The International 2019 officially closes, which means the transfer period has arrived.
Below is the official information on the changes to the squad’s lineup. The article will always be updated every time the teams have more changes in members.
September 5 – Virtus.pro Na’Vi
The CIS shuffle begins.
Preparing for the new season, Virtus.pro said goodbye to their first member, Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov. He will replace Evgeniy “Blizzy” Ree at Na`Vi.
Despite competing together for three years and changing only one member, VP continued to fail at The International. The team was forced to adjust after a disappointing 9-12 finish.
TI9 was the first TI tournament in two years that Na`Vi won the right to participate, but also only ranked 13-16.
Virtus.pro lineup:
Roman “Ramzes666” Kushnarev
Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko
Vladimir “rodjER” Nikogosyan
Alexei “Solo” Berezin
Natus Vincer lineup:
Vladislav “Crystallize” Krystanek
Idan “MagicaL” Vardanyan
Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov
Emil “Zayac” Emilzhanov
Akbar “SoNNeikO“ Butaev
September 4 – Keen gaming
Keen Gaming was the last team to win a direct ticket to The International 9. The boys held their breath while waiting for the ticket while the EPICENTER Major was happening at the time, to see if they had enough points.
When at the most prestigious event, Keen Gaming struggled in the group stage, barely able to make it to the next round and lost in a BO1 loss to South America’s Infamous.
To make a breakthrough, the team now recruits Malaysian veteran, Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung, Mineski’s coach at TI9. He will take on position 5 in the team.
Keen Gaming lineup:
Wang “old chicken” Zhiyong
Zhai ‘Ying’ Jingkai
Ren ‘eLeVeN’ Yangwei
Hu ‘Kaka’ Liangzhi
Bottle of “Mushi” Yee Fung
September 4 – Positive Guys
The newly formed CIS team includes prominent members from Gambit and The Pango.
Positive lineup:
Igor “iLTW” Filatov
Ergon
Andrey “Ghostik” Kadyk
Alexander “Immersion” Hmelevskoy
Mihail “Misha” Agatov
September 4 – Fnatic
The changes right before TI9 didn’t work, Fnatic left sadly 13-16, losing in the first round of the losing bracket.
Team Malaysia will now change again in the hope of a better start to the next season.
Fnatic lineup:
Nuengnara ’23savage’ Teeramahanon
Kam ‘Moon’ Boon Seng
Daryl Koh ‘iceiceice’ Pei Xiang
Djardel ‘DJ’ Mampusti
Anucha ‘Jabz’ Jirawong
September 1 – Team Aster
Team Aster was formed after TI8, the team recruited outstanding players from various teams. Despite a good start, Team Aster did not create any outstanding achievements at major events, and they began to change members continuously throughout the season. Team Aster could not find a good match and gradually fell out of favor.
Now, the organization has recruited one of TI7’s hottest Chinese talent, Song “Sccc” Chun, and is sure to want to make a breakthrough in the new season.
Team Aster lineup:
Liu “Kamma” Chang (experimental)
Song “Sccc” Chun
Kee Chyuan “ChYuan” Ng (experimental)
Lin “Xxs” Jing
Ye “BoBoKa” Zhibiao
Fu “Q” Bin
September 1 –
DotA legend and TI2 champion, Wong “ChuaN” Hock Chuan is set to compete again and return to the pro scene.
There is no word on which organization ChuaN will join or if he will form a new lineup.
September 1 – Hashtags
Thai esports organization Hashtag has announced the official lineup for regional tournaments as well as in this DPC season.
Hashtag’s official lineup:
Galvin “Meracle” Kang Jian Wen
Cheng “NothingToSay” Jin Xiang
Kim “Velo” Tae-sung
Wilson “Poloson” Koh Chin Wei
Chan “WiteR” Litt Binn
August 30 – Chaos EC
Two months ago, Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen unexpectedly parted ways with Team Liquid. Liquid then won the right to attend TI9 and will keep the ticket, while the Finnish player is likely to sit in the audience.
Not long after, Matu joined Chaos EC for the TI9 European Qualifiers and earned a spot at The International. Unfortunately, Chaos was the first team to be knocked out of the group stage.
Now that everything seems to have settled down, Matu will be out of action for the first round of the season.
Just a few days ago, Maurice “KheZu” Gutmann started looking for a new team and Milan’s Twitter account “MiLAN” Kozomara said he was also looking for a new place, but this information has not been officially confirmed.
Chaos has yet to give any official information about their plans for the new season.
Current roster of Chaos Esports Club:
Cheng “vtFaded” Jia Hao
Rasmus ‘MISERY’ Filipsen
Milan ‘MiLAN’ Kozomara
August 30 – EE stack
Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao rocked the community last season when he joined Team Team at the last minute. He replaced Nico “Gunnar” Lopez with Jason “Newsham” Newsham after the team qualified for the Major, just before the event began. Not long after that, EE itself was left out and the final team didn’t qualify for TI9.
Jingju “Sneyking” Wu was the only member present at TI9, when he played for Newbee – the organization that recruited the Forward Gaming squad due to the company’s financial difficulties. By participating in this stack, the Newbee North American lineup will definitely change as well.
Jacky ‘EternaLEnVy’ Mao
Jonathan Bryle “bryle” Santos De Guia
David ‘Moonmeander’ Tan
Jingju ‘Sneyking’ Wu
Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling
August 29 – Infamous
Infamous signed with Team Anvorgesa on July 1, 2019 when the team had just qualified for TI9, representing South America. The South American team broke through and made history at the main event: finishing in the top 8, the best result South America has ever had.
The team will continue to compete together in the new season, but will be playing for the new, currently unspecified organization.
Old Infamous roster:
Hector Antonio ‘K1’ Rodriguez
Jean Pierre ‘Chris Brown’ Gonzales
Adrian Cespedes ‘Wisper’ Dobles
Elvis De la Cruz ‘Scofield’ Peña
Steven ‘Stinger’ Vargas
June 26 – compLexity Gaming
The North American team had a rough year with many problems, from visa problems to the roster. The team’s last time in the DPC was at the MDL DisneyLand Major, where it finished 9-12 disappointingly. The team finished the season with only 153 points and did not qualify for TI9, as they only finished 6th in the regional qualifiers.
The organization now bids farewell to the entire squad.
August 26 – Mineski
Mineski had an unexpected TI9 run, reaching 9-12 like last year. The Southeast Asian team changed their roster at the last minute, bringing in Nikolay “Nikobaby” Nikolov to replace Lai “Ahjit” Jay Son before advancing to the regional qualifiers.
It looks like Bulgarian internationals Michael “Ninjaboogie” Ross and Ryan “Bimbo/Raging Potato” Jay Qui have found a new home.
Mineski lineup:
Kam ‘NaNa/Moon’ Boon Seng
Damien ‘kpii’ Chok
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