 dragonborn June 07 2012 00:38. Posts 3757 | Profile # |
![[image loading]](http://www.gs-media.de/img/storage/3413.png) Two tightly-packed months of Dota 2 action are waiting to unravel, featuring our new tournament website on the-defense.com, where resident joinDOTA commentator Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson will be bringing you every single match live. Those matches will feature the following twenty top-tier teams, which have been invited to compete for a prize pool of 10,000€. Prize Pool: 1st 6000€ 2nd 2500€ 2rd 1500€ The participating teams are: ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/2/2b/Ua.png) Natus Vincere ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/2/2f/Us.png) Evil Geniuses ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/c/cc/Eu.png) mousesports mTw ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/d/d0/Se.png) CLG ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/f/fb/Ru.png) Virtus.Pro Moscow Five ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/e/e6/Au.png) Absolute Legends Quantic Gaming 4FC Darer ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/d/d3/Kz.png) NEXT.Kz Infused FnaticRC Keita ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/6/69/Cz.png) SGC TTB zNation POTM Bottom compLexity  We has Asianz(Winner from Qualifier) ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/flags/ru.png) Team Empire(Winner from Qualifier)  Hydra(Winner from Qualifier) HelloMoto(Winner from Qualifier)
Group 1
zNation
Infused
Darer
mousesports
Evil Geniuses
We has Asianz
Group 2
4FC
compLexity
Virtus.Pro
Absolute Legends
Moscow Five
Hydra
Group 3
SGC
NEXT.Kz
FnaticRC
mTw
Natus Vincere
Team Empire
Group 4
POTM Bottom
TTB
Keita
CLG
Quantic Gaming
HelloMoto
Results
However, with there still being four empty slots in the bracket, we are excited to reveal that for the second season of The Defense, joinDOTA will host an open qualifier, where 512 teams can fight to take their place amongst the elite.
Anyone can compete, but only the four best teams can take a slot. If you and your mates think you have what it takes, hurry over to joinDOTA, take a deep breath, and sign yourselves up!
Qualifier Schedule
Sign-ups for 512 teams starts June 6th
Sign-ups close June 10th, 2012, 23:59 CEST
Qualifier starts 11th, 18:00 CEST
Pool system until top 32
32 teams double elemination grid
Top 2 upper bracket teams qualify
Top 2 lower bracket teams qualify
Qualifier ends June 13th, 2012
The 512 qualifier slots are first come first serve, so be sure to sign up as early as possible. They might be gone more quickly than you anticipated.
As for the qualifier format, all teams will be placed in pool play, with the top 32 entering a playoff bracket, and the top two teams from the upper and lower brackets receiving a slot in the main tournament, which is scheduled to be running form the 21st of June until 12th of August, shortly before The International kicks off.
http://www.joindota.com/en/news/3244-the-defense-powered-by-razer-and-benqLast edit: 2012-06-22 06:14:52 |
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| Garnet Vietnam. June 07 2012 00:55. Posts 7457 | Profile Blog # |
| no Chinese?. Hope they're allowed in the qualifiers. |
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| windzor Denmark. June 07 2012 01:30. Posts 697 | Profile # |
Everybody is allowed to enter the qualification. I don't think any Chinese teams are going to enter because all matches are going to be played on USE so no chinese wants to enter I think.
Also I think jD want the whole tournament to happen on US East/Europe server, so they properly didn't want to invite any. And how chinese teams treated them last Defense I think it's just fine they didn't invite them. No idea in having chinese vs EU teams battle it out online. |
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 Kipsate Netherlands. June 07 2012 01:41. Posts 18148 | Profile Blog # |
| I doubt people from Asia want to play with such lag, granted AL is playing but AL has been doing it for a long while now, anyway it looks cool although I do wonder where Keita Gaming is at? |
| | Park Ji Yeon/Ye Eun/Kang Min Kyung, T-ara/Wonder Girls/Davichi | |
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| eqez Sweden. June 07 2012 01:57. Posts 508 | Profile # |
On June 07 2012 01:41 Kipsate wrote:
I doubt people from Asia want to play with such lag, granted AL is playing but AL has been doing it for a long while now, anyway it looks cool although I do wonder where Keita Gaming is at?
Keita is listed in the news. So the thread creator just missed it
edit: same with darerLast edit: 2012-06-07 01:58:02 |
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| Hnnngg United States. June 07 2012 04:51. Posts 1065 | Profile # | |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 07 2012 05:15. Posts 5675 | Profile # |
| Awesome. Last defense was really good. Navi vs Quantic final was epic. |
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| dragonborn June 07 2012 05:20. Posts 3757 | Profile # |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 09 2012 02:06. Posts 5675 | Profile # | |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 10 2012 21:02. Posts 5675 | Profile # |
| Sorry for bumping again but signup ends tomorrow. So spread the word! |
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| Hassybaby United Kingdom. June 10 2012 21:19. Posts 8447 | Profile Blog # |
| I really fancy POTM Bottom's changes in that group right now. They've beaten CLG before and are good enough to take out Quantic, Keita and TTB |
| | "These guys are mindfucking me into a sex coma" | "Mayonnaise is a must-have lubricant when performing necrophilia" | |
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| zeehar Korea (South). June 10 2012 21:32. Posts 2470 | Profile Blog # | |
| | I AM THE UNIVERSAL CONSTANT | |
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| Fishgle United States. June 10 2012 21:39. Posts 1582 | Profile Blog # |
Potm Bottom and The Tough Bananas in the same group :/
anyway. looks awesome! |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 10 2012 21:54. Posts 5675 | Profile # |
| I really hope some new teams will make their way in through qualifiers. |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 11 2012 20:57. Posts 5675 | Profile # |
| Signups end in 4 hours. So far 320 teams have signed up. |
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| Soet Sweden. June 12 2012 00:53. Posts 45 | Profile # |
| Going to be quite interessting to see how this unfolds since some of this teams are up and coming and others that looked solid some months ago like darer and CLG now looks less solid after some line up changes |
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| zeehar Korea (South). June 12 2012 02:37. Posts 2470 | Profile Blog # |
| people get more hyped about this!!! the first defense was awesome. |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 12 2012 02:57. Posts 5675 | Profile # |
| Is someone streaming the qualifiers? |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 12 2012 17:55. Posts 5675 | Profile # | |
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| SilverStar Sweden. June 13 2012 01:47. Posts 5675 | Profile # |
| Live now btw. Anyone else watching? |
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