Keyser_Soze Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 That's right folks. The International 9 starts today. Group stages run through the 15-18 and the main event begins on the 20 - 25. As of posting the prize pool is at $32,946,540 - The first place team is guaranteed to win nearly 15 million dollars. Even the last place teams will get $80,000 Q: What is The International? A: The International is the name of an esports tournament hosted by Valve for their very popular game DOTA 2. 18 teams are in this year's tournament, only one will emerge victorious. List of 18 teams in spoiler tag: Spoiler Alliance Chaos Esports Club Keen Gaming Mineski Newbee PSG.LGD Team Liquid Team Secret TNC Predator Evil Geniuses Fnatic Infamous Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas OG Royal Never Give Up Vici Gaming Virtus.pro Q: Why should I care? A: TI is basically the Super Bowl of esports featuring the best DOTA players in the world. EVO, while large is more like the world series. TI is much more of a spectacle and also has the largest prize pool in esports. Q: I have no idea what this game is and how it's played and I'll be unable to follow it. A: Valve recognizes that not only is DOTA an intimidating game to learn how to play it is probably just as hard to watch. They have tried to quell these fears by introducing folks to the "Newcomer Stream" where the casters will routinely explain game mechanics, items and how to play the game to the audience and it also has informational overlays to make it easier to watch. As any sport jumping in my be confusing at first, people still aren't even sure how NFL football is played but they still watch it. In any case you can watch the newcomer stream HERE Q: I might watch but I want to see what all this nonsense is before I commit A: You should probably watch this well produced video (at least part of it) about last year's champions, OG. It humanizes the game as well as explains a lot of what I posted ITT Spoiler Q: esports suck A: Well, you can continue to not post in this thread like you did last year. With all of that out of the way, here is the main TI stream (most likely the main event will be on this one) but there are 4 other streams as well Now for the bad news, since the tournament is being played in China this year most of you will be asleep or at work while the games are being played. For instance tonight (which is the 15th in China) games start at 6PM pst and will run through the night the last series wrapping up at 4AM pst. The good(ish) news is the main event finals would be running on Saturday at 7PM pst so most people can catch that if they are willing to stay up on a Saturday night. If there's anything else I can do for you just holla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 I was content in letting this thread die a silent death but this series was just so wild I had to post it. If you only watch one thing from the international, make it this thing. Only 8 teams left as of today, finals on Saturday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Well that was an absolute fairytale. Spoiler I love that ana got to play wisp in the final game. What a wonderful bookend to the wildest TI I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 6 hours ago, Moa said: Well that was an absolute fairytale. Hide contents I love that ana got to play wisp in the final game. What a wonderful bookend to the wildest TI I've seen. n0tail rich now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I had serious chills watching the final game hearing wisp play the Still Alive jingle. Talk about fortuitous cross promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 The True Sight documentary of the finals came out. I know 98% of you are not interested but this makes it interesting for those of you who probably won't even look at this thread other than @Moa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I saw part of that when watching someone else's twitch stream. There is some pretty cool editing and effects. I prefer LoL to DOTA2, as a spectator and player(I don't care for LoL but I have never played DOTA), but DOTA is leagues above LoL in almost every way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I watched the True Sight more or less immediately. I'm a pretty low engagement dota spectator but the last TI was so special between the back to back OG win, OG cracking open the meta while everyone watches, Liquid's insane loser's bracket run after an underwhelming season, and my general fandom for both Liquid and OG. I'm sad to see most of OG choose to step back and Liquid (now the horribly named Nigma) stress me out with their continued ability to flame out, but I'm happy that Matu has found success on the new Secret roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Moa said: (now the horribly named Nigma) I could go either way on the name. I mean since it's a different language I can't really hold it against them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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