dota 2
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After Dota 2 Team Fails To Ban One Of Its Players, Valve Does It For Them
9Yesterday, professional Dota 2 player Carlo “Kuku” Palad was banned from a major tournament due to making what were seen as racist comments in a match last month. Prior to this move, Dota developer Valve had condemned Palad’s behaviour but refused to inject itself directly into the matter, calling instead on teams to dole out…
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Valve Condemns Dota 2 Pros Making Racist Remarks But Calls On Teams To Regulate Themselves
Following a series of offensive remarks made by professional Dota 2 players recently, the game’s creator Valve has published a blog post condemning the behaviour. In keeping with the company’s traditional approach of remaining mostly hands-off, however, it leaves the responsibility for sanctioning players strictly with teams, and didn’t offer any clear guidelines about how…
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An Esports Event Done Right
I was a massive skeptic when I first heard about PVP Esports; I’ve seen too many esports events with struggling production values and green hosts, and like many others I have my favourites. I’m not interested in a multi-game esports festival. But after spending a weekend at the event in Singapore, this kind of thing…
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An Aussie Just Won The Biggest Esports Tournament In The World
Yesterday was the grand final of the 2018 Dota 2 International, the biggest esports tournament in the world, which had a prize pool this year of nearly $US25.5 million ($34.8 million). In an underdog story nobody thought possible, the $US11.2 million ($15.3 million) title was won by a scrappy team that only came together in…
