Dota 2: The International Preview
Maybe this year there will be Black Hole US $ 10 million worth?
The long-awaited time will soon be here, the time where professional players will be Dota 2 fight over the trophy Aegis and also competing for the grand prize which reached US $ 10 million for this year. As said Gabe Newell as cofounder Valve Corp. “Welcome to the International ”.
The so-called Dota 2 annual event The International will start on August 15 – August 25 and this time it will take place at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada. As of this writing, the total prize pool is at US $ 24,264,052 where the team that takes first place will bring in US $ 10,632,183. The numbers are not playing games compared to previous years.
This year, Valve decided to use a different system from previous years. This year Valve officially uses a new system called Dota Pro Circuit (or abbreviated as DPC). During the year Dota 2 professional teams will compete not only for prizes but also to collect DPCs. The 8 teams with the most number of DPCs will be directly included in the team that will be immediately invited to become competitors at The International, and the rest will be selected by conducting a qualifying round.
Participants
Invited Teams
Virtus.pro (CIS), Team Liquid (EU), PSG.LGD (CN), Team Secret (EU), Mineski (SEA), Vici Gaming (CN), Newbee (CN), VGJ.Thunder (CN)
Qualified Teams
OG (EU), Winstrike Team (CIS), Team Serenity (CIS), Invictus Gaming (CN), Fnatic (SEA), TNC Predator (SEA), VGJ Storm (NA), Evil Geniuses (NA), OpTic Gaming (NA) ), paiN Gaming (SA)
With the same format as the previous years. Where the teams are divided into 2 groups and the team that occupies the bottom position in the group will be immediately eliminated, and the rest will be placed into the bracket using the system. double elimination. And Valve has just released which team is included in groups A and B. You can see it below!
Not only were the groups announced by Valve, they also announced the team for All-star Match which is the most eagerly awaited event in The International competition.
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