The absolute cream of Asia's DotA talent was in attendence at the tournament, which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Every major team from China and South-East Asia, along with many minor ones, battled it out for one of the biggest prize purses DotA has ever seen.
All the major players, like Kingsurf, Fnatic, CaNt, Tbun`w4sl and E-HOME made it past the group stages without too much trouble, so the playoffs very quickly saw many of these titans facing off directly.
The loser bracket became littered with teams desperate to stay alive, Chinese team CaNt knocked down KS and Fnatic in quick succesion, before being knocked down themselves by their countrymen E-HOME in the winner bracket final.
One team however proved that being down doesn't necessarily mean out however.
Singaporean team eVo`XtC got sent to the loser bracket in the first round of the playoffs by KS, then proceeded to go on a rampage, aware that every game from then on was a must-win.
Their streak seemed unstoppable, they got revenge on KS and knocked out CaNt in the loser bracket final, who had been dominating teams left right and centre.
The one question on everyone's lips was 'Can their momentum continue? Can they take down E-HOME?'
It would certainly be tough, the final was set to be played in a best of three format, with E-HOME have a one win advantage due to them coming from the Winner Bracket.
eVo would not be able to lose a single match, and would have to beat E-HOME two games in a row in order to secure victory.
It was not to be however, as the Chinese dominated the first game and secured their victory without a single loss in the entire tournament. Quite a feat.
The final standings looked like this:
1st
E-HOME · 36,000.00 MR Cash (7,903 EUR)
· 5 x Seagate Maxtor 120GB external Hard drive
· 5 x Steelseries Siberia Neckband Headset
· 5 x Warcraft Battlechest
2nd
eVo`XtC· 18,000.00 MR Cash (3,951 EUR)
· 5 x Seagate Maxtor 120GB external Hard drive
· 5 x Steelseries Fullsize Headset
· 5 x Warcraft Battlechest
3rd
CaNt· 10,000.00 MR Cash (2,195 EUR)
· 5 x Seagate Maxtor 120GB external Hard drive
· 5 x Silverstone Tower Case
· 5 x Warcraft Battlechest
The replay packs can be found by clicking the link below.
Links
smm.net.my - SMM official site
