It was one of the longest waiting periods a final in Heroes of Newerth has ever seen, as the match was originally scheduled for December, 23rd. Due to DDOS issues and scheduling issues the match was pushed back with a standing of 2-0 for Trademark eSports. Now, as the Christmas Break came to an end, the official ruling is giving the Europeans the title.
Till the end the scene and forums were still waiting for a reschedule, but the different timezones and commitments of the individual members made it very difficult to coordinate a reschedule time in between all the holidays. Now the third cycle is approaching and so the matter had to be put to a definitive ending.
That victory is marking the third overall event victory for the European team around Drafter Mynuts, that has started it's absolute dominance at the DreamHack Winter festivities in Jönköping, Sweden about two month ago. After that victory the team has not lost a single tournament match and has only conceded a total of three map losses against compLexity Gaming (2) and Stay Green (1).
The victory puts them way on top of the HonTour standing, were the first three teams receive a direct invitation for the HonTour Offline Finals. These coveted three top spots are currently filled by Trademark eSports (8300), compLexity Gaming (5225) and Stay Green (4275) - place four here is QsQ (3250).
Final Standing in the Diamond Cycle 2
1. Place:
Trademark eSports - $4,000 USD + 4,000 points2. Place:
compLexity Gaming - $2,500 USD + 2,500 points3. Place:
Stay Green - $2,000 USD + 2,000 points4. Place:
QsQ - $1,500 USD + 1,500 points5.-6. Place:
One Trick Pony - $1,000 USD + 1,000 points5.-6. Place:
Tt eSports - $1,000 USD + 1,000 points| Rankings after Cycle 2 (Top 10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Trademark eSports | 8300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | compLexity Gaming | 5225 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Stay Green | 4275 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | QsQ | 3250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tt eSports | 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  One Trick Pony | 1675 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lions eSports | 1650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Absolute Legends | 1625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Fack You Kurdi | 1550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Dendis jungledevos | 1425 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The third cycle will kick off Saturday, 5th when twelve of the remaining Diamond teams and the four new Gold Qualificants clash for valuable points, money and honor in HoN's biggest league - HonTour Diamond Division.
