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[ElNarez]

http://blog.dota2.com/2017/07/the-2017-2018-competitive-season/

In the past year, we’ve had two Valve Majors shape the competitive landscape leading to The International. However, for the next year we will be taking a more organic approach to growing the competitive ecosystem, working more closely with third-party tournaments. Instead of the previous Major system, we will be selecting many third-party tournaments to directly sponsor. Additionally, players competing in these tournaments will earn Qualifying Points which will be the sole factor in determining invites to The International 2018.

There will be two tiers of tournaments that we sponsor: Majors and Minors. Majors must have a minimum prize pool of $500k, and will receive an additional $500k towards the prize pool from us. Minors must have a minimum prize pool of $150k, and will receive an additional $150k towards their prize pool. In order to ensure a baseline level of competitiveness, and to support teams from different regions around the world, both Majors and Minors will be required to have at least one qualifier from each of the six primary regions (NA, SA, SEA, CN, EU, and CIS). In addition, Majors and Minors must have a LAN finals component to their tournament in order to accommodate teams from the different regions. We will directly manage the schedule of Majors and Minors to help avoid collisions during the year.

Qualifying Points will be awarded based on the total prize pool of a tournament, and whether the tournament is a Major or a Minor, with Majors giving more points per prize pool dollar. The total points per tournament will also partially scale based on the time of year, with tournaments closer to The International awarding additional points. Qualifying Points will be granted based on placing high in Majors and Minors and will accumulate on individual players. Roster lock seasons will still exist, and players switching teams during the approved periods will retain their Qualifying Points. In order to allow for teams recruiting new entrants to the competitive landscape and to facilitate sometimes necessary roster changes between lock periods, only the top 3 point earners on a team will contribute towards a team’s effective total Qualifying Points.

 

[m00h]

Roster lock seasons will still exist, and players switching teams during the approved periods will retain their Qualifying Points. In order to allow for teams recruiting new entrants to the competitive landscape and to facilitate sometimes necessary roster changes between lock periods, only the top 3 point earners on a team will contribute towards a team's effective total Qualifying Points.

It's happening!

 

[shira]

So they released the upcoming season plan

It's fucking insane how much money this is.

11 $1000k MAJOR tournaments
11 $300k minor tournaments

~$14.3M Season
~$25M Final Tournament
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~$39M 2018

And that's only Valve "events"

League of Legends entire 7 year prize pool for 1800 tournaments is $42M

 

[Bubbavelli]

Valve really the king of the "nah you got it, holla if you need some cash though" approach.

 

[haozz]

But what about CS:GO valve? Is it competition with League that inspires more focus on Dota, or is Dota much more profitable for Valve than CS?

 

[BetterThanNothing]

But what about CS:GO valve? Is it competition with League that inspires more focus on Dota, or is Dota much more profitable for Valve than CS?

DotA 2 and DotA-inspired games like LoL are far more popular worldwide than CS:GO and Valve is thinking about that sweet China $$$

 

[shira]

But what about CS:GO valve? Is it competition with League that inspires more focus on Dota, or is Dota much more profitable for Valve than CS?

Chinese whales fund Dota.

Valve hasn't been able to tap into them quite as heavily with CSGO clones and Overwatch League looming

 

[Jokab]

After seeing the schedule, this is just positively amazing for the scene. The jampacked schedule together with mandatory qualifiers in all 6 regions for each tournament will make it so that tier 1 teams can't possible attend all tournaments, possibly not even all majors. That in turn will lead to tier 1,5 and tier 2 teams getting in the money for real and having a chance to develop. This is truly the time to invest in dota if you're an esports team.