The Frankfurt Major , also known as the Fall Major , was a Dota 2 tournament which took place from November 13–21, 2015. The tournament took place at the Festhalle Frankfurt in Frankfurt , Germany . It was the first of three Valve sponsored major Dota tournaments for the 2015–16 season, which were announced by the company on April 25, 2015. 16 teams competed in the tournament, which used the same format as The International 2015 . The Electronic Sports League (ESL) hosted and organized the tournament.
51-517: Eight teams received direct invitations, which were announced on October 5. Regional Qualifiers took place on October 10–13, while the Open Qualifiers, open to any player, were run on October 6–9. Registration for the Open Qualifiers began on October 1. Although directly invited, China-based team Invictus Gaming encountered visa problems and on November 11 it was announced they would be replaced by another Chinese team, Newbee Young . During
102-525: A record of 11 wins and 4 losses. In Spring playoffs, IG beat TES 3:1 in the semifinals and advanced to the Spring Split final. They won the final 3:0 against JD Gaming, making this their first split win. This qualified them for the annual 2019 Mid Season Invitational as the LPL representative. They finished their MSI Group Stage with a record of 9 wins and 1 loss, losing only one game to SKT. As they finished
153-448: A record of 14 wins and 2 losses. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round by Top Esports and then lost 0:3 to FunPlus Phoenix in the third place match. In the 2020 LPL Summer Split, IG finished 3rd place with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses. They lost 0:3 to LGD Gaming in the first round of summer playoffs. In the first round of the regional qualifier they beat FunPlus Phoenix 3:2. They then lost 1:3 to LGD Gaming in
204-470: A single game. Invictus Gaming's Dota 2 squad won multiple tournaments in 2012, including ACE Dota Pro-league 2012, G League 2012 Season 1, G League 2012 Season 2, The International 2012 and WCG 2012. They didn't miss the chance to get mentioned when they were nominated in the GosuAwards for the categories of best players and teams in 2012. All 5 members of their team were nominated. Moreover, they won
255-612: A ticket to the S2 World Finals. Their world journey on October was stopped by Moscow 5, 0–2 in the final eight. Invictus Gaming's LoL squad were the runner-up of World e-Sports Masters and became champions of CPL from September to December of this year. Then Yang "BlackWeapon" Ao left. In 2013, they were the third place of 2013 LPL Spring, the runner-up of G-League 2012 Season 2 and IEM Season VIII - Shanghai. On 4 April, after three long games with their rival, team World Elite, Invictus Gaming finally came back with 2-1 and won
306-495: Is Team Liquid , who won The International 2024 , with OG , Team Spirit , and Team Liquid each having won two Internationals since its inception. Valve announced the first edition of The International on August 1, 2011. 16 teams were invited to compete in the tournament, which would also serve as the first public viewing of Dota 2 . The tournament was funded by Valve, including the US$ 1 million grand prize, with Nvidia supplying
357-478: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming ( IG , sometime stylized as iG , Chinese : iG电子竞技俱乐部 ; lit. 'iG Esports Club') is a Chinese multi-game esports organization founded in 2011 by businessman Wang Sicong . They are primarily known for their Dota 2 , League of Legends , and StarCraft II teams. IG's Dota team won The International 2012 , and its League of Legends team won
408-573: The 2018 World Championship . Invictus Gaming was founded in 2011 by Wang Sicong , son of Wang Jianlin , one of the wealthiest men in China and Asia, who bought the team formerly known as Catastrophic Cruel Memory (CCM) at about US$ 6 million, in order to promote and ameliorate the professional esports scene in China. Now Invictus Gaming consist of squads for Dota 2 , League of Legends , Crossfire , and StarCraft II . The creation of iG.Y after poaching YYF, Chuan, 830 and CH of LGD, historically one of
459-611: The Starcraft II portion of WCG 2012. Wang "XiGua" Le was the silver medalist of WCG 2011 . Wu "Coffee" Yishen got the third in DH SC2 Masters 2022 Valencia: China. Latest roster transaction: 22 August 2022. Zhu "Loong" Xiao-long Luo "Rashomon" Bin The International 2012 The International ( TI ) is an annual esports world championship for the five-on-five video game Dota 2 . Produced by
510-660: The Degasia Cup Suzhou team lost to the IM team and lost to the semi-finals. In the 2017 LPL Summer Playoffs, the IG defeated the WE team to win the third place, and then lost the WE team 2:3 in the S7 trials, losing the opportunity to participate in the global finals. In June 2017, the IG team CS:GO division was established. On 8 September 2017, IG Club announced the official suspension of
