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Esports orgainzation Talon Esports formally signs a partnership with cryptocurrency trading platform Flipster, with the DOTA 2 division carrying the name Flipster Talon in Makati City on June 18, 2025. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175396530866920250618-flipster-talon-signing-MD-1498.jpg" style="width:958px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Pinoy Dota veteran Carlo &quot;Kuku&quot; Palad. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Carlo &quot;Kuku&quot; Palad has parted ways with Flipster Talon, while Shopify Rebellion, the squad of Rolen Andrei Gabriel &quot;skem&quot; Ong and Erin Jasper &quot;Yopaj-&quot; Ferrer, has stepped away from Dota 2.</p><p>Talon announced the development on Thursday, bidding farewell to its captain which steered them to an impressive top three finish at DreamLeague Season 26 about a month ago.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTalonEsportsPH%2Fposts%2Fpfbid09EdpdY2te7igBJYGBr1n2kd3efafAfRunhzHmj8pPf2M548cvfA8kdC7yWS95pycl&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=500" width="500" height="497" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>&quot;We have mutually decided to part ways with Carlo &#x27;Kuku&#x27; Palad. Kuku has played a key role in rallying us to our first LAN title, vanquishing our demons, and an impressive top 3 finish,&quot; the post read.</p><p>&quot;Salamat, boss!&quot; it concluded.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2025/6/1/ggwp-kuku-flipster-talon-finish-top-3-in-dreamleague-s26-2240"><strong>READ: GGWP! Kuku, Flipster Talon finish Top 3 in DreamLeague S26<br/></strong></a></div><p>It was, indeed, an amazing run, as the Kuku-captained squad clinched its first LAN title on December 2024 at the MESA Invitational 2024 while consistently joining international tournaments through the regional closed qualifiers.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2025/6/22/kuku-and-his-love-for-dota-2-1941"><strong>READ: Kuku and his love for Dota 2<br/></strong></a></div><p>Meanwhile, it was an unfortunate development for skem and Yopaj- as their squad found not much success in the North American scene, prompting the esports organization to exit the professional scene.</p><p>But Dario TLO Wünsch, the co-founder and general manager of Shopify Rebellion&#x27;s competitive operations, saw through the efforts of the players and coaches.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1950602333752361281&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-07-31T13%3A23%3A40.057998%3A867aea0b-c377-4e49-9ae2-5656eba20026%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=c1a1885dffc4560e225fd2fa0a1e61246f81866b&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;display:block;flex-grow:1"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i175396588196666296="true"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">An update regarding our time in Dota 2 <a href="https://t.co/6Eqt6HSqOE">pic.twitter.com/6Eqt6HSqOE</a></p>— Shopify Rebellion (@ShopifyRebels) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShopifyRebels/status/1950602333752361281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2025</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Our lack of results was never from lack of trying. 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<p>Carlo "Kuku" Palad has parted ways with Flipster Talon, while Shopify Rebellion, the squad of Rolen Andrei Gabriel "skem" Ong and Erin Jasper "Yopaj-" Ferrer, has stepped away from the Dota 2 scene.</p>

Carlo "Kuku" Palad has parted ways with Flipster Talon, while Shopify Rebellion, the squad of Rolen Andrei Gabriel "skem" Ong and Erin Jasper "Yopaj-" Ferrer, has stepped away from the Dota 2 scene.

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Dota 2: Kuku parts ways with Talon; Shopify disbands

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published July 31, 2025 08:44 PM PHT

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