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　　The Compendium system that Valve introduced last year for the International 2013 which helped boost the tournament's prize pool to a record breaking $2,874,380 is set to be expanded upon with the launch of the first season of Dreamhack's ASUS ROG DreamLeague. The new League Compendium bundle which will arrive before the tournament's 3rd of March start date will be the first third party Compendium to launch in the Dota 2 store.

　　onGamers reached out to Christian 'Hellspawn' Lord, the Project Manager of ASUS ROG DreamLeague, to ask how it felt to be one of the first third party tournaments to launch with a Compendium and how Valve has been able to help grow the scene by providing necessary and new tools along the way to do so. Who told us that:

　　"With the great Dota 2 community and professional teams and the fantastic possibilities Valve creates it just feels amazing to be able to increase the prize pool if the community believes in our league and broadcasts are entertaining for them, wish we believe and hope :).

　　We also felt it was important to give the Dota 2 community a good package deal which includes items created by Danidem and Hunter, on top of that some funny and entertaining activities from The GD Studio."

　　The DreamLeague Compendium will also give access to the (currently unreleased) Fantasy League system which has been extended on from the one featured in the International 2013's Compendium to include a range of new features.

　　Followers of the Dota 2 content analysis posts will know that the updated Fantasy League system has been in the works for a while now and will include a number of new features such as draft scheduling, player trading, the ability for the league commissioner to control all of the league's scoring system and more.

　　

The Prize Pool

The first season of the DreamLeague will be kicking off with a base prize pool of $100,000 which will be split between the top six teams. The Compendium will act as a secondary prize pool booster with 25% of each Compendium sold contributing to a separate prize pool pot which will be shared across all of the twelve teams taking part.

　　There will be two different Compendium tiers in the Dota 2 store which leaves the community to decide how much they want to contribute to the tournament.

　　7.50 USD – Compendium, 25% goes to Prize pool9.99 USD – Compendium, 25% goes to Prize pool

Base Prizepool Split - $100,000

$40,000$25,000$15,000$10,000$6,500$3,500

Compendium Prize Pool Split

20% of the money raised.10% of the money raised.10% of the money raised.10% of the money raised.10% of the money raised.10% of the money raised.5% of the money raised.5% of the money raised.5% of the money raised.5% of the money raised.5% of the money raised.5% of the money raised.

The Stretch Goals

It wouldn't be a Compendium without stretch goals and the DreamLeague have come up with some very interesting ones.

　　

Stretch goals

Stretch goal #1 – 10k – Loading ScreenStretch goal #2 – 20k – Battle BonusStretch goal #3 – 40k – DreamLeague HUDStretch goal #4 – 60k – Chainsaw for PudgeStretch goal #5 – 80k – Invoker Set – (Will be available from the 25th of March)Stretch goal #6 – 100k – Luminous Cosplay at DreamHack Summer 2014Stretch goal #7 – 125k – Bruno’s Suit up challenge!Stretch goal #8 – 150k – Ability Draft Pro MatchStretch goal #9 – 200k – 2v2 pro caster mid tournamentStretch goal #10 – 600k – $100k Bruno vs 2GD Windrunner vs Faceless Void mid showmatch

The Divisions

The season will be played over 9 weeks and all the 84 league matches will be broadcasted from the new DreamHack TV6 Studio in Stockholm. All the teams will face each other once, and within the Division the teams will face each other one additional time. The Top 6 teams in the League Standings will move on to the LAN Playoffs at DreamHack Summer 2014. The last team in each division will have to re-qualify to the league for Season 2.

　　North American Division

　　Cloud 9Evil GeniusesTeam DogTeam LiquidEurope West Division

　　AllianceFnaticMeet your MakersSigma.intEurope East Division

　　Natus VincereRoX.KISTeam EmpireVirtus.Pro

The Schedule

All times below in CET.

　　Week #1 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　3rd March – Monday, 4th March – Tuesday, 5th March – Wednesday

　　Week #2 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　10th March – Monday, 11th March – Tuesday, 12th March – Wednesday

　　Week #3 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　17th March – Monday , 18th March – Tuesday, 19th March – Wednesday

　　Week #4 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　24th March – Monday, 25th March – Tuesday, 26th March – Wednesday

　　Week #5 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　31st March – Monday, 1st April – Tuesday, 2nd April – Wednesday

　　Week #6 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　7th April – Monday, 8th April – Tuesday, 9th April – Wednesday

　　Week #7 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　14th April – Monday, 15th April – Tuesday, 16th April – Wednesday

　　Week #8 (18.30 – 22.30 every day)

　　5th May – Monday, 6th May – Tuesday, 7th May – Wednesday

　　Week #9 Super weekend (14:30 – 22.30 both days)

　　17th May – Saturday, 18th May – Sunday

　　Playoffs – DreamHack Summer 2014 – 14-16 June (Times TBA)

　　14th June – Saturday, 15th June – Sunday, 16th June – Monday

　　

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