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The Boston Major 2016
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The Boston Major 2016
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Version:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Boston Venue:
Wang Theater
Dates:
Dec 3 - 10, 2016
Teams:
16
Format:
Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket
Single-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$3,000,000 USD
Dota TV Ticket:
Free in Dota 2 Client
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
The Boston Major is the first Major of the 2016-2017 season. The main event takes place at the Wang Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Notably, The Boston Major is the first publisher sponsored event to not feature a double-elimination bracket. Instead, the 16 participating teams will be seeded into a single elimination bracket based on their performance in the group stage. [1]
Format[edit]
- Open Qualifiers - October 23rd - October 26th, 2016
- Eight Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region.
- The winners of each Regional Qualifier will advance to the respective Main Qualifier.
- Eight Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers, two brackets for each region.
- Main Qualifiers - October 27th - October 31st, 2016
- Four Regional Qualifiers.
- One group containing all teams, with the top four teams advancing to the Regional Double-elimination Playoff Bracket.
- The winner and runner-up of each Regional Playoff Bracket will join the eight directly invited teams in Boston.
- Four Regional Qualifiers.
- Group Stage - December 3rd - December 4th, 2016
- Four groups of four teams
- Bo3 GSL double-elimination format
- The top seed of each group will get a random bottom seed from another group as the opponent in the Main Event.
- The second seed will similarly face off against a random third seed as the opponent.
- Four groups of four teams
- Main Event - December 7th - December 10th, 2016
- Teams are seeded into a single-elimination bracket after the Group Stage.
- All games are Bo3, with Bo5 grand finals.
- Teams are seeded into a single-elimination bracket after the Group Stage.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Host:
Machine (Alex Richardson)
- Commentators:
- Analysts:
- Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
- PyrionFlax (Ted Forsyth)
Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)
Winter (Chan Litt Binn)- Purge (Kevin Godec)
- Interviewers:
- SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
AutumnWindz (Joshua Lee)- KBBQ (Jack Chen)
- Host:
Faker (Ivan Demkin)
- Commentators:
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool of the tournament is $3,000,000 USD.
| Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$1,000,000 | 33.33% |  OG
|
 2nd
|
$500,000 | 16.67% |  Ad Finem
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 3rd-4th
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$250,000 | 8.33% |  Evil Geniuses
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 Digital Chaos
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| 5th-8th | $125,000 | 4.17% |  Virtus.pro
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 WarriorsGaming.Unity
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 Team NP
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 LGD.Forever Young
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| 9th-16th | $62,500 | 2.08% |  iG Vitality
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 Wings Gaming
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 compLexity Gaming
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 MVP Phoenix
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 Team Faceless
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 EHOME
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 Newbee
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 LGD Gaming
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Participants[edit]
Invited Teams[edit]
| 1 | shadow |
|---|---|
| 2 | bLink |
| 3 | Faith_bian |
| 4 | y` |
| 5 | iceice |
 | |
| Direct Invite | |
| 1 |  Resolut1on |
|---|---|
| 2 |  w33 |
| 3 |  MoonMeander |
| 4 |  MiSeRy |
| 5 |  Saksa |
| C | Blitz |
| C | BuLba |
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| Direct Invite | |
Qualified Teams[edit]
- 1 Execration was replaced by LGD due to visa issues. [2]
- 2 Monet and lpc failed to get a Visa in time. END and DDC from Vici Gaming replaced them as the stand-ins for LGD.Forever Young in this tournament with the permission from Valve. [3]
- 3 super and dogf1ghts failed to get a Visa in time. BurNIng and Q from Invictus Gaming, the former already been registered as a sub, replaced them as the stand-ins for iG Vitality in this tournament. Valve granted permission for Q to sub in. [4]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
Group A  
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| 1. | Digital Chaos
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Wings Gaming
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | WarriorsGaming.Unity
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | LGD.Forever Young
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0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| Group A Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wings | 1 | 2 | WG.U |
| DC | 2 | 0 | LFY |
| WG.U | 0 | 2 | DC |
| Wings | 2 | 0 | LFY |
| WG.U | 0 | 2 | Wings |
[edit]
