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Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" Today is the final day of The International. We start with three teams and end with one, the Grand Champions. If you have never watched a professional game being played, now is your chance to see the top three teams in the world compete. You have never seen Dota played at this level. You can watch in the game client or by visiting here. It isn’t just about the ganks or the stuns – it’s about the emotions, the momentum swings, the competition, the excitement, the t…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" We start today with a best of three match – Na’Vi vs Orange. Na’Vi has won first place in the 1st International, second in the 2nd, are they destined for third place in the 3rd? No one can count them out yet. They beat Orange in their first meeting on the main stage but lost in two straight to Alliance. Will they keep their eye on the first match or will they be caught looking for revenge later this afternoon? Orange will be tough competition. After their first lo…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" We started the morning where we left off last night with the two Lower Bracket best of three matches. Both IG and DK leading one game to zero. IG had gone to bed thinking of victory, but they woke up to the nightmare of Mushi. Orange came crushing back to knock last year’s champion out of the tournament. It was in two straight dominated wins. TongFu must have been watching the earlier games and decided to follow suit. They battled with DK but took the two straight…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" First, we have to welcome all the PubStomps watching today. Watching in small groups, to parties with hundreds of people, the Stomps span the globe with 48 countries being represented. So to all of you out there sitting together with friends and fellow fans – Hello! Make sure to Tweet or post pictures of your PubStomp with the hashtag #ti3. Today continues games started last night and then the final match of the day decide who moves on to The Grand Finals. For a s…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" The day started with Alliance continuing their undefeated run by winning the first game against DK handily. But DK would not go down quietly and broke open their play style in the second game. They pressed and stayed aggressive the entire game – destroying Alliances bid to go undefeated. The third game was a battle with Alliance turning it into a slug fest going on the offensive and DK brilliantly defending but their defense could not outlast the onslaught of Alli…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" We begin day 3 with only eight teams remaining and all eight teams will play today. Here is the spoiler filled version of this blog post including the top 5 Fantasy Challenge players. For Fantasy players working on a delay, make sure to lock in any changes before today’s matches and remember, tomorrow is the final day of the Fantasy Challenge. In the hall we continue to have player signings, some impromptu as players mill about and some planned at their table. We …

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" We begin day 3 with only eight teams remaining and all eight teams will play today. Can Alliance continue their streak of wins and remain undefeated? Will IG copy a page from their playbook from last year and mount a comeback from the lower bracket? Is the only hold out from the group stage lower bracket, Liquid, going to be able to keep winning their single elimination matches? Today we find out all of that and more. In the hall we continue to have player signing…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" The day began with the undefeated Alliance coming out strong from the start of game one against LGD. They were dominating in gold and experience, but as Loda himself predicted – sometimes all it takes is one team fight. And while the commentators joked about all of Alliance’s gold, LGD kept battling and pounded out a a team fight that gave them a chance to make a beeline for Alliance’s Ancient – the game ending with both teams on a race to destroy the Ancients. Wi…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" We are going to start day 2 with one giant spoiler – last night’s all-star game was awesome. If you missed it we have the video available here. Today’s matches have more serious drama attached to them. We are going to see Alliance start the day undefeated. Can they continue their run or will LGD play the spoiler? LGD was the team entering the main stage last year undefeated until Na’Vi knocked them down into third place. We also see DK square off against returning…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" The Main Event of the International begins today. All the action takes place on the main stage of Benaroya Hall in front of thousands of fans. If a day packed with Dota 2 being played by the best professional players in the world, inside of one of the most beautiful venues isn’t enough, we have more – much more. First up will be the opening Ceremony at 12 Noon PST. We will be streaming this to the world, so even if you aren’t at the hall, make sure to drop everyth…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" While many of you are already joining us on Twitter, we just want to take a second and tell you about other ways you can follow The International. On Flickr, you will see high quality, beautiful images covering all aspects of the event. In that collection you will find the lead image for this blog post. It perfectly captures the moment when LGD and Dignitas flipped a coin to start their playoff for the last spot in Group A’s upper bracket. While we track the coin,…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" Group Stage ended the same way it began, a playoff. The playoff today between LGD and Dignitas decided who moved into the upper bracket and who fell into the lower. It was one game, winner take all. With LGD’s win and Dignitas’s loss, this means, as with all members of the lower bracket – Dignitas is now in the land of single elimination matches. Lose a match and you are gone from the Tournament. LGD gets the safety of the upper bracket. Lose one here and you go d…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" IG insists they feel no pressure entering this year’s International as the returning champs. They know there is a target on their back, but they are confident. Maybe it is nerves or maybe it really is just proof of how tough the competition has gotten but they have not started this International playing as champions. When asked what they would like to do this International – the answer is quick – be the first two time International champs. It isn’t too late, they …

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" As day 2 draws to a close, Alliance goes into the final day of group stage undefeated. The rest of the field shows as many surprises as expected results. But it isn’t over for anyone. We should all remember Na’Vi’s showing last year that had them leaving group stage just barely avoiding the lower bracket yet still pulling it together and making it to the finals. As we get closer to the main stage event this Wednesday August 7th, those unable to make it to Benaroya…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" Na’Vi became an instant Dota 2 community favorite by winning The First International. Last year they returned as the heavy favorite but proceeded to have a rough group stage. That ended up not making a difference, they came charging back and went on to the finals. There they lost to Invictus Gaming. As they enter this year, you would think the pressure would be off. They aren’t returning champions, they’re just another team – but they aren’t. They are Na’Vi. As De…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" The first day of The International’s group stage is over. So what are you going to do for the next 10 hours? Don’t worry, we have some suggestions. With the first day over, Compendium owners can check their teams for The International Fantasy Challenge and see how they are doing. Remember, you can change up your teams. Decide who is hot and who is getting benched. Move them around to your heart’s content until 9am PST tomorrow morning. You can also help us decide …

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" NS is self-conscious as he talks. He seems embarrassed by his name choice – NightSniper shortened to NS. He doesn’t want to call the storied Virtus.Pro his team, but it is. It isn’t fake modesty. It was reformed around him. And for his part, he tried to open the team up, not be the team captain and let kSi take the helm – but that was short lived. He couldn’t run from his destiny. When it came down to it, he knew he had to be the captain, he had the most experienc…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" As we spoke with teams this week, there was an almost universal answer to one question. What team do you fear the most? Alliance. They were the most feared, but not the favorite among their peers. How does that work? Is it because they haven’t been strong of late? That some teams are gaining momentum? Maybe there’s another answer.  With 16 teams so evenly matched it doesn’t matter what you won yesterday. Alliance’s sweep in China doesn’t matter today. All these te…

Nachricht von "Dota2.com Blog" Liquid held their bootcamp in Las Vegas, sharing a house with some poker pros. They needed that retreat to sin city to find themselves. Their early season performance was simply not who they were. They played well at the G-1 Championship League but still came in 5th. They flayed against teams they believed they were better then. As they struggled they learned something about themselves, something we see other teams realizing this year. They need to play their game…