Boston Major 2016 is the fourth major tournament from Valve, which took place from December 3 to December 10, 2016 in Boston, America. Congratulations to the team, which took first place in this tournament, and this is the third of four majors that this team won. The Boston Major is the first Dota 2 tournament that was held using the Single Elimination system, and the first tournament from Valve that the legendary captain Puppey missed, taking fourth place with Team Secret at the regional qualifiers. A lot of negativity poured out on Valve due to their choice of Single Elimination, perhaps it was this format that did not allow such giants as Newbee, Wigns and Virtus Pro to go far, and the Ad Finem team, which was a second division team before the tournament, to take second place.

During the week of LAN finals, 85 games were played, a good start to the game was shown, oddly enough, by outsiders of the tournament Wings Gaming, Newbee, Team NP who have best results for first 10 kills. The worst first 10 kills went to EHOME, LGD Gaming and Digital Chaos. As for the first bloodsheds, the top three were Evil Geniuses, Newbee and LGD FY, while the worst in this ranking were WG Unity, Team NP and EHOME. Interestingly, Team NP showed the best results in the first 10 kills, while almost always giving First Blood to the opponent. It is worth noting the game EHOME, which stably “feeds” at the beginning of the game, nevertheless, stays afloat and sometimes, even with such a start, confidently wins .

Representatives Asian region Boston Major 2016 had the most, 9 out of 16 teams can be attributed to this region, while all of them they performed just awful, not a single team was able to oppose anything to its rivals from Europe and America. The sensation of the tournament was the defeat of the Newbee team, the unofficial leader of China, in the first match of the playoffs, and to the team from the open qualifications of Europe - Ad Finem, where it all ended for them in 8-16 lines of the tournament table.

If for some reason you missed the games of this event, the editors of our site have highlighted for you best matches of Boston Major 2016, which you should definitely watch, all of them are available on Dota TV:

• Virtus Pro vs Newbee (game 2)
• vs WG Unity (1 game)
• Virtus Pro vs IG Vitality (game 2)
• Ad Finem vs

The echoes of the match for the title of the world chess champion, which took place in New York, have barely subsided when tomorrow, December 3, another major competition for fans of intellectual games starts in Boston, and that is what e-sports discipline is. The 16 best teams, flown to America from all over the world, will compete for the title of champion of the fall season and a substantial cash reward. Over the course of the week, the world of eSports will plunge headlong into the most anticipated end-of-the-year Dota event - The Boston Major. All detailed information about the tournament is in our material.

Organizers

It is generally accepted that in competitive Dota, as in most sports, the end of the World Championship is the beginning of a new season. Last year, the developer company Valve announced the start of final tournaments for each time of the year (except for summer, since then the World Championship itself is held - The International) called “majors”. Thus, last season the autumn (Frankfurt), winter (Shanghai) and spring (Manila) majors were held.

The most successful from all points of view was the tournament in the Philippines, co-organized by the European company PGL. Valve must hold the home tournament in America at the highest level, so they decided not to take risks and again entrusted the production to this studio. PGL has many years of experience, including The International tournaments, and an excellent reputation.

Location

As is already clear from the name of the tournament itself, the competition will be held in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. The venue for the final part of the tournament, which will be held from December 7 to 10, will be the Wang Theater, which can accommodate about three and a half thousand spectators. The group stage will take place directly at the hotel where the players live, and their training rooms are also located there.

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Prize fund

As before, the total prize pool for the tournament is $3 million, but compared to previous majors, the distribution of funds has changed slightly. Instead of $1.1 million, as it was last season, the winning team will receive 100 thousand less - $1 million. The silver medalist will receive $500 thousand, and the third and fourth places will receive $250 thousand each. Teams that took places from 5th to 8th, will go home with $125 thousand. The main losers of the tournament - the eight teams eliminated in the first round of the playoffs - will also be left without a monetary reward. Their earnings will be $62.5 thousand.

