The Weekly CourierFear & ppd return as active players, ex-MVP reunites
Happy Friday!
ppd returns, steps down as CEO
Following a third place finish at The International 2016, former 
Shopify Rebellion captain PPD stepped down as active player and resumed management duties, becoming the CEO of the North-American organization. Now, EG announced that ppd is set to resume his active player career, stepping down as CEO and leaving former team manager Phillip Aram in the position of COO. He will not play with the current EG roster and has yet to announce his new team.
The original announcement can be found here.
StarLadder & i-League to host first ever Dota2 Minor in Kiev
StarLadder and i-League have decided to make the 4th installment of their Invitational series a Minor, the first Minor in Dota 2 history. Set in the Cyberarena in Kiev, the first Minor will feature eight teams, two teams will receive direct invites while the other six will have to qualify through regional qualifiers. Every region (NA, SA, EU, CIS, CN, SEA) will have 1 representative at the LAN finals, competing for the $300,000 USD prizepool. Open qualifiers for the closed qualifiers are set to begin on September 9th. More details about the open qualifier and where to sign up can be found here The LAN finals are scheduled to take place on October 12th-15th.
Fear returns, replaces zai
North-American veteran and former Evil Geniuses coach ! has announced his return as active player. Following The International 2016, Fear had retired and resumed a coaching position with Evil Geniuses, leading the team to success from the sidelines. The veteran is set to take over the captain and drafting position, giving Cr1t the chance to focus on his 4 position play. The reason for his return however is that the team had to fill the void left by the departure of
zai. The Swedish support announced earlier this week that he would look for new opportunities elsewhere and is strongly rumored to reunite with former teammate ppd.
The original announcement can be found here.
Alliance to rebuild around Loda, lets go of Era and Pablo
Two weeks after announcing the departure of three players, 
Alliance has now parted ways with the reminder of their roster that competed in the TI7 qualifiers. Late addition Era and support player Pablo will no longer be with Alliance.
Fader vår, who was replaced by Era just after the roster lock for TI7, has returned to the active Alliance roster and will look to rebuild a new team.
The original announcement can be found here.
w33ha builds new team, looks to play pos 4
1. @Timadota
— Aliwi Omar (@w33haa) August 29, 2017
2. @canceldota
3. @KheZzu_
4. @w33haa
5. @Saksadota
LETS GO
Shanghai Major winner 33(w) announced the formation of a new European team. Alongside former Digital Chaos/Planet Odd teammate
Saksa, w33ha looks to move to the support position as fellow Romanian
. will take on the role of the midlaner. Joining them will be German offlaner and former Secret player
kyuubi, as well as Peruvian youngster and former Infamous mid player
TSM.Timado, who will take on the carry position.
PGL Minor announced, EG & LGD invited
Romanian production company and tournament organizer PGL is set to host the second Dota 2 Minor. With a format much like the StarLadder Minor (open qualifier into closed qualifier, six qualifiers with six winners, two direct invites), PGL will host their event in Bucharest, Romania. Details for the regional, open qualifiers can be found here. The invited teams are Shopify Rebellion and 
LGD Gaming, both of which are set to compete for the $300,000 prizepool in Bucharest, from October 19th-22nd.
Resolut1on joins OG
Ukrainian superstar Resolut1on has joined European powerhouse
OG. After a superb performance at The International 2017, helping Team Empire immensely in placing top 8, Resolut1on seemed to be in high demand. OG parted ways with midlaner ana weeks ago, making space for the Ukrainian, who played the role of midlaner for years until joining Digital Chaos in 2016.
The original announcement can be found here.
Ex-MVP.Phoenix reunite
Korean players MP,
dddd,
Forev,
Febby and
TSM FTX.DuBu have reunited. The former MVP.Phoenix squad went their separate ways after a top 6 finish at The International 2016. None of them managed to find any notable success, QO and Febby even placed last at TI7. Now, the team looks to find their old way again.
The original announcement can be found here.
Also Noteworthy
- As the professional scene is still slowly shifting into gear, pro players have united again to play inhouses. Both NA and EU divisions will be streamed by pro players such as ppd or Cr1t.
- LGD-Gaming have announced that they are building an esports arena "with movie theatre, food hall, gym & Internet cafe".
- North-American analyst and coach Blitz has decided to return to the microphone and will once again partner up with former colleague Capitalist.
- BeyondTheSummit have announced their "King's Cup" tournament, an online tournament featuring 8 teams from North and South America. The winner of the event will receive a direct invite to The Summit 8, BTS' Dota 2 Minor.
- The Clip of the week goes to Flow from Double Dimension, who sets up a fight with a great Chronosphere, catching two targets at the very edge
Thanks for catching up with us. We hope you enjoy your weekend.
Fear Hype
Correction:
Febby missing.
still waiting for bulldog and ice3 to get a team
OG.Reso, Cr1t is back to pos 4, and w33 has a team again. FeelsGoodMan.
Ceo* correction lel
w33 in pos 4!? Remember when he singledhandedly propelled them to TI6 finals with his unreal mid play?
woops, thanks @anomalina
@kavinzaza: ice3 is in Mineski! https://www.dotabuff.com/blog/2017-08-18-liquid-wins-ti-siltbreaker-ii-and-roster-shuffle-news
Return of Captain America!
I'm a trully fan of FEAR, go fear, show us your doto !
I'm just wondering what happened to Midas Mode. Was really hyped iirc
zai and ppd to Secret LUL
pj/ccnc/zai/misery/ppd according to the prophet
No one went for 1st ?
Resolution is a great addition to OG!
Old man Fear,is back
@PRDX. FURY It's COO...
17TH...
FEAR IS BACK~
Fear pos. 5 ??? Also why not kick -Crit and get PPD back as captain
If anyone read my commend in the 10 seconds it was up, I apologize. I'm a bipolar ADHD person who didn't read the article and saw "FEAR REPLACES ZAI' and angry-jizzed my pants. I thought since his hand injury 5 pos was the place for Fear, but i can understand why he played pos 4 for TI 6. I think Crit is a terrible position 5 player compared to his position 4 play and am happy to see he is back. I really hope Fear can play some good strong defencive supports as i think EG's main problem has been over greed due to haveing 2 position 4 players. Good move
i really wanna see the korean DOTO again