On Friday the 20th of June 2014 Bravado Gaming in conjunction with @Noxville and @ZLiveTweets will be hosting an 8 team exclusive invitational tournament based on teams located within South Africa and the United Kingdom. In this invitational tournament, the 4 best teams from South Africa and the UK will

On Friday the 20th of June 2014 Bravado Gaming in conjunction with @Noxville and @ZLiveTweets will be hosting an 8 team exclusive invitational tournament based on teams located within South Africa and the United Kingdom.

In this invitational tournament, the 4 best teams from South Africa and the UK will be participating. We hope that Dota 2 fans from both nations will arise to cheer for their teams so that our communities can excel and get on to the international stage.

The event will see some common international, as well as local names partake in the invitational tournament such as Bravado Gaming, Team Infused, Energy E-Sports, Team ForLove.INT and more. The event will feature some common local, as well as international names within the casting community such as Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and more!

The Bravado Brawl is to take place from Friday the 20th of June up until Monday the 23rd of June in a double elimination format with a best of 5 grand final and will include a $550 prize-pool.

All information regarding the teams, schedules, streaming, tickets, prize pool and communication can be found below.

The Brawlers

Bravado Gaming Emotion (RSA) Team Bronze

(UK) Energy E-Sports (RSA) Team Infused

(UK) ForLove.INT

(UK) Bravado Gaming Blue (RSA) Team Ichigogogo

(UK) Liberty FOJ

(RSA)

Bravado Gaming Emotion (RSA) Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

"After a longish break and a roster change, my team and I are really excited for some competition and to prove that we are still on top – Donio 'Doni' Teixeira"



Team ForLove.INT

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Bravado Gaming Blue (RSA) Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

"We're extremely excited for the Bravado Brawl, with our new additions to the team we are confident and motivated to put on a strong performance. Big shout out to all those that brought this tournament together, it's gonna be a real treat – Wesley 'oDu' Rose"

Team Ichigogogo (UK)

“Hi All ^^ Was asked to provide a little statement about us and our thoughts on this tournament. Firstly thanks to Bravado for hosting and inviting us to this tournament, do not know much about the SA Dota 2 competitive scene so we are all very much excited to participate in this tournament and see how we fair against the best of SA!

A little about us, the team consists of myself (1cHiGo_), my brother and 3 other friends. We've known each other for a long time, some of us 7 to 8 years playing Dota together – Essentially 5 friends who play a0l ot of pubs who love to compete and improve! We are not an official team as such and don't really have a name, but in recent UK tourneys we've gone under the alias ICHIGOGOGO. 😀

We hope to do well in this tournament and wish all participants the best of luck! :)”

Energy E-Sports (RSA) Website | Facebook

"Looking forward our top teams fighting against the UK's best. Along with testing the waters with the new addition of Disappoint. All in all should be a fun tournament and hopefully we can give good results – Ryan 'xeRa' O'Doherty"

Team Bronze (UK) Twitter

“We feel very comfortable facing the other british squads having more so than not achieved comfortable victories against them in previous cups despite a couple upsets that have led to the recent roster changes.

On the other hand the SA scene is a scene we know very little about and will be interesting to see what style of DotA they play. The British teams tend to have their own less orthodox ways of playing and I assume it will be the same within the SA scene which could lead to the creation of an exciting tournament.”

Team Liberty FOJ (RSA) Facebook | Twitter

"We as FoJ, moving from NSD to LiB-esports, are excited to be included into the Bravado Brawl, ending summer leg in dgl in a good position and having 3 roster changes, this will definitely be the a step in the right direction for us to grow as a team as more experience will be gained with UK's top teams being in this showdown, looking forward to it and hoping to make another underdog success"

Team Infused (UK) Website | Twitter

"Infused was formed in December 2005 and in the 8 year period of its existence has gone from strength to strength competing at the highest level online over the internet or offline at gaming events around the United Kingdom (Insomnia), Europe (Dreamhack/ESWC) and North America (MLG)."

The Prize Pool

The prize pool of the tournament will include a guaranteed $550 cash prize, where the victors will be taking $400 while the runners up will be awarded with a $150 payout.

The Tournament Format and Schedule

The format of the tournament will consist of a double elimination style where everyone will begin with a best of 3 (Winners Bracket) and those eliminated to the Losers Bracket will fight it out in a best of 1. The grand finals will include a best of 5 (no advantage) which will take place on Monday the 23rd of June at 6pm BST.

The brackets for the schedule can be found here.

Date Time Stage Casting Friday 20th June 6pm BST WB A & B (bo3) Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and More WB C & D (bo3) Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and More Saturday 21st June 2pm BST WB E (bo3) + LB J & K (bo1) Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and More WB F (bo3) Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and More LB L & M (bo1) To be confirmed LB N (bo1) To be confirmed Sunday 22nd June 4pm BST WB Final G (bo3) Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and More LB Final O (bo3) Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and More Monday 23rd June 6pm BST Grand Finals (no advantage) Zoot, Noxville, Hari, Durka and More



Tournament Shoutcasting and Streaming

The Bravado Brawl will be casted by non other than Ben ‘Noxville’ Steenhuisen, Xavier ‘Zoot’ Dhorne, Hari, Durka and others as they take you through all the action that you CANNOT afford to miss!

All games streamed on ZLIVE.

Alternatively, if you would like to spectate in-game Dota 2 by joining channel bvdbrawl. Please note that there will not be tickets on sale for the event, instead we have made the spectating FREE. Ensure that you join channel bvdbrawl in Dota 2 before the games go live in order to spectate in-game.

Contact Us

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Conclusion

Please stay in touch as we will be releasing in-depth details about the Dota 2 tickets, schedules, streams and much, much more!

Please note that this tournament won't, in any way shape or form, be regarded as an official test match between the teams who happen to be competing from different countries. This event purely includes individual teams who are located in different countries.