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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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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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black is not going to be playing for hot6 as far as i know. not sure what the reason was
and i find it interesting that you didnt mention 5inq at all as contenders, despite them almost beating phoenix last season. they changed 2 of their players but id still put my money on them to reach the finals.
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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.
Yes its the french sc2 player cArn aparently they lost today :
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Someone knows where the korean VOD will be uploaded ? Many thanks.
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korean vods can be found on gomtv's site. not sure if it works for foreigners but its worth checking
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Yeah I checked but can't watch it outside South Korea. I will wait for the channel on youtube maybe.
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The fact that Purge is on a pro team is just sad. He plays like garbage and I'm 100x better. That's just fucking sad, any random trash can make a team in KR scene
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I think Zephyr already played against MVP and another team and won, right?
Go team Blitz!
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Birdgang was the only team worth rooting for that has gone to Korea so far I'm pretty sure 
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On January 12 2014 03:14 Minkazami wrote:
The fact that Purge is on a pro team is just sad. He plays like garbage and I'm 100x better. That's just fucking sad, any random trash can make a team in KR scene
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Could not agree more.
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On January 12 2014 03:35 Jochenpeter wrote:
I think Zephyr already played against MVP and another team and won, right?
Go team Blitz!
Yes, they played MVP Hot6 and EoT-Drill in the Fomos Dota2 League Season 3 group stages.
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On January 13 2014 15:54 Haxity wrote:Birdgang was the only team worth rooting for that has gone to Korea so far I'm pretty sure
"gone" to korea? the team was made in korea
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On January 13 2014 20:58 evilfatsh1t wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2014 15:54 Haxity wrote:Birdgang was the only team worth rooting for that has gone to Korea so far I'm pretty sure "gone" to korea? the team was made in korea
YEAH DAWG TENBIRD DEFINITELY DIDNT LIVE IN ARIZONA BEFORE MOVING TO KOREA TO FORM A DOTA TEAM TO COMPETE!!! Disgusting nitpicking idiots, go post on reddit.
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how does tenbird moving to korea mean birdgang went to korea? the team was made in korea by players from around the world, korea included. logic fail. understanding english fail.
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