Neutral Creeps - Dota 2 News From Around The World

The Boston Major
The first major Dota 2 event in Boston will happen on December 2016.


Prize Pool: 3 Million Dollars
Number of Dota 2 teams: 16 teams
Date: December 7 – 10, 2016 at Wang Theatre in Boston, USA.

The Philippines will be holding the last Dota 2 major prior to TI6.

12 Dota 2 teams have been invited by Valve to show up in Manila, Philippines.


Prize Pool: 3 million USD

Dota 2 teams:
Team Secret
Team Liquid
Evil Geniuses
MVP Phoenix
Wings Gaming
Vici Gaming Reborn
Fnatic
OG
Complexity Gaming
Alliance
Natus Vincere
LGD Gaming

Are you ready for The Manila Major?

The Oriental 2015

Shanghai, China - Perfect World, Valve Corporation and MarsTV have teamed up to bring the biggest Asian Dota 2 tournament in history - the Dota 2 Asian Championships.


8 Dota 2 teams have been directly invited:
Newbee (China)
Vici Gaming (China)
Invictus Gaming (China)
LGD Gaming (China)
MVP Phoenix (South Korea)
Rave (Philippines)
Evil Geniuses (United States)
Team Secret (European Union)

Qualifier Winners:
Tongfu.wanzhou (China)
CDEC Gaming (China)
EHOME (China)
Big God (China)
Cloud 9 (Global)
Hellraisers (Russia)
Natus Vincere (Ukraine)
HyperGloryTeam (China)

28 other teams from around the world will compete for the last 8 slots at the main tournament.

Prize Pool: Over 2 Million USD

EG wins the 2014 World Esport Championship

Shanghai, China - Evil Geniuses (United States) won over Cloud9 to take the 2014 Dota 2 World Esport Championship held in China.


WEC 2014 Dota 2 Prize Pool Distribution: 
WEC Champions: 97600 USD  - Evil Geniuses (United States)
2nd Place: 32500 USD  - Cloud 9 (International)
3rd Place : 16200 USD  - ViCi Gaming (China)
4th Place: 8100 USD - NewBee (Newbee)
5th to 8th Place: 3250 USD - HGT,  LGD.CDEC, LGD, Na`Vi (Ukraine)

Evil Geniuses Line-up:
1. Peter Dager - ppd
2. Sahiil Arora - Universe
3. Artour Babaev - Arteezy
4. Ludwig Wahlberg - Zai
5. Clinton Loomis - Fear

Congratulations EG!

ESF 2014 + IESF Asian Dota 2 Championship

Cebu, Philippines - The 2014 Philippine eSports Festival which will be held from September 12 - 14, 2014 will double as the 1st IESF Asian Dota 2 Championship.


Philippine eSports Organization (PeSO) will play host to 6 Asian countries and over 500 Dota 2 players from all over the Philippines. The Asian Dota 2 tournament with the 10,000 USD prize pool will serve as the qualifier to the 2014 eSports World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Countries participating with Dota 2 teams:
1. Mongolia - The Mongolz
2. South Korea - MVP Phoenix (TI4 attendee)
3. Malaysia - Orange Esports
4. Philippines - Arcanys, MSI, Mineski
5. Thailand - MiTH Trust
6. Indonesia - The Prime

Countries sending game official to observe the event:
1. India
2. Iran

Games featured:
1. Tekken
2. Clash of Clans
3. Dota 2 (Main Event)
4. Hearthstone
5. Street Fighter

Venue: SM City Cebu - Cebu, Philippines

NeutralCreeps.com will be sending CaptainEul to cover the event.

Dota 2 - most profitable game played professionally in 2014

With the conclusion of The International 2014 Dota 2 Championships, 8 out of the Top 10 players with the highest tournament winnings have won it by playing Dota 2.


