How to watch DOTA 2 World Championship the International 8
DOTA 2’s biggest event of the year, The International 8 (TI8), is being held in Vancouver, Canada, with the best 18 teams in the world
More than $20 million in prize money will be on the line. Teams that finish in sixth place or higher will receive $1 million each for their efforts, and even those that place dead last will get a share of the pot.
TI8 will serve as the crowning event of the Dota 2 Pro Circuit, which had its inaugural season this year. Who will take the ultimate prize at the end of it all?
How do I watch the TI8?
For those who won’t be lucky enough to watch live in Rogers Arena, there are several streaming outlets to choose from. The primary one is official Twitch channel where the broadcast will include the games themselves, analysis from the experts’ panel, and additional content involving the audience and personnel backstage. The same content will also be available on Steam Broadcasting.
If you’re primarily interested in just watching the matches, we recommend doing so through DotaTV, the spectator mode built into the Dota 2 client. Unlike the Twitch or Steam Broadcasting channels, users on DotaTV have full control over the experience. For example, you can pan the camera yourself at any given time, set your viewer perspective to a single player for the entire game, or even choose to listen to non-English speaking casters.
The prize pool?
A mouth-watering $24 million (and counting, thanks to the crowdfunding campaign) will be up for grabs this year. Every single team, whether they make it to the main event or not, will be given a share of the prize money. Apart from the cash there is the Aegis of Champions, the most coveted trophy in all of Dota 2.
The prize pool distribution is as follows:
1st: $10,697,321
2nd: $3,889,935
3rd: $2,552,770
4th: $1,701,847
5th-6th: $1,094,044
7th-8th: $607,802
9th-12th: $364,681
13th-16th: $121,560
17th-18th: $60,780
What’s the format?
From Aug. 15 to 18, the 18 teams will fight for the right to play in the main event at Rogers Arena. The group stage will feature two groups of nine teams each, where only the top eight squads in each group will advance to the playoffs.
The main event, which will take place from Aug. 20 to 25, will be played through a standard double elimination bracket.
Remember today is the first day of the play for the main event, so go and catch the fun from the biggest DOTA 2 event of the year TI8.
