Midas Mode is a new game mode developed by Moonduck. The concept was first announced in February 2017 and the first iteration of the tournament was held in November 2017. 8 teams from North America and Europe participated.[1] The prize money goes to charity.[2]

Format [ edit ]

Four North American and four European teams are split into two separate divisions [3]

Each division plays a Bo3 round-robin in group stage: Last placed team will be eliminated Top seed qualifies directly for the Grand Finals The remaining two teams play an extra Bo3 series for the final spot in the Grand Finals

Tie-breaker rules: Number of games won Most Moonbucks



Rules [ edit ]

Basic rules:[3]

Each team starts the tournament with 7,500 M

Things that cost M Picking or banning a hero Their price is based on factors such as popularity and win rate The cost changes match by match Pausing Choosing side (Blind Auction)

Things that give M Randoming Passing on bans Completing bounties Every day the community suggests challenges Awards are doubled if the game is won Betting on the matches in the other bracket (max bet of 500 M )

Running out of M has a number of penalties Teams can only pick the cheapest heroes Cannot ban heroes, choose sides or pause the match

has a number of penalties

Bounties [ edit ]

Team won the match in which the bounty was collected.

Bounties Day 1 Name M Explanation Collected by Don't Drop Your Stick 300 All 5 players keep an ironwood branch in their inventory (not backback) all game long. Plant them just before the game ends. Happy Little Trees 250 Plant a tree in the enemy fountain before 25 minutes. All chat a message when you accomplish the task. No Io/NP/Monkey King. Knees in the Breeze 225 Pick only mounted heroes Lactose Tolerant 200 You must deny any aegis or shard your team gets from Roshan. You may keep and use only cheese. You must deny at least 1 aegis to accomplish this challenge. Level 1 Rosh 200 Team must begin killing roshan before the first bounty rune spawn and finish killing it. Keeping it in the Family 200 Pick a team with the same primary attribute (strength, agility, intelligence) It's a Trap 175 Leave an aegis on the ground for at least 1 min. Mango Bay 175 Your team must start the game with at least 15 mangos. No Filter 150 Your team MUST all chat "WE'RE SMOKING" every time you use a smoke. You may also type it in all chat at times when your team is not smoking. You must type it within 10 seconds of the smoke usage. Swordmaster 125 Sange, Yasha & Kaya on one hero

Bounties Day 2 Name M Explanation Collected by All in 300 Buy a Divine Rapier before the 30 minute mark A Game of Chicken 300 Move your courier into the Rosh Pit and announce “Cluck Cluck”. The enemy team has 45s to kill the courier in the pit. Complete before the 3 minute mark. The courier cannot leave the pit or die Black Friday Sale 250 Only pick heroes which are below 125M (No randoming allowed for this challenge) No Leg Strat 250 Draft must consist of 5 heroes that does not use their feet to move throughout the map. Lack of Rainbow 250 Your entire team must be themed in one color Just Pick Techies 150 Pick Techies Greed is Good 150 Get all 4 initial Bounty Runes Secret Santa 125 Before 10 minutes drop an observer ward, sentry ward, and TP scroll inside the Roshan Pit. Announce Happy Frostivus! To notify the enemy team. Targeted Toxicity 100 At the beginning of the game your captain names an enemy player. Whenever that enemy dies someone must flame them. Tailgate Party 100 Pick 5 heroes that have taunt cosmetics. All 5 heroes must taunt together within vision of the enemy team before the horn blows.

Bounties Day 3 Name M Explanation Collected by LuL 500 Your team must end the game with 0 denies. Denying teammates is still encouraged. Back in Beta 400 Only pick heroes that were available during the first International Best Defense = Good Offense 300 Your team cannot purchase BKB or Linkens 4 Protect 5 250 Give the aegis to the lowest net worth hero on your team. This hero must survive until the Aegis is reclaimed. Winning does not double the payout. Hide and Seek 250 Announce a hero on your team before the horn. This hero’s objective is to hide from the enemy team until 2:00. Your opponents have one opportunity to state the hero’s position in all chat. If they are correct you fail Tower Topple 200 Destroy all enemy tier 1 towers before losing any of your own. Winning does not double the payout.. Natural Causes 200 Lose your aegis to a neutral camp. Winning does not double the payout. "Worth" 200 Use all castable ultimates on one enemy hero. Heroes with passive ultimates do not stop you from completing this challenge. If you can activate your ultimate, activate it. Mr Midas will have final say. Winning does not double the payout. Thanks Purge 150 The first person to die on your team must wait 30 seconds in the fountain after respawning. During this time they must continuously explain in all chat why they died and whose fault it is. Pew Pew Lasers 100 Kill an enemy hero while using at least 2 dagons from your team

