mousesports International Reserve

posted by Blue_Knight, 322 days ago

Thanks to some curious messages on social networks, rumours have been circulating tonight as to whether or not

Mousesports will be attending The International this summer, and if so, in what capacity.

Suspicions were first raised when mouz player

Alexandru 'ComeWithMe' Craciunescu posted this exclamation to his followers on Twitter. He then shared another message to clarify, which claimed that his team will be in Seattle this summer as a 'back-up team'.

In order to clear up the matter, joinDOTA reached out to mouz team manager

Florian 'PaisY' Schmedes, who had this to say:

Speaking for me and my team, we are very happy to be considered as a backup team for The International. Despite the defeat in the TI2 Qualifiers, we did not bury our heads in the sand. We kept on to work hard and did not lose our dedication to improve as a team. Everyone within the team knows that our current roster has a huge talent and potential and even though we have been working together for not that of a long time, we have shown great performances ever since. A big thanks goes out to all our fans!"

joinDOTA also approached Valve for confirmation which brought forth a short but clarifying answer:

Yes, Mouz is a backup team.

Mousesports Roster

Sivatheeban '1437' Sivanathapillai (Captain)

Weh Sing 'SingSing' Yuen

Alaan 'SexyBamboe' Faraj

Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier

Alexandru 'ComeWithMe' Craciunescu

Florian 'PaisY' Schmedes (Manager)

Sources: ComeWithMe's Twitter

TobiWanKenobi wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:36 CEST:

sorry for the delay on this news but we had to make sure everything was offical

Snakkie wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:38 CEST:

Why was not Next.Kz the backup?

BiriBiri wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:39 CEST:

Fuck yea, even more happy I'm gonna be at TI2

13utters wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:39 CEST:

Snakkie schrieb:
Why was not Next.Kz the backup?

cause mouz got 2nd spot

SpaceGiraffe wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:39 CEST:

"Yes, Mouz is a backup team"

cool statement

faerie wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:39 CEST:

fuck yeh, next kz also is actually!

Nicer wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:40 CEST:

Well, what about next.kz? they are backup too?

TobiWanKenobi wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:40 CEST:

13utters schrieb:

Snakkie schrieb:
Why was not Next.Kz the backup?

cause mouz got 2nd spot

Mouz was actually 3rd -- and only valve know why they made the choice -- this statement was all we received from them

kaiser725 wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:41 CEST:

"joinDOTA also approached Icefrog for confirmation which brought forth a short but clarifing answer:"

isn't that supposed to be clarifying? And can you guys confirm if Next.kz is back-up team ahead of mouz?

#10

Snakkie wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:42 CEST:

It sounds a little weird

#11

Acedia wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:42 CEST:

Some of the teams have Passport problems >.<

#12

helmo wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:43 CEST:

so why there is an backup team for the TI2 ? .. i mean .. is one of the teams being out or smth?
only heard some rumors around m5 .. something up with that?

#13

Khress wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:43 CEST:

yeah would like to know as well, next.kz should be ahead of mouse as back up. inviting 3d place before 2nd would be kinda strange.

#14

Siraja wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:44 CEST:

Snakkie schrieb:
Why was not Next.Kz the backup?

The problem is it is not easy to get a visa for the USA especially for countries that aren't in the EU. There is just not enough time probably.

#15

Nicer wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:44 CEST:

13utters schrieb:

Snakkie schrieb:
Why was not Next.Kz the backup?

cause mouz got 2nd spot

u are so wrong

http://www.joindota.com/en/news/3284-ti-qualifiers,-day-4-summaries-west

Mouz 0 - 2 next kz.

#16

helmo wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:45 CEST:

Siraja schrieb:

Snakkie schrieb:
Why was not Next.Kz the backup?

The problem is it is not easy to get a visa for the USA especially for countries that aren't in the EU. There is just not enough time probably.

But 2 month should be enough to get a visa shouldnt it?

#17

Nicer wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:47 CEST:

next kz, deserve that spot.

#18

HOMEMdoGAS wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:47 CEST:

#15 wrong in this case is an absolute, so he can't be so wrong he's just wrong

U MAD BRO??

#19

DkN- wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:50 CEST:

I believe mouz was chosen because of their performance @ DH.

#20

Stajl wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:52 CEST:

Unless there's some visa problems then the invite really should go to Next.kz. They've shown off that they can play really good and has the potential to go way further than mousesports.

#21

Sharkyzzz wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:53 CEST:

#19 mouz 3rd place on dreamhack...so fuck yea.....Sing on Seattle like a boss!

#22

Nicer wrote at 04.07.2012, 02:55 CEST:

HOMEMdoGAS schrieb:
#15 wrong in this case is an absolute, so he can't be so wrong he's just wrong
U MAD BRO??

u mad?

#23

Manimon wrote at 04.07.2012, 03:04 CEST:

helmo schrieb:

Siraja schrieb:

Snakkie schrieb:
Why was not Next.Kz the backup?

The problem is it is not easy to get a visa for the USA especially for countries that aren't in the EU. There is just not enough time probably.

But 2 month should be enough to get a visa shouldnt it?

2 months? Is the team going to make visas right now without knowing for sure if they're going to attend or not? What if the replacement would be needed within 2 weeks? Please think.

#24

Kuronyan wrote at 04.07.2012, 03:05 CEST:

Maybe they got visa problems like a lot of former soviet union states have.
Or they simply dont have time, who knows.

#25

iloveyou wrote at 04.07.2012, 03:10 CEST:

To the people who are mad or confused as to why Next.KZ isn't a backup:
First of all, Mouz may not be the only backup team, because Valve said "Mouz is a backup team", not "Mouz is the backup team". Secondly, the qualifiers were just to pick the wild card teams, not to pick back up teams. Thirdly, you guys are forgetting that there are two teams that got second place in the qualifiers, World Elite and Next.KZ, so if Valve only has 1 backup team it isn't fair to choose Next.KZ over World Elite.