Newbee, LGD.FY, Secret invited to Perfect World Masters minor

The Perfect World Masters minor direct invites have been announced, along with a few other details for the event. Newbee, LGD Forever Young and Team Secret have been confirmed to be attending the Dota 2 Minor scheduled to be held November 19-26, in Shanghai, China.

Ten teams from six regions (China, Europe, CIS, North America, South America, SEA) will be competing in the Perfect World Masters minor in Shanghai, China, for a slice of the $300,000 prize pool and 300 qualifying points for The International 8.

Three teams – Newbee, LGD Forever Young, Team Secret – have been directly invited to participate.

Seven other teams will participate by way of regional qualifiers: two teams from China and one from each of the other five regions.

Perfect World Masters minor Chinese closed qualifiers

• September 27-30
• Six invited teams: Invictus Gaming, iG Vitality, LGD Gaming, VGJ.Thunder, Vici Gaming, EHOME
• Two teams from the open qualifiers: TBD
• Double elimination bracket: the first round of the lower bracket will be best-of-one, other matches will be best-of-three series
• Upper bracket and lower bracket winning teams qualify for the main event

Perfect World Masters minor European closed qualifiers

• Six invited teams: SFTe-sports, PENTA Sports, mousesports, HellRaisers, Team Kinguin, +1 still TBD
• Two teams from the open qualifiers: TBD
• Double elimination bracket: the first round of the lower bracket will be best-of-one, other matches will be best-of-three series
• Winning team qualifies for the main event

Perfect World Masters minor CIS closed qualifiers

• Six invited teams: Team Empire, Natus Vincere, Vega Squadron, M19, Team Spirit, Double Dimension
• Two teams from the open qualifiers: TBD
• Double elimination bracket: the first round of the lower bracket will be best-of-one, other matches will be best-of-three series
• Winning team qualifies for the main event

Perfect World Masters minor North America closed qualifiers

• Six invited teams: Digital Chaos, compLexity Gaming, The Dire, VGJ.Storm, Immortals, Blue Pikachu
• Two teams from the open qualifiers: TBD
• Double elimination bracket: the first round of the lower bracket will be best-of-one, other matches will be best-of-three series
• Winning team qualifies for the main event

Perfect World Masters minor South America closed qualifiers

• Four invited teams: Infamous, SG e-sports, Digital Chaos SA, Midas Club Victory
• Four teams from the open qualifiers: TBD
• Double elimination bracket: the first round of the lower bracket will be best-of-one, other matches will be best-of-three series
• Winning team qualifies for the main event

Perfect World Masters minor SEA closed qualifiers

• Six invited teams: Mineski, Fnatic, TNC Pro Team, Execration, WarriorsGaming.Unity, Clutch Gamers
• Two teams from the open qualifiers: TBD
• Double elimination bracket: the first round of the lower bracket will be best-of-one, other matches will be best-of-three series
• Winning team qualifies for the main event

Perfect World

The Perfect World Masters minor will take place November 19-26, in Shanghai, China © Wykrhm Reddy‏

Perfect World is a China-based video game company specializing in MMORPGs founded in 2004 with a primary aim to develop and market games with Chinese characteristics.

In October 2012, Valve announced an agreement granting Perfect World exclusive rights to market and distribute Dota 2 in mainland China.

Perfect World hosted DAC, The International 5 Chinese qualifiers and the Shanghai Major – an event with less than stellar production results and a myriad of complications and problems.