Wasting no time after the Shanghai Major, the organizers for the Manila major has now released their website at the same time as Valve released an official blogpost confirming the dates available on the website as well as informing the public of the ticket release date, and the production team behind the major.
On the official website there is not much to see at yet. It lists the basic information about the tournament such as the dates, presumably of the bracket stage, June 7th - 12th, confirms that the prizepool will be $3,000,000 (as both Frankfurt and Shanghai), the venue will be the Mall of Asia and contains a link to the ticket site.
Mall of Asia
The Mall of Asia has its own arena, aptly named Mall of Asia Arena, that seats 16'000 for sporting events but can, at full capacity, host 20'000 attendees. This, combined with the low ticket prizes (details below), should make this an event all of SEA will remember for years to come!
The Valve blog goes into a bit more detail as it confirms that PGL (mostly known for CS:GO productions) will produce the event, lists the ticket prizes (₱200/100/50 per day for the weekdays, and ₱400/200/100 per day for the weekend days) and gives us dates for roster locks (March 27th), the open qualifier (April 29th - May 2nd) and finally the main qualifier (May 3rd - 6th).
On the blog Valve also links a hype video that should get even the most emphatic 2GD supporters hyped for the event
The roster lock only gives teams about three weeks to finalize their roster moves, making it clear that Valve does not want to see big roster changes. Teams had a similar timeframe to shuffle before the Frankfurt major and teams and players alike were not afraid to express their dissatisfaction with this.
PGL Esports will be producing the event, they're a good bunch so I don't see this being worse. Although a Dota 2 Major is a lot of responsibility it should still be fine with a little help from Valve.
Always had a good impression of PGL, so I am optimstic for this one. But kinda strange that a bunch of Romanians organize a Dota Major in the Phillippines.
I dont like a major so close to TI.I hope TI will be late or mid august.The pre TI period must be like time room in drangonball everyone must be hidden and trainning.
Traffic would depend on where youre gonna stay. Teams will probaby be lodged near MOA so it wouldnt be a problem. Fans would be the one having trouble with the traffic
On March 08 2016 08:38 phantomlancer23 wrote: I dont like a major so close to TI.I hope TI will be late or mid august.The pre TI period must be like time room in drangonball everyone must be hidden and trainning.
I think it's this close because rosters will stay locked until after TI, so it makes sense kinda.
Looking ahead to The International 2016, Regional Qualifiers will be held in the second half of June, right after conclusion of The Manila Major
does that mean no roster change between?
With an eye towards The Manila Major Qualifiers, running May 3 – 6 with Open Qualifiers on April 29 – May 2, all teams must finalize roster changes by March 27. Rosters will remain locked from that date through completion of play at The International, making this the final opportunity for players and teams to choose their squads for the remainder of the competitive season.
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