| Group B
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Virtus.pro
|
2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Newbee
|
2-1 | 4-2 | |||
| 3. | Team NP
|
1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | MVP Phoenix
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group B Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbee | 2 | 0 | MVP.P |
| VP | 2 | 0 | NP |
| Newbee | 0 | 2 | VP |
| MVP.P | 1 | 2 | NP |
| Newbee | 2 | 0 | NP |
[edit]
| Group C
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | LGD Gaming
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | compLexity Gaming
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2-1 | 4-4 | |||
| 3. | Evil Geniuses
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1-2 | 4-4 | |||
| 4. | Team Faceless
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0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| Group C Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EG | 1 | 2 | coL |
| fL | 0 | 2 | LGD |
| coL | 0 | 2 | LGD |
| EG | 2 | 0 | fL |
| coL | 2 | 1 | EG |
Main Event[edit]
Round of 16
compLexity
0
WG.Unity
2
Digital Chaos
2
Team Faceless
0
LGD Gaming
0
LGD.Forever Young
2
Quarter-finals
Ad Finem
2
LGD.Forever Young
1
Semi-finals
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country/Region | #P | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China
|
28 | Ame, bLink, BurNIng, eLeVeN, END, Faith, Faith_bian, Garder, iceice, InJuly, Jixing, Kaka, LaNm, Maybe, old chicken, Paparazi灬 , Q, Sakata, Sccc, Shadow, Super, Sylar, uuu9, Victoria, xiao8, Xz, y`, Yao |
| 2 | United States of America
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7 | Monkeys-forever, Moo, MSS, SVG, swindlemelonzz, UNiVeRsE, ZfreeK |
| 3 | Malaysia
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5 | Ahfu, Ahjit, KaNG, NaNa, xNova- |
| 3 | Canada
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5 | 1437, Arteezy, Aui_2000, EternaLEnVy, MoonMeander |
| 3 |  Greece
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5 | Madara, Maybe Next Time, SkyLark, SsaSpartan, ThuG |
| 6 |  South Korea
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4 | DuBu, Febby, Forev, QO |
| 7 |  Australia
|
3 | ana, kpii, Velo |
| 7 | Denmark
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3 | Cr1t-, N0tail, MiSeRy |
| 7 | Russia
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3 | 9pasha, RAMZES666, Solo |
| 7 |  Singapore
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3 | iceiceice, NutZ, xy- |
| 7 | Ukraine
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3 | Lil, Noone, Resolut1on |
| 12 | Romania
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2 | canceL^^, w33 |
| 12 |  Sweden
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2 | s4, zai |
| 14 |  Finland
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1 | JerAx |
| 14 |  Germany
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1 | Black^ |
| 14 |  Israel
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1 | Fly |
| 14 |  Macau
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1 | DDC |
| 14 | Macedonia
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1 | Saksa |
| 14 |  Pakistan
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1 | SumaiL |
| 14 |  Thailand
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1 | Jabz |
Trivia[edit]
- This was the first Valve-sponsored event that Puppey did not attend as a player, as Team Secret finished 4th in the Europe Qualifier. The same went for MMY, who was inactive at the time.
- MiSeRy and DDC became the only players to have attended every single Valve event as an active player. UNiVeRsE had also attended every Valve event, but was only a sub during The International 2011 while Hao attended the major, but only as a sub for Newbee.
- Jabz became the first Thai player to attend a Valve event since The International 2011.
Additional content[edit]
Streams[edit]
dotamajor on Twitch.tv- dotamajor2 on Twitch.tv
- dotamajor3 on Twitch.tv
- dotamajor4 on Twitch.tv
- dotamajors on YouTube
- dota2 on Facebook
- dotamajorRU on Twitch.tv
- dotamajorRU2 on Twitch.tv
- dotamajorRU3 on Twitch.tv
- dotamajorRU4 on Twitch.tv
FroggedTV on Twitch.tv
Dota2tv.pl on Twitch.tv
Spaziogames on Twitch.tv- bostonmajor on PandaTV
Player Profiles[edit]
- 2016-12-08 | The Boston Major - Player Profiles: JerAx (OG) by PGL
- 2016-12-08 | The Boston Major - Player Profiles: Rose (Team NP) by PGL
- 2016-12-08 | The Boston Major - Player Profiles: kpii (Newbee) by PGL
- 2016-12-09 | The Boston Major - Player Profiles: MiSeRy (Digital Chaos) by PGL
Team Intros[edit]
- Ad Finem
- compLexity Gaming
- Digital Chaos
- EHOME
- Evil Geniuses
- iG Vitality
- LGD Gaming
- LGD.Forever Young
- MVP Phoenix
- Newbee
- OG
- Team Faceless
- Team NP
- Virtus.pro
- WarriorsGaming.Unity
- Wings Gaming
References[edit]
- ↑ Dota Team (3 October 2016). "The Boston Major". Valve Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ Wykrhm Reddy (2016-11-30). "LGD will be replacing Execration at The Boston Major due to visa issues. They leave for Boston tomorrow. #BostonMajor". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ↑ LGD Gaming (2016-11-23). "关于LGD.FY战队出征秋季赛签证情况和人员临时调整的公告 (LGD.FY's announcement of the temporary roster change for The Boston Major)". Weibo. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ↑ Wykrhm Reddy (2016-11-29). "Boston Updates. #BostonMajor". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-29.