In the next few hours, the Red Bull Battle Grounds 2015 DOTA 2 group competition will begin. With four teams on every one of the 5 regions (Southeast Asia, China, Europe, North America, Russia/CIS-Commonwealth of Independent States), only one per zone will move on to the playoffs on May 5th in Santa Monica, CA at the Red Bull eSports Studio.
At the playoffs, each team gets three lives and will have the opportunity to choose the team they will play against. The two best teams will go to the finals of the inaugural DOTA 2 tournament to be played on May 10th at The Warfield Theater.
The live broadcast of the first regional championship (the Southeast Asia Group Stage) will be seen on Beyond the Summit on Twitch with commentaries from experts at 4 AM Eastern / 1 AM Pacific.
Mark your calendar for future events:
April 6 at 1 AM PDT – Southeast Asia Group Stage
April 12 at 2 AM PDT – China Stage
April 16 at 6 AM PDT – Russia/CIS Stage
April 17 at 7 AM PDT – European Union Stage
April 28 at 2 PM PDT – North America Group Stage
May 10 Grand Final – San Francisco
For more info, check out http://www.redbull.com/battlegrounds.
[Source]: Red Bull Media.
[Via]: RLPR.