The International 2017

The International 2017
Tournament information
Sport Dota 2
Location Seattle, Washington, United States
Dates August 7–12, 2017
Administrator(s) Valve Corporation
Tournament
format(s)
 Group stage
Round robin
Main event
Double elimination
Host(s) Valve Corporation
Venue(s) KeyArena
Participants 18 teams
Purse US$24,600,000+
Final positions
2nd runner-up LGD.Forever Young

The International 2017 (TI7) is the ongoing seventh iteration of The International, an annual Dota 2 eSports championship tournament. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, the tournament began with the qualifier phase in June 2017, and will end after the main event at the KeyArena in Seattle in August. It will award the biggest prize pool in eSports history at over US$24 million, with the winning team taking $10 million of that, breaking the record set by the previous year's tournament.

Background and format

The KeyArena in Seattle, the venue where the tournament is taking place

As with previous years of the tournament, a corresponding digital compendium for Dota 2 was released before the event, allowing the prize pool to be crowdfunded.[1][2][3] Known as the "Battle Pass", 25% of revenue made by it was sent directly towards the tournament's prize pool.[3]

The tournament initially began with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), China, Europe, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia regional qualifiers in June 2017.[4] Prior to the main event on August 2–5, two separate best-of-two round robin groups consisting of nine teams each were played, with the bottom placed team of each group being eliminated.[5][6][7] The remaining 16 teams moved on to the double elimination main event at the KeyArena in Seattle from August 7–12, with the top four finishing teams from both groups advancing to the upper bracket, and the bottom four advancing to the lower bracket.[6][5][4] The first round of the lower bracket is treated as single-elimination, with the loser of each match being immediately eliminated from the tournament.[5][7] Every other round of both brackets is played in a best-of-three series, with the exception being the Grand Finals, which is played between the winners of the upper and lower brackets in a best-of-five series.[5][7]

As with previous years of the event, Seattle KCPQ reporter Kaci Aitchison will reprise her role as co-host and interviewer.[5] However, Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner, the desk host of the last two Internationals, was not invited.[5] Instead, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament host Alex "Machine" Richardson and former StarCraft personality Sean "Day[9]" Plott replaced him.[5]

Teams

Six teams were directly invited to the event, with an additional twelve qualifying teams participating.[4][8] New to the event from previous years was the expansion from 16 to 18 total teams, as well as establishment of new qualifying regions; the Americas were split into separate North and South America regions, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region was split off from Europe.[8][9] The International 2016 champion Wings Gaming disbanded earlier in 2017 with its members taking a break from professional Dota, marking the first time in the International's history that a defending champion or its any of its former roster did not defend their title.[10] The rosters of two independent teams, Planet Dog and Team NP, were signed after the qualifier stage respectively by the eSports organizations HellRaisers and Cloud9.[11][12] Valve tournament rules allow for players to freely play for another team or organization without restrictions, as long as the rosters remain the same.[13]

Direct invitation
Regional qualifier winners

Results

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team W L
1 Team Liquid 13 3 Advanced to the upper bracket
2 LGD Gaming 12 4
3 Evil Geniuses 11 5
4 TNC Pro Team 9 7
5 Team Secret 7 9 Advanced to the lower bracket
6 iG.Vitality 7 9
7 Team Empire 6 10
8 Infamous 5 11
9 Fnatic 2 14 Eliminated
Source: [14][15]
Group B
Pos Team W L
1 LGD.Forever Young 14 2 Advanced to the upper bracket
2 Newbee 11 5
3 Invictus Gaming 10 6
4 Virtus.pro 10 6
5 OG 9 7 Advanced to the lower bracket
6 Cloud9 6 10
7 Digital Chaos 6 10
8 Execration 5 11
9 HellRaisers 1 15 Eliminated
Source: [14][15]

Main event

Upper bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Upper bracket finals
         
Europe Team Liquid 1
China Invictus Gaming 2
China Invictus Gaming 1
China Newbee 2
United States Evil Geniuses 0
China Newbee 2
China Newbee 2
China LGD.Forever Young 1
China LGD.Forever Young 2
Philippines TNC Pro Team 0
China LGD.Forever Young 2
Russia Virtus.pro 0
China LGD Gaming 0
Russia Virtus.pro 2

Lower bracket

Round 1 (best of ones)   Round 2   Round 3
                   
      Europe Team Liquid 2  
European Union Team Secret 1     European Union Team Secret 1  
Philippines Execration 0       Europe Team Liquid 2
    Russia Team Empire 0
      United States Evil Geniuses 0
United States Cloud9 0     Russia Team Empire 2  
Russia Team Empire 1  
Round 1 (best of ones)   Round 2   Round 3
                   
