German eSports mammoths Mousesports secured their place in the final of Valve’s annual Dota tournament in a 3-1 victory over dd.Dota last night. They’ll have a shot at The International 3’s prize pool, now the largest ever for a single event.
The Compendium is Valve’s handbook to The International 2013, the world’s biggest Dota tournament by any yardstick worth measuring with (prize pool, global reach, surprises). For $10 you’ll get up-to-the-minute results and fixtures, MvP polls, and match betting without fear for your kneecaps. You’ll also be adding $2.50 to the International prize pool, and pushing the total closer to a series of new stretch goals for the benefit of all.
A week ago, Valve released the International Interactive Compendium - a $10 digital tome designed to guide you through Dota 2’s annual tournament as it happens. The developers have pledged to add 25% of the proceeds to the event’s prize pool, and announced three ‘stretch goals’ - the second of which promised more mounts for the International’s celebratory Smeevil courier. It’s that goal that the Dota community have ably surpassed this week.
Last night, the tickets for the Dota 2 International 2013 sold out in two short hours, leaving many fans disappointed. However, tickets have begun to show up on the Steam Marketplace: if you’re prepared to pay over the odds.
While the tickets have now vanished, they were listed for as much as £180.
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For this year’s third official Dota 2 championships, Valve have decided to break from form and put all tickets up for sale at once on May 7. Fans will descend on the official Dota store in droves at 10am PDT for a chance to watch the top 16 teams in the world play at the finals in Seattle.
With Paul McCartney notable by his absence and not so much as a Scotsman in a toilet bowl contributed by Danny Boyle, round two of the prelims for Valve’s Dota 2 Internationals opened without fanfare yesterday. But the somewhat surprising results speak for themselves.
