The Hot Seat
About[edit]
The Hot Seat is a King of the Hill showmatch series hosted by JoRoSaR and sponsored by DingIt.
Each week, international players are invited to compete in a Best-of-9, winner-takes-all for a showmatch that results in the winners building a bounty and playing for a larger prize pool the next time around.
The showmatch series starts at a bounty of $150. The winner stays on to play next week, and $75 gets added to the bounty next time around. If a challenger defeats the King of the Hill, they take that player's bounty and start from $150 the following week as they begin to build a bounty of their own.
Rules and Format[edit]
The format is Bo9, with vetoes working as follows:
- Game 1: Starting map decided by vetoes (coinflip to determine who vetoes first).
- Games 2-7: Loser of the previous game picks from remaining maps in the map pool.
- Games 8-9: If there is a Game 8 (i.e. score is 4-3), a new round of map vetoes begins down to 3 maps. Player on the lower score picks the map for Game 8. If there is a game 9, the losing player picks between the two remaining maps.
- Example: Score is PartinG 3-4 Life and the 3 maps after Game 8 vetoes are Overgrowth, Catallena & Deadwing...PartinG picks Overgrowth for Game 8, and if there is a Game 9, Life can choose between Catallena & Deadwing.
The above rule allows for players to focus on the maps they are most familiar with, when the match gets down to the final few all-important games.
Map pool[edit]
Weeks 1-8
Weeks 9-15
About[edit]
Casters[edit]
The main personality for The Hot Seat is JoRoSaR, who is also the tournament organiser.
Players & Bounty[edit]
| Place | $USD | Win Streak | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $375 | 8 |   Bunny |  Team Liquid |
 2nd | $375 | 4 |   Petraeus |  mYinsanity |
 3rd-4th | $150 | 1 |  Hydra |  ROOT Gaming |
| Solar |  Samsung Galaxy |
Matches[edit]
Detailed Results[edit]
Week 11[edit]
| Bunny vs. GunGFuBanda | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunny |
5 | 1 |   GunGFuBanda |
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Win Ranks[edit]
| Top Contenders With At Least One Match Win | |||||||||||
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| ID | Team | Match Wins | Record | % | Record | % | Record | % | Record | % | |
| 1 | Bunny
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Team Liquid
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8 | 60% | 61% | 60% | |||||
| 2 | Petraeus
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mYinsanity
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4 | 59% | 47% | 71% | 63% | ||||
| 3 | Hydra
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ROOT Gaming
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1 | 60% | 83% | 44% | |||||
| 4 | Solar
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 Samsung KHAN
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1 | 56% | 56% | ||||||
| Zero Match Wins | |||||||||||
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| ID | Team | Match Wins | Record | % | Record | % | Record | % | Record | % | |
| 1 |  MajOr
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0 | 44% | 44% | ||||||
| 1 |  Lilbow
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 Millenium
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0 | 44% | 44% | ||||||
| 1 | ShoWTimE
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0 | 44% | 44% | ||||||
| 1 |  Welmu
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 Imaginary Gaming
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0 | 44% | 44% | ||||||
| 3 | Bly
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 Team Acer
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0 | 38% | 38% | ||||||
| 3 | TLO
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Team Liquid
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0 | 38% | 38% | ||||||
| 5 |  Harstem
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 Fnatic
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0 | 29% | 29% | ||||||
| 5 |  MaNa
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Team Liquid
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0 | 29% | 29% | ||||||
| 5 | Serral
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mYinsanity
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0 | 29% | 29% | ||||||
| 6 |  Kane
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mYinsanity
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0 | 17% | 17% | ||||||
| 6 | GunGFuBanDa
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 Planetkey Dynamics
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0 | 17% | 17% | ||||||