Top 10 (As of July 2014 - After TI4)
1. Zhihao "Hao" Chen (China) - $1,100,851.71 - Dota 2   
2. Wang "Banana" Jiao (China) - $1,098,719.16 - Dota 2   
3. Zhaohui "SanSheng" Wang (China) - $1,096,908.67 - Dota 2   
4. Ning "xiao8" Zhang (China) - $1,088,797.20 - Dota 2   
5. Pan "Mu" Zhang (China) - $1,085,445.45 - Dota 2   
6. Danil "Dendi" Ishutin (Ukraine) - $569,495.84 - Dota 2   
7. Oleksandr  "XBOCT" Dashkevych (Ukraine) - $567,191.75 - Dota 2   
8. Clement "Puppey" Ivanov (Estonia) - $564,360.15 - Dota 2   
9. Jae Dong "Jaedong" Lee (South Korea) - $526,961.72  - StarCraft: Brood War
10. Min Chul "MC" Jang (South Korea) - $470,426.25 - StarCraft II

Congratulations to DOTA 2 - the biggest professional video game in history!

TI4 Prize Pool Breaks 10 Million USD

The International 2014 (Dota 2's 4th World Championship) will award more than 10 million dollars to the winning participants.


This is the largest gaming event to date. (until TI5)

More information about The International 2014 Dota 2 World Championship

The International 4 Dota 2 Championship Seats

TI4 seats were divided into 3 price points - General Admission, Floor and VIP.

For The International 2014 attendees, here's the seat chart for the Dota 2 event:


See you all at The International 2014!

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Dota 2 TI4 Regional Qualifiers - Teams

Seattle, Washington - 40 Dota 2 teams from all over the world will compete for the last 5 slots at The International 2014 Dota 2 Championships.


4 Dota 2 Regions:
(The winner for each region qualifier gets a spot at TI4)
(2nd placers for each region will fight for the last TI4 slot.)

AMERICAS Qualifiers (May 12 to May 15)
1. CNB eSports (Brazil)
2. Shadows of the Past (Canada)
3. Union Gaming (Peru)
4. Isurus Gaming (Argentina)
5. eHug (United States)
6. No Earthspirit (United States)
7. Team Liquid (United States)
8. Sneaky Nyx Assassins (United States)
9. North American Rejects (United States)
10. TOP5 (United States)


SOUTHEAST ASIA Qualifiers (May 16 to May 19)
1. Rex Regum Qeon (Indonesia)
2. MiTH.Trust (Thailand)
3. Mineski (Philippines)
4. Execration (Philippines)
5. MVP Phoenix (South Korea)
6. Zephyr (South Korea)
7. Scythe Gaming (Singapore)
8. First Departure (Singapore)
9. Arrow Gaming (Malaysia)
10. Orange eSports (Malaysia)

CHINA Qualifiers (May 20 to May 23) 
1. TongFu (China)
2. LGD (China)
3. CNB.cn (China)
4. Orenda Gaming (China)
5. DT.NGC (China)
6. CIS-Game (China)
7. Speed Gaming.cn (China)
8. New Element (China)
9. LGD.CDEC (China)
10. HyperGloryTeam (China)

EUROPE QUALIFIERS (May 24 to May 27)
1. NEXT.Kz (Kazakhstan)
2. MeetYourMakers (Denmark)
3. Power Rangers (Belarus)
4. Virtus Pro (Russia)
5. RoX.KIS (Russia)
6. Relax (Russia)
7. Aware Gaming (European Union)
8. Team DOG (European Union)
9. Monomaniac Gaming (European Union)
10. hehe united (European Union)

Qualifier format:
Phase 1 - Each team faces each other once to determine to the Top 4 teams of the region.
Phase 2 - Best of 3
Phase 3 - Best of 5

Be updated:
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DotA SMM Tournament 2012

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Warcraft DotA teams from all over Southeast Asia met in Malaysia to determine the best SEA DotA 1 team for the year 2012.


