$20M up for grabs
Regardless of you interest in sports, you’ve no doubt heard plenty of awful news surrounding this year’s summer Olympics. It’s not anything new, really, since plenty of dilapidated and/or corrupt cities have held the Olympics, distracting viewers with shiny things while people suffer mere miles away. Who wants to support that?
Instead, why not watch people play videogames for millions of dollars?Dota 2‘s International, the “Super Bowl” of eSports, has just had its prize pool surpass $20 million, making it the only eSports tournament to ever reach that milestone. Every year, The International breaks its own insane record from the previous year. Best of all, it’s thefansthat contribute most of that money that theyknowgoes right to the players and teams.
This really is the best time to get intoDota 2, even as just a spectator. Players widely consider this one of the most balanced instances of the game ever, with 101 Heroes of the possible 111 being chosen so far in the group stage. I’ve compiled a list of resources to help anyone who’s brand-spankin’-new to the scene.
Goes over the basics and has atonof information, plus it’s all parsed out into different sections making it easy to take in.
James Archer over at RockPaperShotgun put together a sweet introduction to the entire tournament including the teams and Heroes to look out for. Perfect place to brush up on who’s who and what’s what.
reddit’s massive compilation of information is great to have open and reference when needed. Plenty of links to discussion of matches as well.
Great compilation of all the cool and crazy shit that’s happened so far. The group stages determined the current bracket, and teams definitely fought their hearts out to get here.
Okay, I’m in! How do I watch it?
Good question! There are many options available for watching The International 2016.
