2200 players come together

428 Teams, 2200 players and over $2 000 worth of prizes. Prodota.ru have definately brought there cards to the table for the ProDotA Challenge.

The teams participating in this tournament come from far and wide; ranging from small town teams to powerhouses such as Nirvana.int and TheRetry. This tournament promises to allow new, rising stars to rub shoulders with their DotA role models.

The 428 teams will be placed into 8 sub-groups. The winner of each group will advance to the top sixteen along with the four teams chosen by ProDotA: Nirvana.int, TeG, TheRetry and DTS.Chatrix. Those who are placed second in each group will be given a chance to battle it out for the final four places left in the top sixteen group.

The official language for the tournament will be english. Game version required will be Warcraft 1.24d and the map version will be DotA AllStars 6.66b. Captains mode will used and only one game will be played for each match; in other words, it is best of one.

Below is a list of the referees:

- DTS|v1lat (Head referee and organiser)
- 4400
- McDeee
- FlameHeart
- fu)Anarchu
- Juse

Players will organise games and communicate via the sub-forum that has been created, which can be found HERE.

This promises to be a rich and diverse tournament, featuring teams from around the world with varying strengths. Be sure to stay tuned to GosuGamers for all the coverage.