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Both Eric "747" Dong and Jaron “Monkeys-Forever” Clinton have unexpectedly parted ways with the compLexity Gaming Dota 2 roster.
While the Kiev Major is getting ready to kick off the group stage today, some teams are already making adjustments to their rosters in preparation for the TI7 team registration period that is expected to open up immediately following the conclusion of the major event in Kiev.
CompLexity Gaming released a statement announcing the changes to the compLexity Dota 2 division effective immediately. The release cited team dynamics regarding synergy and not fitting together as much as was desired or needed for success.
Looking at the future, we’re going to be evaluating our options for the TI7 roster lock. We’re not going to rush into this, so we appreciate your support and patience during this process.”
- Kyle Bautista, compLexity General Manager
compLexity Gaming post TI6
For most of The International 6 regional qualifiers, coL looked confident, consistent and composed. Had they not dropped a game to FDL during the Round Robin stage, they would have been the first team to qualify for the main event in the Americas region. Unfortunately, they were left with a Wild Card spot and, once in Seattle, they failed to advance to the group stage and main event.
It was soon after The International 6 that the Dota 2 roster would embark on a period of instability and turbulence.
In the post TI6 shuffle, compLexity Gaming brought three new faces to the organization. David “Moo” Hull, Justin “jk” Rosselle and Antonio “canceL^^” Mihai joined core members Kyle “melonzz” Freedman and Zakari “Zfreek” Freedman.
Two months later in November, Justin ‘jk’ Rosselle was moved to inactive status after some internal concerns. The team registered Jaron “Monkeys-Forever” Clinton as their official substitute and played with the team in both Northern Arena BEAT Invitational (taking 7-8th place) and then Boston Major where they placed 9-16th.
The team made no changes going into the Kiev Major season, but kept falling short of being able to qualify for the major LAN tournaments they tried for. However, on February 16th they announced that their Romanian mid laner, “canceL^^”, had stepped down from the active roster – effective immediately. The change in lineup meant that the North American squad needed to survive the unforgiving open qualifiers to find a place in the Kiev Major. It was a few days later that Eric "747" Dong had joined the team on a trial basis. Unfortunately for them, the squad couldn't qualify for the big event - taking the second place finish, when only the first place team could advance.
Since then the team has been relatively quiet, placing 3-4th in the ZOTAC Cup Masters Americas Qualifier.
compLexity Gaming roster:
Kyle 'melonzz' Freedman
Zakari 'Zfreek' Freedman
David 'Moo' Hull
