The Summit 2: Team Secret Tops Day One as EG Falls to Bottom of The Group amidst Technical Difficulties
The Summit 2, one of the much awaited Local Area Network (LAN) tournaments of the year, kicked off day one with eight best-of-one matches flawlessly dominated by Team Secret with a 3-0 streak. Cloud 9 (C9) and Vici Gaming (VG) are also standing untainted 2-0 in the group. On the other hand, one of the tournament favorites, Evil Geniuses (EG) has fallen to the bottom of the group together with Not Today after a 0-3 run. Check out the details for each game:
Evil Geniuses vs. Team Secret
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Team Tinker vs. Team Secret
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Vici Gaming vs. Team Tinker
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Not Today vs. Cloud9
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Cloud9 vs. Evil Geniuses
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Evil Geniuses vs. Team Tinker
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Team Secret vs. Not Today
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Vici Gaming vs. Not Today
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The Summit 2, however, did not cruise through the first day without incident. The first game between Team Secret and EG was plagued with lags and crashes, which ended up with a redraft as a result of a corrupted save file. There were also issues in Dota 2 TV viewing as well as some stream problems. It is worth noting, however, that some of these troubles were caused by problems on the end of Twitch and Valve, which were not in Beyond The Summit’s control.
The tournament currently has a $303,976 prize pool after raising an additional $203,976 to the $100,000 base prize pool thanks to in-game sales. Tickets are still available in the Dota 2 store for $9.99. You can also watch the game for free via the Twitch stream here.
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