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The International

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  motbob   United States. May 24 2012 05:30. Posts 11455Profile Blog # 
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The International is a (so far) yearly Dota 2 tournament, held by Valve, that has a prize pool of more than one million dollars. This year, the tournament will have 16 teams. 14 of those teams will be invited, and two will qualify directly.

The International 2012

Date: August 31 - September 2
Location: Seattle, WA
Commentators: TobiWan, Slesh

Teams:

cn DK
cn EHOME
cn Invictus Gaming (iG)
cn LGD
cn Tongfu
my Orange
sg Zenith
sg MUFC
au Absolute Legends (aL)
[image loading] Moscow 5 (M5)
ua Natus Vincere (Na`Vi)
ua Darer
se Counter Logic Gaming (CLG)
fr mTw
us Complexity Gaming (coL)
us Evil Geniuses (EG)
Last edit: 2012-07-12 01:25:06
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 justinpal   United States. May 24 2012 05:35. Posts 3233
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Again, don't know why anyone is invited.
Never make a hydralisk.
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 TheWarbler   United States. May 24 2012 05:41. Posts 1241
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On May 24 2012 05:35 justinpal wrote:
Again, don't know why anyone is invited.


What?
if you can believe you can concieve
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 Candadar   May 24 2012 05:42. Posts 1791
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On May 24 2012 05:35 justinpal wrote:
Again, don't know why anyone is invited.


...What do you mean?
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 Aberu   United States. May 24 2012 05:44. Posts 815
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On May 24 2012 05:35 justinpal wrote:
Again, don't know why anyone is invited.


I don't understand, do you mean how are they picked to be invitees? If so, most likely an assessment of their achievements in both DotA and DotA 2 in recent tournaments.
srsly
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 Momomelo   Canada. May 24 2012 05:48. Posts 30
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I really hope Mous gets invited!
VIPww
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 Maand   May 24 2012 05:50. Posts 209
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6 invitees missing and there are a lot of good teams left in the open ;o. Here's hoping mouz or mTw will get in . Probably we will see MithTrust/MUFC/Zenith next. After those few there's Infs, Quantic, VP, DTS, M5, Darer, Next.Kz and more hanging around!

Edit: Totally forgot EG, but seeing or rather not seeing them perform lately means that until they qualify they won't show up ;o.
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 Qbek   Poland. May 24 2012 05:53. Posts 4250
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I was really hoping they'd do it 24 teams, 16 leaves a lot of talent outside :C
I dojed huehue // Play for fun or try the harderest with vengeance
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 Dattish   Sweden. May 24 2012 05:57. Posts 2731
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Returning players:
Natus Vincere: 4/5 of Na'Vi(ArtStyle being replaced by Ars-Art), 1/5 of M5(Ars-Art).
EHOME: 3/5 of EHOME(PLT, Dai and 357).
Invictus Gaming: 2/5 of iG(Zhou, 430), 1/5 of TyLoo(Faith).
Orange: 1/5 of MUFC(Ky' xY), however, in recent games Mushi has been subbing for him, so it's unclear if he'll attend.
Counter Logic Gaming: 2/5 of OK.Nv.Int(Pajkatt, Lacoste), 1/5 of GGnet(Miracle), 1/5 of MYM(Misery).
I play doters
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 5-s   United States. May 24 2012 05:57. Posts 877
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On May 24 2012 05:44 Aberu wrote:

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I don't understand, do you mean how are they picked to be invitees? If so, most likely an assessment of their achievements in both DotA and DotA 2 in recent tournaments.

Yea, all of these were expected, except maybe IG (some were hoping for LGD instead) Rest are no brainers for the most part.
I liked Dota before it was Mainstream.
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  motbob   United States. May 24 2012 06:09. Posts 11455Profile Blog # 
Let's play "Try to guess the rest of the invites."