    Philippines TNC Pro Team 0  
European Union OG 1     European Union OG 2  
Peru Infamous 0       European Union OG 0
    China LGD Gaming 2
    China LGD Gaming 2
China iG.Vitality 0     United States Digital Chaos 0  
United States Digital Chaos 1  
  Round 4     Round 5     Lower bracket finals
                           
  Russia Virtus.pro 1  
  Europe Team Liquid 2         China LGD.Forever Young 1
        Europe Team Liquid 2     Europe Team Liquid 2
        China LGD Gaming 0  
  China Invictus Gaming 0    
  China LGD Gaming 2  

Grand Finals

Grand Finals (best of five)
China Newbee 0
Europe Team Liquid 1

Winnings

(Note: Prizes are in USD)

Place Team Prize money
1st TBD $10,700,000
2nd TBD $3,900,000
3rd China LGD.Forever Young $2,500,000
4th China LGD Gaming $1,700,000
5th/6th China Invictus Gaming $1,100,000
Russia Virtus.pro
7th/8th Europe OG $613,000
Russia Team Empire
9th–12th United States Digital Chaos $367,000
United States Evil Geniuses
Europe Team Secret
Philippines TNC Pro Team
13th–16th United States Cloud9 $122,000
Philippines Execration
China iG Vitality
Peru Infamous
17th–18th Malaysia Fnatic $61,000
Europe HellRaisers

Legacy

As with every consecutive International since 2014, the event broke the eSports tournament record for the largest prize pool, which currently stands at over US$24 million.[16] A four-part episodic documentary television series produced by TBS regarding the event aired throughout August 2017. Known as Eleague: Road To The International Dota 2 Championships, the documentary followed compLexity Gaming's journey in the North American qualifiers.[17][18] An all-star match with a $100,000 prize pool was also played during the event, featuring players voted in by Battle Pass owners.[19] As in previous years, a fan cosplay competition and a Dota 2 themed short film contest also took place, with them both having their own independent prize pools.[20]

Also at the event, Valve revealed a trailer for Artifact, a collectible card game based on the universe of Dota.[21] The event also had a 1v1 demonstration between professional Dota 2 player Dendi and an OpenAI-machine learned bot, to which Dendi lost.[22][23] Two new playable characters for the game itself were also revealed.[24]

Notes

  1. ↑ Played through the qualifiers as Planet Dog
  2. ↑ Played through the qualifiers as Team NP

References

  1. ↑ Good, Owen. "Dota 2 co-op campaign included in The International 2017’s Battle Pass". Polygon. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Valve Launches The Battle Pass Weekend Sale; Includes Battle Levels And Treasure Bundle". MalaysianDigest.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 Rose, Victoria. "The International’s prize pool is, once again, the biggest in esports history". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Robichaud, Andrew. "First six invitees announced for International 7". TSN.ca.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The International Approaches". blog.dota2.com. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Dota 2 - The International 2017". dota2.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 Rose, Victoria. "The International 7 format and prize pool, explained". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. 1 2 Rose, Victoria. "The International 7’s final lineup of teams has come together". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Rose, Victoria. "The teams of the International 2017, part one". PC Gamer. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "This Year's Dota 2 International Will Be The First Without A Defending Champion". Kotaku. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Rose, Victoria. "Hellraisers acquire TI7-qualifying Planet Dog". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  12. ↑ Rose, Victoria. "EternaLEnVy squad NP acquired by Cloud9, bringing former players back under roster". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "DOTA 2 MAJORS REGISTRATION". dota2.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Group Stage". dota2.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  15. 1 2 Rose, Victoria. "TI7 Group Stage results — LGD.Fy, Liquid take top; Fnatic, Hellraisers first eliminated". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  16. ↑ Prescott, Shaun. "The Dota 2 International prize pool has comfortably broken its record". PC Gamer. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Over 21 Million on the Line in New DOTA 2 Esports Docu-series". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  18. ↑ Rose, Victoria. "TBS's TI7 documentary is worthwhile for fans and casual viewers alike". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  19. ↑ "All-Star Voting and Player Card Packs". blog.dota2.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  20. ↑ Rose, Victoria. "Short Film and Cosplay Competitions bring creative heat to The International 7". The Flying Courier. Polygon. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  21. ↑ Gies, Arthur. "Valve announces Artifact, a Dota 2 card game". Polygon. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "Dota 2". blog.openai.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  23. ↑ Frank, Blair Hanley. "OpenAI’s bot beats top Dota 2 player so badly that he quits". Venture Beat. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  24. ↑ Horti, Samuel. "Valve reveals two new Dota 2 heroes". PC Gamer. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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