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[I]It's back![/I]- powered by Razer and BenQ - is primed and ready to be bigger and better than ever!Two tightly-packed months of Dota 2 action are waiting to unravel, featuring our new tournament website on the-defense.com , where residentcommentatorToby '' Dawson will be bringing youlive. Those matches will feature the following twenty top-tier teams, which have been invited to compete for a prize pool ofPrize Pool and ParticipantsThe Prize Pool will be distributed as following:6.000€2.500€1.500€The participating teams are:This time around, the teams invited to The Defense are almost entirely from Europe and North America, with the only exception being[B]Absolute Legends[/B]. Other teams of note are the defending title holders,[B]Na'Vi[/B], and coming team[B]POTM Bottom[/B]. However, with there still being four empty slots in the bracket, we are excited to reveal that for the second season of The Defense, joinDOTA will host an, where 512 teams can fight to take their place amongst the elite.Anyone can compete, but only the four best teams can take a slot. If you and your mates think you have what it takes, hurry over to joinDOTA, take a deep breath, and sign yourselves up Qualifier ScheduleSign-ups for 512 teams starts June 6thSign-ups close June 10th, 2012, 23:59 CESTQualifier starts 11th, 18:00 CESTPool system until top 3232 teams double elimination gridTop 2 upper bracket teams qualifyTop 2 lower bracket teams qualifyQualifier ends June 13th, 2012The 512 qualifier slots are first come first serve, so be sure to sign up as early as possible. They might be gone more quickly than you anticipated.As for the qualifier format, all teams will be placed in pool play, with the top 32 entering a playoff bracket, and the top two teams from the upper and lower brackets receiving a slot in the main tournament, which is scheduled to be running form the 21st of June until 12th of August, shortly beforekicks off.Everything else you need to know about [B]The Defense[/B] can be found on the website.