Mouz
EG
Zenith
mTw
M5
Darer

My guess is already wrecked. Two slots for three teams.
Last edit: 2012-05-26 02:32:09
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 Numy   South Africa. May 24 2012 06:25. Posts 7316
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Good list but i think maybe only one of M5/Darer will make it. Don't know who will be other slot though, possibly MUFC or both Quantic/EG go in.
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 justinpal   United States. May 24 2012 06:34. Posts 3233
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On May 24 2012 05:44 Aberu wrote:

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I don't understand, do you mean how are they picked to be invitees? If so, most likely an assessment of their achievements in both DotA and DotA 2 in recent tournaments.


Why don't they just invite the champion and runner up from the last tournament if anyone and have qualifiers?
Never make a hydralisk.
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 Azarkon   United States. May 24 2012 06:38. Posts 7999
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On May 24 2012 06:34 justinpal wrote:

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Why don't they just invite the champion and runner up from the last tournament if anyone and have qualifiers?


Because qualifiers are very hard to run in Dota 2. Scheduling 10 people for each match is a huge pain and because Asian teams have to get their visas 2-3 months in advance you have to run those qualifiers 4-5 months in advance. The infrastructure isn't there for running qualifiers in every region - for that you need organizers on every continent to collect the teams and their members, tons of language barriers, and replays which Valve did not put in until this year.

Qualifiers are an excellent idea in theory, but the Dota community does not have the infrastructure to run them in different continents. It's not SC 2, where scheduling players is a lot easier and the infrastructure exists for organizing qualifiers in different continents.
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 Rayeth   United States. May 24 2012 06:53. Posts 534
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On May 24 2012 06:09 motbob wrote:
Let's play "Try to guess the rest of the invites."

Mouz
Either Quantic or EG
Zenith
mTw
M5
Darer



This list is exactly what I would guess. I'll just go ahead and make the call for EG, though I don't really like their squad much I think their roster has been set longer than new-new Quantic's has? Which apparently makes a difference in these matters.
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 Hassybaby   United Kingdom. May 24 2012 06:55. Posts 8392
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Mouz
mTw
Zenith
MUFC
Quantic
Darer

Would be my guess
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 Numy   South Africa. May 24 2012 07:05. Posts 7316
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On May 24 2012 06:53 Rayeth wrote:

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This list is exactly what I would guess. I'll just go ahead and make the call for EG, though I don't really like their squad much I think their roster has been set longer than new-new Quantic's has? Which apparently makes a difference in these matters.


It doesn't and it hasn't. I kind of hope MUFC get an invite. Orange them and Zenith look so strong.
Last edit: 2012-05-24 07:15:02
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 justinpal   United States. May 24 2012 07:18. Posts 3233
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On May 24 2012 06:38 Azarkon wrote:

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Because qualifiers are very hard to run in Dota 2. Scheduling 10 people for each match is a huge pain and because Asian teams have to get their visas 2-3 months in advance you have to run those qualifiers 4-5 months in advance. The infrastructure isn't there for running qualifiers in every region - for that you need organizers on every continent to collect the teams and their members, tons of language barriers, and replays which Valve did not put in until this year.

Qualifiers are an excellent idea in theory, but the Dota community does not have the infrastructure to run them in different continents. It's not SC 2, where scheduling players is a lot easier and the infrastructure exists for organizing qualifiers in different continents.


Hmm, okay. We will have to see how they run their two wild-cards then and maybe in the future it'll be less invites.

I just think that the DotA 2 pro-gamers, in general, would benefit a lot more from a series of tournaments with a large prize pool rather than one prize pool every year going to teams that Valve themselves selected. You can still keep the International as a large end season tournament.
Never make a hydralisk.
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 Hassybaby   United Kingdom. May 24 2012 07:18. Posts 8392
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Oh crap...forgot about Orange....

Take out Darer from my prediction :D
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 Hassybaby   United Kingdom. May 24 2012 07:20. Posts 8392
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On May 24 2012 07:18 justinpal wrote:

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Hmm, okay. We will have to see how they run their two wild-cards then and maybe in the future it'll be less invites.

I just think that the DotA 2 pro-gamers, in general, would benefit a lot more from a series of tournaments with a large prize pool rather than one prize pool every year going to teams that Valve themselves selected. You can still keep the International as a large end season tournament.


But that exists already. The Defense will be regular, as is the likes if IG Monthly Madness and ProDota
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