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 Welcome to the 4th edition of the Pro Dota 2 thread. (Previous threads 1 2 3) There's professional DoTA (Defense of the Ancients Two) events taking place every day all over the world, and in here we watch and commentate, in a more relaxed atmosphere than in the main Dota 2 thread, something akin to SAS GDT or TVIV style posting. The main Dota 2 thread is located here.  Every year, Valve Software hosts The International (TI), bringing the top 16 Dota 2 teams in the world to compete for a prizepool of over 1 million dollars. The past two events have been held in Seattle in August, with last year paying out over $2.7 million in total with a top prize of over $1.3 million. Games are broadcast free through the Dota 2 client and on Twitch and other streaming platforms. The event lasts about two weeks, and last year there was a strong goon contingent who made the trip to Seattle for the final weekend. This year, the prize pool went as high as 5 million. Past Winners 2011: Natus Vincere 2012: Invictus Gaming 2013: The Alliance 2014: NewBee The 2014 edition, The International 4, has been drawn to a close, with the Main Event at Seattle's Key Arena from the 18th to the 21st. Many laughs were had and fun spectacle happened (that loving Na'Vi carry, lol) Since the tournament is over, a lot of info has been culled, so expect a shorter op. THE WCA  Not as impressive in scale, but nevertheless, there's the World Cyber Arena tournament series, where they will set up tournaments for 7 games (in which one of those is Dota 2!). Dota 2 will have an estimated prize pool of $470,000, with Dota Legend taking 1 mil. RESOURCES Statistics http://www.datdota.com http://dotabuff.com/esports http://dotametrics.wordpress.com/ VOD/Streams (Wanna catch up on things you missed?) http://www.dotacinema.com/vods Dota 2 Match Ticker extension for Chrome News http://esportsexpress.com/category/dota-2/ http://www.liquiddota.com http://www.joindota.com http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2 Betting http://dota2lounge.com/
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Where's the stoats poster op
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Aug 6, 2014 20:04
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It's always funny to me when one team does well with an unconventional hero, and then the other team immediately picks that hero the next game. That's the kind of thing I see brand new players do, but apparently it's a valid pro tactic too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBSsIW_S18I
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