SearchThe International 2 Confirmed For The USA
Posted by Seth "Sazab" Tompkins 3 months ago
joinDota.com Administrator and "The International" Organizer Moritz "Moose" Zimmermann announced on jD's forums that "The International 2" is to be held in Seattle, Washington, USA.Valve let on soon after The International that the second incarnation of the tournament would occur in 2012, however we now have confirmation from an event organizer that The International 2 will take place this year in the United States.
This forum post was made by Moose under a thread titled "The International 2 Speculation." As Moose is one of the primary organizers for the event it is safe to assume that Seattle will be the home of The International 2.
The International remains the worlds largest LAN prize, rumor has it that the second iteration will have at least as much capital at stake. Could this years event possibly surpass the 1.6 million USD total purse of the last competition?
Link to the joinDOTA.com forum thread is below.
Update: Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson have confirmed via email that The International 2 will be held in Seattle:
Yes, the plan is that the second International will be in Seattle.
Other details are yet to be finalized. Keep your eyes on GosuGamers for further information!
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| If Moose says it, it must be true. But the word "official(ly)" is missing in your headline. |
| whaaaatttttt!! seattle, wa is in my possibilities, omg time to program my vacations and save all my wasted money :DD !! |
| Is there any gaming convention or anything of that sort going to be held in Seattle this year? If not, it would mean that The International will be standalone event most likely. |
| v1lat the profit :DD |
| just going to point out the obvious, that this has been known for a while, in multiple interviews with eric johnson This is not something new, and a forum post should probably not be the source you are searching for |
| thought you're not following our website any more @ #5? :> |
| is amazing what you get linked these days ;) |
| #5 I have to disagree!! Sure, Erik Johnson said it. But now MOOSE said it, which equals an ultimate and definite confirmation. Finally, all doubts are gone. |
| I bow to the master of holy |
not sure if #5 is german?  |
| Thanks, Tobi. Maybe you could give that same passive-aggressive response to ESFI and the other outlets quoting that post. |
| best US city for me <3 |
| Could anyone link those interviews Tobi is talking about? |
| Tobi, stop the hate on gosu, please? Don't be so arrogant.. |
| hjort just pwned TobiWanKenobi's head for
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| LOL, good luck to all with their VISAS , they are going to need it :D |
| holy shit in America im fucking going cant wait to find out the dates to make my travel plans=DDDDDDDDDDDDD |
| #13: I can't, because I can't find them. |
US is the obvious choice, since Valve want to make get as many Americans as possible for their playerbase. Having TI2 there makes a lot of sense  |
r0yaLe2k11 wrote: Tobi, stop the hate on gosu, please? Don't be so arrogant.. This. |
| That would give some quite shitty game times for us in Europe... |
| We know tobi ur passionate for your own site, joindota, but that doesn't mean that you should always say u got linked here and always stating that you are no longer active in this site etc, we all know, every true dota player/ follower out there will tune in to 2 official websites, www.gosugamers.net www.prodota.ru |
| oh boy seattle! must attend w/ az |
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| #21 Unfortunately true. The hours would be better for Asia, though. |
| Who guessed it? http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/thread/910717-tobi-hinting-about-the-international-2 :D |
| joinDOTA > GosuGamers... Deal with it ! |
| Can't wait! ;) |
| #3 no shit #21 don't worry, we will be provided with perfect coverage, after the matches they will upload the vods asap to youtube etc. just like in the international '11 |
| # 2 I also want to "save my wasted money" -_- |
| Witchdocters tend to say more crazy stuff |
| I wish it will take place in New York |
| #30 spanish slangs =/= english slangs .... so the correct sentence is?? |
| Well we already knew this, but when is it? :p |
| can all the jD and GG emos troll somewhere else? this is my troll meadow and yes, it has been known for ages (since TI?). Didnt know it was such a mystery for some people |
| #33 waste all my saved money? ^^ |
| Well, at least the player will have enough time to check their visas. :P |
| #35 It wasn't posted anywhere on this site, so I don't know what the hell are everyone talking about that it was "known"... |
| ah those lucky American bastards! |
| It's official. No Chinese teams at TI2. |
| #40 Not sure if serious.. or just trolling :| |
I call trolls  |
| #5 If it was already announced, by all means, show us where this was. The fact that joinDOTA has been secretive about this information until now is enough to prove it was never public knowledge. You've held back yourself from revealing this on stream before. Now, claiming that this has been public knowledge, which it hasn't. As someone that watched nearly every Erik Johnson interview, it's definitely not something he broadcast freely. |
ngazi wrote: It's official. No Chinese teams at TI2. I wouldn't mind. At least there'd be some tense and interesting matches not just all the farmfests. |
| #44 Chinese farm when farming is the best strategy. I guess you guys didn't see the Chinese take a shit on EG when they were in China. They didn't need hourlong farmfests to shit on EG, and their skill difference was clearly evident. |
| Last tournament in the USA was ESWC 2008. Besides never paying prizes guess what else happened. |
| man this is just wrong!! shitty inter2.. way too long distance .. many teams from euro will come.. zzz |
| We've known that there would be a second edition of The International since the first one; multiple parties have said that they intend for it to be an annual event. To my knowledge, however, Moose's post on the jD forum is the first public acknowledgement of the venue. |
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