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Competition format and schedule
The Starter League will be an open league which will allow all existing organized teams as well as new teams vying for the attention of sponsors to compete on the brand new Korean Dota 2 servers.
Details on the qualifier and main event are available as follows. Only eight teams will go through to the main event from the qualifier. Exact format of the qualifier and main event have not been decided as of writing.
Qualifier details
Date: 30th June
Venue: Intel Sindorim e-Stadium (Link)
Main Tournament details
Date: Starting 6th of July, Grand Final to be announced.
Prize Pool
1st - 10 Million Won (~$8,700) + Paid trip to The International 2013
2nd - 5 Million Won (~$4,350)
3rd-4th - 2 Million Won (~$1,750)
5th-8th - 1 Million Won (~$870)
Korean Dota 2 Teams
While joinDOTA has been informed by insiders that some teams such as MVP and StarTale may hold off on selecting their Dota 2 squads in order to recruit promising teams based on their Starter League performance, there are two teams which we can already introduce you to:
Statement by Daniel 'Unstable' Siddel, CEO of FXOpen e-sports:
With it being the very first event of its nature we will be doing everything we can to solidify our position as the best team in Korea.
FXOpen Roster
Park 'March' Taewon - Offlane - Well known Wc3 DotA player
Gim 'Febby' Yongmin - Hard carry
Kim 'QO' Seonyeop - Mid
Lee 'Sagun' Kyongmin - Support
Jae 'Anarchy' Hwang Bo - Support
The team has told us that they currently favour running safe trilanes, aiming to get an early farm advantage and transition into controlling the map through aggression, keeping the enemy on the back foot.
Team EoT has provided us with a bit more information about their new squad.
Statement from the team:
We are also planning on buidling a gaming house that is unlike anything that has ever been built by a Korean team.
Furthermore at our great success, we would like to have players from all over the Asia and form a most motivated and superb quality team to have good standing as an eSport team.
Dota2 has infinite potentional as well as being in good position even compared to the games that have already been released.
Team EoT's current goal is to be in a good position in the tournament being held by Nexon called NSL in July.
The team characterises their play as being early push orientated, relying on heroes such as Chen, Nature's Prophet and Enigma. They also highlight Io, Dark Seer and Jakiro as some of their favourite heroes.
Team EoT Roster
David 'February' Dae (Captain) - Support - a.k.a. Day from Mski.Kr
Lee 'Reisen' June Yeong - Carry - Formerly of Mski.Kr
Kim 'Mafia' Byeong Huwn - Support - Formerly of BBJ
Eun 'Banhwa' Duk Soo - Support/Carry
Tae 'Gardia' Yeong - Mid
Broadcasting
In addition to the games being available through DotaTV, Nexon has reached out to joinDOTA as well as BeyondTheSummit in order to provide English language coverage for the Nexon Starter League, to which we at joinDOTA have gladly accepted. Other foreign language streams will be considered as well, although the details have not been worked out yet.
The main tournament stream for the NSL will be provided by GomTV. Alternate streams will also be available through other streaming services such as DaumTVPod, AfreecaTV, pooq and so on.
Statement by Nexon:
GomTV will handle the production of NSL. We’re also in contact with western studios — joinDOTA and BTS for offsite English broadcast. We’re excited to be able to bring NSL to the global community.
Korean coverage will be handled by GomTV, however for the Starter League the offline games will be played out in the Intel Sindorim e-Stadium which is already set up to handle this format of competitions, allowing GomTV some time to get their Gangnam studio in shape to host future live events.
Interviews with Nexon
For those who missed it, we recently published an interview with Nexon's Dota 2 Manager Injun Kim. Rod 'Slasher' Breslau from GameSpot also sat down with Mr. Kim. Both interviews touch on a lot of the same points, but also cover some different ground and held give insight into the motivations and vision of Nexon as they venture into Dota 2.
joinDOTA interview with Nexon Dota 2 Manager Injun Kim
GameSpot interview with Nexon Dota 2 Manager Injun Kim
GameSpot interview with Nexon Dota 2 Manager Injun Kim
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