Good Day you DotaTalk fanatics, I have some fantastic news for you.
Today we are announcing the Gigabyte E-Sports Tournament in proud association with yours truly, DotaTalk. We are having a range of Qualifiers to summon the best of the best of South East Asia. We are having a Rising Star Qualifiers first, which features 5 upcoming Semi-Professional teams that have been invited to all compete for one spot in the Main Event. The invited teams are as listed:
- Gizmo
- 1stVN
- Flash.Esports
- Xplicit
- SpaceMonkey
- Pacific.eMaxx
Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Phillipines and Indonesia. Each region will have a maximum of 32 teams that will compete in a Single-Elimination style tournament to fight for a spot in the Main event. The champion of each qualifier will go through to face the Invitees and other qualified teams. The Invitees will join the qualified teams in a Group stage, as well as a Single-Elimination Bracket form.
The Invitees include:
- Ideal.Gigabyte
- IZone.Gigabyte
- N9(Ex aL)
- Mineski
- Orange.Esports
- MuFc
- 1v5
- Mith.Trust
- Armaggeddon
- Duskbin
The Tournament is regarded as the biggest SEA Tournament hosted by DotaTalk, so grab your team mates and enter the qualifiers to battle it out for the $1500 Prizepool!
Champion: $1000
1st runner-up: $500
Then, the champion and the 1st runner-up winners will get to compete with LGD and iG for another cold, hard cash of $1500.
Overview: More information
Registration: Registration form
Rules:
- All the teams are only allowed to play 1 regional qualifier. Teams caught playing more than 1 will instantly get DQ. (Teams invited and lost in Rising Stars qualifier are allowed to play 1 regional Q)
- 15 minutes late start allowance given. (after that, disqualified from the tournament)
- Using Players from another team participating in the tournament will not be tolerated, and teams caught doing this will be given a deflost.
*Teams from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam & Myammar can participate in Thailand Qualifier
*Teams from New Zealand can join Indonesia qualifier