SMM Grand National Final Dota Tournament 2012
Dates held: 13th – 16th December 2012
Venue: MyCORE Centre at Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

SMM DotA 1 Tournament Results:
SMM DotA 1 Champions 2012 = Pacific.Emaxx (Philippines) -18 648 USD
2nd place = iZone.Gigabyte (Philippines) - 8 342 USD
3rd place = Mineski (Philippines) - 5398 USD
4th place = Dreamz (Philippines) - 3435 USD
5/6 th place = Invasion (Malaysia) - 1308 USD
5/6 th place = MUFC eSports (Malaysia) - 1308 USD
7/8 th place = Orange eSports (Malaysia) - 654 USD
7/8 th place = Forbidden City (Malaysia) - 654 USD

Congratulations to the Philippine DotA community for taking the top 4 spots.

mTw wins DreamHack Summer 2012 Dota 2 Tournament

Jönköping, Sweden - mTw went 2-1 against Na'Vi to take the DreamHack Summer 2012 Dota 2. In a grand final showed on national Swedish television, the underdogs showed the way to defeat the defending International Dota 2 champions.


Dota 2 DreamHack Summer 2012 Results:
Champions: mTw (European Union)
2nd place: Natus Vincere (Ukraine)

Related:
DHS 2012 - Dota 2 Tournament

Fnatic wins Heroes of Newerth DreamHack Summer 2012

Jönköping, Sweden - Fnatic went 2-0 against TT eSports to take the DreamHack Summer 2012 HoN Tournament championship. The tournament win gave the team their fourth consecutive DreamHack title.



Congratulations Fnatic!

HoN DreamHack Winter 2011 Results:
Champions: Fnatic (European Union) - 28765 USD
2nd place: TT eSports (Australia) - 16000 USD
3rd place: Blackfade (European Union)
4th place: Trademark eSports (United States) - 4000 USD

Related:
DreamHack Summer HoN Tournament 2012

DreamHack Live Stream

The DreamHack Summer 2012 live streams of the finals for all the eSport titles.



Click on the Window icon on the lower right part to FULL SCREEN.

Support the Dota genre games at DreamHack:
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DotA SMM Tournament 2011

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The last major LAN DotA tournament for the year 2011 will be held in Malaysia.

Tournament Dates: December 2 - 4, 2011
Location: Mid Valley Exhibition Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


DotA Teams Attending SMM DotA 2011:
China - DK
China - iG.Y
China - Nirvana.cn
China - LGD
Europe - EG
Philippines - Mineski
Philippines - Execration
Thailand - iDeal
Thailand - MiTH.Trust
Thailand - Neolution
Indonesia - Velocy Hyper
Indonesia - XT
Singapore - AEON
Singapore - Immortality
Singapore - AyE
Singapore - PMS.Asterisk
Singapore - AmgD[FaZe]
Brunei - REDSPADE
Myanmar - G7
Malaysia - Orange
Malaysia - MUFC
Malaysia - Typhon.int
Malaysia - OBL
Malaysia - PSK
Malaysia - MSTR
Malaysia - SP
Malaysia - Noble
Malaysia - Blaze City
Malaysia - LeapOC
Malaysia - InvasionWF
Malaysia - SIC
Malaysia - Orange2
Malaysia - DCT
Malaysia - SINO
Malaysia - XD
Malaysia - Skeptical
Malaysia - CS.PLainWater
Malaysia - Kingsurf.JJ
Malaysia - Tiger
Malaysia - AGL
Malaysia - Typhon Sierra
Malaysia - Never Pro
Malaysia - FTZ
Malaysia - CCT
Malaysia - Net City
Malaysia - GnA Gaming

SMM DotA 2011 Prizepool:
DotA Champion - 18,000 USD
2nd - 8,000 USD
3rd - 5,000 USD
4th - 3,000 USD
5th - 1,300 USD
6th - 1,000 USD
7th - 650 USD
8th - 500 USD

What is the meaning of SMM?
SMM definition: Sendi Mutiara Mutlimedia

For the latest DotA coverage (SMM), tune in to:
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To celebreate SMM and the Christmas season, we are giving away a Dota 2 beta key.

Fnatic wins Heroes of Newerth DreamHack Winter 2011

Jönköping, Sweden - Fnatic MSI won over Frenetic Array 2-1 to take the DreamHack Winter 2011 HoN Tournament Championship.


Congratulations Fnatic!

