{"id":50400,"date":"2013-02-09T15:39:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T13:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=50400"},"modified":"2013-02-09T15:49:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T13:49:23","slug":"mygaming-dota-2-tournament-kicks-off-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/50400-mygaming-dota-2-tournament-kicks-off-sunday","title":{"rendered":"MyGaming Dota 2 tournament kicks off Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural MyGaming Dota 2 competitive cup tournament &#8211; the MyGaming Dota 2 Sunday Evening Cup Series (SECS) &#8211; is set to kick off this Sunday evening (1- February 2013) from 4PM.<\/p>\n<p>There is still time to enter the tournament, and even if you don&#8217;t make it this weekend, you can join in subsequent weekends to stand a chance of battling for the prize pot of R2,000.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, participating from the first weekend of the competition will give your Dota 2 team the best chance of securing a place in the final battle among the top teams.<\/p>\n<p>Details on the tournament can be found in the forum: <a title=\"Dota 2 MyGaming Sunday Evening Cup Series hosted by PolarfluKe\" href=\" http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/forumdisplay.php\/26-Dota-2-MyGaming-Sunday-Evening-Cup-Series-hosted-by-PolarfluKe\" target=\"_blank\">Dota 2 MyGaming Sunday Evening Cup Series hosted by PolarfluKe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also find helpful members handing out spare Dota 2 keys if you need one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50402\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dota-2-screenshot-end-game.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50402\" class=\" wp-image-50402 \" title=\"Dota 2 screenshot end-game\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dota-2-screenshot-end-game.jpg\" alt=\"Dota 2 screenshot \" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dota-2-screenshot-end-game.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dota-2-screenshot-end-game-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dota-2-screenshot-end-game-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dota-2-screenshot-end-game-625x350.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dota 2 screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>PolarfluKe will be running the tournament, and it will be streamed live &#8211; information on viewing the stream will be available on the <a title=\"PolarfluKe\" href=\"http:\/\/polarfluke.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">PolarfluKe website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are a team of professional Dota 2 players looking for a competitive structure in which to hone your skills, or a group of casual friends who reckon you have what it takes to put the so-called &#8220;pros&#8221; to shame, all are welcome to participate.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure there is something to play for, the winning team will receive a R1,500 cash prize from MyGaming, with the runner-up team receiving R500.<\/p>\n<p>Please post comments, suggestions, observations, criticism, discussions and any other thoughts you have in the <a title=\"MyGaming Dota 2 SECS forum\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/forumdisplay.php\/26-Dota-2-MyGaming-Sunday-Evening-Cup-Series-hosted-by-PolarfluKe\" target=\"_blank\">MyGaming Dota 2 SECS forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s up to the community to show us that there is room for such independent gaming cup tournaments, so get those forum posts coming and hone your Dota 2 skills.<\/p>\n<p>See you on the war fields.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50012\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakiro-Huskar-Batrider-medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50012\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50012\" title=\"Jakiro Huskar Batrider medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakiro-Huskar-Batrider-medium.jpg\" alt=\"Jakiro Huskar Batrider\" width=\"600\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jakiro Huskar Batrider<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">MyGaming Dota 2 SECS important forum links<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\" Welcome to MyGaming Dota 2 SECS \" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/29195-Welcome-to-MyGaming-Dota-2-SECS\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to MyGaming Dota 2 SECS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Rules and Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/29136-Important-Information-and-Rules Schedule\" target=\"_blank\">Important Information and Rules<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"MyGaming Dota 2 SECS Schedule\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/29137-Schedule\" target=\"_blank\">Schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your registrations in for MyGaming&#8217;s Dota 2 cup tournament<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":50401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,2785,8587,8588,8586],"class_list":["post-50400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-mygaming-competition","tag-mygaming-dota-2","tag-mygaming-dota-2-secs","tag-mygaming-tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50403,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50400\/revisions\/50403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}