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Community Events at The International The International 2023: Community Celebrations and Updates Pubstomps and the Global Dota Community With the highly anticipated arrival of The International 2023 just around the corner, the Dota 2 community is gearing up for an unforgettable event. The excitement is palpable as teams prepare to make their way to Seattle. Ticket sales have been brisk, with the Road to the International (Oct 20-22) tickets completely sold out, and only a limited number remaining for The International (Oct 27-29).

Almost every year, Valve releases an event celebrating the winter and the holidays in Dota 2. This year, the Frosthaven 2018 event started on December 19th. The event started alongside the release of Rubick Arcana. It is one of the best Arcanas in the game and has an excellent progression system. There is also a new game mode, which will see a group of five players defend the ancient from incoming creeps. The FrostHaven update was scheduled to end on January 3rd. However,

One of the most iconic Dota 2 players in North America has now joined a team for the upcoming year. Clinton "Fear" Loomis will be joining the J.Storm Dota 2 roster. He is a very versatile player and has played all positions and roles over his illustrious career. This is why he is a perfect part of any Dota 2 team. He recently played the Position 2 on Evil Geniuses. He is part owner and former player for Evil Geniuses. Together with Evil

TNC Predator has announced that Carlo "Kuku" Palad will be taking a personal break. The past few weeks have not been easy on the Philippines player. He used a racist word in a pub match, which offended the Chinese players. However, it was the aftermath of this incident which truly caused a bigger controversy. The TNC Predator team lied about the reason for his usage of the word initially. Upon seeing proof of their lies, TNC did try to take remedial action, but

Competitive gaming has proliferated in the last two decades with esports becoming one of the most exciting entertainment trends in the world. The esports industry is expected to grow to be a worth $1.65 billion by 2021 which is making it clear that it is not just passing fetish. While there is hardly any doubt about Esports popularity, there is a constant debate over which country manages to produce the world best competitive gamers. Here is a look at some of the nations

Valve has finally broken its silence and released a public statement on the Chongqing Major - TNC Predator controversy. After weeks of stoic silence from the game developer Valve's statement could not come any later. The statement is a harsh truth that TNC Predator is not the victim here. The organization has tried to sway public opinion in their favour despite having an open communication line with the organizers and Valve. Their attempts at covering up the incident and later swaying public opinion

The current DPC season has only five Dota 2 Majors and Minors at any given point in time. As such the importance of each Major has definitely increased many times. The prize pool involved in a Dota 2 Minor and the accompanying DPC points is a huge incentive for any team. The winner of the Dota 2 Minor also gets an invitation to the upcoming Major. In one such case, we have a Chinese team with the name Zeus Gaming attempting to qualify

ESL has issued invited to Alliance and Team Aster for their upcoming flagship event, ESL One Katowice 2019. The tournament will take place from 19th February 2019 till the 24th of the same month. It will take place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice and feature a prize pool of $300,000. ESL will not host any Dota 2 Majors for the current DPC season. However, they are not exiting the Dota 2 scene and have already hosted a few events for the game.

Valve has pushed a new update to Dota 2 and its release comes in the form of 7.20d. The latest update brings about multiple changes to the gameplay and several heroes as well. Most importantly, Valve has brought about changes to the movement speeds and they are critical to the influence of certain heroes. Here are the changes in 7.20 d as well as how they might affect a normal game of Dota 2. Movement Speed Changes Melee heroes below 300 base movement

Team liquid player, Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi is the first Dota 2 player to play all 116 heroes competitively. KuroKy is a veteran in Dota 2, coming into the game as soon as it was released. Over his career, KuroKy has played in several well-known organisations such a Natus Vincere, Virtus Pro and now Team Liquid. https://twitter.com/TeamLiquid/status/1068560102398005248 He was on a mission since March of this year, when he took over the title of most-played heroes from EG's Fear. Team liquid secured a

