{"id":10862,"date":"2020-03-28T05:01:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T05:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=10862"},"modified":"2020-03-30T05:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T05:26:28","slug":"dendi-signs-excalibur-to-b8-dota2-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dendi-signs-excalibur-to-b8-dota2-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Dendi signs Excalibur to B8 Dota2 team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Danil “Dendi” Ishutin’s newly formed Dota2 esports<\/a> team, B8, has signed a new carry in Steve \u201cExcalibur\u201d Ye, who has joined the team as a replacement for Alexandr \u201cpio65\u201d Zalivako.<\/p>\n

The announcement surfaced on Friday, March 27 in a Twitter that said, “Unfortunately, we have to part ways with Pio65. We are grateful for his help, especially in the hard times, and for the work we all did during this time.”<\/p>\n

Excalibur began his professional Dota2 career with Fnatic.EU, who signed him as a stand-in member in 2014 after he reached the top three in the European Dota2 rankings with 6,900 MMR points. Excalibur helped Fnatic pocket a top-four placement at ESL One Frankfurt 2014, a silver medal at Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 and a bronze medal at the HyperX D2L Western Challenge, yet he left the prominent European esports organisation in August 2014 to join Team Tinker.<\/p>\n

In the years that followed, Excalibur played for House of Gamers, MeePwn’d, GameOnline, Ancient Warriors, (monkey) Business, No Logic Gaming, OG, Memento Mori, Horde, Crescendo and in August 2017 re-united with Fnatic. His return was rather short-lived, as Excalibur was moved to the substitute position in November the same year. He left soon after and has since played for Planet Dog, Double Dimension, Going In, DeToNator, Bursaspor Esports, The ReaL DeaL and most recently Team Singularity.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, we have to part ways with Pio65. We are grateful for his help, especially in the hard times, and for the work we all did during this time. Good luck, Sasha.<\/p>\n

And a new carry in our team is now Steve "Excalibur" Ye, a former Singularity player. Welcome, Steve!#b8d<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ACN7uI64fg<\/a><\/p>\n

— B8 (@B8esportsGG) March 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n