Four scenarios for The International 2022: who will win the main tournament of the year?
Yuriy SheremetIn Singapore +28, light cloudy and heavy rain. A week-long break continues at the main tournament of the year in Dota 2 .
The playoffs of The International 2022 have been paused after a 4-day Dota marathon. There are 4 teams left in the championship race.
Fights within The International 2022 will resume only on October 29, and there is still a lot of time before this date. We at EGW decided to fantasize about the most tremulous question of the season - who will become the champion of The International 22.
4 teams claim the title: Tundra Esports , Team Secret , Team Aster and Team Liquid . Let's estimate 4 hypothetical scenarios of events that will happen to the teams after winning The International?
Scenario #1: Tundra Esports is the new champion of The International 22. Style takes over.
This turn of events seemed the most unrealistic before the start of The International 2022, but the magic of the flagship event from Valve has done its job. Now, it seems, the Tundra Esports championship option looks quite good.
Tundra Esports is the youngest team of the four contenders, although the players are more than known. They are the quintessence of "young blood": daring, informal, aggressive. This is felt at all levels, from gaming to media.
Tundra at The International 22 are uncompromising. Since the start of the tournament, the team has not lost a single series, even more, and only lost 4 cards out of 20 played.
At this tournament, Tundra is giving vibes to Wings 2016: the author's handwriting, lightness and creativity. The only problem with such a comparison is the fate of The International 6 champions.
The championship roster of the Chinese quickly deflated. Of the five victors of 2016, Faith_bian and y` continued to play actively at a high level. Drawing analogies with the current Tundra, I can easily see how, after the triumph, players buy villas in Bali, go on a breakaway, visit red carpets and take pictures with fans (some people already do this).
Some people continue to play DotA even further, wanting to squeeze even more out of themselves: 33 and Saksa grind publics, gaining tens of thousands of MMR. At this time, Sneyking is visiting his family in North America, Nine is “rolling” mid, and skiter is becoming an Instagram star, launching streams and taking pictures in expensive sneakers.
Scenario #2: Team Secret are the champions of The International 2022. Puppey raises the Aegis of Champions for the second time in his career
If Tundra is about hype, surprise, innovation and drive, then Secret is about storyline, hard work and perseverance. This is the year Puppey's brainchild turned out to be, and because of him (but not only) I want to see Secret nicknames on the Aegis of Champions.
2022 for Secret is reminiscent of the ill-fated 2016, when, after an unexpected failure at TI6, Puppey plunged into reflection and re-invented DotA, bringing Secret to a new qualitative level.
Having climbed into the TOP-3 in 2020, the legendary Estonian captain decided on a cardinal and strong-willed decision. Under the tutelage of Clement, the cut Polish diamond Nisha remained, and the rest of the places in the club were taken by Crystallis, Zayac and Resoulut1on.
The first got a chance to escape from the abyss of TIR-2 Dota, and the second to live a “new youth”. I like this outcome of the tournament.
Returning to the cornerstone of the team, the captain of Puppey, winning The International for him is akin to an open gestalt. Without exaggeration, the strongest leader in the history of competitive Dota already became a champion back in 2011, but the aftertaste of victory does not last that long.
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Having visited all (!) The International, Puppey came close to repeating last year's 11-year success and is a stone's throw away from the trophy this year. Captain Puppey deserved the trophy, there is no doubt about it.
Scenario #3. Team Aster is the winner of The International 2022. The curse is broken
A significant victory will be for Aster. While Tundra will prove the DotA “rejuvenation” theorem discovered by Spirit last year with their victory, and Puppey will refute it, Aster will perform a more global task. They will break the "curse".
China is one of the most titled and competitive regions in the international arena. Teams from the Celestial Empire have always been famous for their skillful play and deservedly become champions of major events, including The International tournaments.
This continued until 2016, but then there was a shift. At TI 2016, the winners were Wings, and this was the last year that teams from China took the Aegis of Champions for themselves.
In 2017, Liquid, surrounded by three representatives of China, snatched the championship, in 2018 OG actually robbed the “impeccable” PSG.LGD, and at The International 10, the already improved version of LGD was once again left without a long-awaited event.
6 years of China without a title. For 6 years, teams from the Chinese region have not been able to cope with the “Western” style of not so much playing as thinking. That is why Aster's victory at The International 2022 will have a sacred meaning to some extent.
The Chinese team, like Liquid in 2017, remained surrounded, but not broken. Monet and the company have held the brand for a year and now there are last pushes.
China needs a title. Aster will take him home, where he has not been for 6 years.
Scenario #4: Team Liquid is a two-time The International champion. The last chapter is written
Team Liquid's victory at The International 22 is also fraught with subtext. It will become historic both at the club level and on a personal level.
Firstly, Liquid is the only team that can match OG in terms of the number of Aegis won. Secondly, this is MATUMBAMAN.
After The International 10, Lasse returned to his native harbor, the place where he celebrated the victory on the main stage in 2017, the place from which he was kicked out in the future.
For MATUMBA, this is not just an opportunity to shake the old days and satisfy the ego. This is a chance to leave beautifully.
The International 2022 will be the last event in MATUMBA's career. After the tournament, he will put away the keyboard and mouse and go sailing on his ship. Leaving at the peak is a win-win option.
Sorry for the flow of graphomania, sometimes breaking through higher, but such is our tournament. This is The International, and therefore it is sometimes difficult to remain inert.
The final part of The International 2022 will begin on October 29 at 06:00 CET. Four final matches will be played at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Recall that The International 2022 runs from October 15 to 30 this year. The top 20 teams from around the world compete in LAN format for the title of world champion, as well as the largest prize pool of the year. At the moment, its amount is $17,076,465. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
Matches history: The International 2022
Interim results of The International 2022
- 1st place: TBD
- 2nd place: TBD
- 3rd place: TBD
- 4th place: TBD
- 5th-6th place: Thunder Awaken, PSG.LGD - $621,829
- 7th-8th place: Beastcoast, OG - $444,209
- 9th-12th place: Evil Geniuses, BOOM, Gaimin Gladiators, Entity - $342,468
- 13th-16th place: Hokori, Team Spirit, Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up - $254,672
- 17th-18th place: Soniqs, Talon Esports - $42,361
- 19th-20th place: TSM, BetBoom - $42,361
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