The 'Hostile Tactics Gaming Leagues', shortened to HTGL, organizes various tournaments for both European and American players in different e-sports disciplines. They recently announced the forthcoming start of their DotA leagues, featuring the prize of 15.000 USD in payouts. The top notch teams have already been sorted out into their Pro divisions while the rest (more than 300 teams) are going to compete in the Open divisions; as the HTGL CEO, Bill 'Lizard' Huber explains, 'The 15.000 USD in prize package payouts will be spread between the eu and na open and pro divisions and the top 16 teams from pro and top 32 teams from open will play in the double elimination finals. The 1st place team from eu will play against the 1st place na team (both pro and open) for the intercontinental finals, wich will carry a cash payout wich is additional from the top 3 payouts that go out for the eu and na finals'.