Tickets for The Manila Major—the third and final Major this season in advance of The International 2016—will go on sale Saturday, March 12 at 1PM SGT. This Major will be produced by PGL, with the main event to take place June 7 – 12 in the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. With three seating tiers available, pricing for event tickets will be ₱200/100/50 per day for the weekdays, and ₱400/200/100 per day for the weekend days.

After a whirlwind week of intense matches, The Shanghai Major Qualifiers have concluded with two teams advancing from each region. Now that these eight qualifying teams have joined the direct invites, the tournament field of sixteen teams has been set, and The Shanghai Major Group Stage will commence on February 25, followed by the Main Event at Mercedes-Benz Arena from March 2 – 6.

Upon the crowning of The Shanghai Major Champions, the eyes of the Dota community will turn to the next Major, to be held in Manila, Philippines in early June. As before, established teams and upstarts alike will battle for the chance to join the rolls of The Manila Major to compete on the main stage in front of a sea of passionate fans.

This will be the final opportunity to prove they belong amongst the best in the world before The International 2016 kicks off beneath the mid-August Seattle sun.

Valve shows mercy for Mineski-X and will allow them to keep their spot in the regional qualifiers despite playing with one player who is life banned from Valve-related events.
After Team Redemption got disqualified in the first session of SEA open qualifiers, the winners of the round, Mineski-X were told today that they need to replace Mark Anthony "Jacko" Soriano if they want to keep their regional qualifiers spot.
In a recent Facebook post Mineski-X announced the ex 5eva player Adrian "Ysaera" Wui as a replacement for Jako.
“ We would like to announce the replacement for our Mid player Mark Anthony "Jacko" Soriano due to the rules set by Valve. Adrian "Ysaera" Wui will be joining us for the upcoming Major Regional Qualifiers. We will try our best in the qualifiers and give our best!
We hope Jacko stay strong and we will try our best to help him in the future.” - Mineski-X
Along with other 15 SEA players, Jacko is on a life time ban list from Valve events due to their implication in the two huge match fixing scandal that cursed the SEA scene back in 2014.

In October 2014 Mineski conducted an investigation on their own team and MSI Evogt in which eight players admitted they were involved in a match fixing scheme where teams intentionally drafted poorly for a potential $900 in betting earnings. As a result all players received a life time ban from Valve’s events.
List of player involved in Mineski-MSI Evogt scandal:
Philippines Mark Anthony "Jacko" Soriano - Mineski
Philippines Richard "Paseo" Minowa - Mineski
Philippines Joven "jvn" Pancho - Mineski
Philippines Patrick "JyC" Pascua - MSI Evogt
Philippines Denver "yNd" Miranda - MSI Evogt
Philippines Mark "Byb" Gavin - MSI Evogt
Philippines Carlo "Chin" Rivera - MSI Evogt
Philippines Jo "Jotan" Tan - MSI Evogt
Just a few days after this incident Arrow Gaming was caught betting against themselves in a series versus Can’t say Wips and all the five players got also lifetime banned.
Arrow Gaming/ Team Redemption banned players:
MalaysiaCoh "MoZuN" ChooJian
Malaysia Chiok "xiangzai" Soon Siang
Malaysia Kok "ddz" Liong
Malaysia Kelvin "MaTteRu" Chong
Malaysia Fua "Lance.my" Hstien Wan
Three more players from Vietnam, former Aces Gaming are also on the Valve lifetime ban list:
Vietnam Duc Trung "Kua" Nyugen
Vietnam Viet Thanh "Misa" Nguyen
Vietnam Trunk Hieu "Sph" Nyugen

source: Mineski - X Facebook Page

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The next edition of ESL One will take place at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila on 23rd and 24th April 2016 featuring eight of the best teams.
Yet another edition of ESL One has been announced and this edition will take place at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. Mall of Asia Arena is considered to be a prime venue in South East Asia and can hold a capacity of up to 20,000. With state of the art facilities Manila is about to become the first city in South East Asia to host a premium DOTA 2 tournament.