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NSL Season 3 Begins Today
Season 3 of the Nexon Sponsorship League begins today in Seoul, South Korea. With 2 very successful seasons behind them, Nexon is continuing to increase it's production value and grow the Korean Dota 2 scene to a higher state. This final season will be quite the spectacle with the newly formed Team Zephyr, consisting of Purge, Blitz, SexyBamboe, Eosin, and Corey. They all took the trek to Korea this past month with the hopes of qualifying for the top 8, and competing in this season. They accomplished this with ease, and will hopefully show us some great games and help propel the Korean scene even further.
This season, like Season 2, will have a bit smaller of a prize pool, with a $56,880 sponsorship prize for first place. As well, the winner's of Season 1 and 2 will not be able to participate, so Startale and MVP Phoenix will not be present.
The team list will be fairly similar to last season. It will be nice to see fellow TL user Rem1kz and his team in action, and as always MVP hotsix will be a contender. Team Zephyr, as stated above already, will be the team to watch this season. Win or lose they will put on a good show.
The format will be like season 2, with double elimination starting in the quarter/semi finals, and will be bo3 until the semi-finals, which are bo5 from then on out. If you are in Seoul, head over to the GOMTV studio to catch the games firsthand.
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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/q0PBUuK.png) Team Zephyr - Blitz, corey, Eosin, Purge, SexyBamboe MVP HOT6ix - baNhwa, Mafia, Hoonji, Sunbhie, Danny 5InQ - QO, Sagun, Anarchy, [G]ㅅ선생, 똥섭쿤 Eye of Tiger Drill - Creative, Big Poor, LC, ProdoaK, 피노이폭격기 Eye of Tiger Hammer - pYung, Jum0ng, ch♥, Lly, me.gun All.In.Uz - I'mFenshuy, ShaGGy Izoku Huyazaki, Ave Rain, HectoR, Tomato And Patato ^-^ Don't Die ReM1kZ - ReM1kZ, The Park 내여친은컴퓨터속에, JesusStick, 대포폰, cArn- Team Angrybird - ZonNaCe, maro, Intouchable, YouRCrown {Kirito}, F.U.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/xc2eICu.png) Saturday, Jan 11 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)5InQO vs. Don't Die ReM1kZ Eye of Tiger Hammer vs. Team Angrybird Tuesday, Jan 14 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)All.In.Uz vs. Team Zephyr MVP HOT6ix vs. Eye of Tiger Drill Saturday, Jan 18 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Winners' Bracket Semi-Finals Day 1 Tuesday, Jan 21 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Winners' Bracket Semi-Finals Day 2 Saturday, Jan 25 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Winners' Bracket Finals Tuesday, Feb 04 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Lower Bracket Round 1 Saturday, Feb 08 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Lower Bracket Finals Saturday, Feb 15 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Grand Finals
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Go Zephyr 
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Huh, EoT is sponsored by xenics and one of the team has a load of pinoys. Well that's interesting.
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I'm not 100% sure if Black is playing with MVP or not, so I didn't mention it yet. And also I wonder if the Carn on ReM1kZ team is the sc2 carn.
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i think that's the right carn
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Why do I get the feeling that this experiment is not going to cause more Dota 2 teams to form, it seems like It's a smaller tournament every season.
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On January 11 2014 09:30 Dodgin wrote:
Why do I get the feeling that this experiment is not going to cause more Dota 2 teams to form, it seems like It's a smaller tournament every season.
It's set up to have a smaller prize pool each season.
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I just mean, compared to season 1, there are way less teams.
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On January 11 2014 09:32 Dodgin wrote:
I just mean, compared to season 1, there are way less teams.
Yeah, you're right. They qualified 16 teams in season 1 and did a group stage before the top 8 bracket stage. Last season and this season it's just straight to top 8 after the quals. hmm.
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Zephyr for NSL S3 champions!
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On January 11 2014 09:25 TheEmulator wrote:
I'm not 100% sure if Black is playing with MVP or not, so I didn't mention it yet. And also I wonder if the Carn on ReM1kZ team is the sc2 carn.
Sc2 carn was definitely playing the qualifiers with a team, probably safe to assume its him.
Edit - confirmed. https://mobile.twitter.com/cArn_sc/status/421646521646346240
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On January 11 2014 10:08 Bashnek wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2014 09:25 TheEmulator wrote:
I'm not 100% sure if Black is playing with MVP or not, so I didn't mention it yet. And also I wonder if the Carn on ReM1kZ team is the sc2 carn. Sc2 carn was definitely playing the qualifiers with a team, probably safe to assume its him. Edit - confirmed. https://mobile.twitter.com/cArn_sc/status/421646521646346240
Nice, thank you
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
On January 11 2014 11:14 Elurie wrote:
Final season?
Why?
I don't think DotA in Korea can die almost instantly after appearance.
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On January 11 2014 12:37 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:Why? I don't think DotA in Korea can die almost instantly after appearance.
Just the final sponsorship series or whatever.
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On January 11 2014 12:38 TheEmulator wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2014 12:37 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:On January 11 2014 11:14 Elurie wrote:
Final season? Why? I don't think DotA in Korea can die almost instantly after appearance. Just the final sponsorship series or whatever.
Missed dat thing.
So, they will finally move to some real tournaments except league where everyone can play and show some skill.
Hope, some well-established teams will find their way into DotA even though it will surprise me a lot with upcoming LoL Proleague.
Glad for Koreans, hope to see one team from region on TI4.
*inb4 Korean are TI5 champions*
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where's demon? how come demon isnt playing? :O
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poor remikz -_-. dun die seems to be last thing 5inq planned for him.
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On January 11 2014 14:30 Advantageous wrote:
where's demon? how come demon isnt playing? :O
He won season 2 with MVP. You can only win an NSL 1 time.
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