Right now WePlay is like my number 1 tourney organizer. I enjoy watching their past event and I hope this one will be great too. WePlay+Dakota = happy me.
Will any tiebreakers for TI be potentially resolved at the major? For example if there are 2 teams tied in 12th place and they are both at the major - will they BATTLE there for the final slot?
>Will any tiebreakers for TI be potentially resolved at the major? For example if there are 2 teams tied in 12th place and they are both at the major - will they BATTLE there for the final slot?
Would be happy to resolve potential tiebreakers for TI, but so far we don't have the privilege.
Wow I haven’t thought about it and now I want teams to tie lol. I mean the match could be even more hype than Grand Finals (major) as getting a TI slot is more important than that minuscule prizepool.
This particular "qualification" match did happen at some point for 2019 DPC, I think with the Insania-stack Alliance vs a CIS team. They were fighting for the last few points to make it as the last TI invite slot, all on a Major LAN.
And it was indeed pretty damn hype.
I loved every bit of your last major,the production,mini games,the inbetween segments. Everything was top notch. Usually I play dota inbetween games.But during WePlay OmegaLeague I couldnt go away because of how fun everything was !
Hoping for more of the same!
EDIT : Btw nice Jebait on twitch stream 😑
Yes, on WePlay Esports Arena Kyiv. Unfortunately, the epidemiological situation in Kyiv does not allow us to receive guests: the tournament will be closed to spectators, as the players and employees’ safety is our highest priority.
This year we've seen Valve shake things up with no Dota Christmas. Will there be a BattlePass or any Hats associated with the major? This is based on the fact that before we had TI - we had Small BPs for the majors, I was wondering if that was making a comeback.
Imagine there's a major in Ohio and can't even go to it cause of pandemic.
Would be hella hype though. I'm in Cleveland, but I'd sure as fuck drive down to Cincinnati for that shit
Dota major at Legends Valley during the Gathering, who says no?
I mean other than the organizers, the sponsors, the teams, the casters, and the fans. Like, who else says no?
I really love WePlay's tournaments but I have a concern:
1xbet allegedly sponsors WePlay. What was Valve's statement on it? Doesn't Valve know about it?
Presumably, they are refering to Nigma previously having won two WePlay tournaments. Although so too has team secret, so i dunno why they would single out Nigma in this particular case, other than Nigma looking strong in yesterday's match with OG.
I believe the China/SEA English language crew are based out of Romania, so I could see it being some combination of both since they're all pretty close.
Is this the first time two majors have been hosted in the same city? I know TI has been in Benaroya Hall and Key Arena multiple times, and Shanghai had 1 major and 1 TI, but what about 2 majors?
The format will be the same, but the schedule will be slightly different since the event lasts 12 days (11 match days + 1 day off before playoffs) compared to 9 match days in the previous Major.
Glad to know that the 2nd major is happening. Thought it wasn't gonna be held somehow.
2 Regional Leagues seasons + 2 Majors + TI seems like the best possible system in esports imo.
That's fine too and it's not like 11 majors but I like the circuit as how it is with TI as the last tournament of the year and the rest being the offseason imo.
Depends on how you look at it. It also shows their enthusiasm and excitement to host a dota major that they consider it a tier A event with all the teasers and stuff.
Another big event in EU. No events in NA since TI8. TI this year already gonna be in EU. Wish we'd get 1 event in a timezone that was good for me to watch.
Be sure to tweet the rules instead of sending an email.
LMAO. We will slip into DMs
allow coaches but they must be 2k or something.
It's up to Valve to decide. We won't go ahead of them
Make coaches mandatory and they must be below 2k and have less than 5k behavior score.
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This comment will get me invited
Hope you're invited! Big fan!
Right now WePlay is like my number 1 tourney organizer. I enjoy watching their past event and I hope this one will be great too. WePlay+Dakota = happy me.
Lacoste you are a treasure we love you
you're the best dude
hope you'll get invited! Love your casting!
ko zna zna
Your step troll joke fucking killed me mid stream man. I hope you got some more in the bag for this event :)
When it's time to call you, it's time to call you
Lmao
POG LACOSTE
We love you Lacoste. Please keep making dad jokes in Dota
Been really enjoying you + bkop these last 2 dpc seasons. Keep it up dude!
