Two years ago we launched the FACEIT Pro League (FPL) for Dota2 to offer professional and upcoming players with a place where they can play, practice, and improve within an in-house league environment. The mission of the FPL was to provide a spotlight to new, talented, and young players and speed up their access to the competitive scene of Dota2.

Due to certain issues that arose with the product and format of qualifications, we decided to put the project on hold and begin to work to develop and design a better solution. We have worked for months, together with the developers, professional players, and active community members to find and understand the right concept that will first and foremost add value to professional players, upcoming players, and even casual players of Dota2.

The outcome of this journey has given birth to two aspects:

i) from an organisational point of view, we decided to create a new independent team: the FPL Circuit. This team will focus entirely on the growth and development of the FPL project and maximize its impact for the Community.

ii) from a product point of view, we have released a new feature called Hubs which allows Organizers to create and manage an authentic in-house league format for their community and players.

Throughout September, the FPL Circuit team has been testing the new feature (Hubs) with professional players by re-opening the FPL in both Europe and North America to a great reception from everyone involved.

“I am excited to announce that I will be a part of the new Inhouse League by FPL, I think this is a great opportunity for the Dota2 competitive scene to grow together, allowing both new talent and also veterans to learn from one another and improve together in a good environment.”

— Tal ‘FLy’ Aizik

“FPL is a great place for the best players to practice without the worries of people ruining games. It’s a nice environment for myself and others to hone our skills and have fun playing with other serious competitors.’’

— Peter ‘ppd’ Dager

Today we are proud to announce the next step in this effort to provide the Community with a clear path to competitive scene in Dota2: the opening of the Dota2 FPL Circuit to players of every skill level. This gives every competitive player the opportunity to compete in a real in-house league environment and begin their journey to become a professional player.

How does the FPL Circuit work

The FPL Circuit consists of multiple Hubs divided by skill level which are called Divisions. Each Division will allow the players to compete in a solo only queue with the captain pick system and a team of admins dedicated to the FPL Circuit 24/7.

How to join the FPL Circuit

To join the FPL Circuit Divisions, players will need to have the right skill level for each specific Division and be subscribed to the FPL Circuit Organizer.

The subscription method allows the FPL Circuit to receive direct support from the community and guarantee a long term self-sustaining project (similar to the membership model applied in traditional sports). Not only this, but by applying a small paywall, we believe it will act as a deterrent for trolls and less serious players which will guarantee the quality of the competitive environment.

We highly advise all players looking to join these Divisions to sync their Dota2 MMR to their FACEIT Elo to make sure they are joining the Hub appropriate to their skill level.

FPL Circuit European Divisions

The top two players from FPL Challenger each month will qualify for FPL and immediately be able to play with the professional players.

The top five players from Division 3 will qualify to the FPL Challenger every month.

Arteezy has been dominating FPL North America with 68% win rate so far and is currently in first place

FPL Circuit North American Divisions

The top two players from FPL Challenger each month will qualify for FPL and immediately be able to play with the professional players.

To find all the FPL divisions please navigate to FPL Circuit page on FACEIT.

In Search of Young Talent

As we have proven in CS:GO on numerous occasions, the FPL is a place where young talents like ropz, frozen, Zywoo, Oskar, NEXA, woxic, plessen and many others can launch their careers and get scouted by top teams and players. The same counts for Dota2 FPL where MinD_ContRoL in 2015 made a name for himself by dominating it and winning two seasons. It didn’t take long for everyone to understand how much potential he had to achieve great things in the future.

We know that there are other players similar to MinD_ContRoL out there just waiting for the right opportunity to come along and showcase their potential. We want to provide that structured path to the professional scene and shine the light on these up and coming players. This is the main mission of the FPL, why we built the Hubs/in-house leagues system and we can’t wait to see yet a new talent rising the ranks.

Mind_Control took TI7 with Team Liquid. Photo cred. Wykrhm Reddy

Can You Find Other In-House Leagues on FACEIT? Absolutely, Yes!

Our future development of the FPL Circuit includes involvement of other in-house leagues on FACEIT which have been created by local or regional communities. Our plan is to, at one point, start involving them by unlocking paths for them to the FPL’s first Division.

Here is a list of Organizers within the community currently using Hubs in beta:

And many more yet to come.

If you are interested in opening a Hub in the beta stage, please send us an email at [email protected].