StarLadder StarSeries Season 12
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Bucharest Offline Playoffs
Overview[edit]
StarLadder StarSeries Season 12 is the 12th season of StarSeries organized by StarLadder. A total of 40 teams are divided in four regional divisions where they will compete for the 8 spots at the offline finals with a prize pool of over $80,000, increased by crowd funding via in-game ticket sales. For the first time, the offline event will not happen in Kiev but will be at the Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest during DreamHack Bucharest.[1]
Format[edit]
Regional Divisions[edit]
40 teams are divided in 4 regional divisions: Europe and CIS, China, America and South East Asia. 8 spots are given for the finals as follows:
- 4 spots in Europe and CIS.
- 2 spots in China.
- 1 spot in America.
- 1 spot in South East Asia.
Divisions' matches are played online from 9 March 2015 to 6 April 2015.
Finals[edit]
- 8 teams in a double-elimination bracket
- Grand Finals is a best of five with a one map advantage for the team coming from the winners' bracket.
Finals are played offline from 24 April 2015 to 26 April 2015.
Prize Pool[edit]
The base prize pool is $80,000 which can be increased by crowdfunding.
- For every ticket purchased, an additional 25% of the purchase will be added to the base prize pool.
At en end of the tournament, the total prize pool reached $134,424.[2] With the help of the organizers partners, the prize pool was finally increased to $150,000.[3]
| Place | $ USD | Percent | Team |
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 1st
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$67,500 | 45% |  Vici Gaming
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 2nd
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$30,000 | 20% |  Invictus Gaming
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 3rd
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$21,000 | 14% |  Cloud9
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 4th
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$12,000 | 8% |  Team Tinker
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| 5th-6th | $6,000 | 4% |  Team Malaysia
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 Alliance
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| 7th-8th | $3,750 | 2.5% |  Team Secret
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 London Conspiracy
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Participating Teams[edit]
Results[edit]
Regional Divisions[edit]
- For up to date results see the regional sub pages:
Offline Finals[edit]
Vici Gaming
London Conspiracy
Team Malaysia
Team Secret
Invictus Gaming
Team Malaysia Vici Gaming
Invictus Gaming London Conspiracy
Team Tinker
Team Malaysia
Team Tinker
Vici Gaming
Invictus Gaming- For detailed results for the Upper Bracket & Grand Finals, click here.
- For detailed results for the Lower Bracket, click here.
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
VODs[edit]
dotasltv on YouTube.com - LAN Finals VOD playlist
BeyondTheSummitTV on YouTube.com - LAN Finals VOD playlist
External Links[edit]
- Series Season XII Europe Announcement
- Series Season XII America Announcement
- Series Season XII China Announcement
- Series Season XII South East Asia Announcement
References[edit]
- ↑ DreamHack (March 24, 2015). "DreamHack Bucharest 2015 will host the StarLadder StarSeries XII Dota 2 LAN finals". Dreamhack.ro. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ↑ SLTV S12 Prize Pool
- ↑ Starladder (April 21, 2015). "StarSeries prize pool has been increased!". Live.starladder.tv. Retrieved May 4, 2015.