Format

The modification in the distribution of prize money is primarily due to a change in the tournament format. Valve decided to try a harsh innovation by removing the lower bracket from the playoff stage. This means that the team that loses a series of matches leaves the tournament - the classic Olympic system. While the players are not entirely happy with this format, the audience should benefit from this, since the teams will give their all on stage.

16 teams are divided into 4 groups, where they will fight each other according to the GSL system: the teams are distributed in pairs, then the winners of the first meetings play a match for first place, while the losers determine the outsider of the group. At the end of the gaming day, the loser of the winners' match and the winner of the losers' match meet, where they will compete for 2nd-3rd place in the group. All 16 teams advance to the playoff stage, which will take place in the Wang Theater building. The first places from one group will meet the last ones in the other, and the second places will face the third. Losing in the playoffs means elimination from the tournament.

Participants and schedule

The representatives of the East have a numerical advantage - six teams represent China, and three more from Southeast Asia. The hosts of the tournament are represented by four teams at once (if we take into account the Canadian-American composition of Team NP), two more from Europe, and our “bears” will single-handedly defend the CIS-Dota. The score 9-7 for representatives is not in favor of the West. True, the major has never been conquered by anyone other than the Europeans: OG became champions twice, as well as Team Secret once.

Opponents in the first matches:

Group A
* Wings Gaming, China - WarriorsGaming.Unity, Malaysia
* Digital Chaos, USA - LGD Forever Young, China

Group B
* Newbee, China - MVP.Phoenix, South Korea
* Virtus.pro, Russia - Team NP, Canada

Group C
* LGD Gaming, China - Team Faceless, Singapore
* Evil Geniuses, USA - compLexity Gaming, USA

Group D
* EHOME, China - Ad Finem, Greece
* OG, European Union - iG.Vitality, China

The start of matches in group A and B is scheduled for 18:00 Moscow time on December 3, quartets C and D start at the same time, only on the 4th. The group stage will be followed by a two-day weekend, followed by the start of the knockout stage on December 7th.

Broadcast

The GameShow TV channel together with Mail.Ru will cover the tournament for the Russian-speaking audience. Professional casters and eSports analysts will analyze specific matches live and help even unprepared viewers understand all the intricacies of the popular game. Also, guests of the broadcast during the broadcast of the final competitions of The Boston Major will be the famous sports commentators Viktor Gusev, Kirill Nabutov and Vladimir Stognienko.

The Game Show TV channel will organize a broadcast of The Boston Major Dota 2 tournament

* for the first time in the history of the majors, the CIS region will be represented by only one team;

* America has never been represented by four teams at Valve tournaments;

* one of the main contenders for victory in the Boston Major, Wings Gaming and Evil Geniuses, took last place in the last tournament, which was held in Manila;

* the only player who will not be able to defend the Manila Major title is Amer “Miracle-” al-Barqawi - the best player of last season;

* Greece will be represented at Valve tournaments for the first time in history. This is the merit of the Ad Finem team, which managed to leave behind the competition such formidable rivals as Team Secret and Team Liquid;

* six participating teams are mononational: iG.Vitality, LGD, EHOME and Wings Gaming - China, Ad Finem - Greece, WarriorsGaming.Unity - Malaysia;

* current world champions Wings Gaming are the youngest team in the tournament. The average age of its players is 19.8 years. The oldest are Koreans MVP Phoenix - 23.6 years;

* six teams are debutants at the majors: Team NP, Ad Finem, WarriorsGaming.Unity, LGD Forever Young, Team Faceless and iG.Vitality;

* only four teams took part in all four seasons: Evil Geniuses, Newbee, LGD and OG;

* The 16 players who flew to Boston are participants in all four majors.

Follow the progress of The Boston Major with "Championship". We remind you that the match with the participation of the Russian team Virtus.pro begins tomorrow, December 3, at 18:00 Moscow time. Don't miss the broadcasts on the GameShow TV channel!

