On February 19, "Honor of Kings" and the Esports World Cup (EWC) officially announced their cooperation, and the two sides will jointly create the "Honor of Kings Mid Season Invitational" (HOK x EWC), a world-renowned e-sports event will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in August this year, bringing an unprecedented summer feast to e-sports fans around the world.
A $3 million prize pool that attracts top teams.
With a prize pool of $3 million, the tournament attracted 12 top Honor of Kings teams from around the world. Among them is the 2024 KPL Dream Team, who will serve as ambassadors for the KPL Honor of Kings Pro League and convey the e-sports culture and spirit of "Honor of Kings" belonging to KPL to players around the world. The remaining 11 overseas teams are composed of the outstanding teams determined by the Honor of Kings Intercontinental Invitational S2 and the newly released regional teams that have won the direct invitation.
The KPL Dream Team selection rules have been announced, and it will consist of 10 players.
As a team representing the KPL region in the Esports World Cup, the selection criteria for the KPL Dream Team were also officially announced on the 19th. The team consists of 10 players who will be voted on by a professional jury and the general public from the 2024 KPL Spring Tournament Fixed-seat Club roster.
Selection rules: The 5 players with the first votes in each of the five positions (confrontation lane, jungler, mid lane, wandering, and development lane) in the 2024 KPL Spring Tournament roster will be selected, and the remaining 5 players with the highest votes (regardless of position) in addition to the first 5 players will be selected; In addition, each KPL club can only have a maximum of 2 players selected to ensure diversity and fairness in the representative team.
E-sports theme** will be launched on the Honor of Kings international server.
In order to celebrate this event, Honor of Kings will also cooperate with the Esports World Cup to jointly design and launch an esports-themed **. This ** will integrate e-sports elements with the game features of the Honor of Kings international server (Honor of Kings), show the charm of e-sports and games, and add a different color to this competition.
Text Reporter Hao Haoyu photo provided by the organizer.