Earlier stations of The International have been Cologne, the place the primary version befell in 2011, Seattle, Vancouver, Shanghai and Bucharest. Throughout this time, the prize cash rose from round 1.5 million euros to round 37.7 million euros most just lately – the match’s prize pool breaks its personal document from the earlier yr yearly. Valve solely makes a fraction out there. The neighborhood raises the lion’s share via in-game purchases, a part of which Valve transfers to the match’s prize pool.
Crowdfunding of the so-called Compendium for TI11 has not but began, however the announcement of the venue could also be step one in direction of the Compendium launch.
TI11: When are the video games?
The return of The International to Europe final yr accommodated the sleep rhythm of European followers – which is once more badly strained with TI11: Singapore is in a time zone that is at the moment six hours earlier than Central European Time. With the same old seasons of the match, followers in Germany should count on that the primary video games might be round each day at 3 a.m go off.
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