$2.9 million prize money for Dota 2 International

[Saint_Dee]

Ye I guess your right, I suppose the more tournaments like this we see the more common it will become... Its not really plausible in SA at the moment is it?

I guess it isn't as feasible an option for us saffers. The gap between our general gaming culture, and the Western and Eastern gaming cultures is a big one (at least in regards to eSports). The gaming culture at the very least exists, especially if you look at how the number of gamers joining and taking part in the Do Gaming League has been on the rise for the various games listed, and we're seeing a lot more amateur tournaments cropping up. The question for us is, how do we sell eSports to backers and sponsors in our country? Once we can answer that, we could possibly grow the local scene at a greater rate.

[Snare]

I guess it isn't as feasible an option for us saffers. The gap between our general gaming culture, and the Western and Eastern gaming cultures is a big one (at least in regards to eSports). The gaming culture at the very least exists, especially if you look at how the number of gamers joining and taking part in the Do Gaming League has been on the rise for the various games listed, and we're seeing a lot more amateur tournaments cropping up. The question for us is, how do we sell eSports to backers and sponsors in our country? Once we can answer that, we could possibly grow the local scene at a greater rate.

It will be I think maybe 4-5 years before we get to a level where we can say that we actually have a "Pro" scene here. A further decade before we get international.


Also I think we will have reached stretch goal 9 by the midnight.

[AlienTaker]

Are there any SA teams entering this and who has bought the Compendium or what ever it's called?

[Snare]

Are there any SA teams entering this and who has bought the Compendium or what ever it's called?

No there aren't any SA teams involved.

[AlienTaker]

Don't we have good enough players or do we just not qualify?

[Snare]

Don't we have good enough players or do we just not qualify?

A bit of both really. We haven't had enough local development of the pro Dota 2 scene so we don't even have access to many of the different international tournaments; let alone any major local tournaments, (apart from dgl).

[AlienTaker]

ouch that's bad cos i have played with some real good players that are local 2 of my friends are seasoned players but with no development or much competition i guess we'll always be left behind

[Saint_Dee]

Don't we have good enough players or do we just not qualify?

A bit of both really. We haven't had enough local development of the pro Dota 2 scene so we don't even have access to many of the different international tournaments; let alone any major local tournaments, (apart from dgl).

ouch that's bad cos i have played with some real good players that are local 2 of my friends are seasoned players but with no development or much competition i guess we'll always be left behind

Progress is there albeit slow progress. We've had an SA team (Energy eSports; they won last year DGL Championship playoffs) compete in last year's ESWC tournament alongside well known teams like Evil Geniuses, and Empire, both of which are direct invitees to this year's International. Energy didn't make it to the playoffs but they certainly beat their fair share of teams in the tournament.

If we can get more exposure to playing on a global stage (regardless of the level), we'll be on the right track. I think our local teams should consider entering tournaments like the JoinDota League, and I guess the other thing that may be a problem when competing with teams from other regions is having to play on EU servers which sometimes handicaps us because of our own "5 star" internet .

[Grievous]

If we can get more exposure to playing on a global stage (regardless of the level), we'll be on the right track. I think our local teams should consider entering tournaments like the JoinDota League, and I guess the other thing that may be a problem when competing with teams from other regions is having to play on EU servers which sometimes handicaps us because of our own "5 star" internet .

Is latency really just a south african issue? I would have thought the latency between the US and EU would put either team at a disadvantage as well.

I bought a compendium!

[_Caboose_]

Is latency really just a south african issue? I would have thought the latency between the US and EU would put either team at a disadvantage as well.

I bought a compendium!

Regional qualifiers, theres qualifiers for EU and US, they play on their own servers then on LAN when they attend TI , so they dont have any latency issues.

Our scene aint big enough to warrant a qualfiers (and the level difference is way to big)