November 2nd, 20164The Spring Major 2017 and TI7 dates for the open, regional qualifiers and main event for each have been released. Months in advance, Valve has broken its eleventh hour tradition of revealing information. The news comes on the heals of various tournament disruptions during the current Fall Major season with events such as Summit 6 needing...
August 1st, 20162The TI6 groups, Wild Card brackets and changes to next year's Major system have been revealed at the players' meeting in Seattle, earlier today. The TI6 groups and Wild Card stage outline the path that teams will have to take in order to become champions of The International 6.
The TI6 Wild Card series will take place on Tuesday,...
January 12th, 20160The Spring Major has already been announced to be held in Maila, Philippines in early June. The SEA location will round out the final stop for the first year of majors before returning to Seattle Washington in mid August for TI6, the pinnacle of all Dota 2 major events.
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December 18th, 20152The Shanghai Major Open Qualifiers registrations are here. There will be TWO opportunities for up to 1024 teams to contend for an opportunity to qualify for the Regional Qualifiers. All pertinent information, including registration and rules have been released, giving ample time to prepare for the open events being held on January 3...
October 5th, 20150Valve and ESL have released the Frankfurt Dota Major direct and regional invites. Sixteen teams - eight directly invited and eight qualified ones - will travel to Frankfurt to compete for a $3 million prize-pool in this fall’s Dota Major.
September 25th, 20150The 6.85 patch update is now live and will bring about some significant changes in the meta before the Frankfurt Major. Popular heroes such as Techies, Leshrac and Lina have seen some drastic reductions and changes, while other heroes will see a rise in their game-play.
September 23rd, 20150The first Dota 2 Major will be held in Frankfurt, Germany at the Festhalle Messe, from November 16th through the 21st. Sixteen teams will compete at the main event for a total prize pool of $3,000,000 and ESL will be in charge of production.
September 22nd, 20150The substitute role has recently been introduced to Dota 2. Seventy-three players are listed as substitutes for the 82 teams registered in the first Major. For now, the concept is in a bit of a grey area, however, it seems like the substitute will simply be the go-to stand-in or the only stand-in allowed for Dota 2 teams in the upcoming...
August 24th, 20150FireDota - a widely known name in the North American Dota 2 scene, is indexed in the list of "Most recent notable confirmations" for the first Dota 2 Major, expected to take place in Europe, this November.
June 26th, 20153Sovann "Skim" Kim, DotaBlast's liaison at ESL One Frankfurt, sat down for a chat with Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg, shortly before Team Secret's first games in the main event. zai talked about Team Secret's TI strategies, his role on the team and impact on drafts. The 17-year-old player singled out the flaws in the current Dota 2 scene and...