HoN DreamHack Winter 2011 Results:
Champion: FnaticMSI (Europe) - 22,000 USD + 5x MSI GT780 Laptops
2nd: Frenatic Array (Australia) - 13,000 USD + 5x MSI Motherboards
3rd: Lions (Sweden) - 5,000 USD + 5x MSI Graphic cards
4th: TDM (United States) - 3,600 USD

Related:
DreamHack Winter HoN Tournament 2011

Heroes of Newerth DreamHack Winter 2011

Jönköping, Sweden - DreamHack Winter 2011 will have a Heroes of Newerth tournament sponsored by MSI. One of the biggest Heroes of Newerth tournament to date will kick start on the 24th of November at 14:00, on day 1 of Dreamhack Winter.

Prize Pool: 300,000 SEK (44 100 USD)
Casters: HonCast

HoN Teams Attending:
1. Trademark eSports
2. Infused tT eSports
3. FnaticMSI
4. HonPortal
5. Frenetic Array
6. Reason Gaming
7. Online Kingdom
8. Druidz Omega
9. Lions
10.Team EZ

2 slots will be reserved for the BYOC winners.

Rules:
- Exploiting bugs and glitches is not allowed.
- Backdooring is allowed
- No item restrictions

Get the latest DreamHack HoN Tournament News via NeutralCreeps.com:
NeutralCreeps Dota 2 | Facebook
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Other notable Dota genre tournaments at DH 2011:
Dota 2 DreamHack Tournament 2011

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - As a last hurrah for DotA, SMM will be holding a DotA tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 2 - 4, 2011.


Location: Mid Valley Exhibition Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

SMM 2011 DotA Prize Pool:

DotA Champion: 18,000 USD
2nd place: 8,000 USD
3rd place: 5,000 USD
4th Place: 3,000 USD
5th Place: 1,300 USD
6th Place: 1,000 USD
7th Place: 650 USD
8th Place: 500 USD

To get the latest SMM DotA updates:
Neutral Creeps DotA updates - Facebook
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Mineski (Philippines) - TGX 2011 DotA Champions

Singapore -Mineski also known as Happy Feet (OLSTAH) of the Philippines defeated Orange eSports of Malaysia to claim the TGX (The Games Xpo) 2011 DotA crown in Singapore.


Full Mineski DotA Roster:
1. James Inabangan - Wootz
2. John Roxas - JJR
3. Julius Sto. Domingo - Julz
4. Joshua Dela Serna - Owa
5. Ralph Richard Peñano - RR

TGX 2011 DotA Tournament Results:
DotA Champions - Mineski Infinity PowerColor (Philippines)
2nd - Orange eSports (Malaysia)
3rd - MUFC (Malaysia)

Congratulations Mineski DotA!

Duskbin (Philippines) - WCG 2011 HoN Champions

Singapore - The Philippine HoN team (DuskBin) won over Xtreme Chaotix (Singapore) to be crowned as the 1st WCG Singapore Heroes of Newerth champions.


Full Duskbin Heroes of Newerth Roster:
1. Marc Parasdas - zekaykay
2. Kevin Herrera - Ismification
3. Marvin Tan - Lutan
4. Cath Diaz - cd
5. Jojo Uy - Dragon


Event Name: WCG Singapore 2011 Heroes of Newerth (SEA) Tournament
Organized by: Garena Online Pte. Ltd.
Setting: Singapore EXPO Hall 5A

WCG Singapore 2011 HoN Tournament Results:
HoN Champions - Duskbin.HoN (Philippines)
2nd - Xtreme ChaotiX SG (Singapore)
3rd - MUFC (Malaysia)

Congratulations DuskBin!

This year's World DotA Championship (WDC) just got bigger!

WUHAN, CHINA - One of the biggest DotA LANs in the world continues. DotA teams from all over the world will head on to Huazhong University to get a chance to be crowned the 2011 World DotA Champions.
WDC 2011 Trailer by WoDotA:

WDC 2011 Tournament Schedule: November 11 - 13, 2011
Match times will be following +8 GMT.

WDC 2011 Prize Pool: 50000 US Dollars
English shoutcaster: Toby "TobiWanKenobi" Dawson

DotA Teams Participating:
Full list of confirmed DotA teams will be posted here once it is finalized.

Defending Champion (WDC 2010): Nirvana.cn