At the beginning of July, Ti7's real-time total prize money has exceeded the US$20 million mark, and the difference from last year's prize money is only a few centimeters. There is no doubt that this year's champion will break the "e-sports" record held by Wings last year.

The Guinness World Record for “The Largest Single Prize Money”.

Ti is setting records every year, and while attracting huge amounts of money, it has also attracted attention from all walks of life. How can an e-sports event achieve such a huge prize pool, even surpassing many traditional sports league events (such as the Super Bowl and NBA)?

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What is the huge power of this e-sports?

Media from various countries sent relevant media to find answers.

The 7th International Invitational Tournament has been confirmed to start on August 3rd, Beijing time. As the dust of the 18 participating teams has settled, the Seattle Key Arena has also begun making relevant arrangements.

As a venue with a history of more than 50 years, Key Arena was formerly known as the "Seattle Center Arena". It was later purchased by the NBA SuperSonics in 1995 as the main venue, and thus it was born.

Key Arena witnessed the rise of the Sonics, Jordan's miracles and countless traditional muscle movements full of collision and sweat. But as the Seattle SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma and became the Thunder, Key Arena

Downhill.

Unless there are singers or theater troupes coming to perform, the Key Arena will still only live in people's memories. Due to its geographical location, the commercial value of big cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York is too small.

In the end, big companies with heavy investment did not stay in this "small" city.

Seattle gradually fell into dust.

Until 2014, an e-sports event called "DOTA2 International Invitational Tournament" rekindled the sports flame in Seattle Key Arena.

“When you, as a DOTA2 enthusiast, are in a venue of this size, with the team you support on the field, and your ears filled with shouts and roars, you can truly appreciate the charm of the game DOTA2, which is different from Key Arena.

The shocking power it possesses is indivisible." A famous DOTA2 commentator and host once said this.

The Key Arena has become the holy land of Jerusalem in DOTA2. Even Cologne (the venue for Ti1) and the Benaroya Concert Hall (the venue for Ti2 and Ti3) have never won this honor.

At the beginning of 2017, there were rumors that Key Arena was going to be renovated. As Valve officially announced that the 7th International Invitational will continue to be held in Seattle, it also means that this TI will be the last DOTA2 invitational tournament at Key Arena.

Some big data analysts in other fields have used various professional tools and algorithms to calculate the probabilities of each major team winning the Ti championship. Among the 18 teams, the one with the highest winning rate is undoubtedly the Seattle Seahawks who "fight on home soil".

Sponsored SPS teams (18.2%).

The second is Liquid (14.72%), and the third is OG (12.44%), both of which are this season's Major championship teams.

As time went by, SPS team members came to Seattle one after another. Qingtian, a tactical analyst, finally returned to the team after taking care of his studies.

The Kiev Major fully proved Qingtian’s tactical status in SPS. After more than half of the season of professional tactical analysis, it is difficult to get rid of this dependence in just one Major. So Qingtian came up with a

A compromise approach.

Bang——

A book comparable to a Chinese dictionary was thrown in front of Xiao Se on a sunny day.

"What is this?" Xiao Se was frightened.

"Look through it yourself." Qingtian adjusted his glasses, and there were thick dark circles behind the lenses.

Xiao Se opened the booklet and saw in the table of contents "Analysis of BP Modes of 18 Teams", "Commonly Used Hero Combinations and Systems on Ti", "Total Changes in Versions 7.23-7.27"...etc. a large section of professional content with pictures.

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"Have you written it all in?" His eyes were dazzled by it.

"It's almost the same. There are still some contents that haven't been filled in. This is the second edition."

"The thickness is too ridiculous..." AME came over and flipped through the book, weighed the weight and called it "good guy."

"Actually, it's not much. There are only over a hundred pages of content in total, and the next three hundred pages are all blank." Qingtian said sheepishly.

Only then did Xiao Se notice that the second half of the book was completely blank.

"Don't underestimate the blank paper. When the time comes to have such a thick book of information on the main stage, you will be the first to overwhelm your opponents in terms of momentum." Qingtian's serious expression was a bit funny.

"Take this thing into the battle room? I'm afraid you will make the opponent laugh to death." Leather Shoes laughed out loud.

Although there are official regulations prohibiting non-team members from entering the battle room for guidance, paper materials are absolutely allowed. Otherwise, there would not have been the famous scene of PPD scratching its head with the BP drawings when facing Wings.

Xiao Se is not averse to bringing information to the battlefield. As long as he can win, he can do it even if he takes off his pants. However, this information is too thick, and he is afraid that he will start selecting people after turning a few pages.

"Or one of you can memorize it..."

The five people raised their heads after hearing this, and looked at Qingtian with expressions that looked like they were looking at their high school Chinese teacher, their brows full of fear.

"No way?"

"Just kidding, haha."

…

7.6, another day at the end of training. The two BO2s ended, and Xiao Se entered the "rehearsal" session of the ladder early. As the major teams flew to Seattle, the DOTA2 US server was full of gods fighting every night, with ten players per table on the home page.

This is common among professional players.

On the first ladder, Xiao Se was matched with a ten-person professional table, his own Ori, Maybe, Sakasa, Arteezy, and his enemy Yang, AME, Miracle, Paparazi, Kaka.

Dire's side is okay, with only one overlapping number one position, but Radiant's side is more funny. Except for Sakasa, there is no one who is so good, and Ori, Maybe and ONE are still the mid laners of each team.

"What should I say, brothers? My 12345 is fine, okay?" Maybe said on the microphone.

"I can do either." Ori replied.

"What is the international standard Roll point?" Xiao Se said.

Arteezy and Sakasa didn't say much, and reserved seats one and four first.

Finally, after the roll point, Ori hit, Maybe hit three, and Xiao Se hit five.

"Okay, I'll order it first." ONE took out the No. 5 plane first.

"Ah? Can this hero also hit five?" Maybe said.

"WTF!" Arteezy couldn't help but type.

"You can really beat brothers." Xiao Se kept recommending new ways of playing. "The aircraft at position 5 is the latest way of playing and leads the trend. I didn't want to choose it at first, so I had to reluctantly choose one."

As he spoke, he typed "x, its OK" with Arteezy.

"Can."

Let’s talk about the opposite side, AME instantly selected Ryan at position 5, Miracle hit, Denier hit 1, Yang Shen 3, Kaka 4.
Chapter completed!