Dota 2: The OG Organization bid farewell to the second team OG Seed

In the Dota 2 arena, very few organizations own multiple rosters without problems – largely due to conflict of interest concerns, and this time with a different name: OG Seed.

OG encountered many problems when trying to invest in a second Dota 2 roster called OG Seed. Recently, OG decided to disband this lineup, the lineup includes: Omar “Madara” Dabachach, Rasmus “Chessie” Blomdin, Andreas “Xibbe” Ragnemalm, Zfreek, Petu “Peksu” Vaatainen (captain), and Allen “Bonkers” Cook (manager). According to insiders, the disbandment is beneficial for both the organization and the players.

Farewell OG.Seed!

We would like to thank all our OG.Seed players for their great work, commitment and friendship.

We are extremely proud to see how you’ve evolved and how much progress you’ve made.

🌱 Read more: https://t.co/psNqnwQ968#DreamOG pic.twitter.com/jYGxSqzTv7

— OG (@OGesports) June 8, 2020

The main problem the organization had was that they couldn’t have the main OG team and OG Seed compete in the same tournaments. Most organizers do not allow multiple squads from one organization to compete for the same tournament, meaning Seed is forced to participate in most tier 2 or 3 tournaments, which was not originally planned.

Valve tournaments allow multiple teams to compete, meaning they have the right to participate in Minors and Majors, with the exception of The International. But since the tournaments changed to online, that limited the tournaments that OG Seed could sign up for.

“We always knew two rosters couldn’t make it to TI10 under the same roof as OG, but the new schedule has changed the regional tournaments. We found that two rosters participating in the same tournament created potential conflicts of interest,” said OG. “We worked with other teams and the organizers of the tournament to try to find a solution. But despite our efforts, we realized it was probably too early to try to apply multiple teams with the same owner.”

Because of this conflict, OG is helping the Seed roster find a new home and will keep them on contract until July 1 – or until they find a new organization.

Seed used to be a breath of fresh air and achieved quite a bit of success for OG as the players all exploded under the leadership talent of n0tail, Ceb and the logistics team behind. The lineup competed in more than a dozen tournaments, earning access to ESL One Los Angeles Online and WePlay! Pushka League while playing fair against high-class teams.

The culmination of the second team’s success was the second prize of Dota Summit 12, when they defeated Evil Geniuses and reached the final: the last Dota LAN tournament before the COVID-19 epidemic broke out.

OG is currently keeping offers open to OG Seed until the end of the month, so we could expect to hear transfer news about this roster in the next few weeks.

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