Exactly 100 days passed between the initial tweet announcing that 
North American Rejects
would be returning, and the announcement that the TI5 potentials will
be playing under a new alias; Team Archon. The change comes in light of
NAR v2 being the only unsponsored team in the running for TI5. Last
year's NAR managed to get picked up by Na'Vi, making this the second
year in a row Korok and Fogged found sponsorship ahead of a TI.
North American Rejects
would be returning, and the announcement that the TI5 potentials will
be playing under a new alias; Team Archon. The change comes in light of
NAR v2 being the only unsponsored team in the running for TI5. Last
year's NAR managed to get picked up by Na'Vi, making this the second
year in a row Korok and Fogged found sponsorship ahead of a TI.
NAR v2 will now be playing under the name Team Archon
Team ArchonThe gaming organisation, which is already well-established in the Hearthstone competitive scene, released an annoucement yesterday stating they would be expanding into Dota 2, by picking up the roster of NAR v2. The roster consists of the following players:
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Scott 'bLeek / chad' Jensen•
Chris 'ush' Usher•
Arif 'MojoStormStout' Anwar•
Steven 'Korok' Ashworth•
Ioannis 'Fogged' LoucasCommunity favourite SirActionSlacks produced a video giving a 6 minute run-down of the history of the players, and their experience with The International.
In 2014, the roster constructed by Fogged and Korok won the 4th Gigabyte
Challenge, promptly followed by the International American Qualifiers.
They were soon picked up by Na'Vi as the American branch of the
organisation, but disbanded after a couple of poor performances. NAR v2
returned this year, contending the International Qualifiers once again,
this time placing second - securing a place at the Wildcard playoffs.
Archon's team founder Jason "Amaz" Chan released the following statement:
Archon is one of a growing list of organisations to have picked up a Dota team pre-TI, following on from Fnatic and Mouz, who picked up Team Malaysia and Team Tinker respectively. The TI5 wildcard qualifiers will be taking place in 21 days, with Archon, CDEC, MVP Phoenix and Vega Squadron competing.
Archon's team founder Jason "Amaz" Chan released the following statement:
"I'm very excited to see NARv2 become a part
of Team Archon. I've always been careful on selecting new teams for
Archon: they have to be highly skilled and I believe these guys have the
potential for success. They will be playing in the TI5 Wildcard
Qualifier for a spot in the playoffs, and I will be cheering them on to
advance and make magic happen. You, the viewers, should cheer for your
new Dota 2 Archon team as well!"
Archon is one of a growing list of organisations to have picked up a Dota team pre-TI, following on from Fnatic and Mouz, who picked up Team Malaysia and Team Tinker respectively. The TI5 wildcard qualifiers will be taking place in 21 days, with Archon, CDEC, MVP Phoenix and Vega Squadron competing.
Image courtesy of teamarchon.com
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