After a hiatus that barely lasted for a month, StarLadder is back with a new season, featuring teams from all over the world in an attempt to book their slots at the much coveted Grand Finals in Kiev, Ukraine. The online phase will begin on Nov. 14 and will end on Dec. 26, with the playoffs to be held from Jan. 15-18, 2015. The prize pool is currently slated at $80,000 dollars and could be increased through buying the Compendium.
One of the changes made to the format is that Southeast Asia now has its own double-elimination playoffs, in contrast to the round-robin format that was adopted in the past season:
As seen in the right side of the image, there is a new double elimination playoff format for the SEA region. (Image from StarLadder)
Here is the prize pool breakdown, as well as other information for this tournament:
Tournament information and prize pool breakdown (Image from StarLadder)
As far as the Southeast Asian region is concerned, the following are the teams that were invited:
- MVP.Phoenix
- MiTH-Trust
- Rave-Dota
- First Departure
- Cant Say Wips
- Team Malaysia
- G-Guard
- Invasion
- Insidious Idol
- Execration
Streaming will be provided by SLTV, Beyond the Summit and Huomao.tv.