May 1 Valve Announces Relocation of the Tournament The international 2023 Dota 2 indefinitely due to coronavirus. Esportsmen, analysts and other fans of the game sadly but without surprise met this news, which they wrote on Twitter. Many agreed that the organizers made the right decision, given the situation with the pandemic in the world.
Some professional players complained that without the main tournament of the year, they turned from e-sportsmen into streamers.
“The International has been canceled. Hi, now I’ve become a streamer. ”
Kerry agreed with this statement. Evil geniuses Arthur Arteezy Babaev.
“Yeah, similar.”
His teammate Roman RAMZEs Kushnaryov was also laconic:
sadddddddddddddd?
– Roman Kushnarev (@ramzes) April 30, 2023
Newbies Og very upset that in the summer they will not be able to help the new team compete for the third championship title. By the way, Zheng MidOne Yek Nai for more than a month now, he can’t participate in online tournaments with his team because of the high ping, as he is in Malaysia.
“There will be no TI this year, I am dying.”
Support OG Martin Saksa Sazdov complained that the tournament was canceled at the very moment when he joined the two-time world champions.
“Just started playing for OG, as The International was canceled. GG, I’ll go cry. “
Presenter Yorin Sheever van der Hayden believes that the organizers made the right decision.
“A sad but right decision in the circumstances.”
Analyst Alan Nahaz Bester also believes that Valve did the right thing. He also encouraged the company to consider returning the crowdfunding system to other Dota 2 tournaments.
“It’s sad, but moving TI is a 100% right decision. On the other hand, at TI10 we may mark the decade since the first The International, which took place in 2011 and also in Europe!
It’s time to seriously consider returning crowdfunding to other Dota 2 tournaments besides TI. ”
Journalist Richard Lewis wrote that after the cancellation of The International 2023, the main tournament of the year will be the CS: GO Major in Rio. Of course, if it takes place.
“It’s sad to hear that Valve postponed The International and most likely the tournament will be held as early as 2023. Now this is the right decision, given the circumstances. I hope that the CS: GO Major in Rio will nevertheless take place in November. This tournament could become an eSports Super Bowl. ”
German player Dominic Black ^ Reitmeier encouraged all Dota 2 fans to try to make the next year the best in discipline history.
“The abolition of The International 2023 is a huge blow. No matter how sad this is, we must try to make the year 2023 the best in the history of Dota 2. We have already overcome many problems, so I’m sure that the scene will become even stronger when it all ends. ”
Commentator David LD Gorman found a positive point in the fact that Valve will still release the Battle Pass, despite the transfer of the tournament.
“Sucks, but at least we will have a Battle Pass to wipe away their tears! LET IT HERE! ”
His colleague Rustam Adekvat Mavlyutov believes that Valve should do a good job with the Battle Pass in order to please the players.
🙁 without inta it will be sad .. wait for the juicy battlepass, Valv should try on it in the current situation https://t.co/LLy5q5HfzV
– Rustam Mavliutov (@AdekvatTV) April 30, 2023
Club representatives B8 esports found a positive moment in the transfer of The International 2023. According to them, now the team will have enough time to play.
At least we now definitely have time to play! https://t.co/fYCgH5btkW
– B8 (@ B8esportsGG) May 1, 2023
Former professional Dota 2 player and commentator Henrik AdmiralBulldog Anberg joked that the tournament was postponed since the universe is against his presence at The International.
“The universe has decided to make sure that I never get on TI.”
Blogger J.M.R. Luna jokingly congratulated the team Og for Dota 2 with retention of the International title for three consecutive years.
“Congratulations to OG on retaining The International for three consecutive years. Incredible record! “
Now we are in the same position with the CS community. They and we do not have int.
– B U X A I A N A L I T I K A (@drunkstudanal) May 1, 2023
Initially, The International 2023 was supposed to be held in the summer in Stockholm at the Ericsson Globe site, but it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more about this here.
