The debate on the rise and fall of North American DotA teams continues with five players joining forces to create a new, promising team. Manuel "OwnaGe-Juice" Vasquez, James "Miraclechipmunk" Pog and Nick "Yoshi" Spagnolo, former Pandemic players, join up with Josh "Stripez" Amos and Andre "HiT0Mi" Semmler.

Amos played for Plug Pullers Inc. during MYM PriDe 9 and was looking for a new competitive team as the other PluG players, including the famous captain Clinton "FearDarkness" Loomis, were going inactive again.

Semmler, one of the most talented players the American scene offers, recently played for eMazing Gaming - his most recent official match being the ESL Major Series semifinal lost to SK Gaming.

As Spagnolo stated at myMYM.com, they were "really disappointed with the current state of Pandemic" and tried a change for the better. "We think American DotA was at an all time low," he continues, "which is another one of the main reasons we made this team - to prove to the rest of the world that America still has it!."

The brand new team wasn't given a name yet. Spagnolo also added that they are evaluating a few more players and might enlarge the roster before joining international competitions such as the upcoming MYM PriDe 10.

While eMazing Gaming is well capable to keep up with the current roster, Pandemic's future is now uncertain.

Source: myMYM.com via DotA-Allstars Forums.