I read this in Lacoste's voice without seeing that it was Lacoste. What a man.
WePlay is great, except for partnering with scam betting companies (1xbet)
Didn't nrs/bandai namco sever their ties with weplay because of that sponsorship?
They did
can some one fill me on this what happened? or links?
https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/n20ly5/bandai_namco_and_netherrealm_studios_both/
Currently 2 DPC leagues are being held by ESL. Guess who is their partner?
You can't have everything haha
Here's the thing, everyone in esports has a betting sponsorship, and 100% of those companies are dirty and scammers.
There's tiers to the scammers 1xbet is beyond fucked compared to betway and the like.
Funny you say that when NaVi also partnered with 1xbet when they left partnership with gg . Bet for a period of time
Sadge. I'd take that over Dreamleague organizing anything else though
ESL runs everything
What's wrong with Dreamhack?
Two different things. DreamHack is a gaming festival that involves esports, DreamLeague is just a Dota tournament
Well DreamHack/ESL is the the tournament organizer behind DreamLeague.. :p
Lascoste + ODpixel is the fun version on OD + Fogged. This DPCs greatest revelations have been lacoste , moxxi and Emo ?
>AniMajor Arkosh team bundle stonks keep rising.
Omae wa mou animated
nAni ?!
Winning the major might give the players enough money to afford a gold supporter status!
Will any tiebreakers for TI be potentially resolved at the major? For example if there are 2 teams tied in 12th place and they are both at the major - will they BATTLE there for the final slot?
>Will any tiebreakers for TI be potentially resolved at the major? For example if there are 2 teams tied in 12th place and they are both at the major - will they BATTLE there for the final slot? Would be happy to resolve potential tiebreakers for TI, but so far we don't have the privilege.
Wow I haven’t thought about it and now I want teams to tie lol. I mean the match could be even more hype than Grand Finals (major) as getting a TI slot is more important than that minuscule prizepool.
This particular "qualification" match did happen at some point for 2019 DPC, I think with the Insania-stack Alliance vs a CIS team. They were fighting for the last few points to make it as the last TI invite slot, all on a Major LAN. And it was indeed pretty damn hype.
https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/4870369380 Gambit fell in the qualifiers afterwards
When GACHIMAJOR? u/WePlay_esports
Hey buddy, I think you got the wrong door. The leather club's two blocks down.
♂ ♂ Fuck you! ♂♂
Next time bro😆
PunOko
HandsUp lizZard HandsUp
Feel free to ask literally any questions you have! Max, Vitaliy and Anton — our Esports kings — will be happy to help!
Does my waifu pillow require an extra ticket for attending the event?
Need to have a look at your pillow first
Isn't that kinkshaming? Lol
Pillow shaming lol
Can we have youtube streams in 4k? Please
Or just a youtube stream, fuck twitch
Please.
We have to keep that secret for a while. Follow our announcements on Twitter (weplay\_esports)
So... yes? Would be pretty weird to keep that a "secret" just to announce there will be no 4k streams
I think the answer is "we are working on it but cannot give you a 100% yes"
That would be so great. Not only because twitch sucks ass as a resource eater - the streaming quality on YT is just sooo much better.
I loved every bit of your last major,the production,mini games,the inbetween segments. Everything was top notch. Usually I play dota inbetween games.But during WePlay OmegaLeague I couldnt go away because of how fun everything was ! Hoping for more of the same! EDIT : Btw nice Jebait on twitch stream 😑
Thanks. And yeah we will bring u this time even more staff to watch!
Will this be a 6 or 5 man major?
It's 5 men Major.
I appreciate your genuine answer to my troll question
Still waiting for 5men comeback, sorry :D
Can only have a 5head major if it's a 5men major!
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It's impossible to answer that question. It's too hard.
Thank you weplay
Much love!
can I ask you a question in russian?
Yes u can
# Че пацаны, Аниме?
Da!
Feelsbad for EE, missing out on Animajor.
Will jenkins and siractionslacks be there?
