StarLadder StarSeries Season 12

League Information

Series:

StarLadder StarSeries

DreamHack

Organizer:

StarLadder

Sponsor(s):

G2A
Republic of Gamers
E-sport-bets

Type:

Offline

Location:

Bucharest

Format:

Online League Play
Offline Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$150,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-03-09

End Date:

2015-04-26

Game:

Dota 2

Teams:

8

Dota TV Ticket:

$9.99 USD

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

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]