Dust-Off World Rankings - DotA

Last Update: Dreamhack Winter 2008 (December, 3rd, 2008)

By: Matt Marcou & Neha Nair

Commentary:

In the last update for 2008, we finally see the emergence of several Asia teams on the rankings in our largest update of the year. Four of the six events added to the ranking were Asian events. Most notable were the dominating performances of eHome and fnatic, which jumped them to 3^rd and 7^th place respectively.

In the European scene, we see MYM maintaining their lead with a first place finish at Dreamhack, an event which has contributed the most total points to the rankings over the past year. SK placed second and mouz, who has been unable to crack the top 10 yet, placed 3^rd.

The North American competitive scene has remained quiet this year with no team except EG that has been able to crack the top 10. EG fell one spot in this month’s ranking as they have not competed at a LAN event since ESWC. This is also due to considerably fewer US events, but nonetheless the ranking do not discriminate.

The next ranking will feature a point balance system to lower the priority of events that occur over a year ago. This system will recognize the evolution of the game and the teams that step up to mastering the latest patches. The system will also weed out inactive teams or franchises that have ceased operations. See you next year!

Events included in the rankings:

• WCG Asia 2007 – C Event
• Fire in Ice 2007 – B Event
• ASUS Spring Cup 2008 – B Event
• Dreamhack Summer 2008 – B event
• ESWC Masters France 2008 – B Event
• WCG Asia 2008 – B Event
• ESWC Grand Finals 2008 – A Event
• MGC – B Event
• WGT Indonesia – C Event
• WGT Singapore – C Event
• ASUS Autumn Open 2008 – C Event
• SMM 2008 – B Event
• Dreamhack Winter 2008 – B Event

The purpose of the ranking system:

DotA is a developing e-sport and in its current form does not have a dedicated system to measure team performance over the long term. The Dust-Off World Rankings system is meant to fill this gap. The ranking is used to gauge the consistency of participating teams in their events and may be utilized in the future to seed events.

How the ranking system works:

All teams that compete in an approved live (i.e. LAN) gaming event will be ranked in the Dust-Off World Rankings. Points are awarded to a team for their final placing in an event.

Event Ranking Criteria

A Event: An international event including players from all three major regions (Americas, Asian/Pacific, and Europe) on par with a “World Championship” event (e.g. ESWC, WCG). Points awarded will be as follows: 1^st 1000, 2^nd 750, 3^rd 500, 4^th 250, 5/6^th 100, 7/8^th 50, 9^th-16^th 25 Points.

B Event: An event with international representation from two or three of the major regions, but limited participation due to worldwide format constraints or open registration (e.g. Fire & Ice, Dreamhack, SMM): 1^st 500, 2^nd 250, 3^rd 100, 4^th 50, 5^th-8^th 25.

C Event: An event with strong regional participation, but lack significant presence from outside regions. (e.g. ECG, Pan-Am Games, Pan-Asia Games, ASUS): 1^st 150, 2^nd 75, 3^rd 25.

Dust-Off reserves the rights to change this ranking system as necessary to accommodate the changing factors in e-Sports. If you would like to apply to have your event be ranked on the Dust-Off World Rankings please contact matt.marcou@gmail.com.