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The Frankfurt Major (or "Fall Major") is the first event of Valve's Dota Major Championships, which will add 3 new publisher-sponsored tournaments each year in addition to The International.
- What's The format?
- Where Can I Watch It?
- Where Did IG Go? and Who Is Og?
- Which Group Stage Matches Should I Watch?
- November 13th: Group A and B
- November 14th: Group C and D
The group stages, which will be played over the next few days, will determine bracket placement in the main event. There are four groups of four teams, each playing best-of-threes in a double elimination format. Given the number of games taking place simultaneously, following all of the action in the group stages will be tough—but we'll get to that...
All of the matches will be streamed on Twitch and via the official Dota 2 streaming site. You can also watch the matches in-client using Dota 2's excellent spectator tools. This allows you to follow specific players, control the camera yourself, have your camera controlled by a specific commentator, or any combination of the above. If you're able t...
There have been some last-minute team changes due to the things that always happen at international esports events: Visa problems and surprise sponsorship. Chinese superstars IG encountered the former, and have been replaced by Newbee Young in Group C. OG, meanwhile, is the new name of (monkey) Business.
There's going to be a lot happening at once over the next few days and it's very hard to choose which matches to watch. With that in mind, let's break it down by day:
Group A comprises Evil Geniuses, Fnatic, Virtus.pro and Newbee. EG can reasonably be expected to be the favourites, here, but they've not been on quite the same world-beating form as they were when they won the International with their former roster. There's a lot of potential for upset within this group: Fnatic have talent but middling results. Ne...
Group C comprises Team Secret, Newbee Young, LGD Gaming and Cloud9. Secret's early fall was one of the big stories to emerge from TI5, but the subsequent roster change has worked out for them: they won MLG World Finals and Nanyang and came second at ESL One New York. They are, comfortably, the favourites to win this tournament. Newbee Young are les...
Nov 21, 2015 · After seven fiercely-fought games across the lower bracket final and grand final, OG have become the first winners of a Dota 2 Major. They’ll take home $1.1m.
- Chris Thursten
The Frankfurt Major, also known as the Fall Major, was a Dota 2 tournament which took place from November 13–21, 2015. The tournament took place at the Festhalle Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany.
The Frankfurt Major 2015 is the first seasonal Valve-sponsored tournament (or "Major") to take place, and the only one to be held in 2015. The event will be organized by European eSports group ESL Gaming at the Festhalle Messe in Frankfurt, Germany in November 2015.
Nov 21, 2015 · Game 1 - OG defeats Team Secret. Team Secret: Anti Mage, Queen of Pain, Slardar, Tiny, Shadow Shaman. OG: Phantom Lancer, Invoker, Tusk, Dazzle, Winter Wyvern. This opened up with a bang. Five...
Sep 23, 2015 · Now, finally, Valve has revealed that the first-ever Dota 2 Major will take place in Frankfurt, Germany, with 16 teams competing over six days for a total prize pool of $3 million.
