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The rising spread of the Omicron COVID variant and the health concerns and travel restrictions brought on because of it forced Valve to reconsider its DPC schedule.\u00a0 \u201cAs the Winter Tour of the Dota Pro Circuit 2021-2022 season draws to a close, we've made the difficult decision to cancel the first Major,\u201d Valve said. \u201cWhile hopes were high that we could host an international LAN event, the discovery and spread of new strains of COVID-19 and the resulting increase of travel restrictions has made it unfeasible for all qualified teams to gather for a LAN tournament.\u201d The Major, which would have ended the Winter Tour of the current DPC season, will not be rescheduled and the DPC Points which would have been distributed to the teams during the event have instead been redistributed across the remaining two Majors.\u00a0 The original point system already had the second and third Majors scaling in how many points would be rewarded, but this just adds more fuel to the upcoming fire. Here is how the new point structures look for the remaining 2022 DPC Majors: Major two:First place - 520 PointsSecond place - 310 PointsThird place - 210 PointsFourth place - 105 PointsFifth place - 52 PointsMajor three:First place - 680 PointsSecond place - 410 PointsThird place - 270 PointsFourth place - 135 PointsFifth place

Fifth place – 68 Points<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>

And, as the Winter Tour begins to wrap up its regional leagues, teams that place in the top five will still receive their share of DPC Points relative to their placements\u2014further rewarding the teams that have been playing well to start the year. <\/p>

Players who participated in the DPC Fantasy during the Winter Tour will still receive their rewards before the next Tour begins.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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