The multi-gaming organization WePlay just announced a new Dota 2 tournament, featuring some of the best teams of the Western scene with cash as well as gaming gear in the prize pool.
WePlay Season 1 consists of 32 of the best teams from Europe and North America. While 24 teams receive direct invites to participate in the event, eight remaining teams have to compete through a series of online qualifiers - two for each region, EU and North America - in order to participate in the tournament.
Participating teams
Na`Vi
Virtus.Pro Team Empire
NoTideHunter
Fnatic.EU
Team Liquid Evil Geniuses DignitasWith the remaining 16 invites to announce this month, the competitions seems tight among one another. By Febraury 25th, the groups of the main event will be released after the final 8 slots which has to be obtained through qualifiers are filled up. The main event starts on March 2nd.
Season one prize pool
1st place - $5,000 + $1,500 gaming gear
2nd place - $2,500 + $1,500 gaming gear
3rd place - $1,200 + $1,000 gaming gear
4th place - $1,500 gaming gear
5-6th places - $1,000 gaming gear
7-8th places - $500 gaming gear
To celebrate the start of this tournament, WePlay will be hosting two special BO5 showmatches with a total of $2000 in cash prizes. Full showmatch announcement and schedule will be released later on WePlay.
The matches will be cast by BeyondTheSummit TV in English and WePlay Dota 2 in Russian.
Source: WePlay website
