White-ra already mixing dem cocktails. No f**ks were given that day. Photo by ESL
As it turns out, the hype around the biggest eSport event in the world has spread to affect players and fans outside the Dota 2 scene. More particularly, several team managers and owners have hinted that the cream of the crop in StarCraft 2 will also be tuning to TI 3 instead of playing their matches in the World Championship Series. It’s been said that prolific names like Naniwa, Stephano, MC and MMA have already canceled their flights to the ESL offices in Germany and will just stay at home with cold beer and soju and watch heads fall at Benaroya Hall. Sources additionally told us that reigning WCS Europe champion Mvp purposefully lost his matches last night so that he can have the rest of the week off without having to plan strategies and bullshit like that.
One would think that such an ebb of players is disastrous for Blizzard and their WCS but spokesmen for the company seem to actually indulge the situation, saying that by having contenders for about two and a half matches, the heavy stacking of content in the weekend of August 10-11 will be conveniently avoided. A concurrent viewership of ten will furthermore smooth the experience by ensuring there isn’t a millisecond of lag.
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