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ESWC, here we come
Posted by Vincent "em0_llama" Nunes 2 years ago
The joint dream of all DotA fans and players alike came true when the organizers of ESWC announced DotA as one of the games for 2010.
The Electronic Sports World Cup 2010 will be held in Disneyland, Paris and will boast a prize pool of $213,500, which will be divided by the World Champions and their challengers in seven different tournaments.
As with other games, the DotA division of ESWC will comprise of regional qualifiers from 32 different countries, with the winners of each participating in the grand final. The winners will earn themselves $14 000 as well being named the official DotA World Cup holders. The only division with a bigger prize pool is the Counter Strike 1.6 Men's competition.
It has not been said how the tournament will be structured, but it is probably safe to assume that it will follow a similar structure to games such as Counter Strike 1.6.
It is implied that the addition of DotA to ESWC is primarily due to the major push and support shown by the community around the world. Fans will be glad to hear that all their hours spent posting, writing letters and vouching for DotA have not been in vain.
This is a big step for DotA as a profession, as well as the community as a whole. A much needed thumbs up must go to all the DotA fans out there, for they have stuck it out and supported DotA through thick and thin, allowing it to reclaim its spot at this prestigious tournament.
Others games added include Quake Live and Guitar Hero replaces DJ Hero.
Stay connected to GosuGamers for coverage of the Electronic Sports World Cup!
| Links |
| ESWC.com - Source |
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| A huge opportunity for dota and the community. Lets hope this can encourage and inspire the entire scene to grow up and show more professionalism. May the best dota team win.. AND... GOGO MYM :D |
ALRIGHT! Finally DOTA is starting to own the respect it deserves!! Btw, i think that maybe this is kind of a test, if it succedes in ESWC, maybe next year it will also be an official game of WCG. GOGOGOGO DOTA! |
| !SUPPORT . Vigoss come out of the closet and send these kids home please :D pretty please :)) |
| Glad to see Dota included. Go Malaysia And Singapore. Do it again xD |
This made me so  |
| BEST! This is an enormous! |
| Oh dear Lord , thank you ! This is SUCH great news . As people have said before me I dont think everyone truely appreciates how big this is ! Let's just hope that this year it will be more of a success than last time , which was in fact quite a failure for many reasons . Surely though , Icefrog is delivering 100% atm , and I have faith the organizers will aswell . Hopefully this can also bring some retirees out of pension , like Hyhy and Icex3 who recently left the scene . Maybe we'll see Maelk/Hyhy after all ? xD GODDAMNIT THIS IS SO OSSIM NOW GG CREW PLZ NUKE SOME COMMENTS WE DONT WANT HATE HERE ONLY LOVE I LOVE ALL ASIANS AND EU I EVEN LOVE NILSEN1 !! 10 PAGE THREAD WITH LOVE , GO ! |
BEST NEWS EVER! finaly we dota community did something right! wooh so proud  |
| It's a great moment for DotA. Hard to believe the first thought of some is to flame about how much superior the Asians are to Europeans. Give it a rest, no? |
| So finally Ducky is able to meet the real Donald-Duck. A dream comes true :D |
How can you compair EU to Asia? Asia, or atleast south korea for example is all about gaming and some people have thier job to play the game, in EU we got real jobs etc, so Asia got alot more time to practice and play. But still EU pwnz like npz so eaz. >_> |
| hoping for bo3 matches |
| EHOME will attend 4 sure... |
| I hope there will be no short of asia teams joining ESWC rock on DOTA!!  |
| #41 Beginning of July? Nice time to take a GF to Paris, let her roam around the shops and find the true enjoyment in Disneyland . |
| Why can't we all just be friends and flame HoN instead? |
hurray!  |
| This is great news, ofc DotA must show it's potential and next year it will be not just an experiment but it will be a constant guest on this event! GL to all who will take part! |
| It just makes you wanna break into song, doesn't it? I love Earthshaker I love the Techies' mines I love the Asians I love the two-faced fans I love the whole world And all its craziness Boom de yada boom de yada boom de yada boom de yada |
| "Why can't we all just be friends and flame HoN instead?" We cant flame Hon anymore and defend Dota from the Hon propaganda trolls, cause your in jeopardy of a denied comment http://www.gosugamers.net/dota/thread/483910-no-dota-at-dreamhack-summer-2010/start/40 . |
| vigoss will be back stronger than before , and he will show ya. |
| holy shit slickdragons dumbness shines through here. Great news, good to see that dota is included |
can't believe it! its really came true....damn i wish i have better team to join the cup.  |
| dota fuck yeah! |
| #70 Hey sLICKdragon stop LICKING dragon and LICK my balls |
| IN UR FACE DREAMHACK |
| MYM win inc - may they rise from the ashes and bring pride to the nation , full danish roster ftw? |
| just hope best team show up like blight.int, TR, DTS, mym, asians. and ICE return old dagger so VIgoss can comeback with GANG! |
| when plays will be done? |
| GL |
| I DONT FUCKING UNDERSTAND HOW GOSUMODS?!? EHM EHM... *COUGH* ONLY DENY AND CENSOR MY COMMENTS WHEN THERE ARE 100 times more insulting/flaming comments in this thread. do your job and stop picking on a little ant like me. anyways, GL all teams, i hope bulgarians get a chance to participate. we have mediocre pubbers that will make us proud. |
| #52 + 1111111 The only division with a bigger prize pool is the Counter Strike 1.6 Men's competition. ^ now this is epic ! |
yeah!  |
WCG > ESWC   |
| THis is such a win for dota, im so glad :D And I would like to thank KuroKy for taking part in the constant supporting and providing the necessary effort! |
| WOOOHOOOO GREAT NEWS!!! NEXT STOP,DotA WCG 2010!GOGOGOGOO :D |
| <3 Kuroky! |
| #81 I DONT FUCKING UNDERSTAND HOW GOSUMODS?!? EHM EHM... *COUGH* ONLY DENY AND CENSOR MY COMMENTS WHEN THERE ARE 100 times more insulting/flaming comments in this thread. do your job and stop picking on a little ant like me. rotfl dota is awesome, this is just a start. |
| nice to see dota accepted into ESWC. Who can say it's not a serious esport now? :) |
| This is all because of the murloc addition to DotA... |
| China would take this. Ehome is that damn strong, So strong that its almost unfair. I'm seeing the New Aeon vs Ehome in the Finals. I hope the sponsor problems gets fixed soon. The real problem of the dota community IMO. It creates disputes and is the primary reason why teams disband. @slickdragon Don't start. No matter how much you justify your statements or back it up with facts or how much logical reason you give doesn't give you the right to be an ass. |
| Yes! Good work people, finally DotA is receiving the recognition it deserves! |
| hope both eur and asian attend . BTW when this tournament will be played |
| I'm curious to know who will make it to the final four(Asian?European?Russian?) OMG to much preasure....so many countries :DD :]]] WOW the money is a big motive for a lot of teams to take things more seriously fron now on while playing and don't whine there is no prize money so we don't care about the gaming we only play 4 fun and if we don't feel like it we WON'T PLAY! |
| A lot of fanboys here hahaha, who can predict tounament's winner |
| i will say top four EHOME FTD TR aeon.sg |
| Are The Qualifiers an Online or Offline Event? |
| Yeehaw |
| Hopefully enough people come out to watch the matches. It would be awful if the audiences were empty for the DotA matches. Don't think the DotA community is all that big in france... |
| Now let's hope all the players and teams will treat this tournament with most of their seriousity .. Not like ENC ... |
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