the professional scene of DotA. Clinton “Fear” Loomis, a professional player for more than 10 years, returns to the team after announcing his retirement in September. He stopped competing and took over the technical position in the organization.

 

 

Fear was the champion of The International 5 with Evil Geniuses, taking a prize of $ 6.6 million. He has been with the team since 2011. However, before that, he went through several old DotA professional teams such as Meet Your Makers, CompLexity, and Nirvana.Int. He has been competing in the game since 2005. We can’t wait to see Fear at the Manila Masters.

The Manila Masters will also feature some special guests:

• Toby “TobiWan” Dawson
• Ben “Merlini” Wu
• Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner
• Pinda “pindaPanda” Rika Dorji
• Won “Chuan” Hok Chuan

So far, the name of another special guest remains a mystery, as well as the format of the tournament.