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The 10th anniversary of the Starladder Star Series kicks off tomorrow with the start of the newly added SEA regional qualifiers with the South Korean qualifier being replaced with a qualifier for the entire SEA region.
Season X will see the expansion to four different regional qualifiers making for a truly global experience with a total of eight teams heading to the offline finals in a new location yet to be announced.
The tournament boasts an impressive $80,000 base prize pool with $2.50 from the sale of each ticket going directly to the prize pool. Earlier this year Season 9 was able to reach a whopping $230,162 due to the support from the community purchasing the prize pool increasing bundle.
As always the bundle will come with cosmetic items with this season featuring a bonus item set for Tiny.
The prize pool will be distributed in the following split:
1st place - 45%2nd place - 20%3rd place - 14%4th place - 8%5th/6th place - 4%7th/8th place - 2.5%All matches will be covered in English by the Beyond The Summit team, in Russian by SLTV and in Chinese by LGD.tv
SLTV Europe | SLTV China | SLTV America | SLTV SEA |
16 teams, round robin | 8 teams, group DE | 8 teams, group DE | 12 teams, round robin |
Online: 27.08 - 05.10 | Online: 09.09 - 27.09 | Online: 26.08 - 24.09 | Online: 20.08 - 27.09 |
4 teams go on LAN | 2 teams go on LAN | 1 team goes on LAN | 1 team goes on LAN |
August 27, 2014 - October 5, 2014
The Teams
Na`ViAllianceTeam EmpireCloud 9Virtus ProMYMTeam TinkerRelaxPower RangersKompas GamingxGame.kzAlbumSCleaveFnaticSecret TeamQualifier Winner
September 9, 2014 - September 27, 2014
The Teams
The eight teams have yet to be announced.
August 26, 2014 - September 24, 2014
The Teams
EGNaVi.USSNANot TodayCNBuGDream DestroyersShadows in the Past
August 20, 2014 - September 27, 2014
The Teams
TitanExecrationArrowFirst DepartureMiTHInvasionImmunityMineskiJohnny's RevengeInsidiousIdolMSI-EvoGTAwake