S2 Games has made their presence known at DreamHack Winter 2011 beginning with the announcement of their $100,000 HoN Tour, and followed by an exciting Day 1 of the MSI BEAT IT group stage and the completion of the BYOC event.
With 300,000 SEK and hardware on the line in the DreamHack MSI BEAT IT Heroes of Newerth Tournament, two coveted group stage spots remained at the start of Day 1. The two Swedish teams who came out on top of the 64-team BYOC event were Team Wahlin and World Wide Entertainment (JaGa), who took a surprising victory over Druidz Epsilon on their way to qualifying for group play.
| DreamHack MSI BEAT IT Groups | |||
| Group A | Group B | ||
 Trademark eSports Infused Tt eSports FnaticMSI HonPortal Frenetic Array World Wide Entertainment | Reason Gaming SmackTrickz (ex-OK) Druidz Omega Lions Team EZ Team Wahlin |
In Group A, FnaticMSI, Trademark eSports, and Frenetic Array were all tied for the lead with 6 points on Day 1. Group B was a much different story, with Lions eSportklubb earning a dominant 9 points on the first day and the former Online Kingdom squad at 6 points.
| DH MSI BEAT IT Day 1 Results | ||
| MSI | 1 - 0 | Infs |
| ze | 0 - 1 | EZ |
| tdM | 1 - 0 | PORT |
| LION | 1 - 0 | DRzO |
| MSI | 0 - 1 | fray |
| ze | 1 - 0 | Rea |
| Infs | 0 - 1 | PORT |
| EZ | 0 - 1 | DRzO |
| tdM | 1 - 0 | fray |
| LION | 1 - 0 | Rea |
| MSI | 1 - 0 | PORT |
| ze | 1 - 0 | DRzO |
| Infs | 1 - 0 | tdM |
| EZ | 0 - 1 | LION |
| fray | 1 - 0 | JaGa |
| Rea | 1 - 0 | Wahl |
The other source of excitement at S2 Games' DreamHack booth was the revealing of the new tournament circuit, HoN Tour. Powered by Beyond Gaming, HoN Tour will offer many levels of competition and $100,000 in prizes over the initial two month "Beta Season."
Says Marc "Maliken" DeForest, "Unlike many eSport competitions that focus on a single tournament, the HoN Tour circuit follows more closely to existing sports like the PGA and ATP. Each tournament is a different level, with different points and prizes. This allows fledgling teams the ability to work up the ranks, improve their game, prove themselves, and break through to the upper echelon of teams competing for the larger cash prizes and rankings."
Go to www.hontour.com to register and find out more. And stay tuned for more of the action from DreamHack on Day 2!
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