eh, they didn't get much from their sponsor so it's not too surprising. team's that lack support lack motivation and i think its easier to disband

I can't speak on any other organization's behalf, but we treat our DotA players very well. It's not all about having huge budgets to go crazy with... Obviously we don't invest the same amount into that division as Counter-Strike, mostly because of the lower number of tournaments, but we do back them up whenever they need it in any way possible. The sad side of the deal is when teams promise a level of support and then fail to come through with it, that will only hurt eSports in the long run.

You're really really really wrong and you obviously don't know what you're talking about. There are plenty of organizations that take good care of their DotA teams and invest money in them like MYM, SK, EG, PMS and Fnatic.

We provided ample support to DotA while under our brand and delivered on all of our promises; Brian, I'm very disappointed you would suggest otherwise. We made it very clear, when we picked this team up, that we were only partially committed to DotA and would fund them to stateside events - and did so. Some of them felt they could find funding to more international events, something that we were not prepared to offer this game in comparison to our other divisions, and I can only urge them to take such offer.

Pandemic (the organization)'s primary goals lie elsewhere and DotA was simply a nice community addition; it's just more important to allot the bulk of our budget into larger games.

I wish them all the best of luck and fully expect to see them competing in major competition once again very soon. Miky and Zaku, in particular, were very respectable and professional individuals and I hope they find a new home in the near future.

but what about the other lesser known teams? They will get little or no sponsorship at all.

I never made any reference to your organization or any others, I said I can't speak for them. I have no idea what kind of support any teams get, especially in the DotA realm, I just know of teams in the past that have felt betrayed for the reasons I listed and stated that we are very proud of the fact that it doesn't happen in EG.

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rofl random dota team? we beat alot of good teams while we were active and we went to ESWC if thats random for u i rly dont know what to say

drinn is always lost desRow, don't worry about his random comments :)

haha, actually I'm always negative regarding dota :D random game!