{"id":33072,"date":"2023-11-07T19:31:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=33072"},"modified":"2023-11-07T19:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:31:46","slug":"esl-announce-invites-for-kuala-lumpur-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/esl-announce-invites-for-kuala-lumpur-major\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL announce invites for Kuala Lumpur major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/\" title=\"Dota 2 betting guide\">Dota 2<\/a> fans can look forward to the next major event in December, as ESL has just unveiled the four invited teams for the Kuala Lumpur tournament.<\/p>\n<p>However, the reigning champions of <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/the-international\/\" title=\"The International betting guide\">The International 2023<\/a>, Team Spirit, might miss out on the competition due to roster issues.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry &#8220;Korb3n&#8221; Belov, Team Spirit&#8217;s manager, recently revealed that one of their players plans to take a break until January.<\/p>\n<p>While Team Spirit is open to attending ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, their participation hinges on the tournament&#8217;s rulebook.<\/p>\n<p>The exact number of substitutes required for Kuala Lumpur remains uncertain because it&#8217;s unclear how many Team Spirit members will take a break.<\/p>\n<p>Most Dota 2 tournaments typically allow only one stand-in, with a maximum of two if valid reasons are provided.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-deleted Twitch stream, Yaroslav &#8220;Miposhka&#8221; Naidenov expressed his desire to take a break without considering retirement.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that he wasn&#8217;t planning to &#8220;go anywhere&#8221; but needed a break before the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Team Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators, LGD, and Azure Ray also received invitations to the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLOne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLOne<\/a> Kuala Lumpur direct invites are LOCKED IN! <\/p>\n<p>Welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Team__Spirit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@team__spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaiminGladiator?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gaimingladiator<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LGDgaming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LGDgaming<\/a> and Azure Ray! \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>The remaining 8 teams will be decided via the Open\/Closed Qualifiers (12th-18th Nov) \u2694\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Grab your tickets now! \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3c3IlcLkKf\">https:\/\/t.co\/3c3IlcLkKf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJBfKtxzQI\">pic.twitter.com\/IJBfKtxzQI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLDota2\/status\/1721799731532165290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the Dota Pro Circuit no longer in place, professional teams are starting the new competitive season earlier than usual, with a major event right at the outset.<\/p>\n<p>While Team Spirit could choose to skip this tournament, they prefer not to do so because ESL tournaments are a crucial pathway to the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/gamers8\/riyadh-masters\/\" title=\"Riyadh Masters betting guide\">Riyadh Masters<\/a>, which boasts the biggest prize pool in Dota 2 since the reduction in The International 2023&#8217;s prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>Kuala Lumpur is quite a distance from Eastern Europe, making it an exhausting journey for Team Spirit&#8217;s players who recently claimed the Aegis of Champions in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>However, no invited team has declared their rosters for ESL&#8217;s Kuala Lumpur event yet, and they may wait until after the regional qualifiers to determine their stand-ins.<\/p>\n<p>ESL One&#8217;s return to Malaysia at the end of the year has excited Dota fans in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur from December 11 to 17, 2023, with a total prize pool of $1,000,000 USD up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>12 elite Dota 2 teams from around the world will gather in Malaysia to kick off the event, competing for one of the eight available spots in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The playoffs will be held live at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC) from December 15 to 17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Major of the 2024 Dota 2 season will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and ESL has announced the invites for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":31921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3456,17,3394,2401,1538,434],"class_list":["post-33072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-azure-ray","tag-dota-2","tag-esl-one-kuala-lumpur","tag-gaimin-gladiators","tag-lgd","tag-team-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33072"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33074,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33072\/revisions\/33074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}