The Dota 2 tournament changed its logo due to the Ukrainian law on decommunization

 

 

 

 

The organizers of the Eastern European EPICENTER League with Dota 2 - Epic Esports Events - were forced to change the logo of their DPC EEU tournament, which resembled the badge of the pioneers of the Soviet era. As reported by Esports.gg, the company Valve (developer and publisher of the game Dota 2) asked to change the logo, citing possible violations of Ukrainian legislation on decommunization.
Organizers from Russia, but the logo was changed
Comparison of the tournament logo with the logo of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after Vladimir Lenin.
Source: Esports.gg

Epic Esports Events (EEE), which organizes e-sports tournaments in Russia, Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space and is also the organizer of this tournament with a dubious logo, said it had received "a legal opinion confirming that the logo is not a communist symbol and does not advertise anything.

However, at Valve's request, the organizers still changed the logo to the neutral letter "E".

    "We recently received a request from Valve to change the logo of the tournament, as it could potentially violate Ukrainian legislation banning the propaganda of communism. The main task of Epic Esports Events is to ensure a smooth competition for all parties involved. Therefore, despite the already made gift sets, banners and other products with the symbols of the tournament, as well as a legal opinion confirming that this logo can not be considered communist symbols and, moreover, is not propaganda, it was decided to change the logo of the competition. in EEE.

About the tournament
In the center is a new tournament logo. Source: EPICENTER | DPC EEU

According to Liquipedia, the Dota Pro Circuit 2021/2022 Season 1 tournament for the post-Soviet space takes place online from November 29 to January 23 with a break for the Christmas holidays. Participants will win $ 205,000, DPC points to get to the major and The International.

In the first season of DPC 2021/2022, 16 teams play for the post-Soviet space. League Dota 2 2021/2022 East Europe will be held in the best-of-3 format. The Dota 2 season is divided into two divisions - eight teams each.

    The team that takes 1st place will enter the main playoffs
    The 2nd place team will enter the main group stage
    The 3rd place team will qualify for the Major Wild Card
    The two leaders of the second division DPC 2021/2022 CIS will go to the first division for the second season of the league.
    The rest of the teams remain in the current division until the next round