The annual and main tournament The International, which is held for the sixth year by the company Valve, amazes with its prize fund: more than 19 million dollars. Even more surprising is that the lion's share (well, almost the whole amount) was "donated" to players in Dota 2, the games on which this championship is held. 25% of the players' contributions are sent to the TI6 prize fund - and you see that it turned out that the winners of the tournament will get more money than many prominent representatives of this sport for winning the largest championships of their disciplines.
However, you can not even talk about "real" sports: earlier this year, eSports was recognized as the official sport in Russia. Now you can honestly tell your mother that you are going to become a candidate for master of sports and even a master, and a victory in the tournament can provide money for five years, if not spoil.
Dota 2 is a game in the genre MOBA, created by Valve on the basis of the once insanely popular DotA card in WarCraft 3. The monthly audience of the game is 13 million people.
The main part of the tournament The International 2016 will be held at the Key Arena in Seattle, the traditional venue for the tournament near the headquarters of Valve. The largest social networks in Russia also joined the tournament coverage this year: VKontakte there was a special group dedicated to the tournament, and gifts were given in the form of the iconic Aegis, the shield for which the teams will fight.
Not long ago, Alisher Usmanov invested $ 100 million in one of the largest e-sports organizations in Russia - Virtus.Pro, with which the active promotion of e-sports at the national level began. Currently, the prize pool The International holds the record and is the largest in e-sports in the history of games.
The broadcast of the championship will traditionally take place on Twitch and in the game client. In some countries it is broadcast even on TV channels, and judging by the development of e-sports in Russia - and our country is considered one of the most played in Dota 2 - it's not far off the day when Dota 2 will be shown on TV and in our country. But this is not really necessary: the players always know where to find the broadcast.
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