Valve has recently unveiled the important dates for the qualifiers of the ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor and the Short film contest. Let’s have a look at the details of both announcements.
Valve officially revealed to the Dota 2 community that ImbaTV and StarLadder will be organizing the last Minor of the 2018-2019 Dota Pro Circuit. This is a more prestigious competition than any of the previous events of this category, since it will grant two tickets to the Major. The EPICENTER major is the last tournament for the teams teams to secure direct qualification to The International 2019.
StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor is all set to be held in June. The competition will take place in Kiev, Ukraine at the Kiev Cybersport Arena. Eight teams will compete for supremacy from 12th to 16th to get their hands on the last two spots of the EPICENTER. They will also be motivated to compete for the lion’s share of the $300,000 prize pool.
The community cheered when Valve announced no direct invites in the DPC because teams would have the “prove” they deserve it but honestly when you spend weeks bootcamping, playing an entire Major and then having to go home & play qualifiers 1 day later it is fucking exhausting.
— Matthew Bailey (@Cyborgmatt) May 15, 2019
The regional qualifiers of the Major kicked off a couple of days ago and are set to conclude later today. The teams that didn’t make it will have the opportunity to take the long way by competing in the qualifiers of SL-ImbaTV Minor. The first phase, the open qualifiers will kick off on the 19th May on Sunday. Only two team per region will qualify for the next, regional qualifier phase of the tournament.
After the end of the regionals, we will have the the last phase, the closed qualifiers will take place from May 21st to May 25th. Apart from Europe and China, only one team from each region will get to the Main Event.The former two regions have been granted two qualifier slots. The fans and the players should also prepare themselves for the next patch, that should arrive a few after the end of all these qualifiers.
Get ready for the Short Film contest
Valve also officially announced the opening of the submission for the annual Short Film contest.
The rules and regulations for the applicants haven’t changed much. Since, like previous years, they will have to make that no video exceeds the 90 seconds duration. The entries must strictly follow the Dota 2 theme. They will be open to be reviewed by the team community on the Steam Workshop. Valve will pick out the most popular videos from the Steam Workshop votes.
The Dota 2 Short Film Contest is now accepting submissions — https://t.co/76OyFnWz90 pic.twitter.com/zuJN1srvlB
— DOTA 2 (@DOTA2) May 17, 2019
Out the thousand of submission only the top 10 will be showcased in the Main Event of the TI9. The organizers will award these creator $ 500. Meanwhile, the top three finalists will be awarded from the $40,000 prize pool. The third ranked video will get $5,000. The 2nd place get $10,000 and the winner will get $25,000
You can submit your creations by August 7th, 2019. Before this date, you will have to fill out the submission for and complete other requirement including uploading the video. More detail of the TI9 Short Film contest can be found on Valve’s official website.
