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Dota 29 years agoAndreea "divushka" Esanu

First Elimination Mode Grand Finale to be played today

The brand new game mode introduced to us by Moonduck Studios a couple of days ago will have its first winner decided today starting at 19:00 CEST.

The Moonduck studios Elimination Mode event has started on September 17th with a divided bracket between North America and Europe not only to reduce potential server conflicts, but also to guarantee a Grand Final disputed between the two regions.

Unfortunately not all the plans went smooth over the course of the event and organizers faced a couple of difficulties right from the first matches when two of the NA invited teams messed up either the schedule or their line-ups.

In the first day of the tournament Fire couldn’t show up for their second game of the event due to a schedule conflict with another tournament that they were attending. Only twenty minutes before their game vs Digital Chaos should have started they warned MoonDuck Studios about their absence which lead to a series of delays. In the end it was announced that Fire had to forfeit their game and DC advanced to round two of the tournament.

Next day we would found out that DeMoN’s team, High Council of Wizards and Priests have lost their mid player Aaron 'Clairvoyance' Kim and they were replaced with Root Gaming. From there on things have settled down on the NA side of the bracket and the games continued their normal course.

Although on the European side of the bracket we had no issues with the teams, the interesting thing, apart from the crazy drafts, was the fact that two out of four participating teams are actually now having ex Alliance members, while the fourth invited team being Alliance themselves. The ex Alliance captain, 7ckngMad was defeated by Loda and s4 in the first round, which marked the first best of three series won by Alliance in this season.

In the second round Alliance had to play against their long time support player EGM who was not afraid to go with his signature Naga Siren and Earthshaker heroes versus a team that knows his play style and his habits so well. But even so, 4 Clovers & Lepricorn swept Alliance with a clear 2-0 victory and advanced to the grand finals where they will be facing Aui_2000’s brand new team Digital Chaos.

The grand final will take place today starting at 19:00 CEST and it will be broadcasted by Moonduck Studios on their twitch.tv channel.

The winning team of the first Elimination Mode tournament will be $6,000 richer while the second place finishers will take home $2,000.

Prize pool distribution:
1st: $6,000
2nd: $2,000
3rd/4th: $1,000


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