Dota 2’s The Worldwide 2022 was a step within the mistaken course for many followers. With production quality taking a huge hit, a number of controversies and negligence broken the event’s popularity. In consequence, Valve’s TI discovered itself out of the competitors for 2022’s Best Esports Event for a second within the event’s historical past.
Held since 2018, The Sport Awards has been awarding the perfect esports occasion of the 12 months, and The Worldwide has been a nominee yearly aside from 2020–it was postponed that 12 months—and 2022.
Regardless of being a secure title within the awards, voters have been moderately one-sided relating to choosing the winner; League of Legends’ World Championship gained it yearly, with 2022 to be determined.
Although TI11 did its best to address concerns, extra was wanted to convey the event to its glory days. Dota 2 fans weren’t surprised by the information of the sport’s crown jewel lacking from the vote since this 12 months’s TI was incomparable to previous years, which was additionally signaled by way of the event’s prize pool.
Totally different from earlier years, TI11 struggled with its venue selections. The principle occasion kicked off in a small conference-hall-like venue the place virtually 500 stay followers have been attending. PGL, who have been handed the organizing reigns for TI11, didn’t additionally trouble with the long-lasting soundproof cubicles and some teams were able to hear the casters early within the event.
TI11 solely moved onto a venue sufficiently big for the usual it set when solely 4 groups have been remaining within the competitors, which means 14 groups missed out on dwelling the TI expertise and taking part in in entrance of a large crowd.
The most recent iteration of The Worldwide could have gone down as one of many worst in Dota 2 historical past, but it surely was additionally a serious success because it brought thousands of players back to the game on the again of Valve’s Swag Bag/Free Arcana.
