Planet Dog reformed after HellRaisers drops squad

Planet Dog has reformed with the addition of Dmitry "Ditya Ra" Minenkov after HellRaisers drops their Dota 2 squad.

After a disappointing last place finish at TI7 and lackluster entry into the Pro Circuit 2017-2018 season, the CIS based organization HellRaisers has dropped their Dota 2 squad before the holidays and new year.

It's been five months since the signing, and our organization has decided to stop cooperating with the Dota 2 team. While being on HellRaisers, the players have managed to perform at The International 2017 and qualify for WCA 2017. Unfortunately, the squad has managed to win only 1 qualifier out of 17, and such a result doesn't allow us to keep the partnership with the players.”

The 17 qualifiers seem to be slightly exaggerated as there were only 10 official qualifiers noted, but could refer to non Pro Circuit events that the team either declined to participate in, dropped out early or were not invited to such as Almeo Esports Cup, JDL or WellPlay events.

Since their TI7 appearance, they did qualify for WCA 2017 to be held in China early next year and came painstakingly close to qualifying for multiple Pro Circuit events with 2nd place finishes.

Dear friends and fans of HellRaisers, from now on, our organization and the Dota 2 team will go different roads. We want to please our viewers with a big number of wins, so we'll look for other prospective opportunities in esports disciplines. Due to the current schedule of tournaments, you're either in the top 8 and attend almost all events, or you're not in the top 8 and it's extremely hard for you to qualify for a LAN as you fight with the best Dota 2 teams for 1 slot in Europe.

-CEO HellRaisers Aleksey "xaoc" Kucherov ”

Two weeks ago Alaan 'SexyBamboe' Faraj parted ways with the team after just over two months. Neta '33' Shapira returned to the offlane with his departure and the team began to trials for a new carry player.

Despite the lack of organizational backing, the squad will be remaining together, bringing on board Dmitry "Ditya Ra" Minenkov for the carry role. Ditya Ra most recently played for Vega Squadron and before that Na'Vi. He also was part of one of the No Logic Gaming iterations in 2015, playing alongside Milan 'MiLAN' Kozomara.

Planet Dog roster:

Dmitry "Ditya Ra" Minenkov
Greg 'Keyser' Kallianiotis
Neta '33' Shapira
Milan 'MiLAN' Kozomara
Alexei 'j4' Lipai (captain)