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lled creeps that march down each of the three lanes towards the opponents base fighting any enemy hero creep or structure they encounter if a hero character is killed that character respawns back at their base after a delay period which gets progressively longer the farther into the match 1 2 as with previous years of the tournament a corresponding battle pass for dota 2 was released in may 2018 allowing the prize pool to be crowdfunded by players of the game 3 4 known as the compendium 25 of revenue made by it was sent directly towards the tournament s prize pool which valve started at a base us 1 6 million 5 6 at the time of event dota 2 featured 115 playable characters called heroes prior to each game in the tournament a draft was held between the opposing team captains to select which heroes their teams use going back and forth until each side has banned six and selected five heroes once a hero is picked it cannot be selected by any other player that match so teams used the draft to strategically plan ahead and deny the opponent s heroes that may be good counters or would be able to take advantage of weaknesses to their current lineup the first pick in a match is decided by a pre game coin toss and then alternates between each game in that series the team that does not get first pick gets the option of which side of the map to play on a strategic benefit 1 format edit as with traditional sporting events the tournament featured pre and post game discussion by a panel of analysts top with in match casting being done by play by play and color commentators bottom a change from previous internationals the international 2018 featured a series of tournaments running from october 2017 until june 2018 known as the dota pro circuit dpc that awarded qualifying points with the top eight ranking teams receiving direct invitations 7 8 9 10 for the first time since the international 2013 the main event was not held at the keyarena in seattle due to it undergoing renovation construction at the time and was instead held at the rogers arena in vancouver canada from august 20 25 2018 11 12 the event was also broadcast on a number of livestreams such as on twitch and steam tv with the latter being introduced specifically for the tournament 4 13 as with most major dota 2 tournaments the event had english chinese and russian language broadcasting crews with all of them having a large group of dedicated analysts and game casters 4 14 the eight dpc teams to earn invites were virtus pro psg lgd team liquid team secret mineski vici gaming newbee and vgj thunder 15 in addition twelve open qualifier single elimination playoff brackets two from each region were held from june 14 18 2018 with any eligible team able to participate in them including non professional ones 16 winners of them advanced to the main qualifiers which were held from june 18 25 and consisted of six regional brackets where an additional ten teams team serenity invictus gaming winstrike team og vgj storm evil geniuses optic gaming pain gaming fnatic and tnc predator earned invites by winning their respective regions 17 18 19 to seed the elimination bracket for the main event two separate round robin group stages featuring all 18 teams were played from august 15 18 each of the teams played each other within their group in a two game series the top four placing teams of each group advanced to the upper bracket while the fifth through eight advanced to the lower bracket the lowest placed team from both groups were eliminated from the competition 20 the main event featured two brackets an upper and lower in a double elimination tournament format winning teams of the upper bracket played in a best of three match format advanced to the next round while the losing team would then be placed in respective rounds of the lower bracket the winner of the upper bracket moved to the grand finals teams who were seeded into the lower bracket from the group stage played best of one games with the loser being immediately eliminated all later round matches in the lower bracket were played to best of three with the winner of the lower bracket advancing to the grand finals played as a best of five series to face the winner of the upper bracket 21 direct invitation dpc virtus pro psg lgd team liquid team secret mineski vici gaming newbee vgj thunder regional qualifier winners team serenity china invictus gaming china winstrike team cis og europe vgj storm north america evil geniuses north america optic gaming north america pain gaming south america fnatic southeast asia tnc predator southeast asia results edit og inside the playing booth during the hero drafting phase before one of their games group stage edit group a pos team w l 1 team liquid 13 3 advanced to the upper bracket 2 evil geniuses 13 3 3 psg lgd 11 5 4 og 9 7 5 fnatic 7 9 advanced to the lower bracket 6 vgj thunder 6 10 7 mineski 5 11 8 winstrike team 4 12 9 invictus gaming 4 12 eliminated source 22 23 group b pos team w l 1 vgj storm 12 4 advanced to the upper bracket 2 virtus pro 10 6 3 team secret 8 8 4 optic gaming 8 8 5 newbee 8 8 advanced to the lower bracket 6 tnc predator 7 9 7 team serenity 7 9 8 vici gaming 7 9 9 pain gaming 5 11 eliminated source 22 23 main event edit the rogers arena in vancouver the venue where the main event took place the best of five grand finals took place between og and psg lgd with og winning the series 3 2 while psg lgd earned a direct invite to the tournament by