OpTic Gaming don\u2019t expect to have a Dota 2 team for the upcoming 2018\/2019 season OpTic Gaming \/ TanyaFans of OpTic Gaming are in store for some unfortunate news, as the org is apparently not planning on continuing its venture into competitive Dota 2 for the time being. In an \u201cAsk Me Anything\u201d discussion on Reddit on September 12, Jacob \u2018Maelk\u2019 Toft-Anderson, the Vice President of Esports at OpTic\u2019s parent company Infinite, revealed the \u201cdisappointing\u201d news to fans the the likelihood for the org to have a Dota 2 team was looking slim. \u201cIn regards to Dota 2 and a roster for the 2018\/2019 season, I am afraid I have some disappointing news,\u201d Maelk reported. \u201cWe do currently not have any players signed, nor do we expect to for the foreseeable future.\u201d Maelk continued on to explain that the decision for OpTic not to sign a new roster was based on them wanting to have a team that could be competitive and win, not just for the sake of having a team. \u201cSince the conclusion of The International we have been working hard towards ensuring a roster that could do us all proud. Ultimately it came down to our vision for what it is we want to achieve,\u201d he explained. \u201cDo we want to be in Dota 2 no matter the team? No. We want a team that can win. And we want a team that can be as actively a part of the Greenwall as the fanbase itself. We want a team that we can identify with.\u201d After placing 7-8th at The International 2018, which is the biggest annual tournament in Dota 2, OpTic decided to drop the entirety of its roster, which consisted of players \u2018Pajkatt,\u2019 \u2018CC&C,\u2019 \u201933,\u2019 \u2018zai,\u2019 and \u2018ppd\u2019 at the time. \u201cStarting as soon as we were eliminated from The International, and leading up all the way to last night, there has been numerous players and lineups in play in a lot of interesting variations, but ultimately the choices were narrowed down to a distinct few that for different reasons ended up not being feasible. An executive decision was made to wait for the right opportunity, rather than push for a lineup that didn\u2019t live up to the expectations we have.\u201d Nevertheless, Maelk did ensure to fans that they \u201cwant to be in Dota 2 as much as [they] do(probably more),\u201d emphasize that OpTic have not abandoned Dota 2, and \u201cwill continue to work towards getting the best possible lineup and fit for OpTic\u201d that they can. Source \u2013 Reddit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OpTic Gaming don\u2019t expect to have a Dota 2 team for the upcoming 2018\/2019 season OpTic Gaming \/ TanyaFans of OpTic Gaming are in store for some unfortunate news, as the org is apparently not planning on continuing its venture into competitive Dota 2 for the time being. In an \u201cAsk Me Anything\u201d discussion on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}