Mineski


Mineski is an esports organization established on February 14, 2004 in the Philippines. It is the largest esports organization in Southeast Asia, with over a hundred branches across the region, including a professional Dota 2 team, an internet café chain, and an esports-focused online news site. Mineski formerly owned a professional League of Legends team, which qualified for the in 2013.

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History

Mineski was founded on February 14, 2004 by a group of gamers and close friends in Manila, Philippines. where it grew as one of Southeast Asia's largest esports organization. It has presence in multiple aspects such as but not limited to: gaming teams, event organization, cyber cafe, talent management, as well as IT solutions for gaming and esports. It was founded in 2004 by CEO and founder Ronald Robinson Robins, a former esports athlete himself. Mineski started as a gaming team in 2004, which then opened its first esports cyber cafe in 2008 which eventually franchised out to different countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. With the dream of putting Philippines in the international scene as an esports powerhouse, Mineski started making self-sponsored regular tournaments to improve the competitiveness of the local teams. This eventually became what is now known as Mineski Events Team or MET Events.
In 2011, Mineski was invited by Valve to compete with fifteen other teams in the first ever The International.
Mineski expanded out of the Philippines in 2012, when it acquired a South Korean Dota roster. The team is no longer active.
Mineski qualified for the 2015 Frankfurt Major by winning the Southeast Asia qualifier tournament.
Mineski won the Philippine Qualifier for ESL One Manila in 2016. Mineski also won the SEA Qualifier for the Manila Majors.
In 2017, Mineski came close to winning the first tournament of the DPC 2017-2018 Season by achieving second place in the third season of the StarLadder i-League Invitational, they went on to win the next tournament, PGL Open Bucharest.
In 2018, Mineski won their first major tournament, Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018, with this achievement they also became the first team from the Southeast Asia region to win a major tournament. With this win, they secured enough DPC points to secured their slot for The International 2018, though they finished in 9-12th place as well as The International 2019. With no major achievements in DPC 2018-2019 Season, the team disbanded.

Roster

As of May 19th, 2020, Mineski have no active Dota 2 roster.

Achievements

Sources: Mineski's Facebook page, GosuGamers, and Yahoo Esports
2013 achievements
PlacementCompetition
Netolic Pro League Online September
GEST Dota2 August
Neolution GosuCup August
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 5-8 Dota2
GEST Dota2 July
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 5-7 Dota2
Neolution GosuCup June
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 5-6 Dota2
E2Max L33t Championship PH Qualifier
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 5-5 Dota2
TNC Cup Dota2
BluDOTA OGM Dota2 SEA Open
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 5-4 Dota2
Tide's Wrath Online Dota2 Tournament
TheNet.Com Dota2 Tournament Online
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 5-3 Dota2
Ledion Mini tournament Dota2
MSI Revolution Dota2
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 5-2 Dota2

2012 achievements
PlacementCompetition
Power Cup Dota2 Tournament
SMM 2012 Malaysia
Gigabyte GEST DotA Cup November
GPPC Dota2 Tournament November
Gigabyte GEST DotA Cup August
Davao Cyber Expo
MIOT Legarda Dota2
Alodia's Birthday Bash Dota1
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 4-3 DotA
Ledion Dota Tournament: Big Dog J Birthday Celebration
Razer Dota 2 Tournament Singapore
Gigabyte GEST DotA Cup February
Gigabyte Mineski Pro-Gaming League 4-1 DotA
Pacific Dota Tournament Philippines, January
Thailand Game Show - DotA

2011 achievements
PlacementCompetition
Asian Cyber Games Dota 2 Malaysia Invitational
Sendi Mutiara Multimedia Grand Final
PCXpress Gaming Expo
WCG Asian Championship Dota 2
WCG Asian Championship WC3 Dota
Mineski Pro-Gaming League Grand Final
TheGamesXpo Singapore
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-9
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-8
10thThe International
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-7
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-6
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-6
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-4
D-Six Dota Tournament
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-3
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-2
Mineski Pro-Gaming League 3-1

2010 achievements
PlacementCompetition
10thSendi Mutiara Multimedia Grand Final
Gamepod DotA Tournament
Pacific 2nd Battle of the Champions Tournament
Alienware Mineski Pro-Gaming League 2-5
Alienware Mineski Pro-Gaming League 2-4
Alienware Mineski Pro-Gaming League 2-3
Pacific 1st Battle of the Champions Tournament
Alienware Mineski Pro-Gaming League 2-1
Alienware Mineski Pro-Gaming League 1-5
Alienware Mineski Pro-Gaming League 1-3
Cubizone DotA Tournament

2009 achievements
PlacementCompetition
10thSendi Mutiara Multimedia Grand Final
Mineski Dota Tournament 4
Mineski Dota Tournament 3
Mineski Dota Tournament 2
Mineski Dota Tournament 2
PSW4 Dota Tournament
Paradigm DotaPH EyeBall
New England College Dota Tourney
Batlle of the Kriss 3
World GameMasters Tournament Philippines

2008 achievements
PlaceCompetition
ASUS WGT 2008 DOTA
Battle of the Kriss 2
SKOTH2
ParticipantASIAN CYBERGAMES SG PH Representatives
ParticipantAsian Dota Championships 2008 Philippine Team
WCG DotA Philippines
Cyberzone Cyber Games
Battle of the Kriss
Pdip 2008
Wired Lounge Tournament
Aenigma
4thAsian Dota Championships
Philippine Regional War

2005–2007 achievements
PlacementCompetition
Asian Dota Championships Philippines
DLST 5
Paradigm TSEI Warm Up Tourney
I-hooked Tournament
Digital Affinity Tournament
Super Tournament
Y2k Tournament
Eaglepoint Tournament
E.G.G. Market! Market!
Tribu ni Misu Tournament
Katips DotA Tournament
1st La Salle DotA Tournament