MLG Fall Invitational brings big wins for Team Dignitas, Complexity

By Adam Rosenberg October 21, 2013

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Team Dignitas and Complexity were the big winners at 2013’s Major League Gaming Fall Invitational in Dota 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 showdowns, respectively. The event took place on October 18/19 at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, pitting the top four North American teams for each game against one another. Team Dignitas now moves on to compete in the International Tournament at the MLG Championship, which is set for November 22-24 in Columbus, Ohio.

Both winning teams nabbed a $10,000 purse. Dota 2 runner-up Typical Mistakes took home $5,000, while noM and The Joikernaught landed in the third and fourth place spots, respectively. OpTic Gaming scored the $5,000 second place purse for Black Ops 2, followed by 8-12 United and Faze and third and fourth place, respectively.

The next big event on the MLG Pro Circuit is November’s MLG Championship. In addition to the Dota 2 International Tournament, the event will also play host to the world’s first Call of Duty: Ghosts tournament, a 108-team pile-on.

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