Regional Qualifiers for the Boston Major have just ended
Regional Qualifiers for the Boston Major have just ended and now we know The Boston Sixteen
Europe + CIS was definitely the most spectacular region. Until he last moments it was not clear who will get the sacred tickets to Boston. Surprisingly, all of a sudden the first place went Ad Finem. The team from Greece was in three play-off qualifiers and every time they were eliminated one step away from securing a ticket to the Valve tournament. The second slot was obtained by Virtus Pro, after a close series against Team Liquid. Congratulations to both teams. They deserved to be at the Boston Major.
Failures in qualifiers have almost always led to roster changes. There are a lot questions caused by by the abysmal performance of Natus Vincere. The team, which was considered as favorites, ended up at the bottom of the group. So what happened to Na`Vi?
A month before the qualifiers streamer Dmitriy "LighTofHeaveN" Kupriyanov told a rumor about a conflict within the team. According to his information, some players did not want to play with each other. This information caused intense discussion in the community. Danil "Dendi" Ishutin replied that it was nothing more than rumors. But first games have shocked fans. Na'Vi did not look like a team at all. A huge number of mistakes, complete lack of team play.The first day of the qualifiers ended with 4 losses and 0 wins. It was a tragic day for the Ukrainian team. It was obvious that the squad was plagued by some serious issues.
Several wins on the second day did not change the situation. Management of the organization just could not stay quiet. Oleg "prb" Bulavko apologized on Twitter to fans and wrote the following: “ All EN-speaking fans / community, we will try to clarify the happening around our Dota squad. Please wait for upcoming news / videos. Nxt wk “. It is hard to say if the new era is ending or beginning. We can only wait.