Huge Dota 2 Tournament (1 Million US Dollars Prize)

[Metz]

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This may only be one time. It's called marketing strategy. Dota 2, even though it has not been released yet has A LOOOOOOT of competition. HoN, LoL and even the original Dota. Statistically LoL has the most active community of players, and Valve, putting up a $1M dollar prize is their way to try and steal a large portion of the market that is already with those gaming franchises.

The GSL in korea is monthly :P I wonder if DoTA 2 can do as well once it is released, tried and tested.

yeah murag marketing jud ni. afterwards I still expect them to have monthly competitions comparable to GSL.

nagkahayag na ang pro gaming scene sa pinas, ang kulang rajud nato kay excellent connection para minimize ang lag for international play.
the rest is already accessible to us like training, forums, and replays.

[jimmy128]

yeah murag marketing jud ni. afterwards I still expect them to have monthly competitions comparable to GSL.

nagkahayag na ang pro gaming scene sa pinas, ang kulang rajud nato kay excellent connection para minimize ang lag for international play.
the rest is already accessible to us like training, forums, and replays.

Yup2x! So excited for the gaming scene diri, but that is for another thread discussion!

Large companies are starting to see the potential money they can make by sponsoring gaming tourneys, so if DoTA 2 is any good, there definitely will be large tourneys that will include DoTA 2 in their events (like MLG, DreamHack)

Curious ko how DoTA 2 will develop over the years.

[risklight]

This may only be one time. It's called marketing strategy. Dota 2, even though it has not been released yet has A LOOOOOOT of competition. HoN, LoL and even the original Dota. Statistically LoL has the most active community of players, and Valve, putting up a $1M dollar prize is their way to try and steal a large portion of the market that is already with those gaming franchises.

The GSL in korea is monthly :P I wonder if DoTA 2 can do as well once it is released, tried and tested.

yup2 i agree its a pretty good marketing strategy 1. getting the dota community hype 2. getting some attention from pro gamers 3. getting attention from e-sport sponsors


ESL 1st road Finals are held at Gamescon in Cologne,Germany

many pro gaming teams are there not to mention the upcoming games

big prize = head turner

[jimmy128]

@risklight

Yep it's a huge RISK :P no pun intended hehe. Now that the hype is going, the question now is, can the game live up to the hype it has created? If it doesn't it will fail badly.

[risklight]

i hope my assumptions are wrong but putting a tournament with an unreleased remake of game means only 1 thing same old stuff with shiny other things?

[xiao_xiao]

[mickopono]

Now you know where all your TF2 hat money is going! Good job Valve!

I hope DotA2 ends the whole "lol lets make Aeon of Strife maps then make it a full game" Fad.

[xiao_xiao]

I didn't spend any money on TF2

[mikoy32]

for real?hehe nindota i.apil ani oi.heheh

[moy1moy1]

I see some graphic talks base sa youtube comments..

..screw em', its the game of brains, not eyes.. hehe