Dota 2 pros react to Valve’s upcoming DPC changes
The European region has been the most vocal about the new DPC changes.
The professional Dota 2 community was taken by surprise this week when Valve announcedmassive changes for the upcoming 2020-2021 Dota Pro Circuitwith the introduction of Regional Leagues.
Here’s what some of the scene’s top players had to say about the changes.
Evil Geniuses team captain Tal “fly” Aizik was all for these changes made by Valve and believes that it will help the scene in the long term.
Glad to see Valve taking dota in this direction. Great for t2/t3 scene and will also be better for everyone in the long termhttps://t.co/8x1dE432Id
Both Team Liquid’s Aydin “iNSaNiA “Sarkohi and Alliance’s Neta “33” Shapira, on the other hand, agree withLee “Heen” Seung Gon’s initial reaction to the new DPC season.
After reading this, I fully agree.https://t.co/WUGKQyMzaX
top3 eu only gets u to the wildcard+only 4 slots total, what a joke
Heen and Team Secret’s Director of Operations, Matthew “Cyborgmatt” Bailey continued to criticize the changes by pointing out that the extended season will lower the number of Dota 2 events outside of the DPC.
New dpc system looks like garbage. I don’t know what people are excited about.
Some more context on how we look at events:– Nothing before the 1st league, top teams want a break after TI unless big roster change (ie EG this season)– No events during Christmas/NY– No events that end/start right before/after a MajorGoing to be a very tight schedule.
Alliance CEO, Jonathan “Loda” Berg, and Chaos Esports Club Dota 2 manager, Jack “KBBQ” Chen, both voiced concerns about Valve’s decision to keep the same prize pool total for the DPC season, despite adding more games to be played.
New DPC system looks ok. Though I think they have to adjust the prize pool for the regional league.We want a 6 week league, not a 6 week qualifier.
getting 8th at TI has been worth more than winning multiple majors, seems we’re never going back to the prize pools of the first DPC season. so rather than make the qualifying system also more rewarding for top teams, this incentivizes stability and opportunity for newer teams
Team Liquid coach William “Blitz” Lee continued to make a case that the European region will be the most affected by the changes, because of the level of competition there compared to other regions.
Conversationally our org seems positive about the change from a stability perspective, and the guaranteed amount of matches / exposure, I just think being an EU player is rough. There’s a solid chance that being the fifth best European team still makes you top ten world
Finally, a number of casters have also weighed in and expressed their excitement about the changes.
Both Toby “TobiWan” Dawson and Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden believe Valve has made the right decision in their attempt to develop the Dota 2 competitive scene.
I think this is the most positive I have felt about a DPC change announcement.Of course there will be challenges in execution & those affected by change.https://t.co/hLRdNX0ujt
Still quite a few questions regarding the broadcasting side and I am curious to see what it might mean for 3rd party events, but something needed to change for sure.
Meanwhile, David “LD” Gorman thinks Valve should reallocate some of the prize money from TI to other tournaments throughout the year to compensate players and teams for their prolonged DPC season.
I really believe reallocating 5-10 million of TI prizemoney to the rest of the year would solve almost everything, and TI can still be the marquee once a year celebration of dota it always js
