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The International is an 11 day LAN event and for the time being the biggest prizepool tournament with over $24M. The prizepool is increased by buying cosmetics through the TI8 Battle Pass, 25% of the funds goes to the prizepool and the remaining 75% goes to Valve including next year's Pro Circuit season prizepools and hosting future events.
Free infos
http://www.dota2.com/international/schedule/?l=english - daily match schedules
https://www.youtube.com/user/dota2/videos - VOD's and content
https://liquipedia.net/dota2/The_International/2018 - wiki
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/dota2-ot16-the-last-thread🛈.1436802 - GAF Dota2 OT
https://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti - main English video stream
https://www.barcraft.com/ - Pubstomps or Live viewing near you
Compendium owners-only ($10 USD)
http://www.dota2.com/fantasy - to manage your fantasy cards online
http://www.dota2.com/predictions - to manage your daily match predictions
Group Stages August 15-18
Main Event August 20-25
http://www.dota2.com/international/schedule/?l=english - for links to schedule, VOD's, and content
The format is four days of Bo2 roundrobin Group Stages. Each team plays 7 Bo2 matches.
One day off after the Group Stages.
The top 4 Group Stage teams in each group are seeded into the Main Event Upper Bracket (Bo3 double elimination)
The teams 5-8 are seeded into the Main Event Lower Bracket (Bo1 single elimination)
The bottom teams in each group are eliminated from the the Main Event.
The Main Event playoffs are all Bo3 except the Lower Bracket first round and the Grand Final which is a true Bo5 (no game advantages)
18 of the best teams in the world - 8 invited and 10 qualified from thousands of Open Qualifer teams.
I have ranked the teams here in terms of this season's Dota Pro Circuit points then by region, but unlike most other sporting events the best team is not necessarily the one that wins. Upsets occur all the time even for the best and most highly rated teams. Yearly winnings are dwarfed by the colossal prize pool which promises over $10M for first place.
I will make a revised team rankings after the Group Stages since a lot of team growth and meta development will occur during the Group Stages which show how well teams have trained during the last 2 months.
1. VP (Invited)
Region/Makeup: CIS team with CIS players
2018 Season Winnings $2.6M
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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2. Liquid (Invited)
Region/Makeup: EU team with EU players
2018 Season Winnings $1.9M
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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3. PSG.LGD (Invited)
Region/Makeup: EU/CN team with CN and SEA players
2018 Season Winnings $1.4M
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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4. Secret (Invited)
Region/Makeup: EU team with EU and SEA players
2018 Season Winnings $1.3M
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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5. Mineski (Invited)
Region/Makeup: SEA team with SEA players
2018 Season Winnings $810k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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6. VG (Invited)
Region/Makeup: CN team with CN players
2018 Season Winnings $695k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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7. Newbee (Invited)
Region/Makeup: US/CN team with CN and SEA players
2018 Season Winnings $880k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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8. VGJ.T (Invited)
Region/Makeup: CN team with CN players
2018 Season Winnings $604k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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9. OG (EU qualifier)
Region/Makeup: EU team with EU and SEA players
2018 Season Winnings $405k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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10. Winstrike (CIS qualifier)
Region/Makeup: CIS team with CIS players
2018 Season Winnings $125k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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11. Serenity (CN qualifier)
Region/Makeup: CN team with CN players
2018 Season Winnings $0
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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12. iG (CN qualifier)
Region/Makeup: CN team with CN players
2018 Season Winnings $52k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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13. fnatic (SEA qualifier)
Region/Makeup: SEA team with SEA, NA, and EU players
2018 Season Winnings $434k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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14. TNC (SEA qualifier)
Region/Makeup: SEA team with SEA players
2018 Season Winnings $455k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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15. VGJS (NA qualifier)
Region/Makeup: CN/NA team with NA and CIS players
2018 Season Winnings $348k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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16. EG (NA qualifier)
Region/Makeup: NA team with NA and EU players
2018 Season Winnings $634k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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17. Optic (NA qualifier)
Region/Makeup: NA team with NA and EU players
2018 Season Winnings $592k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
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18. Pain (SA qualifier)
Region/Makeup: SA team with SA and EU players
2018 Season Winnings $508k
SirActionSlacks Lowdown video
Time and Date TBD
This year the event has shifted to Vancouver (home of Areteezy) due to Key Arena renovations and a seemingly easier player visa process. Unlike past years every player has made it smoothly, except one idiot.
Work in progress
Soons b like
Main Stream:
Noob stream: https://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti_newcomer
Steam.tv: https://steam.tv/dota2/
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