WEU dominance is ridiculous. We started with 5/16 teams in the tournament - the most from any region. And now that we’re down to only 6 teams overall, but all 5 from WEU are still present. And fully occupying the winner’s bracket as well.
A bit sad to be honest. I really hope we see a revival in some of the other regions in the coming years.
A revival would only be the appropriate term for Chinese and CIS Dota, to be honest. SA, NA and SEA scenes seem to have actually developed the last say, five years. Just not enough to offset the downfall of China and CIS.
CIS is still pretty good in my opinion. BetBoom exceeded my expectations, and if they had an easier draw, I think they would have made top 6. They did look pretty terrible against Falcons though. And Spirit had a pretty good season overall - they did win a few tournaments if I’m not mistaken. They just looked like they didn’t understand the meta all that well. I also wonder if they have been a bit spoiled by success, and maybe lost their drive to win to some extent. 1W didn’t look that bad either to be honest.
But agreed on the other regions. It really sucks because it just doesn’t feel like Dota is a global game anymore, sadly.
It really sucks because it just doesn’t feel like Dota is a global game anymore, sadly.
I’m afraid that’s just reality. I think as far as China goes, a big part of the decline is due to mobile gaming becoming the de facto most popular type of gaming there.
The pro scene also feels very different compared to say, 8-10 years ago. I can’t explain in words how much I miss The Summit.
WEU dominance is ridiculous. We started with 5/16 teams in the tournament - the most from any region. And now that we’re down to only 6 teams overall, but all 5 from WEU are still present. And fully occupying the winner’s bracket as well.
A bit sad to be honest. I really hope we see a revival in some of the other regions in the coming years.
A revival would only be the appropriate term for Chinese and CIS Dota, to be honest. SA, NA and SEA scenes seem to have actually developed the last say, five years. Just not enough to offset the downfall of China and CIS.
CIS is still pretty good in my opinion. BetBoom exceeded my expectations, and if they had an easier draw, I think they would have made top 6. They did look pretty terrible against Falcons though. And Spirit had a pretty good season overall - they did win a few tournaments if I’m not mistaken. They just looked like they didn’t understand the meta all that well. I also wonder if they have been a bit spoiled by success, and maybe lost their drive to win to some extent. 1W didn’t look that bad either to be honest.
But agreed on the other regions. It really sucks because it just doesn’t feel like Dota is a global game anymore, sadly.
I’m afraid that’s just reality. I think as far as China goes, a big part of the decline is due to mobile gaming becoming the de facto most popular type of gaming there.
The pro scene also feels very different compared to say, 8-10 years ago. I can’t explain in words how much I miss The Summit.