The tournament will challenge DOTA 2 gamers' to battle for the revered cup and winners will take home a cumulative cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. The tournament is divided into two rounds for each city - Eliminations and a Grand Finale – with the former being conducted from select offline venues as per a pre-set schedule.
The Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup is a venture by the Taiwan Excellence -- an initiative of Taiwan’s Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA and executed by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). It represents the innovation and technological image of Taiwan’s most competitive industries and is a symbol of reliability, innovation and tremendous value.
Speaking about the TEGC, Mr. Michael Lin, Director, Taipei World Trade Centre, Liaison Office, Mumbai, says “We have had an incredible response for the TEGC in the past two years. Gamers from across the country have converged on this one platform to display their skills and it has been an action-packed game carnival. This year, we are bringing out a bigger edition of the event. There is a lot more in store for enthusiastic gamers' from significant cash prizes to a championship title to some other amazing goodies. I hope the teams are ready to battle it out with their dynamic strategies.”
In its last two editions, the TEGC outdid most other contests on the popularity meter and garnered tremendous brand association. This year too, it has attracted several new brands as sponsors, including Acer, Adata, Asus, D-Link, Genius, Gigabyte, InWin, MSI, Optoma, Thermaltex, Transcend, and Zyxel. There will be a hi-tech exhibit of some of the latest products from Taiwan Excellence, including gaming laptops from Asus and the latest product GA-X99 Ultra gaming by Gigabyte and INWIN during the Grand Finale. It’s the best chance to experience Taiwanese gaming technology.
The TEGC is one of the few gaming tournaments in the country that utilizes these uber-cool brands to form a partnership and collaborate to bring something special for the players. With big names endorsing the Cup, passionate gamers indeed have a lot to look forward to.The gala challenge will see games like DOTA 2 (Steam version), Competition method: 5 versus 5 (team play, 5 players per team); and Game Mode: Captains Mode (CM) being played. The elimination rounds started from July 29th and are till 4th August in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata.
After the eliminations, 12 teams will qualify from the six locations to play in the Grand Finale that will also be streamed live on Twitch TV. The Grand Finale will be held on September 16th and 17th in Mumbai and will be a two-day long ‘League of Excellence’ festival open to all interested audiences at a central venue. The event will be streamlined live on Twitch TV. The prize money too is bigger this year with a total cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh to be won. All 12 teams qualifying for the finale will win guaranteed cash prizes. The winning team will take home a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakh. The team winning the second spot will get a cash prize of Rs. 80,000, while those winning the third and fourth spots will take home Rs. 40,000 each. The fifth and the sixth spot winners will take home Rs. 25,000 each. The seventh and eighth spot winners will take home Rs. 20,000 each and the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth spot winners will take home Rs. 12,500 each.
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