Shad said that his team has been barred from participating in the qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 30
Professional player Inji “Shad” Lyub took to X to express his frustration at being unable to compete in the DreamLeague Season 30 qualifiers due to a rule requiring that the majority of players be from the same region.
We’re not allowed to participate in the DreamLeague qualifiers because we don’t have three players from the same region: we have two players from Western Europe, one from Eastern Europe, and two more from Southeast Asia. I understand there were issues with this in the past, which is why strict compliance with the rules is now required, but we’re not being allowed into any region. This seems unfair.
LGD Gaming offlaner Cedric “Davai” Dekmin replied to the post:
What kind of joke is this? You mean you can’t play together unless you’re at boot camp? They should let you choose one region where you can play from home.
Shad agreed with this statement:
Exactly. It’s good that they’ve become stricter about enforcing the rules, but it’s ridiculous that teams like ours can’t play at all until we’re physically in the same region.
According to the DreamLeague Season 30 rules, the majority of a team’s players must be in the same region throughout the qualifiers in order to participate. An exception has been made for North American teams due to the cancellation of qualifiers in that region—they can choose either South America or Western Europe.
ESL previously announced the schedule for its upcoming Dota 2 events. ESL One Europe, a LAN tournament with a $1 million prize pool, will take place in April. For online championships, organizers will now offer prize pools ranging from $500,000 to $750,000.
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