finishing third in the 2017 2018 dota pro circuit standings og earned theirs by playing through and winning the european open qualifiers which they were required to do per tournament rules following a roster shuffle after three members tal fly aizik gustav s4 magnusson and roman resolut1on fominok left the team in may 2018 24 25 needing three new members just two weeks before the qualifiers began og quickly signed topias topson taavitsainen a newcomer to the scene who had never performed at a major lan event prior to the event anathan ana pham a former member of the team who had taken a year long break following their previous elimination at the international 2017 and sébastien ceb debs who had previously served as the team s coach 25 26 following their win at the european qualifiers og were then placed into group a finishing fourth with a record of 9 7 which seeded them into the upper bracket there og won every series to advance to the grand finals 27 28 29 facing the lower bracket winner psg lgd in it whom og had just defeated in the upper bracket finals og won the game one but lost the next two games 28 needing another win to avoid losing the series og forced a late game comeback in game four and subsequently won game five making them international champions and winning them over us 11 million in prize money 24 28 29 their victory was considered a cinderella and underdog success story as they had come from the open qualifiers and had beaten some of the more favored and accomplished teams along the way 26 28 29 their win also broke the historical trend of chinese teams winning the international in even years 25 og would also later win the international 2019 the following year becoming the first repeat champion of an international 30 playoffs bracket edit upper round 1 upper round 2 upper final grand finals bo5 team liquid 2 optic gaming 0 team liquid 0 psg lgd 2 virtus pro 0 psg lgd 2 psg lgd 1 og 2 vgj storm 0 og 2 og 2 evil geniuses 1 evil geniuses 2 team secret 0 og 3 psg lgd 2 lower round 1 lower round 2 lower round 3 lower round 4 lower round 5 lower final optic gaming 2 evil geniuses 2 fnatic 0 team serenity 0 optic gaming 1 virtus pro 0 team serenity 1 virtus pro 2 psg lgd 2 virtus pro 2 evil geniuses 2 evil geniuses 0 tnc predator 0 mineski 0 team liquid 0 mineski 1 vgj storm 2 team liquid 2 newbee 0 winstrike team 0 vgj storm 0 team secret 0 winstrike team 1 team secret 2 team secret 2 vgj thunder 0 vici gaming 1 vici gaming 1 winnings edit place team prize money usd 1st og 11 190 158 2nd psg lgd 4 069 148 3rd evil geniuses 2 670 379 4th team liquid 1 780 252 5th 6th team secret 1 144 448 virtus pro 7th 8th optic gaming 635 804 vgj storm 9th 12th mineski 381 483 team serenity vici gaming winstrike team 13th 16th fnatic 127 161 newbee tnc predator vgj thunder 17th 18th invictus gaming 63 580 pain gaming source 31 legacy edit valve founder and president gabe newell giving a speech at the opening ceremony at the time the international 2018 set a crowdfunded esport prize pool record by eclipsing the previous years record finalizing at us 25 532 177 26 6 other related events took place during the tournament such as a cosplay and submitted short film contest with their own independent prize pools 32 33 34 in addition two live demonstrations of a team of professional players playing against a team of five openai curated bots known as the openai five took place to showcase the capability of machine learning although the bots lost both games the first against pain gaming and the second against an all star team of former chinese players they were considered a success by openai who stated that due to the bots playing against some of the best players in dota 2 it allowed them to analyze and adjust their algorithms for future games 35 36 37 attendees of the event at the rogers arena were given a free copy of artifact a then upcoming dota 2 themed digital collectible card game 38 new content for the game itself was also revealed during the event including two new playable heroes and a gabe newell voice pack 39 40 the tournament was seen by over 15 million people online with nearly 20 000 attending the matches at the rogers arena 41 the tournament alongside og s upset win over psg lgd were respectively nominated for best esports event and best esports moment at the game awards 2018 ceremony 42 an episode of true sight valve s documentary film series on the professional dota 2 scene was filmed during the event it followed og and psg lgd during the grand finals documenting a number of behind the scenes moments for both teams before and after matches it was released online for free on january 15 2019 and also premiered to a live audience with members of og as special guests at the palads teatret in copenhagen 43 44 references edit 1 2 gies arthur august 2 2017 the normal person s guide to watching competitive dota 2 2017 edition polygon archived from the original on august 3 2017 retrieved august 16 2017 kim ben july 9 2013 a comprehensive comparison of dota 2 and league of legends pc gamer archived from the original on august 1 2016 retrieved august 3 2016 rose victoria may 8 2018 the battle pass for the international 8 dota 2 s biggest tournament has arrived the flying courier polygon archived from the original on may 9 2018 retrieved may 9 2018 1 2 3 parker jason how to watch dota 2 s the international the biggest esports event of the year cnet archived from the original on august 18 2018 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