The best Hecarim player to ever grace the League of Legends stream scene will be hosting a huge tournament featuring prominent North American content creators and players. Dantes, also known as Doanel said on Twitter that he is taking inspiration from another popular streamer Drututt to make his own tournament as well.
Dantes is looking to liven up the NA streaming scene, wishing to bring out the talent and entertainment League of Legends streamers can provide to the community. These creators have always been at the forefront of the LoL player base, bringing in even more fans of the game to engage with other like-minded players.
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Dantes is known for his crazy antics when streaming as he has often been described as one of the most vocal parts of the community whilst also often getting into controversial situations due to his brazen behavior and attitude. Still, he is one of the most popular League of Legends creators as he also fell victim to unfair in-game bans during his visit to South Korea.
Dantes Tournament Information
Dantes posted on Twitter information regarding the tournament format and the total amount of participants. There will be a total of 50 players across 10 teams. Each team will have its own captain, as the top 10 streamers with the highest viewer count will have to take the leadership role. The organizer of the tournament also posted the requirements in order to be able to apply.
He also leaked some of the team captains on his YouTube video. Some of the captains will be, IWDominate, Solarbacca, Trick2G, SoloRenektonOnly & more.
In order to be a team captain, you will need to have had over 20 concurrent viewers for the last 30 days, over 50 hours streamed for the last 30 days, and be an NA-based content creator. He has also pointed out that every team needs to consist of the following ranks:
- 1 Team Captain
- 1 Player that has been consistently Challenger
- 1 Player that is between Master and Challenger (Challenger peak is allowed)
- 1 Player that is between Diamond and Master (Master peak is allowed)
- 1 Player that is low elo, e.g. below Diamond (Diamond peak is not allowed)
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Dantes Tournament Schedule
The tournament will have the following schedule:
- December 5, 2023: Teams will be drafted; snake draft
- December 6-15, 2023: Teams will be able to scrim if possible
- December 16-17, 2023: The tournament begins in a Round Robin format, 2 of the worst teams will be eliminated at the end.
- December 18, 2023: Quarterfinals Best of 1 format.
- December 19, 2023: Semifinals Best of 3 format.
- December 20, 2023: FInals Best of 5 format.
Dantes Tournament Prize Pool
Although this is subject to change, depending on whether Dantes is able to find sponsors, he is estimating that the prize pool may range between 10,000 - 30,000 USD (possibly). The streamer will announce the exact amount on December 5, 2023.
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Summary
This is one of the most ambitious projects Dantes has ever partaken in, as he wishes to revitalize the NA League of Legends community by bringing in popular streamers to up the ante and hype up the LoL players as Dantes himself will be casting all of the games. You can watch his video for more information, here:
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