The International 2014

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The International 2014
Seattle, Washington, United States
Start Date	8 Jul. 2014
End Date	21 Jul. 2014
Teams	16
Version	6.81b Version 6.81b(Full list) Nerfed: Batrider Invoker Lycan Balanced other heroes. Release Date Dota 2:2014-06-02 DotA:2014-08-02  ← 6.816.81c →  Heroes edit] Ancient Apparition: Ice Vortex slow decreased from 18/22/26/30% to 15/20/25/30% Batrider: Sticky Napalm bonus damage
Prize Pool	$10,930,698 USD
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The International 4 was an event held in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was the fourth iteration of The International The official The International announcement banner The International is an annual double-elimination LAN tournament hosted by Valve. 16 invited professional DotA teams fight for the title of best Dota 2 team. Winners of The International , a yearly Dota 2 tournament hosted by Valve Corporation. The champions of The International 2014 were Team NewBee. Team NewBee defeated Vici Gaming Vici Gaming China Created: 2012-10-21 Team Information Captain: Xu "Hym" Zhi Coach(es): Zhang "LaNm" Zhicheng Manager(s): Xu "JaL" Xiaoyun Sponsor(s): Tenwow GroupVPGameHuomaoTVDare YouRiverStone Links Website: vicigaming.com Facebook: TeamViCiGaming Twitter: vici_gaming Weibo: VICIgaming Vici Gaming (abbreviated in a best of five with a score of three to one, securing themselves the Aegis of Champions and 5 million dollars.

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Teams

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English

Ayesee Aaron Chambers Origin: United States Language: English Web page Basskip Cameron Scott Origin: Australia Language: English Web page Blitz Play “They call me Tiny.” This article is a stub. As such, it is not complete. You can help Dota 2 Wiki by expanding it. Blitz Background Information Name: William Lee Date of birth: 21 May William Lee Origin: United States Language: English Web page The Capitalist Austin Walsh Origin: United States Language: English Web page

GoDz GoDz Background Information Name: David Parker Date of birth: 27 Feb 1990 (age 27) Country: Australia Commentating language: English Organization: Beyond the Summit Links Website: http://beyondthesummit.tv Twitch: beyondthesummittv Facebook: BTSGoDz Twitter: BTSGoDz YouTube: beyondthesummittv David "GoDz" David Parker Origin: Australia Language: English Web page KOTLGuy Dakota Cox Origin: Language: English Web page Kpoptosis Kpoptosis Background Information Name: Brian Herren Country: United States Role: Analyst Links History Brian "Kpoptosis" Herren is a professional Dota 2 analyst. He currently works for Beyond the Summit, and writes for Gamepedia. Biography edit] Bryan Herren Origin: United States Language: English Web page LD David Gorman Origin: United States Language: English Web page

Chinese

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Korean

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Analyst Desk

2GD James Harding Origin: United Kingdom Language: English Web page Draskyl Andy Stiles Origin: United States Language: English Web page GoDz GoDz Background Information Name: David Parker Date of birth: 27 Feb 1990 (age 27) Country: Australia Commentating language: English Organization: Beyond the Summit Links Website: http://beyondthesummit.tv Twitch: beyondthesummittv Facebook: BTSGoDz Twitter: BTSGoDz YouTube: beyondthesummittv David "GoDz" David Parker Origin: Australia Language: English Web page Merlini Merlini Background Information Name: Ben Wu Date of birth: 23 Oct 1987 (age 29) Country: United States Team: Vegetables Esports Club Role: Midlaner, Carry Signature Heroes: Links Website: http://www.merlinidota.com/ datdota: 90137663 DOTABUFF: 90137663 Twitch: merlinidota Facebook: Ben Wu Origin: United States Language: English Web page

Ryuuboruz Alan Andersen Origin: United States Language: English Web page Sheever Sheever Background Information Name: Jorien van der Heijden Date of birth: 26 Apr 1985 (age 32) Country: Netherlands Commentating language: English Links Website: sheevergaming.com Twitch: sheevergaming Facebook: sheevergaming Twitter: sheevergaming YouTube: sheevergaming Jorien "Sheever" van der Jorien van der Heijden Origin: The Netherlands Language: English Web page Wagamama Wagamama Background Information Name: Wagamama Country: Sweden Role: Carry, Midlaner Signature Heroes: Links History Niklas "Wagamama" Högström is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player. He started his DotA career back in 2004 and transitioned into Niklas H⸣⸖gstr⸣⸖m Origin: Sweden Language: English Web page WhatIsHip Greg Laird Origin: United States Language: English Web page

WinteR WinteR Background Information Name: Chan Litt Binn Date of birth: 21 Aug 1989 (age 27) Country: Malaysia Team: Mineski-X Role: Support, Offlaner, Coach Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 86762037 DOTABUFF: 86762037 Twitch: winter Facebook: WinteR.Dota Twitter: WinteRDota Litt-Binn Chan Origin: Malaysia Language: English Web page

Format

• Qualifiers - May 12th - 27th, 2014
  • Four Regional Qualifiers.
    • The winner of each Regional Qualifier will join the other invited teams in Seattle.
    • The runner-up of each Qualifier will be invited to Seattle to compete in phase one of the playoffs.
• Playoffs
  • Phase One - July 8th, 2014.
    • The four second place teams from the qualifiers play on-site in Seattle for a spot in phase two in the playoffs.
  • Phase Two - July 9th - 12th, 2014.
    • 16-team round robin group stage
    • The top two teams advance directly to the main event upper bracket.
    • The middle eight teams advance to phase three of the playoffs.
    • The bottom six teams are eliminated.
  • Phase Three - July 13th - 14th, 2014.
    • Two brackets of four teams seeded from phase two.
    • Last team from each bracket is eliminated.
    • Second and third teams advances to the loser`s bracket of the main event.
    • First team advances to the winner`s bracket of the main event.
• Main Event - July 18th - 21st, 2014.
  • Eight-team Double Elimination Bracket played at KeyArena.

Broadcast Talent

Prize Pool

The initial prize pool of the tournament was $1,600,000 USD.
An additional $2.50 USD (25%) was added to the total prize pool for every TI4 Compendium sold.
There is also an option to buy points to level up the compendium in game and 25% of these purchases goes towards the prize pool of the event.
The final prize pool is $10,923,977 ($9,323,977 added).