UK computer builder DinoPC is running its own $5,000 Overwatch tournament which gets underway this week.
It’s not DinoPC’s first foray into eSports – it sponsors Reason Gaming and supplied systems to their winning CSGO team at i58 last month.
However, to our knowledge it is one of the first tournaments organised by a system builder with this kind of prize pool.
There have been other similar competitions in the past, such as the £2,250 Scan Computers League of Legends tournament, and Eclipse Computers has organised some in the past too, but this is a decent move from DinoPC to give the UK scene a bit of a shot in the arm.
The 32-team tournament starts on Friday September 23rd online, with 16 teams eventually entering a knockout stage. It will be a single elimination format, with the round of 32 a best-of-five and all other rounds best-of-threes.
The grand final will take place at DinoPC’s London headquarters on Saturday October 8th, and we’re sure DinoPC owner Valdimir Kuznetsov (who hates having his photo taken, so take lots of pictures of him) will be there.
First place will take home $3,500, second will pick up $1,000 and third place will receive $500.
More rules and event details can be found on this DinoPC Battlefy page.
Tickets to the final are free.
Tickets for the final are now available to buy (for FREE) 🙂 https://t.co/3ul8ZfvPys pic.twitter.com/XSnEgxkTyI
— DINO PC (@dinopcuk) September 20, 2016
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