561-468: The ECL 2013 and became the runner-up of G-League 2013 Season 1 and 2013 WPC ACE Dota 2 League. In 2014, Chen "Hao" Zhihao and Wang "Banana" Jiao left IG. Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan returned to IG and Luo "Luo" Yinqi joined as new carry player. After that, IG won WPC 2014. In June, Invictus Gaming became the champion of ESL One Frankfurt by beating Evil Geniuses in the grand final with a perfect score 22:0 in
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#1732787499676612-684: The IG team watched the Pioneer Division to form the iG.Ice team and the iG.Fire team. In the 2017 IG team DOTA2 Division DAC Asia Invitational Tournament , the IG team won the DAC Asia Invitational Championship with a 3–0 victory over OG. In the 2017 IG Team League of Legends division in the LPL Spring, the IG team advanced into the playoffs and defeated the NewBee team 1:3 in the playoffs. In 2017,
663-736: The Korean team CJ Entus Frost and became the champions of Intel Extreme Masters Singapore. After months of rumors, Sun "XiaoXiao" Yalong finally announced his formal retirement on 20 January. In May 2014, Invictus Gaming won the second place of LPL Spring. PDD's amazing performance with Kyle helped them triumph over team Oh My God 2–1 in semifinals, but in finals they lost to Edward Gaming 0–3. In December 2014, 2 former core players of KT Rolster organizations, Lee "KaKAO" Byung-kwon and Song "RooKie" Eui-jin, joined as new players of Invictus Gaming after 3 months of ordeal. Won "MaFa" Sang-yeon and Lee "PoohManDu" Jeong-hyeon joined as Coaches. Invictus Gaming
714-487: The Regional Qualifier. At Worlds, IG finished second in their group with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, qualifying them for the knockout stages. They drew Griffin as their first opponent and managed to win the series 3:1, advancing them to the semifinals. They met FunPlus Phoenix in the semifinals and lost 1:3, ending their worlds run. Invictus Gaming finished first in the 2020 LPL Spring regular season with
765-411: The best ganker. On 2 September 2013, Zhou was removed from the iG roster after two years of playing for them. On 4 September 2013, TongFu and Invictus Gaming made a swap. Hao was sent to Invictus Gaming's direction, while Zhou was introduced as a new TongFu player. On 9 September, Banana was introduced as a new player of Invictus Gaming.The captain position was taken up by Zeng "Faith" Hongda. They won
816-580: The champions and won the $ 1,000,000 prize at The International 2012 defeating Natus Vincere in four games in a best of five series of the finals. The Grand Finals of The International 2 tournament took place in the Seattle, US. In the same year, Invictus Gaming's Dota 2 quad became the World Cyber Games 2012 world champions. Since Chuan is from Malaysia, the rules of World Cyber Games 2012 restricted him from playing alongside his team in
867-566: The directly invited DPC teams, an additional team from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), China , Europe , North America , South America , and Southeast Asia regions each earn an invite by winning regional playoffs, bringing the total number of participating teams up to 18. At the International, two separate best-of-two round robin groups consisting of nine teams each are played, with lowest placed team from both at
918-410: The end of the stage being eliminated. The remaining 16 teams then move on to the double elimination main event at the hosted venue, with the top four finishing teams from both groups advancing to the upper bracket, and the bottom four advancing to the lower bracket. The first round of the lower bracket is treated as single-elimination , with the loser of each match being immediately eliminated from
969-626: The event and rebranded it as The International 2021 , which was held at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania , in October 2021. It set a record for the largest prize pool of any single esports event at $ 40 million. The International 2022 increased to 20 teams and was held in Singapore in October 2022, where it was won by Tundra Esports. It was the first International to not surpass
1020-474: The event in progress, similar to traditional sporting events. Multiple streams are provided in a variety of languages, mainly in English, Russian, and Chinese. The International also sometimes provides a "newcomer stream" that is dedicated to presenting games for viewers unfamiliar with the game. In 2014, Valve released a free documentary , Free to Play , which followed three players during their time at
1071-431: The event, eleven teams would receive direct invites, with an additional four spots determined by regional qualifiers taking place between May 12–25. The sixteenth spot would be determined by a wild card qualifier between the runners-up from the regional competitions. The tickets for the event were sold out within an hour of going on sale that April. The tournament's crowdfunded prize pool again broke esport records for being
