As previously reported, MLG's Pro Circuit Columbus will feature Dota 2 as part of their competition titles. The eight team invitation tournament will see teams battling out for a grand total of $50,000 in prize money. This makes MLG one of the tournaments with the largest prize pool in the West outside of The International.





Five of the eight invited teams have been released. The International 2013 champions and runners-up, se Alliance and ua Na'Vi have both been invited alongside teams like eu Fnatic, us Evil Geniuses and us Team Liquid. Of the remaining teams, one will be occupied by the winner of MLG's Fall Invitational, one by the winner of MLG's North America Qualifier while the last spot is yet to be determined.

MLG Executive Vice President Adam Apicella mentions that they are looking towards a Chinese team for the last slot but it is yet to be determined an more info will be available once they have it.

MLG Columbus is scheduled to be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from 22-24th November.

The Alliance (s4, EGM, Akke, Loda, AdmiralBulldog)
Na`Vi (TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA)
Fnatic (Fly, Era, n0tail, h4nn1, Trixi)
Virtus.pro (NS, Goblak, God, Lost, Resolution)
Team Empire(Scandal, blowyourbrain, vanskor, Silent, TBA)
Poseidon (kSi, Crazy, illidanSTR, jotm, eLight)
aSpera (GoAudio, STompa, Sharfik, Inkvizitor, Zizou)
RoX.KIS (BzzIsPerfect, yol, TBA, TBA, TBA)
Kaipi (EternaLEnVy, pieliedie, bOne7, SingSing, TBA)
Quantic (Sockshka, 7ckngMad, TBA, TBA, TBA)
NEXT.kz (Mantis, eQual, StalCat, Watafaka, Reeves)
4FC (Blomberg, Chrillee, strangby, boomski, giftig)
PR (zxc, mooNl1ght, fng, j4, ChshrCt)
Team Menace (lapiz, buugi, sifla, daco, spin)
CDCD (Zonder, Sedoy, Stalianer, Nexus, Sqreen)
Duza (Limb0, Kapron, Legion-, Unnstable, MIBTHEBEST)


Number of participants: 16 teams from Star division.
The date of the season start: 31 of August, 2013.
The date of the online stage ending: September 29, 2013.
The date of the LAN final: October 10-13, 2013.
Number of LAN final participants: 4 teams.

Prize money distribution:

1 place – $12 000
2 place – $6 000
3 place – $3 000
4 place – $1 500

7 DAY start 17:00 CET
StarTV EN [live.starladder.tv]
StarTV RU [live.starladder.tv]

Dota 2 - The International 3 Highlights - The Aegis of Champions

(Lantas Production представляют нам неофициальное видео The International III. Достаточно неплохое оформление, красочные драки, вставки из видео запревленные музыкой. В общем, смотрим!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlSm33uf06Q&list=TLI3Jmx2jwjeI

Доброй день, дорогие читатели. новый состав Virtus.Pro. Из достоверных источников стало известно, кто же присоединится к NS и Smile.

Итак, к «медведям» присоединяются олдскульные и известные дотеры: Россия, Russia, RU Lost, Россия, Russia, RU God и Украина, Ukraine, UA Goblak.

Намеки на воссоединение NS'a и God'a были видны еще в его интервью Продоте после ТИ3 SaveFrom.net, однако приход Lost и Goblak в Virtus.Pro мало кто мог предугадать. Теперь новый олдскульный микс будет претендовать на место первой команды России и бороться за звание сильнейших в мире. Надеемся, парни смогут сыграться!
Текущий состав Virtus.Pro

Россия, Russia, RU Ярослав “NS” Кузнецов
Россия, Russia, RU Сергей “Smile” Ревин
Россия, Russia, RU Дмитрий “Lost” Куприянов
Украина, Ukraine, UA Артур “Goblak” Костенко
Россия, Russia, RU Сергей “God” Брагин

(Virtus.Pro adds Goblak, God, and lost)

Russia LighTofHeaveN, Russia God, and Ukraine Goblak join Russia ARS-ART and Russia NS to complete the new Russia Virtus.Pro lineup. As a fan of the Dota 2 competitive scene, it's hard to be a stranger to the massive relay race to perfect rosters that occurs after major events like The International 3. With millions of dollars raining on a team that isn't yours, it's tough to believe there are many other options unless you were but a match away from victory (as in the case of Ukraine Na'Vi).