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Our international blog’s posts have always started with Ti praised as “the largest electronic sports event for this year.” It was always a celebration of Dota, which is the highest level of playing in the deepest and most complex game on the Internet, and we believe this is still true. However, it is impossible to deny that Ti was a little faded and today we would like to discuss some things that can return it to its previous glory.

The huge frequency and size of updates during the past two years have been great. Make the introduction of aspects and the increase in the size of the game map is more interesting to play at all levels. This also led to some balance problems, and we feel that there are two main ways to address this.

The first is a systematic and permanent correction balance, starting from time before TI. This was the approach that was previously followed, and that was the approach this year as well. It is impossible to make “perfect” correction, but seeking to achieve this throughout the year to crown a championship with hero and strategic diversity. This year, nearly 17 % of the heroes have been ignored, with many heroes 90 %+ competition rate.

The problem in this approach is that it leads to a somewhat dead bar and not new content updates. Personally, we believe that the budget around the professional scene is good for the professional scene, but it does not necessarily make a better game for us, the players. Valve approaches during the past two years, which is one that we welcomes completely, is to meet the needs of ordinary players, so perhaps the slow and fixed way is not a simply option.

In this case, you may have a TI correction, which has been released very Near the start of the tournament it can be a solution. The fastest professional players in adaptation and flexibility is definitely one of the most important skills in DOTA. Leave flexibility and adaptation is the main focus, rather than implementing the best strategy.

We believe a firm belief that a new main patch issued a week or so before the tournament leads to a very strange, but Ti is very interesting, with the struggle of many ideas and PlayStyles. Will the playing level be the same, as when the teams get months to prepare? Certainly no. Will it be more entertaining? Perhaps, which is worth the risk in our opinion.

The group stage this year was very similar to the group stage that we went through in the International 2023 with one major difference – there were fewer teams. In our opinion, it made the group stage very low risk and not a particular fun to see it.

In previous years, with only two groups, the seed was the main focus and because of this it was exciting, while also allowing more games. Last year, the groups were exciting because one of the teams would be canceled.

This year, we had no. Four groups of four you fight for nothing, but an opportunity to choose a single BO3 discount to report his seed is just a strange format. It is not “fair” in any way, and every victory and loss deserved. On the part of the spectator of the experience, though, I felt like a busy: games that played to play games.

Since it is DOTA and it is definitely a fun game to see it, there is nothing especially wrong with it, but the presence of a group stage is definitely something we want to see next year.

Finally, there is a question about the major finals and it has been said before, but we believe a firm belief that the most important series of championship deserves its day. Yes, it will somewhat eliminate the feature of the upper arc and yes, and the championship will extend. However, it is a compromise that must be considered at least.

The last time, we had an excellent chain of Ti Grand Finals in 2021, and at this point, we have to admit that entering the BO5 may be exhausted after the lower arc finals is not good for Dota as separate sport.

We want fresh athletes and their best, and they are not desirable. He can still lead to a survey, it still can end in a boring chain, but at least we will be sure of that because one team is much better, not because only one had to go through about three hours of intense Dota to get a chance to play Dota.

We did not deliberately touch on what many consider an elephant in the room – the pool. Because, if we are honest, we do not believe that this matters to Ti. It is definitely something in the tournament, and some players may be driven by greater bonuses and may play better, but we do not think it has a great impact on the playing level.

International is the Dota Festival. When the date is made, and when the heroes are crowned and when the community meets to enjoy the highest level of competitive play. The only thing that changes the gathering of prizes is the comparison with other games and perhaps viewers ’numbers from people who check what all this uproar revolves around.

For us as Dota operators, is it really important if there are more people who are watching? Do more viewers enhance the actual experience of seeing what the best players in the world play, and what crazy strategies are trying to use? Personally, I don’t think so, but I think there are ways to make the biggest event for this year’s e -sports event more interesting and entertainment.