DreamHack Summer 2016
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The Team Fortress 2 DreamHack Summer 2016 Invitational, commonly refered to as DreamHack Summer 2016 or simply DHS 2016, is the 3rd edition of Team Fortress 2 competition a DreamHack event. DreamHack Summer 2016 is the only international European LAN in 2016 alongside Gamers Assembly 2016 and Insomnia58, and is considered to be one of the most premier events for Team Fortress 2 in the calendar year. It is currently being held in Jönköping, Sweden from 18 June to 19 June 2016.[1][2]
nameLess are the defending champions, having won the Winter 2015 edition (as Reason Gaming).[3] For the first time, a series of online qualifiers were held to decide which teams will compete at the event, as well as a prize of €1000.[4] nameLess, Perilous Gaming, Serpents and SUAVE won these qualifiers,[5][6][7][8] however Serpents and SUAVE were replaced by Comfortably Spanked and Crowns eSports Club after they could not attend the event.[9] An online showmatch was held to fundraise for expenses for these two teams.[10]
Contents
Fundraiser showmatch
On 13 June a showmatch between Comfortably Spanked and Crowns eSports Club, organised by teamfortress.tv, was held in order to help raise funds for the teams to attend the event.[10]
Prizes
Place | $ USD | Team |
---|---|---|
1st-2nd | $945 | Perilous Gaming |
nameLess | ||
3rd | $600 | Crowns eSports Club |
4th | $510 | Comfortably Spanked |
Participants
The participating teams were announced June 5, 2016. SUAVE and Serpents, winners of qualifier 2 and qualifier 4 respectively, were both unable to attend the event. Comfortably Spanked and Crowns eSports Club were invited to the event in their places.[11]
Differences from ETF2L 6v6 Season 24 roster
Only nameLess are competing with the same lineup as used in the concurrent ETF2L 6v6 Season 24.[12] Both Crowns eSports Club and Perilous Gaming are using backup players from their roster,[13][14] while Comfortably Spanked have subbed in Setlet from PC MASTER RACE for the event.[15]
Team | CL | S.24 player
|
Replaced by
|
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Crowns eSports Club | pierzzz- | BeaVerN | |
Perilous Gaming | Silentes | Tek | |
Comfortably Spanked | adysky | Setlet |
Results
The event was closed by the DreamHack staff right before the fifth and final map of the grand final was played. As yet, no decision has been made as to whether the match will be played online, during another event (potentially during i58) or whether the prizes will be split between the top two teams and the match will be called a draw. [16]
Additional content
Demos
Streams
Highlights
- 2016-06-28 | Vani vs. Crowns Esport Club: Dreamhack Summer 2016 (by Beater of teamfortresstv)
- 2016-06-30 | Thaigrr vs. Comfortably Spanked: Dreamhack Summer 2016 (by Beater of teamfortresstv)
- 2016-07-14 | Alle vs. NameLess: DreamHack Summer 2016 (by Beater of teamfortresstv)
- 2016-07-18 | Dreamhack Summer 2016 Highlight Movie (by emkay of teamfortresstv)
References
- ↑ TF2 Invitational at DreamHack Summer Toornament schedule
- ↑ DreamHack Summer 2016 Invitational Viewer's Guide
- ↑ Team Fortress 2 win DreamHack Winter 2015
- ↑ DreamHack Summer TF2 Online Qualifiers by TFCups and Razer
- ↑ nameLess qualifies for DreamHack Summer
- ↑ Perilous Gaming qualifies for DreamHack Summer
- ↑ Serpents qualifies for DreamHack Summer
- ↑ SUAVE Qualifies for DreamHack Summer
- ↑ Teams announced for DreamHack Summer by Sweetstakes.tf & Plantronics
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 DHS Fundraiser Showmatch: Crowns vs. Comfortably Spanked
- ↑ Teams confirmed for TF2 at DreamHack Summer by Sweetstakes.tf & Plantronics
- ↑ nameLess roster on Toornament
- ↑ Crowns eSports Club roster on Toornament
- ↑ Perilous Gaming roster on Toornament
- ↑ Comfortably Spanked roster on Toornament
- ↑ DreamHack Summer 2016 Invitational powered by Sweetstakes.tf Sideshow announces the forced closure of the event.
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