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Dota 2 International 5 sets the bar even higher

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We’re closing in on the Dota 2 International 5. With just under a week to go before the group stages start, the Dota 2 prizepool is zoning in on $17 million (currently $16,991,108). While Dota 2 continues to set the bar for competitive prize pools, an interesting statistic was brought to our attention over the weekend. The current prize pool is bigger than the three highest paying Dota 2 tournaments to date, combined.A league of their own

When The International 4 set the bar for a crowd funded competitive prize pools, every follower of the eSport could have told you with confidence that it would be even higher in 2015. What makes it even more surreal is that the current prize pool is higher than the last three highest paying tournaments combined: The International 3 ($2,874,407), The International 4 (10,931,10) and  The Dota 2 Asia Championships ($3,057, 521). After the response from the Dota 2 Asia Championships I was guessing at a $20 million ball park figure for The International 5. When I remembered just how much money that really is I was still taken aback when the prize pool hit $15 million. Now that we’re closing in on the event I think it’s safe to say Dota 2 has set the bar pretty high.

Dota 2 vs. Every other eSport

The rivalry between different eSports is one welcomed within every community. While League of Legends may have the most concurrent viewers, Dota 2 will always reign supreme when it comes to eSports payouts. An interesting statistic was brought up comparing Dota 2’s prize pools to other eSports.

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Starcraft: Brood War, in my opinion, was one of the cornerstones for competitive eSports. It was one of the first games to shed light on competitive gaming and the potential of massive prize pools. As we can see the current International prize pool is higher than every single Brood War tournament put together, and even more recently higher than every Starcraft II tournament. There are of course relevant factors to consider such as Starcraft being a single player game, thus prize pools are lower, but that’s still a massive difference. Currently Dota 2 is the highest paying eSport with the top 10 highest paid players coming from Dota 2. The current prize pool breakdown shows payouts of up to $1 million as far as 6th place, so expect a few more names jumping on to that list.

Source: Reddit Dota 2

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For those of you who have wondered why Valve have not released Half-Life 3 it’s because they really don’t need to. My conspiracy theory is that Gabe Newell is keeping it in case they ever need a bail out, or face bankruptcy and need it to save the company. Why you ask? The International 5 has brought in roughly $50 million. The money will obviously go towards the event, future tournaments and the annual staff trip to Hawaii, but at the end of the day Valve are making a butt load of money off of Dota 2, so there isn’t really a need for Half-Life 3.

Last Updated: July 20, 2015

49 Comments

  1. Dutch Matrix

    July 20, 2015 at 09:04

    From now on, if ever I picture the face of Moses, I am going to see something akin to Gabes’ face. Minus the glasses of course. And the mic. And the Lanyard. And the t-shirt.
    So basically Gabe in a dress.
    I just ruined the image of Moses…

    Reply

  2. Admiral Chief in Skellige

    July 20, 2015 at 09:09

    Gabe lost some weight?

    Reply

    • Pariah

      July 20, 2015 at 09:10

      *Gabe

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief in Skellige

        July 20, 2015 at 09:10

        Right, that, need coffee. Monday morning far too busy for my taste. SOMEONE decided to fill up a full TB of space on the database server…

        Reply

        • Pariah

          July 20, 2015 at 09:11

          A TB on a database server? O_O Did they download the user names and passwords of everyone on the internet?

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          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:12

            No. Just the Admiral’s porn. Dumped onto the server.

          • Pariah

            July 20, 2015 at 09:13

            They’d need far more than a TB…

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:14

            That’s just the Granny Porn…

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:15

            That is the DUTCH folder

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:16

            You have porn of me???? Sweet Lords Admiral! You need help.

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:17

            You and the grannies. It is stored there in case someone needs to be punished

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:19

            She was my favourite… (Refresh)

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:21

            It was the lack of teeth that did it for you right?

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:22

            LoL. No. Have you had coffee yet? You can clearly see her teeth!