Based on the results of yesterday's gaming day The Boston Major half of the participants dropped out: in addition to Virtus.pro, Evil Geniuses, O.G. & WG.Unity four more teams advanced to the quarterfinal round of the tournament bracket. By tomorrow, four more teams will leave the competition.

Yesterday, teams from Asia finished their performance at the championship: one representative from Southeast Asia and two teams from China lost to their rivals from the West. Digital Chaos easily dealt with Team Faceless, Team NP managed to beat EHOME with a score of 2:1, and Ad Finem surpassed Newbee. The tournament also left the lineup LGD Gaming, defeated by LGD.FY with a score of 2:0.

Teams that lost in the 1/8 finals took last place in the tournament and received $62,500 each as a reward. Competitors who are defeated in the quarter-finals will take home double the amount. The schedule of games for today, as well as recordings of yesterday's matches and other details can be found on our

Enchanting Greeks. Results of The Boston Major 2016

In this article we talk about the LAN finals of The Boston Major 2016 in Dota 2.

In this article we talk about the LAN finals of The Boston Major 2016 in Dota 2.

The event will take place in the American city of Boston from December 3 to 10 at the Boston Wang Theater, with a capacity of up to 3,500 spectators.

Tournament participants

Group A: Wings Gaming (China), Digital Chaos (Europe), WarriorsGaming.Unity (Malaysia), LGD.Forever Young (China).
Group B: Newbee (China), MVP Phoenix (South Korea), Virtus.pro (Russia), Team NP (Canada).
Group C: Evil Geniuses (Europe), compLexity Gaming (America), Team Faceless (Singapore), LGD Gaming (China).
Group D: EHOME (China), OG (Europe), Ad Finem (Greece), iG Vitality (China).

What are the ratings of the tournament participants?

Of the participants in The Boston Major 2016, the highest MMR is Artur "Arteezy" Babaev (9,018), and the lowest is Kimuel "Kim0" Rodis (6,452). The highest team MMR is the Chinese team Newbee (8,251), the lowest is compLexity Gaming (6,809).

Forecasts

Bookmakers consider Wings Gaming the favorites of the tournament, followed by the Chinese team, their sympathies are with Virtus.pro and Newbee. But the outsiders, in their opinion, are compLexity Gaming, Execration and WarriorsGaming.Unity. Just don’t forget that the Dota 2 scene constantly throws up surprises and anyone can win The Boston Major 2016.

Who to root for?

Our team is approaching the tournament as a favorite. The updated Virtus.pro roster began its journey with a victory at BTS Series Europe #4, beating Elements Pro Gaming in the final with a score of 2:1. After this, the “bears” earned tickets to such tournaments as: The Summit 6, Dota Pit League Season 5, The Boston Major 2016, ESL One Genting 2017 and ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 6.

Then the Russian team played the final of the European closed qualification for The Boston Major 2016, where Virtus.pro defeated Team Liquid with a score of 2:1 and earned a ticket to the LAN final.

The last tournament for Virtus.pro players was The Summit 6, in which they won the grand final over the OG team with a score of 3:0. It is worth noting that the “bears” at the tournament were able to beat their main competitors in The Boston Major 2016 - Wings Gaming with a score of 2:0.

The Boston Major 2016 schedule

December 3:

Group A
18:00 Wings Gaming 1-2 WarriorsGaming.Unity
18:00 Digital Chaos 2-0 LGD.Forever Young
21:00 WarriorsGaming.Unity 0-2 Digital Chaos
00:00 Wings Gaming 2-0 LGD.Forever Young
03:00 WarriorsGaming.Unity 0-2 Wings Gaming

Group B
18:00 NewBee 2-0 MVP.Phoenix
18:00 Virtus.pro 2-0 Team NP
21:00 NewBee 0-2 Virtus.pro
00:00 MVP.Phoenix 1-2 Team NP
03:00 NewBee 2-0 Team NP

December 4:

Group C
18:00 Evil Geniuses 1-2 compLexity Gaming
18:00 Team Faceless 0-2 LGD Gaming
21:00 compLexity Gaming 0-2 LGD Gaming
00:00 Evil Geniuses 2-0 Team Faceless
03:00 compLexity Gaming 2-1 Evil Geniuses

