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Dota 2 Majors
The Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) was the professional league used in ''Dota 2'', a competitive five-on-five video game. Active between 2017 and 2023, the DPC was organized by the game's developer, Valve and consisted of seasonal "Major" tournaments and Regional Leagues from North America, South America, Southeast Asia, China, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe. Points were earned by the top six teams playing in the upper division of a Regional League as well as those finishing in the top eight of a Major. The top 12 teams with the most points at the season's conclusion earned invites to The International, the premier tournament for ''Dota 2''. The DPC was introduced in 2017 as a replacement for the Dota Major Championship series (2015–2016), which was criticized due to Valve's non-transparent process for sending out International invites. The DPC ended following the 2023 season. History From late 2015 until early 2017, Valve sponsored a series of smaller-scale, seasonally held tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dota 2
''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve Corporation, Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created Mod (video gaming), mod for Blizzard Entertainment's ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos''. ''Dota 2'' is played in matches between two teams of five players, with each team occupying and defending their own separate base on the map. Each of the ten players independently controls a character known as a hero that has unique Skill (role-playing games), abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, players collect experience points (XP) and Item (gaming), items for their heroes to defeat the opposing team's heroes in player versus player (PvP) combat. A team wins by being the first to destroy the other team's Ancient, a large durable structure located in the center of each base. Development of ''Dota 2'' began in 2009 when IceFrog, lead designer of ''Defense of the Ancients'', was hired by Valv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt Major
The Frankfurt Major, also known as the Fall Major, was a ''Dota 2'' tournament which took place from November 13–21, 2015. The tournament took place at the Festhalle Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the first of three Valve sponsored major ''Dota'' tournaments for the 2015–16 season, which were announced by the company on April 25, 2015. 16 teams competed in the tournament, which used the same format as The International 2015. The Electronic Sports League (ESL) hosted and organized the tournament. Eight teams received direct invitations, which were announced on October 5. Regional Qualifiers took place on October 10–13, while the Open Qualifiers, open to any player, were run on October 6–9. Registration for the Open Qualifiers began on October 1. Although directly invited, China-based team Invictus Gaming encountered visa Visa most commonly refers to: * Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country * Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Sporting Events Established In 2017
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Dota Competitions
''Dota'' is a series of strategy video games. The series began in 2003 with the release of ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a fan-developed multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) custom map for the video game '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' and its expansion, '' The Frozen Throne''. The original map features gameplay centered around two teams of up to five players who assume control of individual characters called "heroes", which must coordinate to destroy the enemy's central base structure called an "Ancient", to win the game. Ownership and development of ''DotA'' were passed on multiple times since its initial release until Valve hired the map's lead designer IceFrog and after a legal dispute with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of ''Warcraft III'', brokered a deal that allowed Valve to inherit the trademark to the ''Dota'' name. The first standalone installment in the series, ''Dota 2'', was released by Valve in July 2013. A sequel to ''DotA'', the game retai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiev Major
The Kiev Major was a professional ''Dota 2'' esport tournament that was held in April 2017 at the Palace "Ukraine", National Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. The tournament featured eight directly invited teams, as well as eight qualified teams from six different worldwide regions. The open qualifiers tournament was held on March 6–9, 2017, followed by the regional qualifiers held on March 10–13, 2017. For the first time in an officially sponsored tournament, Valve Corporation, Valve, the game's developer and tournament administrator, split the previously single Americas region into North America, North and South America, as well as creating the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS region out of Europe. The event had a $3 million prize pool, with the winning team taking $1 million. The best-of-five grand finals took place between OG (esports), OG and Virtus.pro, with OG taking the series 3–2, winning them their fourth ''Dota 2'' Major championship. Teams Bracket All se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Major
The Boston Major was a professional ''Dota 2'' esports tournament that took place in Boston in the United States. The main event was played live at the Wang Theatre from December 7–10, 2016. Like other tournaments in the ''Dota 2'' Major Championship series, the event featured 16 teams from around the world and had a $3,000,000 prize pool, with the victor winning $1,000,000. The event was presented and produced by PGL, who also had the same role at the previous Major in Manila. Unlike previous ''Dota 2'' Majors, the Boston Major was the first one to have a single elimination bracket. The event was won by OG, their third ''Dota 2'' Major championship victory, who defeated Ad Finem in the best-of-five grand finals 3–1. Teams Tournament Groups Group A Group B Group C Group D Bracket All series were played to a best-of-three, with the exception being the best-of-five There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to dete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Major