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:48

            I didn’t refresh out of fear, and here I was browsing through the disqus site to check for a message, AND THIS POPPED UP!

            Ag nee man Dutch

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:17

            Indeed, because of the size of my….HDD

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:16

            No the drive is 1TB, but the database and log files grew like a mad thing in a few days.

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          July 20, 2015 at 09:12

          It’s the latest W3 patch. ;P

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          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:13

            Nope. Batman Arkham Knight’s PC patch!

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:16

            Hah, yeah, I nearly fell of my chair when I saw it was 7.6GB

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 20, 2015 at 09:19

            At least it fixed 2 of my 4 bugged quests.

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:20

            Awesome, I’ve not played since the update. But looking forward to some game time tonight

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 20, 2015 at 09:26

            I got a surprise last night. Was clearing out question marks in Skellige & ran across an arch griffin that had ??? for a level number… and I’m level 32… and I saw that too late. One hit, reload, sigh.

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:29

            Don’t feel bad… I had my ass handed to me by the Ghost from the Well. Hell, at one point I was chowing down on wolves’ liver just to stay alive. I did nail her on the second attempt though…

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:36

            Seems like something you’d do

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:38

            Yeah. I love my lovers all Poltergeisty.

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:40

            Just remember, YRDEN!

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 20, 2015 at 09:43

            YRDEN? Hell. I was going all ShitIDon’tWannaDie ShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDieShitIDon’tWannaDie!!!!

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:46

            Yrden, Spectre Oil, and dodge, NOT roll!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 20, 2015 at 09:49

            There’s your problem, you’re supposed to kill her.

          • Admiral Chief in Skellige

            July 20, 2015 at 09:36

            WUT? Damn

  3. HvR

    July 20, 2015 at 09:17

    As if we needed any more reason to hate on MehBA playing cabbages.

    Reply

  4. HairyEwok

    July 20, 2015 at 09:30

    Steam? Bankruptcy? AHAHAHA Steam will never hit the red, not with Dota 2 and CS: GO.

    Reply

  5. Kromas,powered by windows 10.

    July 20, 2015 at 09:31

    “….last three Dota 2…”)

    HL3 CONFIRMED!

    Reply

  6. Hammersteyn

    July 20, 2015 at 09:32

    Something tells me we wont be seeing a lot of swearing or comments telling Congo to kill himself.

    Reply

    • SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5

      July 20, 2015 at 09:36

      I felt so bad for him. Wow. Who knew that people could be so ridiculously droll.

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        July 20, 2015 at 09:48

        It’s sad really

        Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        July 20, 2015 at 12:53

        If I didn’t know what droll meant I’d assume it’s a combination of dota & troll – and it’d make sense. :/

        Reply

  7. SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5

    July 20, 2015 at 09:36

    For that amount of money, Gabe better pop out of a fucking giant cake when the winners.. uh.. win TI..

    Yeah. Nevermind. That’s a bad idea. No one wants to see that.

    Reply

    • Dutch Matrix

      July 20, 2015 at 09:36

      Speak for yourself. I am sure there are a few fanboys that would get pant ripping erections if he ever does that.

      Reply

      • SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5

        July 20, 2015 at 09:38

        Well if Morgan Freeman popped out of the cake.. thus somehow subtly IMPLYING HL3… and Gabe did a “HAHAHAHA I’M A MILLIONAIRE BECAUSE OF HATS” jig.. I’d still give Valve my money.

        🙁

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        • Dutch Matrix

          July 20, 2015 at 09:39

          I think it is time for an intervention…

          Reply

  8. WitWolfy

    July 20, 2015 at 10:01

    I agree, if it wasnt for STEAM or Dota 2. We would’ve had HL3 YEARS ago….

    Reply

  9. BurninZ

    July 20, 2015 at 13:22

    Damit, that is some sic cash! Now all i need is a computer, Dota 2 and some skill and i will be there raking in the cash! Does anyone have some Dota 2 skill i could buy? Payment shall be made once i get my prize money!

    Reply

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