Why is the Dota 2 International prize pool so freaking big? It's a video game tournament holding a prize pool of over $24,000,000. U might be asking yourself whether this is actually real, "24 million in real money? US dollars? For playing video games? What?!" People enjoy digital cosmetic items a lot. The answer to such a high prize pool is the use of highly intelligent marketing strategies by Valve where crowdfunding is at the core. What is The International? The International (or TI, in short) can be summed up to being the Super Bowl of Valve's Dota 2. In Dota 2, two teams of five players battle it out on a specific map. Each player controls a unique character with various abilities, and the objective is to destroy the enemy's main structure. There are various factors and strategic objectives on the map that the players use in order to win. It's fast paced like basketball and calculated like chess and there is an obscene amount of money on t...
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