This weekend has demonstrated the true potential of eSports in the DOTA genre. 16 teams, 11 countries, 8 consolations and 1 WINNER! Na’vi (Ukraine) secured themselves a spot in the Championship Finals after beating Scythe.SG (Singapore) in an epic two round battle in the Winner’s Bracket Finals. Having lost in the Winner’s Bracket, Scythe.SG moved… [Show me more]

Day #3 turned out to be the most exciting of the rounds so far. Virus vs MYM. MiTH-Trust vs TyLoo. EHOME vs Scythe.SG. And my most anticipated match of all, MUFC vs OK.Nirvana.int! All teams brought their A-game, working around various strategies to outplay and outshine their opponents. I couldn’t be more pleased by the… [Show me more]

My heart was pounding. The tip of my fingers twitching. My breath was racing. It was 5:45pm here in Melbourne, and Valve finally fired up the livestream of The International on www.dota2.com. As 1.5 million people tuned in to watch the World Premiere of Dota 2, I couldn’t help but feel the excitement shared by… [Show me more]

Yesterday, we had the first look into the brand new DOTA 2 trailer. As announced, The International DOTA 2 Championships will begin at 10:00 (+2GMT) today August 17th 2011. I live in Melbourne, Australia which is +10GMT, which means the live video stream will start at exactly 6pm Melbourne time – right after I finish… [Show me more]