The main Dota 2 news for the week: PARIVISION - world champions, “322” on tier-1 and an interview with Balabama

The editors have collected the main news of the past week. A digest of events from the Dota 2 world for the period from July 13 to July 19 is in our material.

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News of the week:

• There were girls who wanted children from me. But I was against it. I came into this world to play - AndreyIMMERSION
• The Liquid - Xtreme series at EWC set a record for the total number of professional matches of participants
• Jamba about the lack of a Compendium: “The fact is that some clubs did not miss voicelines and graphics”
• ATF on EWC 2026: “You win the group, take first place, and then after one series you’re eliminated”
• yamich on his record for the most games on Pudge: “To all Pudge fans, you are legends. Pudge doesn't lose"
• Ame could have kicked XinQ from Xtreme Gaming due to refusal to purchase an item on KV
• Peru may criminalize match fixing in Dota 2
• PlayTime expelled DarkMago, Vintage and Frank from the team after allegations of unfair play at EWC 2026
• CEO of Team Nemesis on the dissolution of the Dota 2 roster: “We took a risk, and it didn’t work out...”
• “It felt like I played four games in a pub” - PARIVISION players shared their impressions of the championship at EWC 2026
• RodjER put up for sale the Mercedes-Benz won at ESL One Katowice 2018

Our materials:

• Despite the map expansion, which the oldies don't like, Dota is now in one of the best states - Shachlo
• Gray cardinal of Dota #6: Balabama - work with NS, Analytics Studio, Starperhub and Ultimate GG

On July 19, the whole planet watched the outcome of the World Cup. It came as a surprise to many that BetBoom Team opened the scoring in the match. PARIVISION did not give any more cards to the enemy. The team under the encrypted tag PVISION became the champion of the Esports World Cup for the first time.

The project of an international team led by Filipe 'Astini' Astini in Team Nemesis did not find success at the Esports World Cup 2026. The club's management decided to enter the next season with a local roster, so only Jabz remained in the team.

The Dota celebration in France was marred by the disqualification of PlayTime. ESIC suspected player DarkMago and coach Vintage of foul play. Big blow to the South American scene.

We decided to explore the moral side of the issue of the alleged episode “322” using a survey on social networks. Unfortunately, most dota players would not care about honor and would settle for dirty money, having received a “tempting” offer at the end of their career.

Another refusal and another replacement at the Air Force of the Future. A unique Tier 2 tournament with a prize of $1,000,000 will be hosted by Yellow Submarine instead of the Bears. The positions of the Chinese teams in the competition have become even more confident.

In the photo of the day, xNova and Faker showed what the “thumbs up” gesture looks like in two projections. You can support the flash mob under the banner at the end of the material.

If you don’t have time for longreads, start saving it. A great interview with Balabama is a must read. You will learn a lot about the Dota content and media industry, as well as whether the guy’s name is really that.

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