Held in New Orleans between 16-18 October, MLG World Finals is the next major LAN event to take place this fall. The eight participating teams have been split into two groups and only four will advance into the playoffs.
Cloud 9 and (monkey) Business will make their LAN debut at the 100th celebrating live event of Major League Gaming while Evil Geniuses, CDEC Gaming, Virtus.Pro and Team Secret will look to improve their recent performance from ESL One New York.
The eight participating teams have been split into two groups, however, the starting pairs have not been announced yet.
Group A:
Evil Geniuses
Virtus.Pro
(monkey) Business
LGD Gaming
Group B
CDEC Gaming
Cloud 9
Team Secret
MVP Phoenix
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MLG World Finals Format:
The group stage will be played in a best of three GSL style with a double elimination bracket. First two teams from each group will advance into the playoffs where they will be playing in a single elimination bracket, best of three games with best-of-five grand finals.
Along with the groups announcement, the talent desk panel has also been revealed. The entire event will be covered by joinDota but a few more personalities will also pair the well-known jD crew:
Talent Desk:
Toby TobiWan Dawson,
Austin Capitalist Walsh
William Blitz Lee
Ben Merlini Wu
Dakota KotLGuy Cox
Alan Nahaz Bester
Soe Soe Gschwind Penski
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