DOTA 2 The International 3 Teams: Team Liquid For this team presentation tackles the second North American invitee, Team Liquid, a star-studded roster with high expectations placed upon them since its creation. Later today we will move on to another star-studded roster, the Singaporean delight that is Team Zenith. In the early days of Dota 2, Brian ‘FLUFFNSTUFF’ Lee began putting together his own team, which became FIRE. After some time practicing together in smaller North American tournaments, the team burst onto the Western scene in early 2012 and were picked up by compLexity Gaming a month later, becoming the first brand new team to break through in Western Dota 2. The team had some earlier success and some periods of unsatisfactory showings, but at the end of the competitive year they had made sufficient of an impression in order to gain their invite to The International 2012, which was the first LAN tournament for the team.