Group D
18:00 OG 2-1 IG.Vitality
18:00 EHOME 1-2 Ad Finem
21:00 OG 2-1 Ad Finem
00:00 IG.Vitality 1-2 EHOME
03:00 Ad Finem 1-2 EHOME

Playoffs

18:00 Virtus.pro 2-0 iG Vitality
21:00 Evil Geniuses 2-0 Wings Gaming

00:00 compLexity Gaming 0-2 WarriorsGaming.Unity
03:00 OG 2-0 MVP Phoenix
18:00 Digital Chaos 2-0 Team Faceless
21:00 EHOME 1-2 Team NP

00:00 Ad Finem 2-1 Newbee
04:00 LGD Gaming 0-2 LGD.ForeverYoung
18:00 Virtus.pro 0-2 Evil Geniuses
21:30 WarriorsGaming.Unity 1-2 OG

01:00 Digital Chaos 2-0 Team NP
04:30 Ad Finem 2-1 LGD.ForeverYoung
18:00 Evil Geniuses 0-2 OG
20:15 Digital Chaos 0-2 Ad Finem

Grand final:
23:00 OG 3-1 Ad Finem

The start time of matches is Moscow. The matches will be held in bo3 format. The playoff stage will take place from December 7 to 10.

Broadcast

Russian-language commentators will work at The Boston Major 2016: Vitaly “v1lat” Volochai, Roman “CaspeRRR” Lepyokhin, Dmitry “LighTofHeaveN” Kupriyanov, Victor “GodHunt” Volkov, Nikita “4ce” Kotkov and Dmitry “Droog” Chumachenko. RuHub studio will also send a film crew to America. Analysts did not receive an invitation from Valve to Boston. The analytics studio will host the show from Moscow.

Prize fund

The prize fund of the tournament was $3,000,000:

1st place: OG - $1,000,000
2nd place: Ad Finem - $500,000
3-4 place: Evil Geniuses - $250,000
3rd-4th place: Digital Chaos - $250,000
5th-8th place: Virtus.pro - $125,000
5-8 place: WarriorsGaming.Unity - $125,000
5-8 place: Team NP - $125,000
5th-8th place: LGD.ForeverYoung - $125,000
9-16 place: IG.Vitality - $62,500
9th-16th place: Wings Gaming - $62,500
9th-16th place: compLexity Gaming - $62,500
9th-16th place: MVP Phoenix - $62,500
9th-16th place: Team Faceless - $62,500
9th-16th place: EHOME - $62,500
9th-16th place: Newbee - $62,500
9th-16th place: LGD Gaming - $62,500

source: “Soviet Sport”

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The results of the group stage draw have become known The Boston Major in America, which will pass from 3 to 10 December at Boston's Wang Theater with a total capacity of ~3500.

The group stage is scheduled for December 3-4 with GSL format in the best-of-3 series. Then all teams enter the main event with a single-elimination bo3 bracket and a bo5 grand final. The first place of the group chooses an opponent for the first match between the 3rd and 4th places of the other group.

Group A	Group B
Wings Gaming	Newbee
Digital Chaos	Virtus.pro
LGD.ForeverYoung	Team NP
WarriorsGaming.Unity	MVP Phoenix
Group C	Group D
Evil Geniuses	O.G.
Team Faceless	EHOME
LGD Gaming	Ad Finem
compLexity Gaming	Invictus Gaming Vitality

After the group stage The Boston Major there will be a break of two days, and already December 7-10 There will be a main event with an unusual format for such a tournament.

The Boston Major

Sixteen of the world's strongest teams will compete at the first Major tournament of the 16-17 season in the American city of Boston, where the total prize fund of the tournament is three million US dollars, the champion will take the main title and $1,000,000. Champions of the last Major steel in Manila O.G., and first place on The International 2016 occupied by the Chinese team Wings Gaming.

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