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http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/images/2012/may/dreamz-dota-480.jpgLedion Dreamz
Defending champions Orange net an easy walkover during round one of the Gigabyte eSports Tournament group stage against G7, while the Filipino teams look strong with five of their representatives scoring wins in their first match of the day.

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We are nearing the conclusion of the group stages of May’s Gigabyte eSports Tournament and the Filipinos are looking to dominate the playoffs bracket once more this month. Pcfc is the first team to secure four wins, topping Group D.

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GosuGamers broadcaster and show host for GIGABYTE E-Sports Tournament International DotA Cup 2012 predicts this weekend’s group stage.
- “Former champions MSI-EvoGT, Invasion-Red who took down Mineski last month in the group stage, and newcomers Badburn all will be looking to make their mark,” says David “GoDz” Parker.

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Badburn”Badburn have a very good chance to cause upsets”

Mineski and Orange, winners of GEST February and April, share group in this coming weekend’s May edition of the GIGABYTE E-Sport Tournament International DotA Cup 2012.

Last tournament champions, Orange, will once again be paired against Philippines’ best. The GEST April on-lookers could witness Orange’s mighty run through the upper bracket, taking down Mineski, MSiEvo-GT and iZONE to claim the first prize of $1,500 USD. Starting on Saturday at 06:00 CET, they will defend their title as the GEST champion. Their group, C, is however no walk in the park, with first edition winners Mineski, fresh from qualifiers Pacific.UST, the Indonesian team deperruku more known as Velocy, and Myanmar quintet G7.

We will also witness the GEST March winners and recent third place finalist, MSIEvo GT, go up against…

It’s time again for another GosuBet competition! The May edition, and like so Playday 4, of the GIGABYTE E-Sports Tournament International DotA Cup 2012 will be kicking off this Saturday. As usual, we are glad to announce a full coverage hub to bring you all the latest. And, for another chance to win cool prizes, we have another GosuBet contest where you can win a GIGABYTE graphics card, a keyboard and a mouse.

We can announce another edition of the GEST GosuBet Championship, where you can win GIGABYTE graphics card, a keyboard and a mouse. The May edition of the South East Asia based tournament starts on Saturday, 06:00 CET, so make sure to place your…

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With the conclusion of the Pinoy Gaming Festival two weekends ago, fans caught a glimpse of Mineski’s Julius “Julz” De Leon playing under the Ledion Dreamz tag and in blue instead of red. Our latest sources confirm that the Filipino carry has left the Mineski organisation.

It was “Nando” who stood in for Mineski during the Summer Assembly along with RR, Owa, Bimbo and Wootz. Despite earlier rumors that the latter was going to leave the team, it seems that it was Julz instead who would break up the Filipino dream team.

Back then, Ledion Dreamz manager Big Dog J made the announcement during his team’s first game of the tournament that it was going to be Julz’s debut as a member of his team. Yet, no official confirmation was released by the Mineski organisation and things went back to a lull.

Nattefrost, team manager of Mineski, has finally decided to set things…

http://gosugamers.net/dota2/images/DotA/Giggles.jpgPoloson, Streamofhooks, PrettyLittleLiars, waddlewaddle, Milligan (Joseph)
Having defeated a struggling Mineski at the Gigabyte Dota 2 Masters last week, Giggles represents the face of a rising amateur Dota 2 competitive scene in South East Asia. “For now, we excel in the Gigabyte Dota 2 Masters,” explained Joseph, member of the Singaporean team.

Unknown internationally, the team is looking to make their first major break in the scene. While Joseph was assured in saying “Gigabyte Dota 2 Masters was just the beginning”, he acknowledged that “honestly, his team still lacked practice” after their switch to Dota 2 about a month ago.

He was also quick to add that while his victory over Mineski may be his team’s biggest international achievement, the Filipino team was “experiencing some lineup problems” and that affected their quality of…

http://gosugamers.net/dota2/images/DotA/30v2e51.jpgTeam Rise. (Photo by DotATalk)
DotATalk went inside the Malaysian DotA scene this week and spoke to team Rise, one of the country’s many rising amateur teams who are looking to make their break internationally. Playing DotA professionally was never in the books, says Xneverluv.

Despite the Malaysian scene having a long way to go before matching the Chinese or Filipinos, Xneverluv was hopeful and observed that ‘more people were getting paid’. When asked later about Orange as a prime example, he agreed that ‘they deserved it’ and that sponsorships would eventually come as a team wins more and more tournaments.

Possibly the highlight of the interview was the insight that the numbers of DotA tournaments in Malaysia were shrinking and ‘many cybercafes were going to run Dota 2 tournaments’. Xneverluv himself admitted that the team would ’soon focus on…

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We can finally announce the winners of the GEST April GosuBet Championships. These three gentlemen guessed right on the most matches. Our first place winner managed to get 38 matches right, while the runner-up and second runner-up guessed right on 37 each.

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For a lot of MYM fans this news should be interesting. The old MYM lineup is now together again in Dota 2. It’s now in the roster of Eclypsia, a new organization who only generated attention in StarCraft II, yet. Link was kicked out of the old Quantic roster and replaced by the teams old mate PlaymatE.

Statement by  Brian ‘MaNia’ Strandby:
The ultimate dream for all dota2 players out there, is the chance to play dota2 for a living and fully being able to concentrate on the game itself. We are so lucky to have been given that chance by Eclypsia. We have also made a change in the roster itself. The roster is now strengthened by my old teammate from MYM, Playmate. I believe we in the future can provide some strong results with this roster, and everyone in the roster will use our hunger to be the best as fuel to win. I hope our fans will keep supporting us, since we rely so much on your support!

Current roster Eclypsia.Dota2:

 Gaëlle ‘MystresS‘ Pavillon (Manager)
 Miggel ‘miGGel‘ Berg (Captain)
 Martin ‘AngeL‘ Olsen
 Christoffer ‘Ryze‘ Winther
 Brian ‘MaNia‘ Strandby
Amel ‘PlaymatE‘ Barudzija