{"id":8248,"date":"2019-09-26T23:18:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8248"},"modified":"2019-09-29T23:29:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T23:29:04","slug":"mineski-looking-for-new-dota-2-roster-ahead-of-dpc-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/mineski-looking-for-new-dota-2-roster-ahead-of-dpc-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Mineski looking for new Dota 2 roster ahead of DPC season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mineski, one of the strongest and best-known Dota 2 esports<\/a> teams from Southeast Asia, have announced they are looking for a new roster for the 2019\/20 Dota Pro Circuit season following the departure of all five members in late August and early September.<\/p>\n

Mineski enjoyed a relatively successful 2018\/19 season with the roster that consisted of Nikolay “Nikobaby” Nikolov, Kam “Moon” Boon Seng, Ryan “Bimbo” Jay Qui, Michael “ninjaboogie” Ross Jr. and Damien “kpii” Chok.<\/p>\n

As far as their performances throughout 2018\/19 DPC season are concerned, Mineski did not shock anyone, with an 18th-place finish on DPC standings, which unfortunately, was not enough for them to qualify for The International<\/a> for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

That being said, Mineski did get one last chance to prove themselves and qualify for the most prestigious Dota 2 event of the year via Southeast Asia Qualifiers. The Filipino outfit grabbed the opportunity with both hands, pushed through the tedious qualifiers and went on to defeat Team Jinesbrus (3-2) in the grand finals to claim the final ticket for TI9.<\/p>\n

There they performed admirably well, got out of the group stage, and even defeated NaVi (1-0) in round one of lower bracket to enter round two, only to suffer a painful 1-2 defeat at the hands of the eventual finalists Team Secret, who ended Mineski’s TI run at ninth-12th place.<\/p>\n

Their fairytale, however, ended soon after TI9 came to a close, when one after another all five of their players announced their departure from the team. <\/p>\n

First to leave were Bimbo and Nikobaby, who both went on to Twitter to post a message stating “LFT” (looking for a team), whereas Ninjaboogie took his time to write a Facebook post, thanking the fans and revealing, he as well will be leaving the team.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ninjaboogiee\/<\/p>\n

Ninjaboogie, Bimbo and Nikobaby left the team on August 28, 2019 and are as of today still looking for a new team, except Ninjaboogie, who rumoured to join a newly formed Dota 2 team. Moon and Kpii, who left Mineski a couple of weeks later, however, already found new homes in Fnatic (Moon) and TNC Predator (Kpii).<\/p>\n

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To complete our roster, let us all welcome @kpiidota<\/a> and @MarchDota<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Here is our lineup for the upcoming season:
?? Kim "Gabbi" Villafuerte
?? Armel Paul "Armel" Tabios
?? Damien "kpii" Chok
?? Timothy "Tims" Randrup
?? Taewon "March" Park#StrongerTogether<\/a>#SummonYourStrength<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cutG7tvuTM<\/a><\/p>\n

— TNC Predator ?? (@TNCPredator) September 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n