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#17327874996761122-399: The event. Therefore, Invictus Gaming's dota 2 team found Li "chisbug(CH)" Chen to replace him. It was another impressive performance by iG and DK where they finished the group stages with an undefeated record. They finally met each other in the finals where Invictus Gaming would end the winning streak of DK and later on ending their run with a 2–0 record and take the tournament without dropping
1173-426: The final game. In August, YYF retired and Faith left IG. The replacements were Lin "June" Shiyang and old time veteran Li "CHisbug" Chen after two years of inactivity. In March 2015, Xu "BurNIng" Zhilei joined the team and Zeng "Faith" Hongda returned to the team. Lin "June" Shiyang left and Li "CHisbug" Chen transferred to a tactical analyst. Then IG got the champion of Major All Stars Season 1 . On 7 August,
1224-509: The final three being decided in two qualifying tournaments and a match at the start of the tournament. In May 2013, it was announced that an in-game battle pass , known as the Compendium, would be available for purchase that allowed for the tournament's prize pool to be crowdfunded . A quarter of the total revenue from the Compendium was added to the base $ 1.6 million prize pool. The prize pool eventually reached over $ 2.8 million, making it
1275-474: The finals, rendering them unable to participate at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship . Invictus Gaming's Crossfire squad were the World Cyber Games champions in 2012 . The Crossfire competition at the World Cyber Games 2012 was composed of 13 teams and the $ 25,000 cash prize. Invictus Gaming's CF squad won the grand finals of WCG. Hu "MacSed" Xiang got the bronze medal in
1326-566: The first round but then again crushed by Edward Gaming 3–0 in semifinals. On 27 April, with Kid's Pentakill Invictus Gaming won the third place of LPL Spring after beating Snake 3–0. On 29 April, in the finals of International Esports Tournament Invictus Gaming defeated, World Elite, and won their first title of the year. In 2016, the IG Team League of Legends team was in the LPL Spring Championships . The IG team
1377-519: The first stage, four groups of four teams played each other in a round-robin . Matches were a best-of-three double elimination. The main stage was double-elimination, with best-of-three matches save for the grand finals, which was a best-of-five. The tournament was won by European team OG . Invictus Gaming was replaced by Newbee Young due to visa complications (Note: Prizes are in USD) This article article related to an esports tournament
1428-577: The game's developer Valve , the International is the final event of the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) and consists of 20 teams: 12 based on final results from the DPC; six from North America , South America , Southeast Asia , China , Eastern Europe , and Western Europe regional leagues; and two from last-chance qualifiers. The International was first held in Germany at the 2011 Gamescom to promote
1479-614: The game's release. It was then held in Seattle , where Valve is headquartered, until it began to be hosted internationally again starting with The International 2018 in Vancouver . The tournament's prize pool has been crowdfunded via a battle pass system within the game since 2013, with a quarter of all revenue from it directly going towards it. Internationals have the largest single-tournament prize pool of any esport event, with largest reaching US$ 40 million. The most recent champion
1530-498: The gold medal of GIGABYTE StarWar League Season 2. After the game several players were enraged because some fans of World Elite threw water bottles at them. However at Season 3 China Regional Finals on 8 September, Invictus Gaming was successively defeated by team Oh My God and Royal, which was led by their former players Wong "Tabe" Pak Kan and Lo "Wh1t3zZ" Pun Wai, thus losing the opportunity to S3 World Finals. In December, Liu "Kitties" Hong-Jun joined team as new support. They beat
1581-434: The group stage in 1st, they chose Team Liquid to be their semifinal opponent. They lost 1:3 in an upset to Team Liquid during the semifinals and ended their MSI run. They finished their 2019 LPL Summer Split run in sixth place with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses. They lost to LNG 3:0 in the first round of summer playoffs. They managed to make it to Worlds as the LPL's third seed after 3:2's against JD Gaming and Top Esports in
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1632-542: The hardware. It took place at Gamescom in Cologne from August 17–21 the same year. The tournament started with a group stage in which the winners of each of the four groups were entered into a winner's bracket, and the other teams entered the loser's bracket. The rest of the tournament was then played as a double-elimination tournament . The final of this inaugural tournament was between Ukrainian-based Natus Vincere and Chinese-based EHOME , with Natus Vincere winning
