TNC's TI6 team is now disbanded. From TNC's Twitter account |
By Ivan Saldajeno
MANILA--Even more surprising than their deep TI6 stint, TNC's squad to the said DOTA 2 tournament is now history as captain Nico Barcelon and offlaner Sam Hidalgo made their intention to leave the squad too.
In the latest update of the DOTA 2 post-TI6 shuffle on Monday, Barcelon, known in the e-sports community as "Eyyou", and Hidalgo, who is simply known as "Sam H.", were confirmed to have called it a day with the club which they helped bring to a Top 8 finish in the said tourney in Seattle last month.
Hidalgo was first listed as out of TNC on Saturday, a few hours after their three other members, Jimmy Ho, Carlo Palad, and Marc Fausto, officially left the team as well.
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Barcelon then made the transfer window two days later when his decision to leave TNC was made official.
In a development only a few saw coming, TNC will now have to build a new quintet for the start of the new DOTA 2 season, which will start with the Fall Major. The venue for the said event will be announced at a later date.
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