{"id":26481,"date":"2022-12-05T21:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=26481"},"modified":"2022-12-05T21:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:04:26","slug":"tsm-add-whitemon-and-ari-to-dota-2-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/tsm-add-whitemon-and-ari-to-dota-2-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"TSM add Whitemon and Ari to Dota 2 roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TSM announced on Monday that they had signed the carry players Matthew &#8220;Ari&#8221; Walker and Matthew &#8220;Whitemon&#8221; Filemon to their 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/\" title=\"Dota 2 betting\">Dota 2<\/a> roster.<\/p>\n<p>The North American team has been keen on setting up a powerhouse roster after a disappointing run at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/the-international\/\" title=\"TI Dota 2 betting\">The International<\/a> 2022. TSM came in 19th-20th place at TI11, having only just entered the Dota 2 pro scene early this year.<\/p>\n<p>Whitemon started his Dota 2 career professionally in 2018 while representing the Asian team EVOS esports. The 22-year-old support player is also among the first two Indonesians to attend The International. <\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Whitemon represented T1 in TI10, finishing in seventh-eighth place. At the 2021\/2022 DPC SEA regional finals, he helped his team to second place, losing 1-3 to BOOM Esports in the decider.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please welcome the two newest additions to our 2023 DOTA 2 roster.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Ari<br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 Whitemon <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4tYlOJhq0w\">pic.twitter.com\/4tYlOJhq0w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSM (@TSM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSM\/status\/1599435083538046978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>On the other hand, Ari is quite new to the Dota pro scene, having only just started his career in May 2022. Within his short stint in the scene, the 19-year-old British player has represented two underdog teams &#8212; Chicken Fighters and Into The Breach. <\/p>\n<p>This roster overhaul has got fans talking, as the team is replacing veterans with rookies. On November 2, TSM parted ways with South Korean support player Kim &#8220;DuBu&#8221; Doo-young, who has represented more than 10 teams during his 14-year career.<\/p>\n<p>The TSM 2023 Dota 2 roster now consists of Ari, Whitemon, Peruvian carry player Enzo &#8220;Timado&#8221; Gianoli, Canadian mid laner Jonathan &#8220;Bryle&#8221; Guia, and 22-year-old offlaner Jon\u00e1\u0161 &#8220;SabeRLighT-&#8221; Volek, with David &#8220;MoonMeander&#8221; Tan recently named head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSM announced on Monday that they had signed the British carry players Matthew &#8220;Ari&#8221; Walker and Matthew &#8220;Whitemon&#8221; Filemon to their 2023 Dota 2 roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":20010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,4,2842,2843,92],"class_list":["post-26481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dota-2","tag-featured","tag-matthew-ari-walker","tag-matthew-whitemon-filemon","tag-tsm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26482,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26481\/revisions\/26482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}