The International Dota 2 competition commenced this Monday, and this time the prize pool is over a whopping $18 million.
Absolutely one of the greatest e-sports competitions of the year, with its enormous prize pool. Out of the $18 million prize money, $16.4 million has been specifically contributed by Dota 2 gamers themselves, by means of purchasers of in-game restorative upgardes. For those uninformed, Dota 2 by Valve is a multiplayer online battle arena video game.
The 10 groups welcomed to The International 2015 (otherwise known as TI5), which is being held at the KeyArena in Seattle Center, are Vici Gaming, Evil Geniuses, Team Secret, Invictus Gaming (winner of the 2012 tournament), LGD Gaming, Cloud 9, Team Empire, Virtus Pro, NewBee (winner of the 2014 tournament, and Fnatic.
Aside from the 10 welcomed groups, there are four groups (counting Natus Vincere, the victors of the 2011 competition) that got to be qualified to progress to the headliner by winning the territorial qualifiers. The four runner-ups of each provincial qualifier will likewise go after two wildcard spots at The International arena, preceding the headliner. The stupendous finals of The International Dota 2015 will be held on Saturday.
Visit Valve’s The International Dota 2 page for the complete stream calendar and competition sections, and they can watch the battle live there, or on YouTube.
