PARAVISION advance to grand final at DreamLeague Season 29
The hands of an esport gamer clutching the controler at Encore Esports Gaming Lounge in New Rochelle on Thursday, December 20, 2018.
E Sports PARAVISION rallied for a 2-1 victory over Team Spirit on Saturday to reach the grand final at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.
Team Spirit will play in the lower-bracket final on Sunday against Aurora Gaming, which took down Team Falcons 2-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal on Saturday. The winner of the lower-bracket final will face PARAVISION in the grand final.
Sixteen teams began the Dota 2 tournament on May 13. The top four finishers from Group A and Group B moved into the upper-bracket playoffs, with the fifth- and sixth-place finishers advancing to the lower bracket.
The double-elimination playoffs began Tuesday. All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The winning team will take home $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.
On Saturday, Team Spirit opened with a 27-minute win on red, but PARAVISION rebounded with back-to-back wins on green (25 minutes, 36 minutes) to pull out the victory. Alan "Satanic" Gallyamov of Russia led the way for PARAVISION with a 27-7-13 kill-death-assist ratio. For Team Spirit, Russian Denis "Larl" Sigitov posted a K-D-A ratio of 23-8-19.
Later, Aurora registered a 23-minute victory on green and a 44-minute win on red to complete the sweep of Team Falcons. Malaysia's Chung "Ws" Wei Shen recorded an 18-6-28 K-D-A ratio to pace Aurora. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf of Jordan turned in a K-D-A of 7-9-5 for Team Falcons.
The Sunday schedule
--Lower-bracket final: Team Spirit vs. Aurora Gaming
--Grand final: PARAVISION vs. Team Spirit/Aurora Gaming winner
DreamLeague Season 29 prize pool (player prize money, club reward and base ESL Pro Tour points)
1. $250,000, $40,000, 6,000 points
2. $100,000, $30,000, 5,000 points
3. $80,000, $25,000, 4,000 points
4. $60,000, $20,000, 3,200 points - Team Falcons
5-6. $40,000, $15,000, 2,200 points -- Tundra Esports, PlayTime
7-8. $27,500, $12,500, 1,000 points -- Xtreme Gaming, BetBoom Team
9-12. $20,000, $10,000, 375 points -- Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, Vici Gaming, Natus Vincere
13-14. $12,500, $10,000, 140 points -- ex-HEROIC, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000, $10,000, 60 points -- GamerLegion, REKONIX
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