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DreamHack Winter 2015 TF2 Invitational powered by Marketplace.tf & esportunited

posted in News

October 20, 2015

Yes, you heard correctly! A four-team invitational TF2 tournament will be taking place at DreamHack Winter in Jonkoping, Sweden on November 27-28. Read on for all the details you need to spectate this brand new TF2 LAN playing host to a clash of the European titans!

DreamHack is one of the biggest names in esports, with events happening all over the globe and throughout the year. DreamHack is the worlds largest digital festival, the "indisputable largest LAN party in the world with over 26,000 visitors, 22,483 unique devices in the network and close to 10,000 visitors who enjoy DreamHack with their own computer". In 2013 TF2 was represented by the Swedish gamers from Saints who played in the Exhibition area challenging visitors to MGE matches for prizes. We've attempted to up the ante slightly from last year, and are going to be running a four-team invitational tournament, produced by teamfortresstv (with a fantastic helping hand from Saloon.tf) with on-site coverage and a sizeable $4,000 prizepool courtesy of Marketplace.tf!

Format

Teams will play a double-elimination bracket over the course of Friday and Saturday to determine the ultimate champion of European TF2. LAN is all that matters! Forget your ETF2L online finals, and petty scrim ELO. This is where the real men battle, face to face with the enemy, shoulder to shoulder with your team.

Invite Group

The following teams will be participating in the invite bracket:

Epsilon eSports
Reason Gaming
LEGO
Saints

The teams will play a full best-of-three double-elimination bracket. The event will kick off on Friday, November 27th at 16CET, with teams banning and picking maps throughout. The ruleset will be ETF2L Season 22 rules, perhaps with some spicy small changes depending on how devilish I feel! Map pool, precise schedule and rosters will be announced in a follow-up article, with a teaser video to get you hyped!

The $4,000 (~33,000 SEK) prizepot from Marketplace.tf - will be disbursed to the winning teams as follows:

$1,750
$1,000
$750
$500

Coverage

We're on the ground in the Exhibition area at DreamHack in Jonkoping with a teamfortress.tv crew sponsored by Saloon.tf to bring you live coverage. Check the website and our media outlets for content and updates:

twitch.tv/teamfortresstv - primary stream
Twitter - live updates, photos, and videos
YouTube - VODs

Casting veterans will be appearing alongside LAN media veterans and production members to deliver all of the action straight to your screens. The full breakdown of staff will be provided at a later date, but rest assured that this event will be covered to the classic teamfortresstv high standards. We had an opportunity to get a foot in the door of DreamHack by hosting a full LAN tournament in their exhibition area and hopefully turn a few heads, but teamfortresstv have decided to boot the door down and make a damn flashy entrance!

Conclusion

Hyped yet? Make some noise on twitter with the hashtag #dhwtf2 and get ready to witness what promises to be the beginning of a fantastic TF2 DreamHack story. One day we'll be up there with a Valve league, official DH LAN circuit, TI5 prizepool and salaried players! All you have to do is Dream...(Hack).

Thalash

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L A R G E

Dex

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Based enigma

CondoM

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H Y P E
Y
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empty_set

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Looking forward to this!

Setlet

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Will it be BYOC at the tftv stand/exhibition area?

Or do they play at their computer seats?

Will it be BYOC at the tftv stand/exhibition area?

Or do they play at their computer seats?

Maks

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so pumped for this

Kaneco

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Amazing news! Great work everyone!

DavidTheWin

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SetletWill it be BYOC at the tftv stand/exhibition area?

Or do they play at their computer seats?

We will have room for 2 teams to play + casters in the exhibition hall

[quote=Setlet]Will it be BYOC at the tftv stand/exhibition area?

Or do they play at their computer seats?[/quote]

We will have room for 2 teams to play + casters in the exhibition hall

pokemonizepic

2 Frags – +

yea boiiiiiii

#10

Setlet

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DavidTheWinSetletWill it be BYOC at the tftv stand/exhibition area?

