posted by Brasozial,
It's the second episode of World Showdown of Esports and Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier will finally be back on the server to slay some creeps and opponents.



The German carry will be the stand-in for Infamous' star player Enzo 'Timado' Gianoli who can't attend the event in Las Vegas. Black^ wanted to rejoin a professional team since The International 2018 ended and was even close to signing a contract, but an arm injury stopped him for playing in a team.

He was an analyst at The Chongqing Major and therefore missed the chance to stand in for Team Liquid who were a player short. However, instead of Black^ Wings' Chu 'Shadow' Zeyu replaced Amer 'Miracle-' Al-Barkawi, because Black^ was booked as a talent for that event. The German carry explained in a TwitLonger post that he won't be attending events as a talent for quite some time:

It is very hard to put into words how much confidence and motivation I have gained due to my recent setbacks, but im burning up inside with passion, waiting for another chance to present itself. I personally believe such confidence can't be faked and I am more than willing to prove it. As a consequence of focusing so hard personal growth though, I probably won't find much time to stream (until I find a stable team at the very least) and also won't be attending events as talent anymore. The time to go is now.


With Infamous he could prove now that he's still a viable carry for good teams in different regions to attend a DPC event or the TI qualifiers. Black^ will play alongside two Europeans at Infamous: Oliver 'Skiter' Lepko and Malthe 'Biver' Winther recently joined the South American organization.

Their opponents at the tournament in Las Vegas are the North American squads gg and gg, J.Storm and beastcoast as well as the reigning WSOE champion Team Serenity.

Which team should pick Black^ if he proves himself at the competition?



Photo credit: StarLadder

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