After losing team captain Mark ‘Cast’ Pilar a few weeks ago, MSIEvoGT has completely reformed the team by releasing three players and trading the other one. They now have three players from the ex-HappyFeet / ASUS.Mineski squad, one of the first teams to ever play Dota 2.

After losing Kimuel ‘Kimo‘ Rodis and Earlwin ‘Ewe‘ Libre, MSI has been on a stretch of inconsistency on their recent tournaments. However, the total team overhaul was a surprise as Filipino teams are known for their relatively stable roster.

After the releasing of ex-Captain Mark ‘Cast‘ Pilar a few weeks back, they now dropped three players in Jessie ‘Vash‘ Angeles, Ejhay ‘KRR‘ Santos and Djardel Mampusti. Djardel is their newest member, a veteran remembered from his days back at Pagibig. Currently, these players are not part of any team.

In another surprising move, MSI’s main carry in Ryo Hasegawa was traded into Ledion.Dreamz for Julius ‘Julz‘ De Leon. Julz was the household name of the latter team, but was removed not long after the team’s defeat on the The International 3 Eastern qualifiers. Ryo joined MSI right before the team’s stint at The Asia 2012 last December.

Aside from the addition of Julz, James ‘Wootz‘ Inabangan and John ‘Jojero‘ Roxas were also added into the team. These three were all members of the ASUS.Mineski squad which competed last 2011 at Cologne, Germany on the first ever The International. The team was remembered for a big win over OK.Nirvana.Cn. One of the members of that same team, albeit a substitute then, was Vash – which as stated earlier was released by the team. Wootz and Jojero were both playing under different teams, with Wootz recently seen playing at team Happyfeet Reborn.

Statement from the team management: MSI-EvoGT DOTA 2 team has been under performing and seem to have lost the drive and winning mentality that we used to have in our Kimo led squads. Releasing our players was not an easy decision but we believe that this move is in the best interest of the organization. We felt that we needed to revamp the roster and sign a leader that can help bring us back to the top that’s why we signed Wootz. He is a proven leader and had numerous achievements as a captain of Mineski and we feel that our team’s future will be safe in his hands. Luckily we got in contact with Dreamz to agree on a trade that will bring Julz to our squad and we decided to sign John as well to try and bring back the magic of the old Mineski Roster that brought ph a lot of championships. With regards to the two remaining slots, we will let them decide on who to pick. To all the MSI-EvoGT fan out there! I hope your happy with our new roster and wish us luck in our future tournaments

The two other members are still unknown at the moment.

Current roster: MSIEvoGT

Julius ‘ Julz ‘ De Leon

Julius ‘‘ De Leon

James ‘ Wootz ‘ Inabangan

James ‘ Inabangan John ‘Jojero‘ Roxas

Source: MSI-EvoGT Facebook