DreamLeague Season 12: the first LAN after The International

posted by NanaKrustofski,

The DreamLeague Season 12 is just around the corner, taking place from October 18-20 at DreamHack Rotterdam. It is going to be the first offline event since The International 2019. Four teams received a direct invite, FlyToMoon and Demon Slayers joined the participants through the qualifiers.

The tournament starts with a Bo3 round robin group stage. The top team from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, the bottom two teams continue their way through the lower bracket. The playoffs will be played in a Bo3 double-elimination format, leading to the Bo5 Grand Finals.

We've put the 6 teams attending CORSAIR DreamLeague Season 12 into groups!

Group A@TeamLiquid @NiPGaming
Demon Slayers

Group B@Team_JStorm @theAllianceGG @FTM_dota2

What teams will get out of groups? 🤔

More info?
👉 https://t.co/8NIbe1rAov pic.twitter.com/vKkw0TVC98
— DreamHack Dota (@DreamHackDota) October 14, 2019

For the new squad of Team Liquid, this will be their first chance to prove themselves at a LAN after leaving Alliance. Their organisation has already two DreamLeague titles under their belt, and finished second place on two other occasions. They will also have to face the new line-up of their old organisation ,which is propably going to be the most anticipated match-up.

Quiet, thoughtful, innovative.

These are the defining qualities of our position 4, @TaigaDota.

Keep your eyes peeled for any crazy picks he might pull out in Rotterdam 🇳🇱 pic.twitter.com/WNKk4n4Fj8
— Team Liquid (@TeamLiquid) October 16, 2019

Apart from the Dota 2 event, DreamHack also hosts the DreamHack Open CS:GO tournament with a prize pool of $100,000. Fans can also participate in the LAN party as well as several specials, such as a gaming expo, cosplay championships, drone races and so on.