The Manila Major, also known as the Spring Major, was a professional ''Dota 2'' esport tournament that took place in Manila, Philippines. The main event was held at the Mall of Asia Arena from June 7–12, 2016. Participating teams ;Direct invitation *Evil Geniuses * OG *Team Secret *Team Liquid *Alliance *Natus Vincere * Araburat Gaming *LGD Gaming *Vici Gaming *Fnatic * MVP Phoenix * compLexity Gaming ;Regional qualifiers * Digital Chaos (Americas) *Newbee (China) *Team Empire (Europe) *Mineski Mineski is an inactive esports team established on February 14, 2004 in the Philippines. They had a ''Dota 2'' team and a professional ''League of Legends'' team. History Mineski was established as a DOTA esports team on February 14, 2004, b ... (Southeast Asia) Results Group stage Main Event Winnings ''(Note: Prizes are in USD)'' References External links * {{officialwebsite, themanilamajor.com/ 2016 in esports 2016 in Philippine sport Sports in Mani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Major
The Shanghai Major was a ''Dota 2'' tournament that took place in Shanghai from March 2–6, 2016, and was the second Major of the 2015–2016 ''Dota 2'' season. 16 teams competed in the tournament; eight were given direct invitations and the other eight qualified through various qualifying tournament around the world. The Major was won by Team Secret, who defeated Team Liquid in a best of five series 3–1. The tournament took place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Participating teams ;Direct invitation *Evil Geniuses * OG *Team Secret *Alliance *Virtus.Pro *EHOME *CDEC Gaming *ViCi Gaming ;Regional qualifiers *LGD Gaming (China) *Newbee (China) *Team Archon (Americas) * compLexity Gaming (Americas) *Team Liquid (Europe) *Team Spirit (Europe) * MVP Phoenix (Southeast Asia) *Fnatic (Southeast Asia) Results ''(Note: Prizes are in USD)'' Controversy The Shanghai Major was plagued from the start with technical difficulties and both the production company and host, James "2GD" Hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The International 2017
The International 2017 (TI7) was the seventh iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports world championship tournament. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, the tournament began with the online qualifier phase in June 2017, and ended after the main event at the KeyArena in Seattle in August. The Grand Finals took place between the European-based Team Liquid and Chinese-based Newbee, with Liquid defeating Newbee 3–0 in a best-of-five series, winning nearly $11 million in prize money. As with every International from 2013 onwards, the prize pool was crowdfunded by the ''Dota 2'' community via its battle pass feature, with the total being one of the largest in esports history at nearly 25 million. Other relevant events took place during the tournament, including a cosplay competition and submitted short film contest with their own independent prize pools. In addition, the first demonstration game of what later became the OpenAI Five, bots trained to defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, video game publisher, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam (service), Steam and the game franchises ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'', ''Counter-Strike'', ''Portal (series), Portal'', ''Day of Defeat'', ''Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress'', ''Left 4 Dead (series), Left 4 Dead'' and ''Dota''. Valve was founded in 1996 by the former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. Their debut game, the first-person shooter (FPS) ''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life'' (1998), was a critical and commercial success and had a lasting influence on the FPS genre. Harrington left in 2000. In 2003, Valve launched Steam, followed by ''Half-Life 2'' (2004), the Episodic video game, episodic sequels ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' (2006) and ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Episode Two'' (2007), the mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The International 2016
The International 2016 (TI6) was the sixth iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports championship tournament. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, the tournament began in June 2016 with the qualifier phase and ended after the main event at the KeyArena in Seattle in August. The tournament awarded the biggest prize pool in esports history at over $20 million, surpassing the record set at the previous International, with the champion team, Wings Gaming, winning over $9 million. Background and format Like in previous years of the tournament, a corresponding digital compendium for ''Dota 2'' was released before the event. Known as the Battle Pass, 25% of the revenue made by it was sent towards the tournament's prize pool. By the end of July, the crowdfunded prize pool had surpassed the previous year's total of $18.4 million, overtaking it as the largest esports tournament prize pool in history, eventually reaching over $20.7 million. The event beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Offensive
''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. Developed for over two years, ''Global Offensive'' was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. In December 2018, Valve transitioned the game to a free-to-play model, focusing on revenue from cosmetic items. The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. The most common game modes involve the Terrorists planting a bomb while Counter-Terrorists attempt to stop them, or Counter-Terrorists attempting to rescue hostages that the Terrorists have captured. There are nine official game modes, all of which have distinct characteristics specific to that mode. The game also has matchmaking support that allows players to play on dedicated Valve servers, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
