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The broadcast talent for DreamLeague Season 8 revealed, giving us some of our favorite casters and hosts.
The Dota 2 year is quickly coming to an end, but it is not with a lack of action as DreamLeague Season 8 presents itself as the final Major of 2017, taking place December 1-3. Last night saw the announcing of the broadcast talent for the event, which saw lots of familiar faces heading to Jönköping, Sweden to cast and host the event for us. The talent for the event is as follows;
Host – Alan '‘Nahaz' Bester
Co-Host – Jake 'SirActionSlacks' Kanner
Commentators:
Owen 'ODPixel' Davies
Ioannis 'Fogged' Loucas
Toby 'Tobiwan' Dawson
William 'Blitz' Lee
DreamLeague Season 8
DreamLeague’s 8th Season features 8 of the best teams in the world, all who battled their way through regional qualifiers, making their way to Sweden to take part in the final Dota 2 Major event of 2017. The event will feature a double bracket elimination format and the following are the teams taking part;
Team Secret
Natus Vincere
Team Liquid
Virtus.pro
Newbee
Fnatic
Evil Geniuses
Infamous
With a massive total prize pool of $1,000,000 and 1500 Dota 2 Pro Circuit Points on the line, every team is sure to throw their all into each and every game in hopes of ensuring those TI8 qualifying points. The breakdown of the prize pool and Pro Circuit Points looks like this:
1st Place: $500,000 + 750 points
2nd Place: $200,000 + 450 points
3rd Place: $100,000 + 225 points
4th Place: 70,000 + 75 points
5th/6th Place: $45,000
7th/8th Place: $20,000
With only a few days left before the LAN event gets underway, the tournament is definitely shaping up to be one of the most exciting since the new season begun just a few months ago – with 4 of the participating teams holding the top 4 rankings for Pro Circuit Points and 3 of the teams who have yet to claim any points at all. You can keep up with all the DreamLeague Season 8 action here.
