DotA 2, The International 3 Thread

If twitch can't handle I hope dotatv can. If not I'll have to watch VOD's and I'm not a fan of those... when it comes to VOD's I only watch certain teams/matches and meh.
I also feel bad for those who like sc2 and want to watch the whole thing. Even worse for those who wanted to watch both :/
I just hope everything turns out fine for everyone.

Dota TV should be fine, you do miss the between-game content, though.

Maybe not? https://twitter.com/BTSGoDz/status/359535357290758146
Who knows if it's true or not but would be nice to have another option

2.6 million reached, obviously 3.2 wont happen, but 2.6 million is still really amazing.
That immortal item better be a good one, and hopefully not be unique to only one hero. It might be a ward, since we already have TI3 courier and HUD.


DotA2, The international 3 will be on a commercial TV channel in sweden.
http://www.tv6.se/international
They even have pages about the swedish players and small guides to dota.

SC2 and LoL(?) has been on STV in sweden before but i believe this is a first for a commercial TV channel? Correct me if i am wrong.
Pretty cool overall. Hellspawn will be on-site at TI3 doing interviews i believe, for this channel.

I'm still interested with what Valve is going to do with the extra 1 million, although it'll probably be for the 1v1 tournament.

I'm still interested with what Valve is going to do with the extra 1 million, although it'll probably be for the 1v1 tournament.

? They said repeatedly that a large majority (probably 90%+) of it would go to the main prizepool..

Yea and using it for the 1v1 tournament wouldn't make sense either since not all of the best 1v1 tournament players are even in it, a lot of players that aren't given a chance to play in it are actually amazing in 1v1 scenarios.
Regardless the 1v1 tournament will be fun to watch.

I'm hyped as pineapple for TI3.

Im rooting for Navi as always, expecting them to win this year (because they actually prepared this time)

At least hoping that visage will get some stupid nerfs after this tournament, the hero is way too good in competitive even when enemy have gyro.

This fucking unofficial trailer got me so fucking pumped and hyped:
[video=youtube;8SuXHt5B2es]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuXHt5B2es[/video]

Prize Pool announced:
1st - $1,367,144 USD
2nd - $601,543 USD
3rd - $273,429 USD
4th - $191,400 USD
5th - $109,371 USD
6th - $109,371 USD
7th - $41,014 USD
8th - $41,014 USD
Also:
Dat loading screen

Incredibly excited at the moment because I found out that the 7 is a holyday here
Wednesday is the only day that I'll be in school all day, so I'll miss almost every match then
Regardless, I can't wait for it to fucking start already!

Now that we have a schedule I'm kinda sad, I'm gonna miss both days of 1vs1 tournament
I'm actually gonna miss all Main Event day 2. Other than that I think I won't miss much

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I have to choose between going to a huge LAN or watching doto.
Doto it is i guess, gonna have to re-do my entire sleeping schedule for this event.

I'm not gonna watch most of it until the main stage stuff. I'd probably get burnt out. Plus I have work.

I'm not gonna watch most of it until the main stage stuff. I'd probably get burnt out. Plus I have work.

I'm planning on watching the specific events like the 1v1 championship and the allstar match but outside of that i'm sticking to watching matches with teams that i'm a fan of.
I'd burn out if i watched it all as well.

BTS pre show is on. LD is so hyped that's contagious
http://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit

Over 100k people watching ingame already.
Holy pineappleing pomegranate.

Edit 110k now and only 5 heroes picked total, what the pomegranate.
Nvm, nearly 120k now as i was writing the above, i'll stop updating.

Edit2:
Treant first ban by RS and razor 4th ban, they've been studying quantic apparantly.

Late game it was like 150k people watching in game. I hope Quantic wins the next games

Treant AND OD ban right off the bat? They really have been studying quantic.

Also holy pomegranate listening to v1lat is hilarious, but i'm currently watching singsing streaming with cyborgmatt, quite funny and relaxed stream with some serious analysis.

Wisp CK for quantic is crazy though.

I'm sad that I won't be seeing any more Quantic but they weren't playing their best and their draft was also kinda meh
Still, it'll be fun to watch how RS does later on.