Dota 2 Match Recap: Na'Vi vs. Quantic

Na'Vi and Quantic squared off on Saturday, July 21st in the Defense: Season 2 upper bracket to play a best of three. I summarized the matches after the jump.

Dota 2 Matches: Sunday, July 22nd

See below for more information on upcoming matches in the professional Dota 2 scene.

Tournament: The Defense: Season 2

Caster: TobiWan
Match Stream

Match Recap: DK vs. mousesports

Teams: DK vs. mousesports
Tournament: BTS World Tour - Group Stage Game 2
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Dota 2 Matches: Saturday, July 21st

Dota 2 action for Saturday, July 21st. The Defense upper bracket continues with three great matches and up to 9 total games. Pace yourself Tobi...


[UPDATED: Looks like mouz vs. M5 has been postponed]

Teams: Orange.eSports vs. DK
Tournament: IG Monthly Madness Asia #1 - Quarter Final
Time: 10:30 AM EST
Stream: Match Stream


The winner plays Zenith, who advanced over World Elite, in next week's semi-finals (tentatively scheduled for July 28th). This is a best of three. DK is favored 68% to 32% in GosuGamer.net's betting.


Teams: mousesports vs. Moscow 5
Tournament: The Defense -- Season #2
Time: 1 PM EST
Stream: Match Stream


This is an upper bracket, first round match in the Defense. The winner goes on to play the winner of mTw vs. CLG while the loser drops into the lower bracket. This is a best of three. Can M5 avenge its defeat in the StarLadder finals in Kiev? Will we get to see more of Bamboe's Templar Assassin? M5 is favored 58% to 42%.


Teams: mTw vs. CLG
Tournament: The Defense -- Season #2
Time: 4 PM EST
Stream: Match Stream


This is an upper bracket, first round match in the Defense. The winner goes on to play the winner of mousesports vs. M5 while the loser drops into the lower bracket. This is a best of three. CLG is favored 76% to 24%.


Teams: Quantic vs. Na'Vi
Tournament: The Defense -- Season #2
Time: 6 PM EST
Stream: Match Stream


I am not too confident in the time, as this only allows 2 hours for mTw vs. CLG to finish a best of three. Regardless this another upper bracket, first round match in the Defense. The winner goes on to play Complexity Gaming while the loser drops into the lower bracket. This is a best of three. Looks like TobiWan is going overtime with the casting tomorrow. Na'Vi is favored 87% to 13%.

How to Improve The International

The International is a great tournament. The $1,600,000 prize pool in 2011 made for some entertaining high-stakes matches. As a Dota 2 fan, I am looking forward to the 2012 version. I appreciate Valve running and sponsoring such a great tournament. However there is some room for improvement. The main problems with The International are how teams are selected, the short time frame of the event, and the relative dominance of The International's prize pool. A few minor changes in the event could greatly help improve the competitive Dota 2 scene.

Dota 2 Matches: 7-20-12

Dota 2 action for Friday July 20th.


Teams: World Elite vs. Zenith
Tournament: IG Monthly Madness Asia #1 - Quarter Final
Time: 8 AM EST
Stream: Match Stream

Monthly Madness Asia continues with Zenith versus World Elite. This is a best of three. The winner goes on to play the winner of DK vs. Orange eSports on July 28th. GosuGamers.net betters are heavily betting Zenith--98% to 2%.


Teams: Mousesports vs. MUFC
Tournament: BTS World Tour - Group Stage
Time: 9 AM EST
Stream: Match Stream

This is the first match in Group D. The BTS World Tour is a tournament to keep an eye on. Despite only having a $1,000 total prize purse the tournament has 14 of the 16 teams scheduled to appear at the International (mTw and Na'Vi are the two teams not participating). GosuGamers.net betters are favoring Mousesports at 81% to 19%. This is a best of three.


Teams: Mousesports vs. DK
Tournament: BTS World Tour - Group Stage
Time: 12 PM EST
Stream: Match Stream

Mousesports plays its second game in Group D while DK plays its first. The fourth team in this group is iG. GosuGamers.net betting is relatively even with Mousesports getting a slight 54% to 46% edge. This is a best of three.


Teams: PotM Bottom vs. Empire
Tournament: The Defense Season 2 - Loserbracket Preliminary
Time: 3 PM EST
Stream: Match Stream

The Defense Season 2 elimination phase continues with this best of three. The loser of this match is eliminated from the tournament while the winner goes on to face one of the losing teams from the winner's bracket (the rules on The Defense website do not make the clear which team this is). Empire is heavily favored in the betting at 94% to 6%. What unique build will PotM Bottom's Aui come up with for this match?

Dota 2: Money Leaders

Edit: updated list: http://costaguanan.blogspot.com/2012/08/dota-2-2012-earnings.html

I compiled the information on dota2wiki.com's tournament information into some team money leaders tables. Some caveats: I only looked at the tournaments and leagues that have a first place prize of $1,000 or more, I converted all non-US dollar prizes into USD, and the dota2wiki.com page may be missing some tournaments so this list may not be complete. I'll try to update this periodically and check to see if I missed any tournaments.

Dota 2: The Defense Season 2 Drafts

For those interested in Dota 2 and in particular joinDOTA.com's The Defense: Season 2 tournament, here is some info on the hero drafts. I charted the drafts from the Defense Group Stage. I was able to get complete draft data on 56 of the 60 matches. I believe 2 matches were forfeits (EG vs. Infused and Hydra vs. 4FC). The other two did not have any record of a recorded draft on Dota TV or on the video replay (coL vs. Hydra and POTM Bottom vs. CLG).