TI3 Starts on Friday - Who's Pumped?

http://www.dota2.com/international/home/overview/

Coincidentally I have two weeks of vacation starting August 3rd, couldn't plan that any better.

Anyone else as excited as I am for this event? 

I regularly watch LCS so it will be interesting to compare it to this. I bought the compendium a week ago and have only just learned how to use lol.

Super pumped for TI3. 9 days, top 16 teams from across the globe, $2.75million up for grabs. 

It's gonna be huge for DotA. This is basically where it all begin, the first huge tournament after the game's official release.

I'm hooking up my PCs and laptops to the TVs, I'm gonna have friends over as well and watch all streams. I've been waiting for this.

This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.SKaREO

you say this under the impression that professional sports players are anything special, or should be getting paid as much as they do. 

This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.SKaREO

[QUOTE="SKaREO"]This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="SKaREO"]This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.SKaREO

It's gonna be huge for DotA. This is basically where it all begin, the first huge tournament after the game's official release.

I'm hooking up my PCs and laptops to the TVs, I'm gonna have friends over as well and watch all streams. I've been waiting for this.

QQabitmoar

[QUOTE="QQabitmoar"]

It's gonna be huge for DotA. This is basically where it all begin, the first huge tournament after the game's official release.

I'm hooking up my PCs and laptops to the TVs, I'm gonna have friends over as well and watch all streams. I've been waiting for this.

whitey_rolls

So wait. The winner (person or team?) gets $2 million dollars in prize money?

That is CRAZY !!!

[QUOTE="whitey_rolls"][QUOTE="QQabitmoar"]

It's gonna be huge for DotA. This is basically where it all begin, the first huge tournament after the game's official release.

I'm hooking up my PCs and laptops to the TVs, I'm gonna have friends over as well and watch all streams. I've been waiting for this.

FelipeInside

So wait. The winner (person or team?) gets $2 million dollars in prize money?

That is CRAZY !!!

Not $2 million, but as of right now $1,378,013 for first (scroll down a bit to see the breakdown for 1st-8th) divided amongst the five players.

EDIT: Forgot to put my thoughts on TI; basically TI2 is the event that got me really interested in eSports in general and I remember getting chills when watching Na'Vi march through the upper bracket. I have no doubt that this year's TI will be just as memorable. Gonna be watching with some friends, already have our compendiums filled out too :P.

This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.SKaREO

So is it too late to buy a compendium? Also is it better to watch these tournaments on a stream or in Dota 2? I have never watched a tournament match in Dota 2 so I am not sure how it works.

So is it too late to buy a compendium? Also is it better to watch these tournaments on a stream or in Dota 2? I have never watched a tournament match in Dota 2 so I am not sure how it works.

MacBoomStick

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So is it too late to buy a compendium? Also is it better to watch these tournaments on a stream or in Dota 2? I have never watched a tournament match in Dota 2 so I am not sure how it works.

MacBoomStick

[QUOTE="SKaREO"]This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.gunmaster55555

So is it too late to buy a compendium? Also is it better to watch these tournaments on a stream or in Dota 2? I have never watched a tournament match in Dota 2 so I am not sure how it works.

MacBoomStick

I think you have until the end of the event to buy a Compendium, you get all the perks of having one except for doing the event predictions which are just there for bragging rights IIRC.

Hey let's meet up at the bar and watch Dota 2 tournaments. Not like we wanted to pick up girls anyway.SKaREO

Hey let's meet up at the bar and watch Dota 2 tournaments. Not like we wanted to pick up girls anyway.SKaREO

This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.SKaREO

So exciting that you opened the exact same thread a year ago. 

Seriously, what are you on about ?

Hey let's meet up at the bar and watch Dota 2 tournaments. Not like we wanted to pick up girls anyway.SKaREO

Four games going on at the same time today for the preliminaries; Multitwitch stream courtesy of CyborgMatt.

This thread really sucks.SKaREO

Almost every single thread you post in ends up sucking..

Ok you might as well return your old sig :lol:

This is where a bunch of kids pretend they are professional sports players and get paid to play a video game on stage. Exciting.SKaREO

How's everyone enjoying the games? Fantastic first day yesterday, hopefully today is just the same :DFPS_Gamer123

How's everyone enjoying the games? Fantastic first day yesterday, hopefully today is just the same :DFPS_Gamer123

[QUOTE="FPS_Gamer123"]How's everyone enjoying the games? Fantastic first day yesterday, hopefully today is just the same :Dshakmaster13