The International (video gaming)
The International is an annual forming e-sports Dota 2 Championship Tournament, hosted by the American game developer Valve. 16 invited professional DotA teams fighting for the title of best DotA 2 team. The tournament began as the first public performance of Dota 2 in August 2011 at Gamescom in Cologne with a prize pool of € 1.6 million U.S. dollars. Since the second edition, it takes place in Seattle.
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The International 2011
Valve announced The International in August 2011, when the first insight into Dota 2 The tournament was held at Gamescom in Cologne. 16 invited teams competed for a total of 1.6 million U.S. dollars, which was the highest so far, in such a tournament, awarded prize money.
The event was broadcast in four languages (English, Chinese, Russian and German ) live on the internet. After the games, they were also not provided on the video sharing sites YouTube and Youku.
The International 2012
Valve announced The International 2012 on May 10, 2012 at, with the two highest-rated DotA teams in the world, China People's Republic DK and the defending champion Natus Vincere Ukraine, as the first invited teams. In contrast to the previous tournament, Valve The International 2012 held at Benaroya Hall from 31 August to 2 September in Seattle from. We have invited 14 teams and 2 selected by qualification.
The event was broadcast in three languages (English, Chinese and Russian) live on the internet. After the games, they were also not provided on the video sharing sites YouTube and Youku.
The International 2013
Valve announced The International 2013 on April 23, 2013 finds it again at Benaroya Hall in Seattle from 7 to 11 August. The first team that was invited was the defending People's Republic of China Invictus Gaming. 16 teams take part again in the event, of which 13 were directly invited and the three remaining places will be selected through two qualifying tournaments and a game at the beginning of the event.
On May 6, it was announced that there is for interested viewers to purchase an interactive electronic manual in the online shop of Dota 2. This provides additional information about the teams and players and gives viewers the opportunity to cast predictions for certain events during the tournament. A quarter of the profits from the sale of the manual is added to the prize pool of 1.6 million U.S. dollars
With a total prize money of $ 2,847,732, the tournament took the title " High Doped e- Sports Tournament" back after it had this in the meantime lost to the Riot League of Legends World Championship ( $ 2,000,000 ).
The event was broadcast in four languages (English, Chinese, Russian and Korean) live on the internet. After the games, they were also not provided on the video sharing sites YouTube and Youku.