Or do they play at their computer seats?
We will have room for 2 teams to play + casters in the exhibition hall

Nice. I'm waiting for those player cams, gives the event more personality I think.

[quote=DavidTheWin][quote=Setlet]Will it be BYOC at the tftv stand/exhibition area?

Or do they play at their computer seats?[/quote]

We will have room for 2 teams to play + casters in the exhibition hall[/quote]

Nice. I'm waiting for those player cams, gives the event more personality I think.

#11

Quites

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It's just beautiful to see this happen!
Wish you all GL :3

#12

Marterthantheaveragebear

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Thanks enigma

#13

WML

1 Frags – +

HOLY

#14

sheepy_dogs_hand

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This is really great but can someone explain to me why the prizepool is like

The $4,000 (~33,000 SEK) prizepot from Marketplace.tf - will be disbursed to the winning teams as follows:

$1,750
$1,000
$750
$500

This means that whoever comes 4th gets $500 for just showing up. Is this so they get the money they spend getting to there back? Wouldn't that just mean they are getting a free holiday to Sweden. Wouldn't it be better to make it so that the players have to actually win to get the money or at least make the winners get more. I think $500 for coming last is kinda unfair as there are other teams who would probably love to get $500 for going to dreamhack (also everyone in saints is actually from Sweden)

I could understand the prize pool here is there was an online qualifier but here you have literally just given 6 swedish people $500 to show up at an event they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now) and they would have gone anyway because they won't have to spend much to get there.

This is really great but can someone explain to me why the prizepool is like

[quote]The $4,000 (~33,000 SEK) prizepot from Marketplace.tf - will be disbursed to the winning teams as follows:

$1,750
$1,000
$750
$500[/quote]

This means that whoever comes 4th gets $500 for just showing up. Is this so they get the money they spend getting to there back? Wouldn't that just mean they are getting a free holiday to Sweden. Wouldn't it be better to make it so that the players have to actually win to get the money or at least make the winners get more. I think $500 for coming last is kinda unfair as there are other teams who would probably love to get $500 for going to dreamhack (also everyone in saints is actually from Sweden)

I could understand the prize pool here is there was an online qualifier but here you have literally just given 6 swedish people $500 to show up at an event they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now) and they would have gone anyway because they won't have to spend much to get there.

#15

DavidTheWin

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Sheepylol they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now)

I can't comment on any of the rest but this bit isn't true.

[quote=Sheepylol] they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now)[/quote]

I can't comment on any of the rest but this bit isn't true.

#16

Pete

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SheepylolI could understand the prize pool here is there was an online qualifier but here you have literally just given 6 swedish people $500 to show up at an event they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now) and they would have gone anyway because they won't have to spend much to get there.

ESEA gives money for 4th, it's to cover costs. As a matter of fact, ESEA gives the 4th place prize money to players weeks before so they can use it to cover traveling costs.

Also, if 6 people manage to make their whole trip cost less than $500, good for them tbh. That's a skill in itself.

[quote=Sheepylol]I could understand the prize pool here is there was an online qualifier but here you have literally just given 6 swedish people $500 to show up at an event they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now) and they would have gone anyway because they won't have to spend much to get there.[/quote]

ESEA gives money for 4th, it's to cover costs. As a matter of fact, ESEA gives the 4th place prize money to players weeks before so they can use it to cover traveling costs.

Also, if 6 people manage to make their whole trip cost less than $500, good for them tbh. That's a skill in itself.

#17

enigma

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DexBased enigmaMarterthantheaveragebearThanks enigma

Didn't do anything other than post a smiley in the other thread. Credit goes to sideshow & co.

[quote=Dex]Based enigma[/quote]

[quote=Marterthantheaveragebear]Thanks enigma[/quote]

Didn't do anything other than post a smiley in the other thread. Credit goes to sideshow & co.

#18

ondkaja

14 Frags – +

We will not use the original Saints roster... news coming soon!

