WePlay Dota2 League Season 3: Live Stream, Prize Money and Main Event Schedule

Season 3 of the WePlay Dota2 League is coming to an end. Sunday marks the culmination of a long and competitive season. The campaign began on August 15. Four online regional divisions and four more Grand Final spots from those divisions make up the playoff bracket.

Because of the $200,000-plus prize pool, the event has attracted some of the best Dota2 players in the world. The video below presented by the league organizers explains the format and payouts.

The main event is a marathon. It lasts four days and began on Thursday. The event is being held at the International Exhibition Centre in Ukraine, Kiev. The 12-year-old venue is 70,000 square feet and fit for an event with such widespread appeal.

Many fans who are interested in the series won't be able to make it to Kiev to view it live. The event can be seen via live stream on Sunday on We Play TV's Twitch channel at 5 p.m. CEST/ 2 a.m. ET. 

The broadcast will be in Ukrainian, but those looking for an English transmission can tune into joinDOTA.com.

Three Teams to Watch

Team Secret

Some team names are literal.

Team Secret was just that in the days leading up to the tournament's beginning in August. Now that the Dota2 community has learned the members of this star-studded team: Clement '"Puppey" Ivanov, Gustav "s4" Magnusson, Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi, Dane Johan "BigDaddy" Sundstein and Israeli Tal "Fly" Aizik.

This is truly a team with worldwide appeal. As one of the strongest invited teams in the EuroCIS group, Team Secret is a team to keep an eye on in the main event.

Team Malaysia

Despite being without a primary sponsor much of the tournament, Team Malaysia has still remained a top team in the Asian division.

The squad was dealt a blow when Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung, the team's captain, decided to leave the group. He explains his decision in a lengthy Facebook post. You can read it here. 

With only three official members remaining (Lee Kong "kYxY" Yang, Chong Xin "Ohaiyo" Khoo and Wai Pern "Net" Lim), it will be interesting to see how TM performs.

Navi

Another team dealing with transition is the Navi squad. In November, Artem "fng" Barshak was removed and replaced by Arthur "Goblak" Kostenko. Per gb of WePlay.tv, the move was not performance related, but the statement released by the team may cause some to read between the lines.

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"We changed our Dota 2 squad 2 months ago. Today we are ready to announce new changes in it. Unfortunately notwithstanding the last victory at D2CL, the total amount of losses has gone beyond the limit.

We have to inform that Artem 'fng' Barshak does leave our team to be replaced by Arthur 'Goblak' Kostenko. We are very grateful to Artem that he accepted our invitation in the past and we are very sorry that we have to part with him so soon. Artem is a great player with a significant potential. He'll surely have a brilliant e-sports career.

This decision has nothing to do with Artem's level of game performance, the results at D2CL proving that. However the squad's results of the last tournaments showed that the team has lacked the leader's decisions lately.

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That kind of sounds like an "it's not you, it's me" explanation for a breakup. It's obvious Navi will not tolerate mediocre results. Perhaps Goblak can deliver where fng could not.

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