How did the Dota 2 Pro Circuit Develop? The Origins of the DPC
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Where did the Dota 2 Pro Circuit come from? How did the Majors system develop? Why do we need regional leagues in Dota 2? Here is a look at the problems in Dota, the storylines along the way, and the ultimate evolution of a competitive circuit. For esports fans new and old - this is for you.
Five years ago, Valve announced The Majors, the beginning of what would become the DPC as we know it today. Rosters shuffled constantly, and there were no RULES around it. The only unwritten rule was that TI invited rosters were set in stone. Guessing who would be invited to TI was a FUN GAME FOR FANS - less fun if you were one of the players wondering if you would need to play qualifiers or if you were already in. And the system for invites? A closed Valve decision, with zero transparency.
And so - the majors were born. This gave teams an idea of the schedule to expect, pumped in tons of prize pool to the scene (3 million per major), and added somewhat clear and rigid roster rules to look to protect players
Now, into the actual majors! Frankfurt, presented by ESL, was the first event to roll around. OG claimed their first title, starting a legacy of success that no one could have predicted. Shanghai was next up, with Team Secret winning their first Valve title. Unfortunately for their legacy, few really focus on their succes and instead... remember a few other things from that major
Secret and EG ended up in last at the Manila Major, leaving an easy field for OG to roll over everyone and grab another title. More roster chaos ensued, with the deadlines imposed by Valve pushing both EG AND Secret through the open qualifiers for TI. That's right, TI5 champions and Shanghai Major winners had to play open qualifiers to make it into TI6.
All of that meant that third party tournaments suffered, teams made forced roster change decisions, and last minute kicks could mean some players were unfairly left team less. So then they cut it down to two Majors for the next year.
A series of Majors and Minors, with half the prize pool contributed by Valve, would be run by third party tournament organizers.
Majors were worth more points than minors, and at the end of the season, the top 8 point earning teams were directly invited to TI. Points were attached to players rather than rigid roster deadlines, with penalties for roster moves outside of approved trading windows
While this season was fun - it was messy. ESL and Starladder DMCAs threatened viewer access to tournaments, while drug testing and player safety concerns meant that one major got downgraded. Teams traveled and played non stop, and minors meant for the T2 scene got flooded by tier 1 teams stacking up loads of points, and some TOs dissapeared without ever paying out their prize pool or talent fees.
And that is how we landed on the 5 majors and minors system that most current Dota fans are most familiar with. Minor winners earned themselves a spot to the Major, and most of the qualifying points came from those Majors.
The next season of the DPC remained mostly the same, but with more space between the end of Major events and the qualifiers, and a single qualifier for both the minors and the majors.
This system has starved out third party tournaments from the schedule and still failed to properly support a healthy t2 scene. Now, we wait to see the next iteration of the DPC, where we return to three Majors and see regional leagues that hopefully develop and prop up the tier 2 and 3 scenes
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - The scene before the DPC / problems in Dota 2
2:45 - The beginning of the Dota 2 Majors
5:00 - The second try at Majors (down to two)
6:15 - The birth of the Dota 2 Pro Circuit
7:00 - The 5 majors and minor systems
8:45 - Try three on the DPC (2019-2020 season)
10:26 - The next iteration of the DPC promises leagues
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0:00 - Intro
1:10 - The scene before the DPC / problems in Dota 2
2:45 - The beginning of the Dota 2 Majors
5:00 - The second try at Majors (down to two)
6:15 - The birth of the Dota 2 Pro Circuit
7:00 - The 5 majors and minor systems
8:45 - Try three on the DPC (2019-2020 season)
10:26 - The next iteration of the DPC promises leagues
Amazing stuff!
Midas mode Minor, when?
Stay awhile and listen
pepe clap
This video is incomplete.. You should add at the end,
*When valve try to make tier 2 and tier 3 league better this year, Corona-chan Attack...*
*Not only all DPC event cancel, TI got cancel of course host/analyst/panelist got cancel too*
LMAO!!
That info is still in there :p
@@Rivalry LMAO... XD