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Tournament Summaries
The Kiev Major
Format:
- 16 Teams – 8 invited, 8 qualified (2 CN, 2 SEA, 1 EU, 1 CIS, 1 NA, 1 SA)
- Two groups of 8, Swiss style format
- Seeds everyone into a bo3 single elimination bracket
- Bo5 Grand Finals
Games To Watch:
Results:
- Top 4: IG, VP, OG, EG
- Bo5 Grand Finals: OG(3) vs. VP(2)
- OG’s 4th Valve event victory
- Career Earnings: $5,287,979
Tournament Tidbits:
- 99 heroes picked
- Zero broadcasting gaps (Mischief at the Major Segments filled all down time)
- Only the second 5 game finals in Valve event history (TI3)
Drama:
Starladder
Format:
- 8 teams – 6 direct invites, 2 qualified teams
- GSL bo3 double elimination group stage (4 teams each, top 2 in single elim playoffs)
- Find all games here
Games To Watch:
Results:
- Top 4: Liquid, IG, TNC, Newbee
- Grand Finals (bo5) Liquid(3) vs. TNC (2)
Tournament Tidbits:
- 1437 flew directly to China to play with TNC, he had not previously played with the team
- Alliance was a replacement for Mousesports (ex Ad Finem), who withdrew due to a busy schedule
Drama:
- Nahaz vs. Noxville on Liquid’s invite to TI based on Starladder results
Manila Masters
Format:
- 8 teams – 5 direct invites, 3 qualified teams
- Double elimination bracket with random seeding, no group stage
Games To Watch:
- Battle of the Rages (If there is an official video please let me know, I did not see one on MineskiTV’s youtube)
Results:
- Top 4: Faceless, Newbee, NP, EG
- Grand Finals (bo5): EG (3) vs Newbee (1)
Tournament Tidbits:
- Capitalist replaced Sheever as the tournament host after she withdrew for health reasons
- This was MineskiTV’s first event
Drama:
Upcoming Tournaments
Zotac Cup Masters (May 30 – June 3)
- LAN event in Taipai
- $100K USD prizepool
- Bo1 upper bracket games with bo3 lower backet games
Epicenter (June 4 – June 11)
- LAN event in Moscow
- $500K USD prizepool
- Two groups of 5 into a single elimination (bo3) playoff bracket (bo5 finals)
The Summit 7 (June 14 – June 18)
- “LAN” event in LA at The Summit House
- $100K USD prize pool
Galaxy Battles (June 14 – June 18)
- LAN event in Shenzen (China)
- $150K USD prize pool
- Bo2 group stage to determine seeding, double elimination playoff bracket (bo3s), bo5 finals
TI Open Qualifiers: June 22nd
Dreamleague Season 7 (LAN
EU Finalists: Team Secret, Team Liquid, and Vega Squadron
NA: NP and Digital Chaos (ex Onyx) withdraw from the NA division. Team NP receive a one year Dreamleague ban due to withdrawing for the second time
Notable Roster Changes
Wings (Team Random) – Disbands, potentially banned from ACE events due to “breaking contract” to leave the Wings organization. EHOME pick up ex-wings players faith_bian and y’. EHOME are also reportedly banned from ACE events. A previous EHOME ACE ban prevented the team from even scrimming with other Chinese teams
Team NP : Kicks 1437 & SVG, picks up Pieliedie and FATA
Team Secret: Replaces Pieliedie with Yapzor
Cloud9: disbands, becomes Danish Bears (again) with 747 replacing 13abyknight
Crescendo: 13abyknight, Excalibur, SyndereN, EGM, Akke
TNC: 1437 joins the team as the new captain, ryOyr leaves
Mineski: Mag (ex-Vega) joins the team
Game Changes & Patches
- Major client performance update, especially noticeable on low end systems
- Shrines are only available starting at 5 minutes into the game
- Creep numbers & xp changed
- Denying a creep now grants you experience
- Less shrines in the base
- Decreased gold bounty for towers
- Monkey King ultimate no longer bashes
- Urn heals evenly (similar to a salve)
- CM moves backwards because she is so slow (ok she actually has 275 ms now)
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