Bounties Day 4 Name M Explanation Collected by Kungfu Masters 900 Pick only melee heroes Bury Me Beneath a Tree 800 Plant at least 3 trees on a newly killed enemy. This must be completed before 15 minutes. What Should I Buy? 750 One team member all chats,”What should I buy?” before 30 minutes. The enemy team must respond with an item choice that costs under 2500 gold. You must purchase the named item within 1 minute and keep it in your inventory (no backpack or stash) until the end of the game to complete this challenge. Failure to purchase the item in time will incur a 200 Moonbuck penalty. Witchcraft and Wizardry 750 Collect 52 unused wand or stick charges on one hero. You must announce “Wingardium Leviosa” in all chat upon completion. Fat Finger 600 Activate all BKBs the first time it enters your hero’s inventory (If it enters the backpack it must be immediately moved to inventory and used). Does not double if you win Old School 500 Radiant can only pick Radiant heroes and Dire can only pick Dire heroes. Does not double if you win Get Out of My Game 400 Kill an enemy hero 3 times before they are level 6. All chat “Get out of my game” after the third kill. No Scope 360 Announce that you are doing a “360 NO SCOPE” in all chat. Within 10 seconds that player must perform a 360 spin and then kill an enemy player. Can only be attempted once per game by each team Five Pool 300 Your team must group as 5 as you leave the fountain. You must remain grouped until you kill an enemy hero. Does not double if you win Nostradamus 0 Pick an enemy hero and wager up to 1500 Moonbucks (announce both the hero and wager in all chat before leaving the fountain). If that hero has the most deaths on the enemy team at the end of the game you double your wager. If you are wrong you lose your Moonbucks. Does not double if you win.

Bounties Day 5 Name M Explanation Collected by All Yours 800 Before 30 minutes get Roshan below 200hp and all chat: "Rosh is all yours!" To complete the challenge, your team may not kill Roshan for the next 5 minutes. Walk of Shame 800 1st player to die from your team must walk from one side of the river to the other without leaving the river while their team spams "SHAME SHAME SHAME". If the player dies on the way, they either give up, receiving no moonbucks, or try again. Sacrifice 750 Deny an item, all chat what it was. If the enemy denies a more expensive item, they get the bounty instead. You may one-up their deny and so on and so forth. When the first rax of the game falls, the bounty ends. Doesn't double if you win. Pick My Hero 600 Draft must consist of 5 heroes that does not use their feet to move throughout the map. Dota Trivia Night 600 Multiple times per game a caster types a dota trivia question. The first team to answer 3 correct wins. Answers are taken from both teams as soon as they are asked, first to answer correctly wins 1 point from either team. Gotta Go Fast 500 Every player must start with brown boots. Jedi Counsel 300 Every player buys a force staff before any barracks falls. Treasure Hunt 300 Hide a bottle in the enemy jungle and announce treasure hunt in the all chat if after 5 mins the enemy doesn't find the bottle you win moonbucks. Big Spender 300 Win the beginning blind auction. Can be won multiple times by the same team. Hostage Negotiation 0 When a player is about to die his teammates may pause the game, they can then offer the other team an amount of moonbucks to let that hero live. You can only do it once. If the enemy team accepts the bribe, and leaves the hero alive, (the hero must live for at least 30s) they receive the moonbucks. If they deny the offer (or kill the hero) they lose 25% of the offer from their own moonbucks. Asking to spare a hero when they are going to die anyway negates the challenge.

Bounties Day 6 Name M Explanation Collected by Elimination Mode 1500 In an entire best of 3 do not pick or ban the same hero twice (Includes what the enemy picks and bans). Additional 1500M are rewarded if completed in 3 games. Book Club 700 Buy Necronomicon on at least 2 heroes before 30 minutes. Reach across the table 600 Draft an all ranged hero lineup. John Cena 400 All heroes on your team must be invisible at once. All chat, “YOU CAN’T SEE ME” to complete. One Ring to rule them all 350 Take a Ring of Health and place it in the enemy’s fountain. Must be completed before any of your opponents barracks have fallen. Cannot be purchased in the enemy base.

D.I.Y. Doom 350 Use both Nullifier and Orchid/Bloodthorn on an enemy at the same time. Chicken Turkey 300 Kill the enemy courier 3 times. Spell 300 All chat the casters an English word that can be spelt with the first letters of your heroes names. Order of the draft is not important.

Greater Fortitude 300 Have at least 50% status resistance. Cheapskate Discount 250 If the team picks 5 heroes below 200 moonbucks each, their draft cost is reimbursed. Random cancels the challenge.

Bounties Day 7 Name M Explanation Collected by Mr. President! 350 Nominate a teammate as President in all chat as you leave the fountain. If that hero does not die before 12 minutes you complete the bounty.

