ESL One Genting 2018
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Genting Highlands
ESL One is returning to the Arena of Stars, at Resort World Genting, for the second Minor in Southeast Asia. With a prize pool of $400,000 USD and 400 qualifying points up for grabs, ESL One Genting is the most prestigious of all the Minors held this season.
Format[edit]
- Group Stage:
- All sixteen teams are divided into two groups of eight teams each where they play in a double-elimination format.[1] Groups were seeded on January 17th, 2018,[2] presumably following a system heavily influced by the current Dota Pro Circuit team ranking.
- The opening matches are played in a Bo1 while all other matches are played in a Bo3.
- The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs:
- The group winners advance to the Semifinals,
- The runner-ups advance to the Quarterfinals,
- where they face the 3rd placed teams of the opposite group.
- Playoffs:
- Six teams play in a single-elimination format.
- Quarter- and Semifinals are played in a Bo3, the Finals are played in a Bo5.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
The talent for the English broadcast was announced on January 16th, 2018.[3]
- Stage Host:
- Desk Host:
Redeye (Paul Chaloner)
- Reporter:
SirActionSlacks (Jake Kanner)
- Translator:
- XiiTuzi (Helen Xu)
- Commentators:
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
TrentPax (Trent MacKenzie)- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- Blitz (William Lee)
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool for the tournament is $400,000 USD and 400 Pro Circuit points.
Participants[edit]
| 1 |  MATUMBAMAN |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Miracle- |
| 3 |  MinD_ContRoL |
| 4 |  GH |
| 5 |  KuroKy |
| C |  Heen |
 | |
| Invited | |
- 1 TNC Pro Team renamed to TNC Predator on January 15th.[12]
- 2 Due to health concerns Ohaiyo stood in for Fata in the semifinal.[13] DPC points were split equally between the two players.[14]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Team Secret
Virtus.pro
Vici Gaming
Group B[edit]
Team Liquid
Newbee
PENTA Sports
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
Natus Vincere
Evil Geniuses
Playoffs[edit]
Newbee
Team LiquidControversies[edit]
On 18th January 2018, ESL announced that Facebook would be their main English and Portuguese broadcasting platform for CS:GO's ESL Pro League and the ESL One circuit.[15][16] The announcement resulted in an outcry on social media where users primarily critiqued the decision because they felt Facebook provided an inferior viewing experience to Twitch and did not allow mobile viewing without the Facebook app.[17][18] In contrast to the community backlash, many personalities spoke out defending the deal, arguing that it would allow ESL to produce better tournaments and reach a greater audience with this partnership. In addition, several emphasised the importance of broadcasting rights and deals.[19][20][21]
Despite the official broadcast being aired on Facebook, Valve's intervention in the previous broadcasting controversy[22][23] enabled individuals to cast matches from their stream with no commercial or monetary intent or in a way that directly competes with the official broadcast's stream.[24] However on the inaugural day of the tournament, several Twitch streams including that of BSJ, Australian caster MLPDota, and the Portuguese Beyond the Summit coverage, were shut down by DMCA takedowns;[25][26] ESL later clarified that they would not allow competing English and Portuguese language broadcasts that monetized content from the tournament.[27] After continued community backlash, ESL further stated that there would be no actions or takedowns on unmonetized/non-commercial ESL One Genting streams.[28]
On 25th January 2018, Valve reiterated its stance on Dota streams by noting that their existing policies allowed for up and coming casters and community figures to stream off DotaTV, though commercial organizations were not. They further clarified that only they could issue DCMA notices for content being streamed off DotaTV, as long as the stream did not use the organizer's commentary or camera work.[29]
Streams[edit]
ESL One multi-POV- ESL One on Facebook.com
- ESL Joindota Blue on Twitch.tv
ESL One TH on Twitch.tv- ESL One TH on Facebook.com
ESL Supreme Leauge (ID) on Twitch.tv
ESL One Dota on Huomao.com
ESL_dota2_es on Twitch.tv
VODs[edit]
- ESL One Videos section on Facebook.com
References[edit]
- ↑ "ESL One Genting schedule and tournament format". ESL. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "Announcing the ESL One Genting groups and opening matches". ESL. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ↑ ESL Dota (16 January 2018). "Meet the ESL One Genting 2018 broadcast team!". ESL. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (30 November 2017). "It's time to start revealing our first direct invite". Twitter. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (30 November 2017). "But wait, there's more!". Twitter. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (1 December 2017). "Second place last year. Winners this year?". Twitter. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (1 December 2017). "Our fourth direct ESLOne Genting invite is Mineski!". Twitter. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (4 December 2017). "New week - new invites!". Twitter. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (5 December 2017). "We're also ready to unveil direct #ESLOne Genting invite #6!". Twitter. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (6 December 2017). "Welcome to ESLOne Genting - ViCi_Gaming!". Twitter. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (6 December 2017). "Completing our direct invites for ESLOne Genting are none other than FNATIC!". Twitter. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ TNC Predator (15 January 2018). "Acer Predator is now TNC Pro Team’s Title Sponsor". Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (27 January 2018). "Due to health concerns @teamsecret will use a stand-in for today's semifinal against @NewbeeCN.". Twitter. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ @ESLDota2 (27 January 2018). "We've confirmed with Valve that due to the event being outside the roster lock period, the 4 remaining @teamsecret players will receive no points penalty for this tournament, and FATA and Ohaiyo will split the points 50-50.". Twitter. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ Hans Oelschlägel (2018-01-18). "Facebook is the new main broadcasting platform for CS:GO Pro League and ESL One". ESL. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ Austen Goslin (2018-01-18). "ESL signs exclusive streaming deal with Facebook for CS:GO, Dota 2 esports". polygon.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ Mike Stubbs (2018-01-23). "ESL Launches Exclusive Facebook Streaming Partnership But 'Dota 2' Fans Are Not Happy". forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ Wittyandpithy (2018-01-24). "Why Facebook sucks for Dota 2". Reddit. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ Ulrich Schulze (2018-01-24). "Ulrich Statement to Partnership". Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen (2018-01-24). "lurppis: Facebook’s misunderstood entry to esports – and why the growing pains are worth it". fragbite.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "Scoots streaming statement". 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ Lawerence "Malystryx.GDS," Phillips (2017-10-14). "AdmiralBulldog receives ban threat. Confusion over streaming rights continues". joinDOTA.
- ↑ Eric Van Allen (2017-10-15). "Valve Responds To Debate Over Third-Party Dota 2 Tournament Streams". kotaku.com.au. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "Broadcasting Dota 2 Statement". Valve Corporation. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "MLP Statement". 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ BSJ (2018-01-24). "BSJ Statement". Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ bslfromESL (2018-01-24). "On streams from ESL Genting". Retrieved 2018-01=25.
- ↑ "ESL Stream Statement". ESL. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "DotaTV Streaming". Valve Corporation. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-25.