Dota 2 Articles

TobiWan: 'Teams are a lot closer in terms of skill level this year'

<p>We caught up with Toby &#39;TobiWan&#39; Dawson, English caster for The International 3, for an 24 minutes interview about the general outlook of arguably the biggest eSports event in history and his thoughts on east versus west.</p>

Week's best VOD: August 1-7

<p>Do you know what&#39;s better than watching TI 3 games? Watching TI 3 games while Grubby produces carriers in hour-long games!</p>

TI3 day two recap - LGD crashes out of TI3

<p>LGD crashes out of The International 3 in day two. Check out the full recap and find out what happened in the second day of The International 3.</p>

Lamn: 'I feel the Western teams are having a better understanding of the game than the Chinese'

<p><span style="font-family:tahoma;">They had to play one extra match at The International 3 to qualify for the main event. Today, we spoke&nbsp;to Lanm, the face and captain of RattleSnake, about his team&#39;s&nbsp;early defeat from&nbsp;the tournament and also his thoughts on who will win the tournament. Subtitles are available below.</span></p>

The International 3 day two ticker archive

<p>The second day of The International 3 is now live and we will be loading this news page with photos, video interviews and live updates from games. Ning, Tjernobylbarnet, and Dopeshow will be at the venue the whole day.</p>

Black^: 'Seems pretty likely we will have roster changes'

<p>We caught up with Mousesports carry player Dominik &#39;Black^&#39; Reitmeier about his experience in Seattle this year and also his thoughts on BurNIng. He also thinks that there will most possibly be a roster change although nothing is really set in stone right now.</p>

A complete walkthrough of Benaroya Hall

<p>Despite Kaci Aitchitson&#39;s good job introducing the Benaroya Hall, she did not show it entirely mostly due to time constraint. Here, we have for you a full walkthrough with tjernobyl. He may not be a female but he does have long hair. Close enough!</p>

ixmike: 'There is more stress dropping down to the lower bracket than starting in it'

<p>We caught up with ixmike on the first day of The International 3 and this is what he has to say about the difference between eastern and western Dota, and also their current form.</p>

The International 2013 - Day 1 Recap

<p><span style="font-family:tahoma;">The first day of TI3 had come to an end with teams moving forward and teams dropping out of the competition. Let us take a look back at what happened during Day One.</span></p>

The International 3 day one ticker archive

<p>The first day of The International 3 is now live and we will be loading this news page with photos, video interviews and live updates from games. Ning, Tjernobylbarnet, and Dopeshow will be at the venue the whole day.</p>

BurNing: 'Our mentality as well as our attitude could be worked on'

<p>In what might be his last TI, BurNing and his team&nbsp;had a good start in the tournament, placing second in the group stages. We caught up with the famous Chinese carry player for an interview regarding his experience in TI so far and also his retirement plan.</p>

Xiao8: 'Our goal is yet to be accomplished'

<p>Coming into the tournament as the Chinese favourite, LGD.cn did not repeat their flawless performance from the prior year by finishing the groupstage strong. We caught up with LGD captain Ning &#39;xiao8&#39; Zhang for an interview about his impressions of The International 2 and The International 3.</p>