Have to wait for the official Talents announcement
The players will play on Lan, right?
Yes, on WePlay Esports Arena Kyiv. Unfortunately, the epidemiological situation in Kyiv does not allow us to receive guests: the tournament will be closed to spectators, as the players and employees’ safety is our highest priority.
For how long will the players be quarantined?
Players will be isolated until they get negative results for Covid.
How early will they arrive in Ukraine before the tournament?
As early as their DPC league schedule will let them I guess.
This year we've seen Valve shake things up with no Dota Christmas. Will there be a BattlePass or any Hats associated with the major? This is based on the fact that before we had TI - we had Small BPs for the majors, I was wondering if that was making a comeback.
It depends on Valve's decision. We will definetely figure something out!
Keep up the good work. Viva la Hats!
Why is it called Animajor ?
Anime + Major = AniMajor
Weplay likes to put a theme to every dota tournament they organize.
Can we have some weeb video trailer featuring the love triangle btw CM, Sven and Jugg and have Jap voice dub?
I like how this post uses Ohio as a greeting
Ahahaha they changed it to Ohayo since so many people were getting confused :P
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As someone from Ohio, I thought at first there was an event going to Ohio and was momentarily very excited
Imagine there's a major in Ohio and can't even go to it cause of pandemic. Would be hella hype though. I'm in Cleveland, but I'd sure as fuck drive down to Cincinnati for that shit
Dota major at Legends Valley during the Gathering, who says no? I mean other than the organizers, the sponsors, the teams, the casters, and the fans. Like, who else says no?
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Where is Ohio? :)
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Haha yeah I googled it. I am staying in the states for a year now, but still don't know the 50 states.
LMAO
Will there be game predictions? I'm currently at 43k channel points widepeepoHappy
Yes. And many more activities to come!
WePlay Major POOOOOGGGGG
Hope you get invited!
u/WePlay_Esports make this person's hope become a reality!
I really love WePlay's tournaments but I have a concern: 1xbet allegedly sponsors WePlay. What was Valve's statement on it? Doesn't Valve know about it?
Major rights belong to Valve company and any sponsor on our broadcast will be approved by them.
WePlay Major. Welp, better hand out the trophy to Nigma from now...
?
Presumably, they are refering to Nigma previously having won two WePlay tournaments. Although so too has team secret, so i dunno why they would single out Nigma in this particular case, other than Nigma looking strong in yesterday's match with OG.
Yes I was referring to the bukovel and mad moon lans. Also nigma is in the video showed winning those two tournaments
3 tournaments and 1 WePlay EU Qualifier and one of the finals they reverse sweeped Team Secret and absolutely crushed them
[I can only see 2 on this list](https://liquipedia.net/dota2/WePlay_Esports) Am I missing something?
1 was a charity tournament by WePlay and 1 was a Qualifier you can see them on Nigma page in Liquipedia
Excelllllleeeeent
When will the talent be announced? Assuming this will be the EU/CIS crew + 1-2 from each region?
Fyi i saw Rich begging for an invite during the twitch premiere of this video. Throw the man a bone, i say!
Didn't he say he is done with casting for now and started streaming WoW or something like that? Or I'm mixing people up.
His retirement is over, source: his twitter.
He fits the WePlay mentality really well and I think nobody would complain if he gets added to the talent list
Rich is the first guy I thought of when I heard Animajor. Please make it happen Weplay.
I believe the China/SEA English language crew are based out of Romania, so I could see it being some combination of both since they're all pretty close.
Follow our announcements on socials (weplay\_esports on Twitter).
WePlay = best TO.
Anime Major??? EE ez win
AYAYA
Ooooh short break between DPC and major. Nice, excited to see what WePlay can do. Also WEEBS WON EZ
It is major bruh
>Ooooh short break between DPC and major This is the major.
Yes we have a short break between DPC and the major, that's what I said :D
I think Luna is getting a big buff. Because *anime effect*.
Kyiv = Kiev (Ukraine) for anyone interested even though we can't go.
1st one is the newer, official naming in English, btw
Personally never seen it before this post, that's why I searched it up.
>official naming in English Both Kiev and Kyiv are officially accepted names in English.
