Valve, which publishes "Dota 2, " also serves as the tournament administrator. Unlike the league format featured in "League of Legends, " Valve focuses on seasonal Majors with tournaments determining who competes in these events. Last year's "The International" featured a prize pool topping $18 million, and first-place team Evil Genius took home $6. 6 million.
The Electronic Sports League is responsible for organizing or sanctioning many tournaments and leagues around the world, including the Intel Extreme Masters series of csgo skins cheap eSports tournaments and the ESL Pro League for "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. " Major League Gaming has its own tournaments and streaming platform airing daily eSports content. Twitch, in partnership with FaceIT, established the Esports Championship Series, with CS: GO being the first game.
The six groups will compete in this format until July 1 . After a bye week, the Last Chance Qualifier round begins July 12. Group play will take place from Tuesday to Thursday with winning teams advancing to compete on TBS. The quarterfinals take place over two days, with matches streaming on Twitch beginning Thursday followed by live matches on TBS Friday. The semifinals air July 29 on TBS, followed by the global championship July 30 at 4 p. m. EDT.