Shanghai Major Opening Stage fantasy game about to start

The fantasy game for the first stage of the Major goes live with regular season points.

Liquid have three of the five most-picked players

PW Major Shanghai Opening Stage

Format

– 16-team Swiss play with five rounds.

– Opening, 1-0, 0-1, and 1-1 matches are BO1; the rest is BO3.

Teams

 FURIA
 Liquid
 BIG
 The MongolZ
 GamerLegion
 Cloud9
 Passion UA
 Rare Atom

 Virtus.pro
 Complexity
 fnatic
 paiN
 MIBR
 FlyQuest
 Wildcard
 Imperial

Things to note

– This game will give away the normal amount of season points. Increased season points will come with the Elimination and Playoff stages.

– Compared to the RMRs, there are no deciders in the Major’s Opening Stage; therefore, there will be a smaller effect from padding earned by teams advancing early: two rounds worth of padding for 3-0 teams and one round for 3-1 teams.

Player prices

– The price of The MongolZ’s Munkhbold “⁠Senzu⁠” Azbayar was brought down from $228K to $220K in order to make him more affordable in the context of the event.

– With Rare Atom undeniably being the main underdog, all of their players are available for less than $180K, with YuLun “⁠Summer⁠” Cai going for as low as $169K.

Prizes


– Users will play for season points (the usual amount) and the following skin prizes provided by Chicken.GG:

1. Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)
2. Hydra Gloves | Rattler (Field-Tested)
3. Hydra Gloves | Mangrove (Field-Tested)