ESL announced that their first season of the "ESL Major Series One" will be cast by Jarrett 'Kawa' Robinson and the joinDOTA commentators Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson and Christian 'Epi' Czech. Robinson, originally from the United States, will move to Germany to cover the games as the main caster.
Schedule:
Cup #1 - February 11-12
Cup #2 - February 18-19
Cup #3 - February 25-26
Cup #4 - March 11-12
Group Stage #1 - March 18-19 (Groups A & B)
Group Stage #2 - March 25-26 (Groups C & D)
Offline Finals - April 20-21
Per cup, the following amount of points will be rewarded to the teams.
#1: 100 points (+600$)
#2: 75 points (+200$)
#3-4: 50 points (+100$)
#5-8: 25 points
#9-16: 10 points
#17-24: 5 points
Source: ESL's homepage