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The situation with Dota 2 reshuffles in China is gaining momentum. It seems that the intrigue in this region has never been so interesting for the mass viewer from the West. The eyes of the entire Dota 2 community are without exaggeration glued to the Chinese Dota scene. Chinese social networks such as Weibo, journalists and esports websites publish news and rumors about transfers in China. Let us also sort out and explore who and where can move to play in the upcoming DPC season.
PSG.LGD will save the roster
Rumors surrounding The International 10 silver medalists immediately started flooding social media. Ame failed to win his second TI final with LGD. The situation is unfortunate for the LGD team. It might prompted the team to think about whether it was worth continuing down the road together. On the other hand, why would anyone even ask such questions? The team finished second at The International, which is a high accomplishment. The title of the second best team in the world is very prestigious and it would be foolish to dismiss the roster because of losing in the Grand Finals. Of course, situations can be different, but this is clearly not the way of LGD.
The day after the loss, PSG.LGD general manager Pan Fei wrote on his Weibo that the team will keep the lineup to play next season. This decision seems logical since LGD were close to a TI10 championship. The ESF Players Committee chairperson Tiffany “Oling” Lim reports:
LGD's General Manager Pan Fei shared that their players have unanimously agreed to stick together and fight again for another year.
— Tiffani 'Oling' Lim (@babyolingg) October 18, 2021
Another question is what fate PSG.LGD’s team coach will have after the recent scandal. xiao8’s ex-wife accused him of violence, cheating and betting on his team’s matches. Later, Chinese news portals reported that a local hacker had hacked into xiao8’s betting account. The page showed screenshots showing even xiao8’s bank card details. The other side has not yet commented the allegations. The management of PSG.LGD also did not commented this situation. However, if this information turns out to be true, we can immediately say that TI4 champion’s and PSG.LGD’s coach’s career will be irrevocably destroyed.
Vici Gaming situation
Vici Gaming finished 5-6th at The International 10. That’s not a bad result considering the fierce competition at the tournament. Judging by the comments on social networks, the fans of the club is satisfied with such a result. In social networks there was immediately information about the extension of the contract of the organization with old_eLeVeN. At the same time, the team wants to part ways with the supports – Pyw and Dy.
If you look at the performance at The International, old_eLeVeN not always played consistently well, while the Vici Gaming team’s supports could become a locomotive that will pull the team along. Pyw is one of the best fourth position support players in China and giving up a such player would not be a good decision. Of course, if the player wanted to leave and his contract conditions allow that, it’s inevitable.
But where will the pair of Vici Gaming teams go? Insiders have answered that question as well. The new tag for Pyw and Dy will be Extreme Gaming, a Second Division team. This team is owned by one of the bosses of Vici Gaming. If the rumors are true, the former Vici supports will play under this tag along with Sccc and Srf.
A little later, team’s EHOME offlaner Chalice questioned whether Sccc could join Extreme Gaming. However, he noted that the joining of Pyw and Dy is likely:
DY & Pyw to XG (Extreme Gaming) might be true, since Dy played under XG’s owner before VG, they have a good relationship. However, Sccc to XG might be unreal.
Chalice also added that his EHOME doesn’t expect any drastic changes. There will likely be minor replacements.
Elephant want to give their players to Team Aster
Malaysian journalist and translator Leon “Arthur” Lee tweeted about the rumors that emerged around Team Elephant. The team, assembled from the real world class stars had just terrible performance at The International 10. Their level of play was so low that the big name team finished 13-16th.
Arthur said that Elephant offered to give Team Aster three of their players, viz: Somnus, fy and Yang for a very low transfer price. However, Aster bosses only wanted Somnus and to keep Boboka and Xxs.
In case the deal is completed, fy, Yang and White丶Album_白学家 will become Aster.Arise’s players. This is the second squad of Aster organization from the lower division. I don’t think such an arrangement would suit players of the caliber of fy.
Elephant’s manager later responded to these rumors on his Weibo:
We aren’t disbanding. We will be playing together a 2nd year. Another details will be confirmed when we will be back to China.
Team Elephant fans started to persuade the team management in Chinese social networks to take xNova instead of super. And you know, they’re right about something. The Malaysian player brought new life to PSG.LGD and helped them win many titles.
The silence of the others
The rest of the teams have not yet given any official statements about changes in their rosters. For example, Invictus Gaming finished 4th at TI10.A change in their roster will be a big question. Team Aster also refrained from commenting yet.
It is noteworthy that insiders, journalists and social network users don’t even generate rumors that might be similar to the truth about these teams.
I guess we’ll know all the details within the next month. Teams still have plenty of time to make decisions before the transfer window closes.