Electronic Sports Prime will be hosting its inaugural Shock Therapy Cup beginning 20 January, with a total $10,000 prizepool. The tournament will feature 8 of the top-tier teams in the West.
The tournament will be conducted in a double elimination playoff format, and the tournament will run over 5 nights from January 20 to January 25 2014. This will also be the first appearance of the team Pretty Boy Swag in professional competition since being sponsored by the eHug organisation. The double elimination bracket will feature a first round best of one, and best of ones in the loser's bracket up till the semifinals. All other matches will be best of 3.
As this tournament spans both the European and North American continents, the match servers will be decided via coinflip, while the team that loses the coinflip will get both pick choice as well as side choice.
The ticket for the tournament is priced at $8.99 in the Dota 2 store, and will be bundled with the Eye of Thunderkeg ward and Power Surge HUD skin.
English casting for the tournament will be handled by BeyondTheSummit.
January 20
RoX.Kis vs Sigma (BO1) - 5pm
Speed Gaming vs eHug (BO1) - 6pm
Winner's Match (BO3) - 7pm
Loser's Match (BO1) - 10pm
January 21
Liquid vs Fnatic (BO1) - 5pm
EG vs TBA (BO1) - 6pm
Winner's Match (BO3) - 7pm
Loser's Match (BO1) - 10pm
January 22
EU West Server Maintenance
January 23
Loser's Bracket Second Round Game 1 (BO3) - 6pm
Loser's Bracket Second Round Game 2 (BO3) - 9pm
January 24
Loser's Bracket Semifinals (BO3) - 5pm
Winner's Bracket Finals (BO3) - 8pm
January 25
Loser's Bracket Finals (BO3) - 9pm
January 26
Grand Finals (BO3) - 9pm
Prizepool distribution:
1st - $7,000
2nd - $2,000
3rd - $1,000
