Teams Invited to the OGN Dota 2 Invitational Tournament

Almost a year ago, Steam established a partnership with South Korean publishing giant Nexon. Nexon did some big things laying out a one year plan for a Dota 2 Sponsorship league. And then this–the OGN Dota 2 Invitational Tournament to be held in South Korea.

This is big news for eSports in general. One of Korea’s biggest organizers showed great interest to invest in a very competitive and crowd-driven game; I expect a lot of things to snowball from here on out.

Here are the invited teams so far:

 DK (Team interview here)

• DK is the Miami Heat of Dota 2. They got the Big 3 of South-East Asia/Chinese Scene.
• Mushi, the captain of the 3rd placing team (Orange eSports of Malaysia) in The International 2013
• iceiceice (Team Zenith of Singapore) aka the 1v1 Champ in TI3; his team did not do well in the tournament
• Burning, the legendary carry player of China.

 Dignitas

 Fnatic

 Virtus.Pro

• VP is unpredictable, there are times that they lose to tier 2/3 teams even at full roster
• They pick unorthodox heroes
• Aggressive playstyle
• Combined talent and experience will be key in playing against these new teams
• Their game is controlled by their highly experienced support players (NS who has been the first champion of The International and Goblak a well-renowned support in the CIS region)

  Team Liquid

• With their recent “reshuffle,” Liquid has been looking strong lately
• qoqjva will play a significant role as a mid-lane hero with his aggressive playstyle
• waytosexy provides this team a lot of versatility when it comes to support/utility roles

 Rattlesnake.int

• This will be their first LAN event as a team
• Formerly known as “Kaipi”
• A ragtag team of pubstomp/competitive players with raw talent and skill to boot
• Star players “Singsing” and “EternalEnvy” will carry the team on their shoulders

Teams to be invited in my wishlist:

1. Alliance
2. Na’Vi
   

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Here’s a sample of Korean Dota 2 casting for the lulz: