The Dota 2 Staff Cup makes a re-entry into the scene today, and will see 16 teams face each other in a round robin format.
Update: StarLadder takes the 16th and final slot.
Update 2: Groups are released, teams will be in the following groups.
Group A:
Dota2Lounge
Fnatic
GD Studio
JoinDota
Group B:
D2L Scrub Squad
GosuGamers
Readmore
WePlay.TV
Group C:
4 guys, 1 girl, and a DOTA Cup
Dota 2 CL
JoinDota League
Twitch.TV
Group D:
Millenium
StarLadder.TV
Team Liquid
TechLabs
Returning with a vengeance, the the Dota 2 Staff Cup has just been announced today, and is scheduled for 1st of March. The format of the games will be the following: 16 teams split into four groups, and within each group the teams will play against each other in a best-of-one series. One more team will be invited to participate in the tournament, and as of this moment, is undisclosed.
The top two teams from each group will then proceed into the playoffs, which will consist of a total of eight teams. The last two teams standing will then progress on to the Grand Finals of the Dota 2 Staff Cup, which will be played in a best-of-three format.
In it's previous iteration, GosuGamers managed to have a great start in the groupstage with a clean score of 3:0 but lost out while going into the play-offs. Can we overcome the odds this time and do better?
Invited Teams List:
4 Guys, 1 Girl and a Dota Cup - Capitalist, Toby, Presque, Maelk, Holymaster
D2L Scrub Squad - Ayesee, Charlie Yang, Conrad Janzen, Colin DeShong, Gianni Rosheuvel
Dota 2 CL - Maelstorm, Fairon, jeyDi, Synoptic TBA
Dota2Lounge - Borewik, Honey, Kevin, ML, The.Too
Fnatic - Carne, Vortex, Noname, TBA
GD Studio - 2gd, Draskyl, Bruno, Lumi, Weppas, Skrff
GosuGamers - HellDisaster, Kuntiger, God-Counter, Mantis, RZNP
ReadMore - Matthe, Luq, Mylife, Had3s, Liebessaft
JoinDota League P4in, Kibyu, TBA
JoinDota - Malystryx, SuperCletis, Jooehn, Gorgon the WonderCow, Vekus, Meliora.Infinitum,
Millenium - LuCiqNo, Hugo, v0ja, Amyga, Marsu
Team Liquid - Heyoka, Hotbid, TBA
TechLabs - Mr.Devil, G-Spott, 4ce, RoGGy, TBA
Twitch - Kaidence, Hebo, VicTheSlik, Luhn, Tabako, BigRedClownShoe
WePlay.TV - WarLocK, LightOfHeaven, Hireling, bowbow, MblCb(it's a girl)
StarLadder - GodHunt, Faker, CaspeRRR, x3meg, TBA
*TBA - To Be Announced
Other teams from different studios such as BeyondTheSummit, Major League Gaming, and StarLadder TV were also invited, however, they declined to participate due to scheduling conflicts.
