The Dota 2 champion ends his career and goes to serve in the military

After the end of this year's International, the inevitable "roster shuffle" began. Many players have already moved on to other organizations, while some have officially retired. One of these players is former Team Liquid carry, Lase ”Matumbaman” Urpalainen.

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Although Matu did not reveal specific plans for the next period, we recently learned that he will soon begin his mandatory military service. According to information from Wikipedia, the Finns are obliged to serve 165, 255 or 347 days of the term, which means that Matumbaman will be absent for at least five months.

After achieving an excellent placement at TI5 with his team MVP Phoenix, Park "March" Tae-won also started his military service in South Korea in 2016. His term lasted a total of 23 months, after which he returned to the professional Dota 2018 scene in 2. Since then, March has mainly been a coach, with his last team being T1, which competed at this year's International.

Unlike March, Matumbaman has stated that his professional career is definitely over, although you never know with Dota 2 players.

Liquid finished International 11 in 3rd place, winning $1.699.043 in prize money.

What do you think, will Matu return to the professional Dota 2 scene?

Source: Clan RUR

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