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Alienware Asia DotA Championship 2010 kicks off in April!




Do you still remember the Christmas Eve fight between Malaysia and Singapore in ADC 2009? From June to December, hundreds of teams are participating for the title“King of Asia DotA”! Now, the competition is coming back! We are proudly presenting you the new season of Asia DotA Championship – Alienware Asia DotA Championship 2010!

In the new season, the top 8 teams from ADC 09’s regular season will be in Alienware ADC 2010 regular season’s list. But we have offer more chances for other teams, and in Alienware ADC 2010, the regular season will have 12 teams to participate!

Besides the tournament structure change, our prize will also be increased!

Prize Distribution for Alienware ADC 2010: $5550 USD to be won

Champion: $1,600
Runner-up: $1,200
2nd Runner-up: $800
4th Place: $400
5th Place: $350
6th Place: $300
7th Place: $250
8th Place: $200
9th Place: $150
10th – 12nd Place: $100


Tournament Structure:

Alienware ADC 2010 consists of 3 stages, including Qualifier Stage, Regular Stage and Playoff Stage.

Top 8 teams of ADC 2009 will automatically advance to ADC 2010 regular season. The 8 teams are:


Nirvana.cn
Nirvana.my
Aeon
MCiTY
StarsBoba
AlienwareDigi
Mineski.PH
DTrust

The rest 4 teams will need to go through qualifier with other qualifier national Champions.

Qualifier Stage

There are 2 phases for Qualifier Stage, first is Regional Qualifier. Regional Qualifiers will be held in 10 regions. All teams can participate in this largest Asia DotA online tournament. Qualifier format will be Best of 1, Single Elimination until 4 teams are remaining. Semi Final and Final matches are in Best of 3, Single Elimination mode.

10 regional qualifiers plus the 2 teams downgraded from ADC 2009, will form the Regular Season Quailifer. They will be divided into 4 groups, 3 teams each group, The winner of each group will qualify for regular season.

10 Qualifer Regions:

1. Singapore
2. China
3. Malaysia
4. Thailand
5. Indonesia
6. Philippines
7. Vietnam
8. South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh)
9. East Asia (Japan, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Korea)
10 Australia & New Zealand

Regular Stage

In Regular Stage, matches are to be played between Thursday 0:01 am GMT+8 and Wednesday 11:59 pm GMT+8 once a week. This period is being referred to as "Playday".

The 8 teams from previous season, and the 4 new teams from new season, will join the regular stage. In the regular season, we will also have 2 phases.

In the first phase, 12 teams will be divided into 3 groups, 4 teams each group, with Round Robin, and Best of 3 Format. In total there will be 3 playdays. The top 2 teams from each group, 6 teams in total will step into the the 2nd phase. The 3rd place teams in 3 groups will fight against each other for rank #7 to rank #9 with Round Robin and Best of 3 Format, The 4th place teams will be with the same rules for rank #10 to rank #12.

In the second phase, the remained 6 teams will be in one group with Round Robin Format. Each team must play 5 matches, once against each one of the other teams. In the second phase, the format will be still Best of 3.

The teams with the ranks #1 and #2 will directly enter Playoff. The clans with the ranks 3 - 6 will have to play a playup match, consisting of #3 vs #6 and #4 vs #5. Winners will be qualified for the Playoff.

Playoff

Playoff will be played after regular season. Games will be in Best of 3, Double Elimination format.


Registration Information

Signups will be open on March 31st! Alienware ADC 2010 will be using the Garena Tournament System together with Garena forum. Please register a team on the system first to get ready for signup!
Guide on How to Create a team: here

Signup threads will be created for each region. Teams are to signup on the Garena Tournament System first, then post the player list as well as leader contact information in the respective signup thread. If the player list in the signup thread differs from the GTS team list, forum thread will be the indicator.

Signup Thread : http://www.garena.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=988

More details of registration will be released on March 31st upon opening of registration.

Link to Qualifier Rule: http://www.garena.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=971165


About Alienware

Alienware is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, Inc. It mainly assembles third party components into desktops and laptops with custom enclosures for high-performance gaming. These products also support graphically intense applications such as video editing, simulation, and audio editing. Alienware also offers for sale rebadged computer peripherals, such as headsets, computer mice, monitors and keyboards. Alienware was founded in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila.

Visit Alienware website for more information: http://www.alienware.com/


source : Http://www.Garena.com/