For those who might have missed the most important news from the past week in the competitive Dota 2 scene, here is a short recap.
The International 6 groups and Wild Card bracket
The most anticipated tournament of the year, The International will commence today with the last qualifier stage, the Wild Card. Four teams will battle through the day in a double elimination bracket, with the winner and runner up advancing into TI6 main event.
The group stage will be held from 3rd to 5th of August. The 16 teams participating at this year’s international have been spread over two groups of eight, with the top four from each group advancing into the main event upper bracket. Bottom four will begin from the lower bracket. Winner of the wildcards will join the teams from group B while second place finishers will be playing in group A.
31 personalities included on the TI6 English talent list
Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner will return to KeyArena this year as main host of The International and will be joined by Kaci Aitchison who will be at her third International experience as stage host and interviewer. The new addition to the presentation team is Jake 'SirActionSlacks' Kanner who gets to be officially invited by Valve at their most prestigious event for the first time. However, Slacks is not a TI novice as he made his debut at TI4 as an independent content creator, while at TI5 he was the interviewer and the coverage content creator for ESL’s partner Viagame.
HuomaoTV to host a TI6 viewing party with Burning and rOtK
HuomaoTV will host a TI6 Pubstomp in Shanghai with Burning and rOtK as casters. According to the official announcement, the event will take place at the ZhaBei district Big-E Entertainment center in Shanghai from August 11th to August 14th. The ticket price is 200RMB (~30USD) per person per day and it can be purchased online on TaoBao or at the venue before the event. This pubstomp will also include other activities with Burning and rOtK such as autograph signing sessions and photos, Steelseries gaming gear giveaways and other activities with popular streamers and popstars.
Follow Escape Gaming on their journey at The International 6!
GosuGamers will follow Escape Gaming on their quest to qualify at TI6 and with their help we will bring you daily exclusive content from the biggest eSports tournament in history.
- We want you to see how The International looks like behind the scenes
- You will get know the Escape Gaming team better, from players to coach Benjamin 'Notah'Läärä and team manager Marie 'Jeez' Ringdal, we will follow them all and reveal their personalities outside the game
- Special player interviews
- #AskEscape - Follow GosuGamers (faceebok / twitter) as well as Escape Gaming (facebook / twitter) on their Twitter and Facebook accounts and leave your question on either of those pages with #AskEscape. Of course, you can also comment on our daily website posts but don’t forget to use #AskEscape at the beginning of the comment. It will make things easier if you also mention which player the question is addressed to.
At the end of each day Escape Gaming players will choose the most interesting questions to be answered in the daily video content we plan for you.
The International 6 Coverage HUB
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