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Day One is Over
The day began with pageantry as Gabe welcomed everyone to The International. Teams were introduced, videos shown, and then there was lightning inside of Benaroya Hall. Within the first 5 minutes of the opening game between Na’Vi and Orange, there were ...

The Sun Rises on The International
The Main Event of The International begins today. All the action takes place on the stage at 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 ...

Imagine The International
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 collect...

Two Times?
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...

The Road To Benaroya Hall
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 ...

Day 2 Is Over!
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 ...

Not an Underdog
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 ...

Yesterday’s Fantasies
Compendium owners had a busy day yesterday tracking their picks during the day and making adjustments to their rosters last night. While Alliance went undefeated yesterday, if you had an all Alliance team – you did not come out on top. They had a c...

Day One Is Over
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 Chall...

The International is On!
This weekend is non-stop Dota 2. The first round of Group Stage has already started. We are playing 4 games at a time from 9am until 10pm PST both Saturday and Sunday. On Monday we will have games from 9am to 2pm PST. How can you possibly consume this ...

The Final Goal
Dignitas was sure they belonged at TI2. When they didn’t make it, they took that disappointment and focused it on a goal – getting into The 2013 International. They made that goal but they know that is just one step on the real final goal –...

Hard and Fast
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 ...

Feared
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 ...

Sometimes It Is Fate
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...

They Belong
Mousesports snuck into The International last year. It wasn’t a planned playoff like this year, but MUFC’s travel problem became an opportunity for Mouz. While they won that playoff, they had no expectation of playing in the tournament so they hadn...

Creating Confidence
One month is your average time for a boot camp before The International. A few teams even talked about the tensions that can rise by having a longer camp. Fnatic broke all the rules by running theirs for two months. For them it was important to not jus...

The International House of Dedication
While some teams have a language barrier by having two nationalities on their team, LGD International lives up to the International part of their name by being based in China and having a team comprised of players from Canada, America, Denmark, Sweden, a...

Playing Their Game
Orange has a rookie on their team – Ohaiyo. He is a good example of a rookie’s experience at The International. He relies on teammates who have been here before to help him navigate the event. They tell him things like don’t lose your...

Getting 100%
When talking with MUFC’s WinteR, it comes as no surprise that he was once a national chess player. As he discusses the draft stage, it is detailed and insightful. This is an area where he placed all the responsibility on himself. Where other teams mi...

Out Of The Shadows
When we asked teams to pick their top 4 for The International, DK is almost always on the list. When Ohaiyo from Orange picked who he was most excited to meet at his first International – he named BurNIng from DK. So with all the accolades, why is...

And Then There Were 16
We say it is 16 teams descending on Seattle for The International but there are 17 in Bellevue today. Two of those teams, Quantic and RattleSnake, will play a best of 5 playoff to secure that final 16th position. So today at 1pm PST it isn’t about...

A Cut Above the Rest
For some teams, you can see the determination and seriousness in their faces. For LGD, they wear their dedication in their style with new haircuts – the Dota 2 Logo cut into the side of their heads. That dedication and determination comes from los...

Focus, Focus, Focus
Posting a picture of TongFu always generates a huge amount of excitement and this fan favorite team is looking to focus that excitement on The International. There are just a few problems, what happened at the Alienware Cup? What happened last year at t...

There Is Only One
Travel to The International impacts almost all of the teams. The change in time zones, the distance, unfamiliar surroundings all cause each team to try and compensate. Some teams shift their training schedules to get ready – Zenith also shifted t...

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