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Taken from the Dota 2 website. Property of Valve The International 2023 or TI12 group stage has ended and boy it has been a wild ride! The group stage has been a mix of stomps and upsets. Teams playing their hearts out, and some letting their nerves get the better of them. TI12 is rollercoaster of emotions with a side of great action. If you haven't already known, the group stage format for this year's The International is a bit different. It comes in 2 phases. 1st phase, there are 4 group of 5 teams who play a round robin series of Bo2 (Best of 2) matches and the bottom team gets eliminated. Then, the 16 remaining teams will move on to Phase 2 of the group stage. The 2nd phase decides which teams will be starting in the upper or lower bracket during playoffs, and this will be done through a series of Bo3 (Best of 3) matches. With everything that happened in the Group Stage, I was and am prepared to eat my own words. I have a few prediction updates and of course, I have to give...

Taken from the Dota 2 website. Property of Valve The most awaited Dota 2 tournament starts in a few days!! How will things unfold in the city of Seattle? What stories and moments will this TI be remembered for?  Let's not get ahead of ourselves, and let us look at what the tournament can potentially be! Time for a Pre TI23 Tournament Analysis! An Overview This year has been quite a ride. The world began opening up and teams are now more diverse, with players coming from different regions playing under one banner. There were a lot of firsts and lasts. The DPC system is being retired, Dota 2 received one of the biggest updates its had in years, and let's not forget, no Battle Pass for this TI12. It is sad to see the norm go, but progress must happen. Even the format of The International 2023 is new! TI12 is reborn in Seattle, HQ of Valve, and the event will be a month long! The Teams With the tournament happening in the USA, a country strict with VISA applications, it is no surpr...

The last tournament before the most anticipated Dota 2 tournament... TI 2023! Dreamleague season 21 became a testing ground for possible strategies in TI. Though viewers may argue that not all teams played their best as to not overexert before TI, Dreamleague was still an action packed show of TI competitors (minus OG) butting heads. Highlights In team related news, we saw the first showing of the TI 2023 Tundra lineup with Topson playing mid and Nine playing position 4. For those who are unaware, Saksa took an extended mental health break which resulted with Tundra getting a substitute for TI. In this tournament, the team went 50/50 due to possible adjustments in playstyles and coordination. They did very well in the group stage, thus landing them in the upper bracket of the tournament. Sadly their run ran short when they lost to Topson's previous organization, OG. Speaking of OG, we saw the return of OG.mc, but this time he isn't being told to play like Ceb, but rather with h...