Fallout Gaming Announces $100,000 Dota 2 Tournament
In what could be one of the greatest developments that graced the Southeast Asian (SEA) Dota scene, Malaysia-based eSports organization Fallout Gaming announced a global Dota 2 tournament featuring eight teams from around the world to be held in Kuala Lumpur this coming March 2015.
The qualifiers will be in January and February; all the teams who qualify for the tournament will get an all-expense-paid trip to the venue. In addition, it will be a crowdfunded tournament with an initial prize pool of $100,000 (P4,472,500). The prize pool can be increased through ticket sales and other sources of revenue.
It is interesting to note that this announcement comes after the successful conclusion of the OK.-Dota 2 Championship which was held at the Good Game Convention in Singapore from Dec. 27-28, 2014. It had a $50,000 (P2,236,250) prize pool and featured teams such as Can’t Say Wips, First Departure and Mineski, among others.
Here is the breakdown of the teams who will join the tournament:
SEA Invite #1
SEA Invite #2
SEA Open Qualifier Winner #1
SEA Open Qualifier Winner #2
North American Qualifier Winner
China Qualifier Winner
Europe Qualifier Winner #1
Europe Qualifier Winner #2
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