The tradition continues, and this happening at a minor makes 2020 is quite fun already. As we head closer towards WePlay! Bukovel Minor grand finals, people’s favourite from the Dota scene, our very own Danil ”Dendi” Ishutin who is also broadcaster at the event will be facing-off against Kyle Freedman in a Dota 2 Showmach.
They’ll each be joined by fellow four other commentators and analysts from their regional broadcasts for the match.
Dendi known for his time spent with Natus Vincere and been in the scene for a decade now, Dendi will be leading other Russian casters into the brawl. His squad consisting of EU and CIS veterans who are still active in the competitive scenario.
- Andrey “ALWAYSWANNAFLY” Bondarenko
- Alexander “DkPhobos” Kucheria
- Sergey “Smile” Revin
- Kirill “Sunlight” Kachinsky
While about Kyle, he is a retired pro who had spent most of his career with Complexity Gaming, will be accompanying members of English Talent panel, who are mostly either focused on creating content for the scene or are retired players.
- Troels “syndereN” Nielsen
- Brian “BSJ” Canavan
- Austin “Capitalist” Walsh
- Admir “lizZard” Salkanović
Glancing at the squads, it looks like the Russian team has an upper hand because Dendi, ALWAYSWANNAFLY and Sunlight are all currently active in the pro scene.
As we mentioned the match is going to take place right before the grand finals, it is bound to happen around 11am CT on 12th Jan.