Deathnote 300 Write the name of an enemy hero in all chat. That hero must die within 30 to 60 seconds of when their name is called. If any of your allies or other enemies die any time between the all chat and challenge completion then the challenge is failed. Complete before 25 minutes. Prisoner of War 300 All chat “we have a prisoner” while dominating an enemy creep. This creep must be held in your high ground (but not fountain) for the rest of the game without dying to complete the bounty. The prisoner must be captured before the 20 minute mark. War of the Wards 200 Between 2 and 20 minutes your team may declare “War of the wards” in all chat. If you have more Observer wards placed than your opponents you gain 200 Moonbucks, if you have less then you lose 100. If teams are tied for observer wards, whichever team has more sentries will win. If it’s still tied no one wins.

EEficiency 150 Stack five camps at once. Announce, “TEAMWORK!” in all chat. Co-co-caster 150 Demote a player on your team to part time caster. Whenever they are dead they must all chat cast the game. Doors Open at Twelve 150 Your team must collect all four 12:00 bounty runes. Be polite 150 For an entire game compliment your opponent in all chat whenever they kill you. Watch Those Catapults 150 Have an ally hero get the last hit on each enemy tower you destroy. You must destroy at least 2 towers to complete this challenge Bankai 100 One player on your team must all chat the name of your ultimate before you cast it. This must be done 5 times in a game to secure the bounty





Bounties Day 8 Name M Explanation Collected by Old School 600 If you are Radiant, draft only Radiant heroes, if you are Dire, draft only Dire heroes. Your selection of heroes is also limited to the 46 heroes from TI1. Get Out of My Game 400 Kill an enemy hero 3 times before they are level 6. All chat “Get out of my game” after the third kill. No Scope 360 Announce that you are doing a “360 NO SCOPE” in all chat. Within 10 seconds that player must perform a 360 spin and then kill an enemy player. Can only be attempted once per game by each team Happy Little Trees 250 Plant a tree in the enemy fountain before 25 minutes. All chat a message when you accomplish the task. No Io/NP/Monkey King. It's a Trap 250 Leave an aegis on the ground for at least 1 min. 4 Protect 5 250 Give the aegis to the lowest net worth hero on your team. This hero must survive until the Aegis is reclaimed. Winning does not double the payout. Dota Trivia Night 250 Multiple times per game a caster types a dota trivia question. The first team to answer 3 correct wins. Answers are taken from both teams as soon as they are asked, first to answer correctly wins 1 point from either team. Tower Topple 200 Destroy all enemy tier 1 towers before losing any of your own. Winning does not double the payout. No Filter 150 Your team MUST all chat "WE'RE SMOKING" every time you use a smoke. You may also type it in all chat at times when your team is not smoking. You must type it within 10 seconds of the smoke usage. Greed is Good 150 Get all 4 initial Bounty Runes

Bounties Day 9 Name M Explanation Collected by Old School 600 If you are Radiant, draft only Radiant heroes, if you are Dire, draft only Dire heroes. Your selection of heroes is also limited to the 46 heroes from TI1. Get Out of My Game 400 Kill an enemy hero 3 times before they are level 6. All chat “Get out of my game” after the third kill. No Scope 360 Announce that you are doing a “360 NO SCOPE” in all chat. Within 10 seconds that player must perform a 360 spin and then kill an enemy player. Can only be attempted once per game by each team Mr. President! (VIP) 350 Nominate a teammate as President in all chat as you leave the fountain. If that hero does not die before 12 minutes you complete the bounty Cluck Cluck 300 Move your courier into the Rosh Pit and announce “Cluck Cluck”. The enemy team has 45s to kill the courier in the pit. Complete before the 3 minute mark. The courier cannot leave the pit or die Happy Little Trees 250 Plant a tree in the enemy fountain before 25 minutes. All chat a message when you accomplish the task. No Io/NP/Monkey King. It's a Trap 250 Leave an aegis on the ground for at least 1 min. 4 Protect 5 250 Give the aegis to the lowest net worth hero on your team. This hero must survive until the Aegis is reclaimed. Winning does not double the payout. Thanks Purge 150 The first person to die on your team must wait 30 seconds in the fountain after respawning. During this time they must continuously explain in all chat why they died and whose fault it is. Doors Open at Twelve 150 Your team must collect all four 12:00 bounty runes

Broadcast Talent [ edit ]

Prize Distribution [ edit ]

The prize pool for the finals is $60,000 USD . A cross regional final was proposed but both Team Liquid and Optic Gaming declined.

Participants [ edit ]

1 Digital Chaos dropped out of the tournament and were replaced by VGJ.Storm.[4]

Results [ edit ]

North America [ edit ]

Europe [ edit ]

Videos [ edit ]