Keyser_Soze Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 File this one under seems like it was inevitable but they held out an announcement for a pretty long time Quote After extensive consideration of the global health emergency stemming from COVID-19, we have made the difficult choice to delay The International. We have been exploring various date possibilities, but it is likely that the event will need to happen in 2021. Given the highly volatile landscape for local gathering restrictions, virus trajectory, and global travel policies, we don’t expect to have enough confidence to communicate firm dates in the near future. In the meantime, we are working on restructuring the DPC season for the fall, and will be providing more information as soon as we have it. The 10th International prize pool will be funded by 25% of sales of the next Battle Pass, which we are planning to release soon instead of closer to the event itself. However, with our team working from home and things taking longer to complete, the release date of the Battle Pass will be at least a couple of weeks later than usual. We hope everyone in the Dota community is staying as safe as possible, and look forward to a time when we can once again welcome everyone to enjoy the spectacle of The International. http://blog.dota2.com/2020/04/the-international-2/ So you can work on the battle pass for a whole year now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Surprised they're not making TI 2020 as a digital event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 28 minutes ago, darkness35 said: Surprised they're not making TI 2020 as a digital event. I know a lot of people say, oh online game play online but these tournaments are usually held in a LAN environment with no lag. To hold a tournament like this across the world is lag city. In fact if you watched ESL (you didn't) Sumail had like 100 ping or something like that playing in the tournament (he's an a European team, OG, but still lives in the united states I believe) Plus, playing online with no supervision could lead to cheating and whatnot. And you see disconnects happen a lot and things like that. TI is a spectacle and it should be held in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 https://www.dota2.com/international/battlepass/ Battlepass came out. EVERYONE GETS AN ARCANA! And even got OG Skeleton King to come back Sadly my PSU died YESTERDAY so I can't get any of this @Moa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Ugh, I always buy the battlepass but never actually put money into it. I'm strongly considering just yoloing it this year, I want that morphling taunt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 I got an MVP! Seems the computer is a lot more unbiased than actual people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 That QoP arcana doe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 God I can't wait for the SFM porn of that character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 2:01 AM, Bacon said: God I can't wait for the SFM porn of that character. She's already existed and her normal skin is actually more revealing so if it hasn't happened yet it won't happen ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Female AM came out http://www.dota2.com/disciplespath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Oh snap http://www.dota2.com/aghanim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Windranger Arcana out now! http://www.dota2.com/risinggale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 An Important Update on TI10: The International - Dota 2 Championships in Sweden We started working with Sweden back in 2019 to get everything in place to hold TI10 there in 2020. When the global pandemic necessitated a postponement, we doubled our efforts to work in tandem with officials there to make sure we provided them with everything they needed to make this a safe and successful event for everyone. Over the course of the past year, Stockholm Live and Visit Stockholm continued to reassure us in our regular and constant communications with them that The International - Dota 2 Championships qualified for the same exemptions other elite sporting events there received. However, despite previous reassurances, we were informed two weeks ago that the Swedish Sports Federation had just voted not to accept esports into the sports federation. In subsequent (and immediate) meetings with the Swedish Esports Federation (SESF) and Visit Stockholm we discovered our only remaining option was to ask Sweden's Minister of the Interior to reclassify The International - Dota 2 Championships as an elite sporting event. Our request was immediately denied. With the Minister of the Interior failing to recognize The International - Dota 2 Championships as an elite sporting event, anyone attempting to procure a visa for travel into Sweden for TI10 (including players, talent, and staff) would be denied. The absence of this official recognition also means individual border agents would be making decisions about entry for those traveling to the event from countries outside the EU who do not typically need a visa to enter Sweden. We filed an appeal directly with the Swedish government on June 9, but they were unable to provide assistance. On June 14 we followed up asking them to reconsider, and they have so far been unable to offer a resolution. As a result, and in light of the current political situation in Sweden, we have started looking for possible alternatives elsewhere in Europe to host the event this year, in case the Swedish government is unable to accommodate The International - Dota 2 Championships as planned. We feel confident that in either instance we will have a solution that allows us to hold TI10 in Europe this year, and that we will be able to announce an updated plan in the very near future. We remain committed to hosting The International this year in a way that is both safe for all involved, and properly celebrates the players and fans of Dota 2. We will be communicating what we find out as soon as we are able. In the meantime, TI qualifiers will still be happening on the originally scheduled dates starting June 23. And later this week, the all-new summer event Nemestice will arrive. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/2992060508108464823 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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