Cover image via chinadailyIn a shift from extreme sports, this year's Dew Challenge from Moutain Dew Malaysia will see the beverage company hosting Malaysia's largest and most lucrative eSport tournament
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The Dew Challenge DoTA 2 tournament offers a massive prize pool of RM150,000 divided into two categories: regional and college/university. Qualifiers will be held in major states across Malaysia starting from October.
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Dew Challenge DoTA 2 is set to begin with its qualifying rounds in:
Penang at Dot C.C on October 17-18
Kuantan at WOC Net Cafe on October 31-November 1
Kuala Lumpur at Orange eSports on November 7-8
Johor Bahru at King Surf on November 14-15
Selangor at Invasion on November 21-22.
After the single elimination qualifiers, top teams from the regional and college division will face each other in the national-level group stage for a spot in the finals
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The top four or six teams from each region will qualify for the national-level Group stage on December 4, as will the top four teams from the College/University edition. From the 28 finalists in the Group stage, eight teams will battle it out to "own the realm" and a share of the RM150,000 prize pool in the Grand Finale.
