Dota 2 patch lets you create your own eSports team; wave your flag
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The latest Dota 2 patch to hit the test client this morning introduces the long awaited ability to create official teams within the client. Professional teams have had access to this for some time, being able to mark their bases in colourful logos/sponsors and display them in tournaments such as The International. Now thousands of Dota teams can show their colours on the battlefield and forever burn their names into the enemies mind.
Over this last weekend, DreamHack Valencia played host to some outstanding professional StarCraft 2 as Yoon “TaeJa" Young Suh took first place, and $10,000 prize, and an automatic slot in the DreamHack Winter Grand Finals.
We had plenty of time to catch up with Riot as they watched over the 
Speaking at Gamescom last month, Riot’s CEO Brandon Beck told us that it’s not just bigger cash prizes and larger competitions that will attract more fans to e-sports, but also the ability of e-commentators to help spectators understand and relate to the game.
mortal Teamwork have come away from this weekend’s Dreamhack with the Dota 2 Vengeance trophy after a three game marathon against Natus Vincere. Losing the first match, they managed to pull it back in the second to go on to win the third in an upset that’s unseated Na’Vi as the premier Dota 2 team in the world. This now sets the stage for them to meet again in the International this August, with a score to settle.
Over the course of a forty minute game, Counter Logic Gaming comprehensively beat Moscow 5 in the finals for the MSI Beat It Tournament, over in Sweden for Dreamhack. They take away the forty thousand dollar prize, and cement themselves as one of the foremost League of Legends teams in the world. 
This weekend sees the return of 
The MLG spring championships took place over the weekend, causing an existential crisis when I realised that I couldn’t watch both MLG and International Qualifiers at the same time, but then I was rescued by the fact that hard drives exist for a reason, and people tend to record these things. Clearly I was the only one so divided, though, as Sundance DiGiovanni, founder of MLG, 
With the second International starting to creep up onto the horizon, things are stepping up in Dota 2. 
Since November last year, teams have been competing in League of Legends for a spot in one of the regionals that are leading up to the World Championship of Season 2. The total prize pot for the entire tournament is $5 million, although $1 million has been given out already. It’s a frankly obscene amount of money, and it’s really establishing League of Legends as a premier E-Sport along the likes of Starcraft 2. 
