Let's play it off!, is the message The Frozen League(TFL) brings up to you today. The highly anticipated playoff stage of the first season is reached, and six (6) teams will fight to be the Frozen King. After a bunch of weeks and an amount of awesome games between the world´s best teams and players, we can now be excited who will be able to get the crown.

Owing to the changes in DotA and the fact that other tournaments successfully used 6.43b, the upcoming playoff stage will not be played with the version 6.41, which was the version the whole season was played in - the stage will be played in 6.43b, which is the version the SENNHEISER PriDe 6 is using. Below you can find the seedings of the TFL-Playoffstage and the game-schedules:

Seedings #1 MeetYourMakers *out* #2 Check Six *out* #3 Virtus.Pro *out* #4 eXtreme DotA Team *out* #5 eMazing Gaming *out* #6 SK Gaming *wins*

Schedule Rounds Scheduled Round 1 July 9th - July 12 Round 2 July 13th - July 16th Round 3 July 17th - July 20th Round 4 July 21st - July 24th Round 5 (Finals) July 25th - July 28th

Brackets :

MYM
July 9 - 12		MYM		2
BYE
		July 13 - 16		MYM		2
VP		1
July 9 - 12		SK		1
SK		2
				July 17 - 20		MYM		1
xDT		2
July 9 - 12		xDT		0
eMg		1
		July 13 - 16		x6		1		SK
BYE
July 9 - 12		x6		2
x6
						SK		2

BYE
		xDT		2
July 9 - 12
		July 13 - 16		xDT		0
VP
		VP		1
				July 17 - 20		SK		2
BYE
		SK		2
July 9 - 12						July 21 - 24		SK
		July 13 - 16		SK		2
eMg
						x6		0
		eMg		1

Replays:

The replays of the match Virtus.Pro vs SK-Gaming can be found here: Game#1; Game#2; Game#3

The replays of the match extreme DotA Team vs eMazing Gaming can be found here: Game#1; Game#2; Game#3

The replays of the match MYM.DotA vs SK-Gaming can be found here: Game#1; Game#2; Game#3

The replays of the match Check Six vs eXtreme DotA Team can be found here: Game#1; Game#2

The replays of the match MYM.DotA vs Check Six can be found here: Game#1; Game#2; Game#3

The replays of the match SK-Gaming vs eMazing Gaming can be found here: Game#1; Game#2; Game#3

The replays of the match extreme DotA Team vs Virtus.Pro can be found here: Game#1; Game#3

The replays of the match extreme DotA Team vs  SK-Gaming can be found here: Game#1; Game#2

The replays of the match SK-Gaming vs Check Six can be found here: Game#1; Game#2

The replays of the match  MYM.DotA vs  SK-Gaming can be found here: Game#1; Game#2

After 3 awesome matches and a bunch of high-class gameplay by both teams, xDT were able to beat eMg and advanced into the next round, where they have to play against the top DotA-squad of x6, which advanced with a freewin to round 2.

eXtreme DotA Team	<	eMazing Gaming
Devildoff		Whisper
Scout		King
matan		DOGKaiser
Gok		Metro
LuCky.		Nessaj

eXtreme DotA Team	>	eMazing Gaming
Devildoff		Whisper
Scout		King
Dyno		DOGKaiser
Gok		Metro
LuCky.		Remstar

eXtreme DotA Team	>	eMazing Gaming
Devildoff		Whisper
Scout		King
Dyno		DOGKaiser
Gok		Metro
LuCky.		Nessaj

At the moment, our very own MYM.DotA team is playing against the swedish DotA-squad of SK-Gaming. Will it be the revenge for the squad of SK-Gaming, which lost against MYM.DotA in the grandfinal of the DreamHack 07, or will MYM.DotA take the ticket into the next round? - Let's see!

If you are interested in getting more information about this high-class clash you can check out Milo´s mainnews.

The SK-Gaming.com crew had a short talk with SK|Drayich and here is his statement:

Mym is one of the strongest team in the scene today, however lately they have not been too active.'' Probably Meet Your Makers wanted to take a summer vacation after all the effort they put in DotA during the last months and this makes SK Gaming slightly favourites in the match. ''With people on vacation they are a weaker opponent then they could be and i expect us to have good chances winning this game.

As well, check out our very own coverage about the DreamHack 07 for more information and a lot of other features, as for example videointerviews with MYM|Maelk, MYM|Merlini, MYM|H4nn1-, SK|Loda, and so on: DreamHack 07 is MYM-Hack

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Finally!, it is over and MYM.DotA wins against SK-Gaming after amazing games with 2:1. SK, now forced to play in the looserbracket, will face the Russian topteam Virtus.Pro, which lost against SK.DotA in the first round of the playoff stage.

We are looking forward to some great clashes between x6 and xDT, as well as the match between SK and Virtus.Pro.

