jD Masters and Open both return next week

Both the joinDOTA Masters and the joinDOTA Open tournament series have their first event in 2013 next week. Masters on Monday and Tuesday, Open on Wednesday and Thursday.

Christoph “malnor” Helbig Malnor is former Editor-in-chief of GosuGamers.net, now a guest editor for Dota 2 and general eSports topics.

The joinDOTA Masters will feature eight teams in a two-day tournament on Monday and Tuesday, 15 and 16 April. $1,500 prize money are at stake, so far six of the eight invited teams are announced. For the Masters, a series of invite tournaments, it's already the eleventh edition. This time, it's an all Western competition again.On Monday, 15 April the four quarter finals will be played, followed by the semi finals and the final on Tuesday, 16 April. Streaming will be provided byfnaticNa'ViEvil GeniusesTeam LiquidmousesportsQPAD Red PandasTBDTBDIn the joinDOTA Open series, any team can play, with 512 teams being the maximum number of participating teams. Next week will be the sixth installment of the tournament series, $1,000 prize money are awarded for the winner only.Registration for the tournament is possible on the. The tournament starts in Wednesday, 17 April, 18:00 CEST, check-in one hour earlier.