South American org Mad Kings have introduced that they’ve launched their total Dota 2 roster and can now not be sponsoring the crew. The information comes simply 1 day after captain StingeR was banned mid-match towards Thunder Awaken.
This initially looks like a little bit of an excessive response to a participant ban. However with Valve’s sweeping bans affecting execs in addition to pub gamers, this will not be the final mid-game ban we see.
Mad Kings Disband
Lower than one month after Mad Kings launched their new roster, the complete crew has been launched. In an announcement posted to their official X account, the org confirmed that they might now not be partnering with estar_backs and investing within the crew.
Regardless of being within the scene since 2017, Mad Kings have struggled to make an influence on SA Dota. So it doesn’t take a lot to determine why they initially needed to companion with this roster. StingeR himself has beforehand performed 3 iterations of The Worldwide with beastcoast, so this might have been their yr.
Causes for StingeR’s Ban
It has been speculated that StingeR’s foremost account was banned because of boosting. This got here after his teammate was discovered to be taking part in on the account. Nonetheless, it was confirmed within the assertion that this was not the explanation for the ban. The precise cause for the ban was not revealed.
For now, it’s not fairly clear what Mad Kings will do subsequent. Their assertion confirmed that they’re ceasing participation in all tournaments in the interim however will proceed to provide content material. It looks like they’re not fairly performed with Dota but and a brand new sponsorship for a brand new crew could also be on the playing cards.
That is one other hit that SA Dota actually didn’t want. After a promising revival the final couple of years regionally, they’ve nonetheless struggled on the worldwide stage. There’s quite a lot of uncertainty on this planet of professional Dota for the time being. Many groups are nonetheless determining the way to safe their place at this yr’s Worldwide – let’s hope Mad Kings might be amongst these groups.