Evil Geniuses, Team Secret and OG have decided against competing in DreamLeague Season 6 due to the proximity in time to The Boston Major.

Thanks to DreamLeague organizers for being understanding to our situation and we hope we can compete again in 2017 — Evil Geniuses (@EvilGeniuses) October 6, 2016

We will unfortunately be withdrawing from DreamLeague due to the timing of the Boston Major. — OG (@OGDota2) October 6, 2016

Unfortunately due to the timing of the Boston Major we will no longer be taking part in DreamLeague. Apologises to DL & our Swedish fans 😓 — Team Secret (@teamsecret) October 6, 2016

DreamLeague announced teams set to compete in their latest season in late September, but Valve's Major date and location had not yet been announced. The Boston Major was announced two days ago, and the group stage (Dec. 3-4) is in very close proximity to the planned DreamLeague LAN Finals (Nov. 25-26).

Teams commonly boot camp somewhere in the same time zone as a Major in the days or even weeks leading up the event, but attending DreamLeague would leave less than six days between LAN events for any team trying to attend both.

Organizers have not yet commented on the departing teams or announced any replacement teams, but League Play is scheduled to start Oct. 11, in less than a week.

Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer is a writer for theScore esports with a love for Dota 2, birds and cheese. You can follow her on Twitter.