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DAC2018 will be a Major on the Pro Circuit and with the 6 direct invites already announced , PGL has moved on to sharing information for 5 of the 6 upcoming Regional Qualifiers.NA and SEA get 2 invite slots, EU only 1Much like Dreamhack did at DreamLeague, Perfect World has offered more slots to teams from the home region. As a result 3 of the direct invites went to Chinese teams and 3 of the 10 Regional slots are also reserved for China. Surprisingly North America has received 2 invite slots while Europe only has 1, although this could be a result of Team Secret and Team Liquid both already directly invited to the competition.Alliance among EU Regional teams despite lack of activityWith Secret and Liquid both invited it leaves OG and Team Kinguin as the strongest candidates for the European Regionals. However, the EU Regionals also features The Alliance , an organisation that has not competed officially since July last year. Alliance announced their new Swedish line-up at the end of 2017, but have yet to get cracking on the Pro Circuit.NA Regionals look stackedWith no direct invite going to North America and with Evil Geniuses, compLexity, Optic and Immortals all accepting invites to the Regionals, it should be a good one. Immortals'Kim ' QO ' Seon-Yeob recently announced he would be taking a break, with it yet unclear who will take his place long-term.Important datesOpen Qualifiers: 30th January - 2nd FebruaryClosed Qualifiers: 6th-9th February, 10th-13th FebruaryMain Event: 30th March - 7th AprilIf you wish to sign up your team to the Open Qualifiers you can find the links here