GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor
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GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor
League Information
Series:
Global Electronic Sports Championship
Dota Pro Circuit
Dota Pro Circuit
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Server:
Singapore
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre Hall 106
Format:
Round-robin Group Stage
Single Elimination Playoffs
Single Elimination Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$300,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-09
End Date:
2018-05-12
Game:
Teams:
8
Pro Circuit Points:
300
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Circuit Tier:
Links
Chronology
GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor is the first Valve Corporation sanctioned tournament in Thailand and will feature the world's best teams and a Thailand representative who will compete for the largest prize purse in the country - $300,000 USD and qualifying points to The International 2018.
Non-payment of prizes and wages controversy[edit]
On October 2018, an open letter was published which revealed that the players, teams, talents and independent contractors did not receive their prizes and wages for both GESC Indonesia Dota2 Minor and GESC Thailand Dota2 Minor.[1] On December 2019, it was revealed that Valve filed a lawsuit against GESC in April 2019 for failing to remunerate parties involved in the event.[2][3]
Format[edit]
- Qualifier and invites
- Eight teams:
- Two direct invite
- Six regional qualifier winners and one team from Thailand qualifier
- Eight teams:
- Group Stage
- Eight teams play in a Bo1 round robin.
- Top six teams advance to the Playoffs of Main Event.
- Bottom two teams eliminated.
- Playoffs
- Six teams play in a single-elimination bracket.
- All playoff matches are played in a Bo3.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
The talent for the English broadcast was announced on April 25th, 2018.[4]
Prize Pool[edit]
The prize pool for the tournament is $300,000 USD and 300 Pro Circuit points.
Participants[edit]
- 1 Vega Squadron's Zayac and Blizzy were unable to travel as they did not get back their IDs in time after the process of getting visas for MDL Changsha Major. Therefore, they pulled out of tournament on May 7th.[8]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Standings[edit]
Standings | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Fnatic | 7-0 | ||||
2. | Team Secret | 6-1 | ||||
3. | Evil Geniuses | 5-2 | ||||
4. | VGJ.Storm | 4-3 | ||||
5. | The Final Tribe | 3-4 | ||||
6. | Keen Gaming | 2-5 | ||||
7. | SG e-sports | 1-6 | ||||
8. | ALPHA Red | 0-7 |
- For detailed match results, click HERE.
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Games will be live-streamed in 6 languages.[9]
- GESC Twitch
- GESC 2 Twitch
- GESC Thailand Twitch
- GESC Thailand 2 Twitch
- LigaGame Esports TV YouTube
- GESC Huomao
- RuHub
- Beyond The Summit Portuguese
Miscellaneous[edit]
- 2018-05-08 | GESC THAILAND DOTA 2 MINOR - Opening Video by GES Champions
- 2018-05-08 | GESC Thailand Dota 2 Minor Talents try Som Tum! by GES Champions
- 2018-05-08 | GESC Thailand Dota 2 Minor Players learning some Thai Tongue Twisters by GES Champions
- 2018-05-12 | GESC Thailand - Highlights by GES Champions
References[edit]
- ↑ "GESC Championship Payment Issues". dota.gg. 2018-10-30.
- ↑ George Geddes (2019-12-20). "Valve sues Singapore-based tournament organizer that owes $750K in prizes and wages". Dot Esports.
- ↑ Pandoradota2 (2019-12-21). "Valve allegedly sues GESC for $750k non payment of prizes and wages". GosuGamers.
- ↑ beartai (2015-04-25). "รายชื่อนักพากย์" (in Thai). twitter.com.
- ↑ beartai (2015-04-25). "รายชื่อนักพากย์ภาษาไทย" (in Thai). twitter.com.
- ↑ @GESChampionship (21 March 2018). "Team Secret Confirmed! GESC Thailand Dota 2 Minor will have @teamsecret as a direct invite.". Twitter. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ↑ @GESChampionship (12 April 2018). "Evil Geniuses, winner of the first GESC Minor in Indonesia has confirmed their attendance as the Championship Invite for GESC Thailand!". Twitter. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ↑ "Vega Squadron unable to attend GESC Thailand". Vega Squadron. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ GESC (2015-05-08). "GESC TH Event Guide" (in English). GESC.