The ESL One Katowice is one of the premier ESL events throughout the year. With ESL forming a partnership with the Katowice local municipality it almost guarantees the longevity of the event. ESL One Katowice 2019 is a multi-game event which sees different esports titles on display. It is not uncommon to see Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and Starcraft all at the same event. Valve has also announced ESL One Katowice 2019 as the first CS: GO Major for 2019. However, the Dota 2

Dreamhack Mumbai 2018 is by far the biggest esports event in India. The tournament has already announced the participation of South East Asian team, Mineski. The Mineski team is the best team in the region and their participation definitely adds a lot of hype to the event. Dreamhack is partnering with Viacom18 an Indian Media company to host the tournament. https://www.facebook.com/Believe10/photos/a.578848978906034/929810753809853/?type=3&theater Dreamhack Mumbai 2018 will see a plethora of other activities in addition to the main events. These include music performances, BYOC tournaments

Dreamhack Mumbai takes place from 21st to 23rd of December 2018. This is the first time that Dreamhack has entered the Indian esports scene. It is a great step forward for the development of the local esports scene. Dreamhack has announced Team Mineski as their first Dota 2 team to receive an invite. There will be a total of ESL has been hosting tournaments in India for the past few years and in addition, there has been incremental involvement in Indian esports by

The Chongqing Major qualifiers are currently underway in different regions of the World. Over the past few days, we have seen the culmination of South America, the CIS as well as the South East Asia Qualifiers. Each of these regions will have a total of two teams qualifying to the Chongqing Major in China. The South American qualifiers saw Test123 and Pain Gaming emerge as the victors of the qualifiers. Test123 managed to defeat Pain Gaming in the Upper Bracket finals and secure

The Chongqing Major 2019 qualifiers are currently underway. With South America and the CIS Qualifiers coming to an end, we now have four more teams at the Chongqing Major. Here are the winners from South America and the CIS qualifiers for the Chongqing Major. South America Qualifiers Test123 Pain Gaming CIS Qualifiers: No Pangolier Virtus Pro The South American Qualifiers see Pain Gaming and Test123 qualify The South America qualifiers saw both former Pain Gaming teams qualify to the Major. Test123 is not

The International 2018 Champions, Team OG has announced their complete roster. Joining OG will be Per Anders 'Pajkatt' Olsson Lille. Recently OG announced the departure of Ana from their Dota 2 team. Despite winning The International 2018, OG has not had any good start to this season's DPC. The team took off time to allow their players to recuperate and take a break. They decided not to attend the Kuala Lumpur Major. This decision to give up a claim to a prize pool

The Dota 2 scene has been embroiled in a controversy recently. Two professional players [ Skem and Kuku ] using racial terms in pub matches and in a competitive match. The derogatory term with racial overtones is specific to a particular trait of the Chinese people. As such it was only right that the Chinese community was up in arms over this usage. We saw multiple teams, professional Chinese players, as well as Perfect World, join the chorus demanding action. Naturally, Valve takes

Mineski has added their fifth member to the Dota roster. Johan "pieliedie" Åström will be joining the team effective immediately. The team has been without a complete roster since Mushi parted ways with the team on the 11th of November. Mushi has been an integral part of the Mineski roster and helped the team make a name for itself on the international stage. His experience and his ability to help the team grow around him were invaluable to the Mineski team. However, they

Valve recently released the much-awaited 7.20 update. The new update brought changes to the map, the economy and the way Experience and the Gold Bounty works. In addition to these changes, the majority of the heroes received underwent changes. As with any big update, there were a few more changes required. Valve has released a new update [ titled 7.20b ] which provides for further changes and balances to the game. Here are the changes added in 7.20b : Meepo Agility gain reduced

For those of you who don't know yet, Valve has come out with an update in Dota 2 with the 7.20 patch that will see massive changes in the game. The new changes have raised both excitement and concern in the Dota 2 community with mixed reactions coming from fans, casters, and pro players. The changes in the 7.20 patch also include a reworked map, changes to several items and hero abilities and deny mechanics. https://twitter.com/NahazDota/status/1064594425299513349 https://twitter.com/wykrhm/status/1064643405655900161 Apart from that five new items