1683-402: The largest in history, with it totalling over $ 10.9 million. As a result, eight Dota 2 players became the highest earning players in esports, surpassing the top earning player at the time, Lee "Jaedong" Jae-dong of StarCraft . The event was also broadcast on ESPN networks for the first time. The tournament was expanded to 18 teams for The International 2017 onwards, an increase from
1734-457: The largest prize pool in esports history at the time. KCPQ news anchor Kaci Aitchison acted as a host at the event, providing behind-the-scenes commentary and player interviews. The International 2013 was viewed by over a million concurrent viewers at its peak, via live streaming websites such as Twitch . The International 2014 took place from July 18–21 at the KeyArena in Seattle. For
1785-402: The mid-2020s; The International 2024 had the smallest since the introduction of crowdfunding at $ 2,602,164. The Aegis of Champions is a trophy that is awarded to the champions of an International. The reverse side of it is permanently engraved with the names of each player on the winning team. The Aegis is a shield inspired by Norse and Chinese designs, with it molded in bronze and silver by
1836-606: The operation of the Overwatch project. In the 2018 LPL Spring, the IG team advanced to the playoffs, defeated the RNG team 1:3 in the playoffs, and then lost to the RW team in the third place, stopping the semi-finals. In the 2018 LPL Summer Tournament, the IG team successfully reached the final of the summer competition. In the final, they lost to the RNG team 2:3 and won the runner-up. At
1887-524: The predecessor of Invictus Gaming, Catastrophic Cruel Memory won the title of 2011 WCG China Regional Finals. In the same month, iG bought the line-up of CCM. Sun "XiaoXiao" Yalong, Zong "Luffy" Yuan, Wong "Tabe" Pak Kan, Lo "Wh1t3zZ" Pun Wai and Siu "ChrIs" Keung formed the Invictus Gaming's LoL squad. In November of this year, Chen "illuSioN" Xin-Lin and Yang "BlackWeapon" Ao joined the team while Zong "Luffy" Yuan left. In January 2012, they got
1938-625: The previous 16. The International 2020 was the first International to skip a year, as it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Ahead of the event, originally scheduled to be held in Stockholm, Sweden , the Swedish Sports Federation voted to deny recognition of esports as a sporting event, making it difficult for Valve to help international players to secure travel visas for participating there. Valve later rescheduled
1989-456: The previous one's prize pool at $ 18.9 million, the lowest since The International 2015 . The International 2023 was hosted at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, which was built at the same site as KeyArena, and ran from October 27 to 29. The International features a series of tournaments before the event, known as the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC), with the top 12 ranking teams receiving direct invitations based on their final standings. Besides
2040-433: The prop studio, Weta Workshop . Miniature replicas of it are also sometimes awarded to compendium owners for having a high enough level in it. The primary medium for International coverage is through the video game live streaming platform Twitch , which is done by a selection of dedicated esports organizations and personnel who provide on-site commentary , analysis, match predictions, and player interviews surrounding
2091-432: The revenue made from yearly Compendiums go directly to the prize pool. The contribution of players from the game community is the main source of prize pool for the International. Until 2022, each iteration of The International has surpassed the previous one's prize pool. The International 2021 had the largest prize pool, awarding $ 40 million (£29 million) in total to participating teams. Prize pools began to decline by
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2142-734: The same time, they won the S8 Global Finals with the highest team of the year. On 3 November, IG defeated Fnatic 3–0 in the 2018 League of Legends World Championship finals to become 2018 world champions. In December of the same year in the Demacia Cup Winter Games in Xi'an , defeated the TOP team 3:1 to win the Demacia Cup . In the 2019 LPL Spring Split Invictus Gaming finished the regular season in second place with
2193-465: The series 3–1. EHOME won US$ 250,000, with the rest of the 14 teams splitting the remaining $ 350,000. The International as a recurring annual event was confirmed in May 2012. The International 2012 was held at the 2,500 seat Benaroya Hall in Seattle from August 31 to September 2, with teams situated in glass booths on the main stage. The total prize pool remained at $ 1.6 million, with $ 1 million for
2244-669: The silver medal at the World GameMaster Tournament 2012. From March to June, