Dota Professional Circuit is not any extra and Valve has but to announce any particular 2024 plans. Within the meantime, nonetheless, ESL has confirmed plans to host one more $1 million prize pool event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It was simply this month that ESL shocked the Dota 2 world with DreamLeague Season 21, a $1 million prize pool occasion only a month earlier than The International 2023. These strikes underscore ESL’s ambition to determine itself because the dominant esports event organizer within the Dota 2 world for the upcoming 12 months.
ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 will happen two months after TI12, beginning on Dec. 11. In earlier Dota 2 seasons, the ultimate month of the 12 months would even be devoted to roster adjustments, so this event finally reduces the obtainable time that prime Dota 2 groups could have for after-TI transfers.
ESL made it clear that it needs a big slice of the Dota 2 cake with all of the tournaments it organized this 12 months, which additionally they topped with Riyadh Masters 2023. Contemplating the fans remained skeptical about what Valve would do next after DPC was gone, ESL’s transfer served as a superb reassurance.
Along with its beneficiant prize swimming pools, the timing of ESL occasions has been top-notch; they’ve minimized downtime within the aggressive scene between Majors.
Skilled gamers and neighborhood members have longed for aggressive Dota 2’s prime days between 2014 and 2017 when there have been extra main tournaments all over the world with no league to floor gamers.
Two-time TI winner N0tail appeared on Gorgc’s Twitch stream yesterday, stating the DPC’s elimination was “one of the best factor that occurred to Dota since earlier than DPC.”
OG’s legendary captain additionally mentioned Europe might host extra occasions in 2024. Regardless of being probably the most aggressive area and that includes notable organizers like ESL, Europe has been getting the brief finish of the stick concerning LAN occasions. The area did not too long ago host a TI however there was no followers as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and the DPC and three Main construction has since bottlenecked occasion alternatives.
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