It's been a while since the DotA scene saw a simple bracket-based online tournament like this. No groups, qualifiers or league play. It causes fewer games to be played, but results in a faster paced and intense event. The games are best of three with semi-finals and final being exceptions of best of five. The bracket will be drawn in two days, on the 9th of June at 21.00 CET. An interesting aspect is that the community will vote for their favourite team and player, and winners will recieve cash as listed below. The voting takes place here.
Prizes:
1st - $2000
2nd - $1000
3rd - $500
4th - $300
Additional $250 will be rewarded to the best player of the tournament.
Audience's favourite team - $300
Audience's favourite player - $100
Invited teams
Moscow Five
Natus Vincere The Retry
MeetYourMakers
Team GosuGamers nevo.Dota (shift) OnlineKingdom.Nirvana.International
Storm Games Clan
Fearz.Dota
SoftAreaGaming Druidz.Dota
Virus.Dota
unique.dota
Global Challengers (unconfirmed) Team A (unconfirmed) NE.Pentia (unconfirmed)The tournament will last until the end of June and it is announced that it will be casted by v1lat in Russian and TobiWanKenobi in English.
Links
ProDota.ru - Announcement
BattleofMasters - Official site
