Dendi, B8 retain Dota Pro Circuit team slot after Valve intervenes

Dendi and the new-look B8 Dota 2 roster are again in enterprise following a direct intervention from Valve that has given the group its crew slot for the 2021-22 Dota Professional Circuit again.

Two weeks after Dendi, B8’s founder and captain of the Dota roster, was kicked from the DPC spot registered underneath the group’s identify by a former participant, the drama has come to an finish. 

In line with administration, B8 was capable of clear issues up by way of direct communication with Valve, exhibiting the corporate varied agreements and messages that the group put in place with Aleksandr “Nofear” Churochkin, the earlier proprietor of the slot and the previous captain and founding father of the XactJlepbI roster that merged with B8 back in May. 

This transfer allowed B8 to stay within the decrease division of Western Europe’s DPC regional league regardless of being relegated throughout season one, primarily absorbing a majority of the XactJlepbI roster and utilizing their registered spot. B8 performed effectively sufficient to keep away from relegation for a second straight season, though administration would nonetheless find yourself making adjustments to the roster after the season ended. 

Nofear was the primary participant from that DPC season two squad to go away, and it wasn’t till preparation for the upcoming 2022 DPC started that he exercised his possession of the crew slot B8 was occupying to kick Dendi and take management. 

B8 mentioned the group tried to barter with Nofear, however he wasn’t cooperating on the time regardless of being paid by the crew for the slot. In the end, B8 took the messages and agreements made between the org and Nofear, who reportedly tried to delete some of the messages, to Valve. The corporate reviewed the entire proof and dominated that no matter deal went on privately between B8 and Nofear, together with the administration of the DPC spot, was robust sufficient to represent giving the group management of the DPC crew slot. 

Because of this B8’s new roster, which is made up of Dendi, Azamat “Gatciy” Gatciev, and a handful of non-guaranteed spots for Alexander “V1olent” Park, Nikolay “Bb3px” Evdokimychev, and Anatoly “Brz”  Krupnov, will start making ready for the upcoming first tour of the 2022 DPC. B8 shall be competing within the decrease division as soon as once more, with hopes of both transferring into the higher division or avoiding relegation. 

Valve has already clarified its ruling on the matter, saying that the one who creates the crew slot is the controlling admin till energy is transferred to a different particular person, however this example with B8 exhibits that the corporate is prepared to step in, even when that makes the foundations appear a bit inconsistent.