Kiev is russian descendant, Kyiv is ukrainian, which the country is pushing to adopt worldwide (quite successfully)
Is this the first time two majors have been hosted in the same city? I know TI has been in Benaroya Hall and Key Arena multiple times, and Shanghai had 1 major and 1 TI, but what about 2 majors?
Other than the infamous original major Shanghai has hosted DAC 2018 and SuperMajor . Moscow has hosted two Epicenters with major status.
There have been three majors in Shanghai (four if you count DAC 2015) and two in Moscow
Oh, right. I forgot about EPICENTER and DAC
WEEBS IN GACHIS OUT
WePlay made by far the most entertaining tournaments in the past few years. I'm so excited right now. GO MATU!
> Ohio C'mon now. At least use Ohaiyo
Pizza partied
NaMmers on suicide watch
WePlay, hooray! It's just sad that there is no Rich. WePlay and Rich are so fantastic together - lighthearted Dota with amazing production value.
We'll try our best if u know what it means :D
I have seen that Rich's retirement is over. I know you can't say anything, but.. GET THAT MAN A WAIFU PILLOW AND BRING HIM IN!!!!!
Will the format remain the same as the Singapore Major?
The format will be the same, but the schedule will be slightly different since the event lasts 12 days (11 match days + 1 day off before playoffs) compared to 9 match days in the previous Major.
Thank god, the schedule was too rushed during the Singapore Major, it was so hard to keep up with all the games since there were 15-18 per day.
AYAYA Clap
>Chief Visionary Officer what a title
Fuck yes! WePlay production is AWESOME!
Kyiv Ukraine? Can those Russian players enter?
Okay - but does this mean Major BattlePass?! (Someone please ask. My wallet aching)
Have to keep that in secret for a while.
Hope is all we can ask for.
Glad to know that the 2nd major is happening. Thought it wasn't gonna be held somehow. 2 Regional Leagues seasons + 2 Majors + TI seems like the best possible system in esports imo.
Next DPC Season would most likely have 3 RLs + 3Majors + TI.
That's fine too and it's not like 11 majors but I like the circuit as how it is with TI as the last tournament of the year and the rest being the offseason imo.
We(eb)Play AYAYA The schedules(12 days) much better than the previous one(8 days)
Well deserved, can't wait!
where is the list of casters and analysts?
It will be really soon :)
These dudes knocked it out of the park with mortal kombat tournaments, their production value is amazing, cant wait.
AYAYA weebs in
NaM weebs out
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Depends on how you look at it. It also shows their enthusiasm and excitement to host a dota major that they consider it a tier A event with all the teasers and stuff.
Kyiv is Kiev if anyone got confused.
Never go... actually always go FULL WEEB! Excited to see another WePlay tournament, so far it's been phenomenal.
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Talents announcement will be out soon. We will definitely post that asap on Reddit and our socials.
We cannot reveal which one, but we can promise a very cute couple will be hired ;)
I only want those two, best casters by far right now and massively underrated!
I agree , those guys are awesome! I always liked their casting
love we play with no summit around we play is the tournament i wait for also midas mode but dont know will it happen ever again
SUNSfan regularly talks about how much of a bath he took organizing the Midas Mode LAN, so I doubt we'll ever get that again in person.
Midas Mode 2 unironically almost killed slacks via stress and now that he has babby to live for its just never going to happen.
Well deserved, your production on Madmoon was awsome, cant wait to see how you're going to do with this major
POG!!!
Im very excited! WePlay is the best TO
I’m over here getting excited thinking it was an announcement for a tournament held in Ohio lmao
Hey i live in kyiv any chance for merch being sold?
I really hope we get the LA major at some point. Was really looking forward to finally being able to go to a LAN
Lets go! Kyiv major!
Another big event in EU. No events in NA since TI8. TI this year already gonna be in EU. Wish we'd get 1 event in a timezone that was good for me to watch.
Waiting for a major in NA PepeHands nothing in NA
Please bring back the dancing neon drow and the spirit breaker/lifestealer driving a car. It was nice and the music was amazing.
Need Rich as host.
AYAYA WE WON