The US-American DotA-squad of Check Six was able to beat the so called eXtreme DotA Team with 2:0. x6 now advanced into the winnerbracket´s final, where they have to play against our very own MYM.DotA squad. xDT is forced to move into the looserbracket, where they have to play against SK-Gaming team, which lost against MYM in the first round. You can find the replays of this clash in the replay-section of this news below the bracket.

eXtreme DotA Team	vs	Check Six
0		2

eXtreme DotA Team	<	Check Six
Devildoff		Samurai
Scout		YoDa
Dyno		Lion
Gok		JollyJoker
matan		Tiger

eXtreme DotA Team	<	Check Six
Devildoff		Samurai
Scout		YoDa
Dyno		Lion
Gok		JollyJoker
Garnet		Tiger

Today, our very own MYM.DotA squad had to play against the US-American high-class team Check Six. After three (3) games fulfilled with great gameplay and some of world´s best players, MYM.DotA was able to beat the US-Americans with the score of 2:1.

For more information about the games, for example the heropicks, please check out our very own Mainnews: MYM.DotA 2:1 Check Six *MYM won*

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You can find the replays of the games in this news below the bracket.

The Swedish high-class DotA-squad of SK-Gaming had to play against the US-American topteam of eMazing Gaming, tonight. After three (3) extremly interesting games the Swedish team SK was able to beat eMg with the endscore of 2:1. Due to this, eMg is out of the playoff stage. Below you can find the information about the games:

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2	-	1

SK Gaming	>	eMazing Gaming
Kwom		Whisper
Drayich		King
Akke		DOGKaiser
Loda		Remstar
Bogdan		Nessaj

SK Gaming	<	eMazing Gaming
Kwom		Whisper
Drayich		King
Akke		DOGKaiser
Loda		Muffins
Bogdan		Nessaj

SK Gaming	>	eMazing Gaming
Kwom		Whisper
Drayich		King
Akke		DOGKaiser
Loda		Muffins
Bogdan		Nessaj

You can find all replays in the replay-section below the bracket.

The Russian high-class DotA-squad of  Virtus.Pro, the winner of the SENNHEISER Prime Defending 6 tournament had to play against the South-Korean so called  eXtreme DotA Team. The Russians, who were defenitely the favourites of this clash lost after 3 games with the endscore of 2:1. Now,  xDT have to face  SK Gaming, which was able to win against  eMazing Gaming in the second (2nd) round of the looserbracket. The winner of this match has to face the US-American team of  Check Six, which lost against our very own DotA-squad  MYM.DotA in winnerbracket´s final. Below you can find the results and the heropicks:

eXtreme DotA Team	>	Virtus.Pro
Devildoff		joliE
Scout		vigoss
Dyno		M.Admiration
matan		NS
Garnet		Smile

Quote: TF-League.com

Game 2 - Replay not available (I forgot to save it but it was a very short replay, around 10 minutes).

Remove Order (VP 1st): Beastmaster, Oblivion, Tormented Soul, Warlock, Lord of Olympia, Shadow Fiend.

Pick Order (VP 1st): Queen of Pain, Bristleback + Sand King, Slayer + Rogue Knight, Silencer + Vengeful Spirit, Netherdrake + Centaur Warchief, Necrolyte.                         

*Purple = VP  *Orange = xDT

eXtreme DotA Team	>	Virtus.Pro
Devildoff		joliE
Scout		vigoss
Dyno		M.Admiration
LuCky		NS
Gok		Smile

Check out the replay-section below the bracket for the replays of this clash.

The South-Korean topteam  eXtreme DotA Team, which won against the Russian high-class squad of  Virtus.Pro in the semi-final of the looserbracket had to face off one of the best teams in the world  SK-Gaming. After 2 games, fulfilled of action, gameplay at its best and some world´s best players,  SK was able to win with the endscore of 2:0. Below you can find the results and heropicks:

eXtreme DotA Team	<	SK-Gaming
Devildoff		Bogdan
Scout		Drayich
Dyno		Renji
matan		Akke
Garnet		Loda

eXtreme DotA Team	<	SK-Gaming
Devildoff		Bogdan
Scout		Drayich
Dyno		Loda
LuCky		Akke
Gok		Renji

Both replays can be found below the bracket in the replay-section.

After winning against the South-Korean topteam  eXtreme DotA Team (xDT), the Swedish high-class DotA-squad of  SK-Gaming had to play against the well-known US-American team  Check Six. Again,  SK.DotA was able to win with the endscore of 2:0. After losing against our very own DotA-squad  MYM in the second (2nd) round of the winnerbracket, SK had to take the hard way by playing the looserbracket. Now, they will face MYM.DotA again in the grandfinal!

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2	-	0

SK Gaming	>	Check Six
Kwom		YoDa
Drayich		Lion
Akke		JollyJoker
Loda		Samurai
Bogdan		Tiger

SK Gaming	>	Check Six
Renji		YoDa
Kwom		Zujio
Akke		JollyJoker
Loda		Samurai
Bogdan		HighTimes

And the winner is . . .  SK.DotA! After a glorious winning-streak against as for example,  Check Six and tonight,  MYM.DotA, SK-Gaming is now the champion of The Frozen League's (TFL) DotA-Season 1. Congratulation to them and the other teams for great matches and gameplay. Check out our very own mainnews for more information about the heropicks, teams, and some statements.

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Thanks to all teams, which participated in this awesome playoffstage and showed us amazing gameplay and action - as well as to the whole staffteam of the TFL.DotA for the commitment and great work. We are looking forward to the next season! The very best of luck and success - your MYM.DotA Staffteam.

For more information check out TFL´s very own homepage. You can find the bracket of the playoffstage here: Bracket