#19

Hallow

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kaja din lögnaktiga jävla orm ge mig en trial

#20

Frozy

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Ond_kajaWe will not use the original Saints roster... news coming soon!

LET'S GO SWÄRJE

[quote=Ond_kaja]We will not use the original Saints roster... news coming soon![/quote]
LET'S GO SWÄRJE

#21

do0m

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http://elohell.net/public/comments/small/740fcddcbe7c42437e5f735ea80a2d81.jpg

#22

fex

17 Frags – +

Hallowkaja din lögnaktiga jävla orm ge mig en trial

by google translator "you lying fucking snake give me a trial"

[quote=Hallow]kaja din lögnaktiga jävla orm ge mig en trial[/quote]

by google translator "you lying fucking snake give me a trial"

#23

BumFreeze

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riot124What I'd like to know is how long have you been talking to DreamHack in general, and who contacted who first :D

From another thread, would be interesting to know
EDIT: according to sideshow stream, esportsunited opened communication

[quote=riot124]What I'd like to know is how long have you been talking to DreamHack in general, and who contacted who first :D[/quote] From another thread, would be interesting to know
EDIT: according to sideshow stream, esportsunited opened communication

#24

sheepy_dogs_hand

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Knuckles_SheepylolI could understand the prize pool here is there was an online qualifier but here you have literally just given 6 swedish people $500 to show up at an event they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now) and they would have gone anyway because they won't have to spend much to get there.
ESEA gives money for 4th, it's to cover costs. As a matter of fact, ESEA gives the 4th place prize money to players weeks before so they can use it to cover traveling costs.

Also, if 6 people manage to make their whole trip cost less than $500, good for them tbh. That's a skill in itself.

Yes but to come 4th in ESEA you actually have to win games online. I just think its a little unfair that saints are gonna get $500 without needing to win a single game. I just think its really unfair to get money like that without wining a single game as a team and I honestly don't think saints have a chance unless ondkaja gets some really sick lineup somehow.

[quote=Knuckles_][quote=Sheepylol]I could understand the prize pool here is there was an online qualifier but here you have literally just given 6 swedish people $500 to show up at an event they probably won't even practice for (saints aren't even playing online right now) and they would have gone anyway because they won't have to spend much to get there.[/quote]

ESEA gives money for 4th, it's to cover costs. As a matter of fact, ESEA gives the 4th place prize money to players weeks before so they can use it to cover traveling costs.

Also, if 6 people manage to make their whole trip cost less than $500, good for them tbh. That's a skill in itself.[/quote]

Yes but to come 4th in ESEA you actually have to win games online. I just think its a little unfair that saints are gonna get $500 without needing to win a single game. I just think its really unfair to get money like that without wining a single game as a team and I honestly don't think saints have a chance unless ondkaja gets some really sick lineup somehow.

#25

Sideshow

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You're assuming Saints will finish last. If any other team finishes last and there is any less than that amount for 4th place they are financially screwed, so we are accounting for that. There are also no better teams who would potentially attend at this short notice, we liaised with all the teams well before this.

#26

sheepy_dogs_hand

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Yeah thats fair enough although considering how good LEGO are right now I don't think Saints will win anything. I guess if Saints are the only team who can attend then it makes sense. I think its OK then as long as Saints actually practice hard (which I think they will do) instead of just showing up without caring and taking the money.

#27

Shounic

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who cares if Saints is gonna get rolled we're at dreamhack YAY

#28

Manky

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We esport

#29

T0m

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Wow its actually happening. Thats sick!

#30

ondkaja

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Hallowkaja din lögnaktiga jävla orm ge mig en trial

du har redan fått din jävla trial, här är resultatet:

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DU SUGER :D

[quote=Hallow]kaja din lögnaktiga jävla orm ge mig en trial[/quote]

du har redan fått din jävla trial, här är resultatet: [spoiler]DU SUGER :D[/spoiler]

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