Dota 2 Esports

With the conclusion of the DPC Spring Tour’s regional league play, we cross the midway point of the annual road to The International. As the first in-person LAN of the circuit approaches, we have mercifully been blessed with a lively season full of top notch storylines to distract us from…

Over a year ago, I completed work on the first feature set of the Diesel Engine. Using an initial 50k result set as basis of observation, I rigged up an Elo rating implementation to some game-by-game evaluation logic. From this, I was not only able to validate the system’s finding…

Dota 2 esports has come a long way since the first International. Many teams have defined their names in the scene and carved away their highlights for years to carry. However, there’s only one that proved to everyone they deserved the crown–and that’s OG. It goes much without saying, even…

Week 4 has been long, broken up by a new year’s break and a pan-Asian online tournament that played out in way that no one could have seen. This will also be the first week to feature Chinese teams in league play, and with it their divisional power rank. …

5566 total professional games Radiant won 50.88% of them Total gameplay time of ~211972 minutes Average game time 37:05, with std deviation of 9:41 Longest game: Neptune vs RNG (1:47:20) Shortest game: Inverse vs Infinity (13:01) Dy and Pyw played the most games (256 each). 18 players had 200+ games this year, 243 players…

Another week, another update! As the final full week of games concludes, Western Europe serves up an additional helping of games, Southeast Asia freezes in place, and North American Dota continues to be North American Dota. Time to dish! Western Europe Tundra Esports Team Secret Team Liquid Team Tickles OG (▲2) Nigma…

After a successful The International 10, Valve has shifted the Dota 2 Pro Circuit esports format for its 2021–2022 season to a Regional League system. As part of the new schedule for the 2022 Dota Pro Circuit, ESL, DreamHack, and EPICENTER will be the ones in charge of hosting the…

So… The International 10 ended about a week ago (at least it was less than a week since it concluded when I started making this post), and it’s time to wrap it up. Russian version Usually I make this kind of wrap up right after the event, but this time…

… and some pictures Won by Team Spirit ($18,208,300) Matches 194 matches deciding $40,018,195 144 matches in the Group Stage, 0 tiebreakers, and 50 Playoff Games. Longest match: 64:42, Fnatic vs SG Esports Shortest match: 17:05, LGD vs Elephant Average Game Length: 39:07 (38:53 in Groups, 39:47 in Playoffs) Drafts Most contested…