The road rolls on for hardcore DotA gamers nationwide to battle it out for the final 8 slots of the SMM Grand Finals in November 2008. Qualify teams stand a chance to meet heavy weights with the likes of MYM and SK Gaming considered by many to be the two best professional DotA teams in the world with a huge fan base world wide. A total of 44 teams will wrestle it out for the grand prize of RM 36,000, approximately USD$ 10,000.
Held last week in INC Cyber café located in SS2 Petaling Jaya, the SMM DotA Tournament reached yet another milestone when 40 teams participated in what is considered to be the largest number of participants in any SMM Grand National Qualifier.
Petaling Jaya – Top teams from across the land came for one of the most anticipated DotA event since the ESWC in 1 Utama to secure the last 8 slots for the SMM Grand National Finals that will commence on November. The SMM Selangor Qualifier drew an amount of 40 teams from across the nation including 2 teams from Singapore, making it the most participated SMM Grand National Qualifier to date.
While our team; UCPro.Tbun has already successfully secured a spot in the grand finals, home grown talents such as Team Massacre and Team MoMo put up a great show but did not manage to make it through the 2nd round, losing to Team Say Thanks and Team Terminal 2 respectively.
Team NyX’s member Purify, Cass, Jasminne, Jiayi and PoiPoiPoi stole the spotlight as the team consists of 3 girls and 2 guys, blowing their opponents away only to succumb in the quarter-finals against Team Say thanks. It was much fun having them around as they light up the arena with shouts, laughs and smiles even when they lost the game, redefining “Girl Power”.
Powerhouse Team Impreza were the favorites to win the Selangor qualifiers and they did not let their supporters down winning their games convincingly to set up a final show down with underdogs Team Say Thanks. The Finals of the SMM Selangor Qualifier between Team Impreza and Team Say Thanks was fairly one sided as Team Impreza mange to secure their initial line up during the draft stages while underdogs Team Say Thanks did not manage to pull off yet another surprise as they did through out the rounds leading to the finals with their unexpected hero picks making Team Impreza a formidable team to look out for at the grand finals.
Regardless of the results, the top 4 team progress to the SMM National Grand Finals in Berjaya Times Square on the month of November 2008 and they stand a chance of a life time to play with the likes of professional gamers such as Team MYM, Kingsurf, and SK Gaming.
We the Editorial Team of UCPro will be there to cover this exciting event and to bring you the latest news, updates, photos and interview. Do join us and make this event a success.
We will see you there!
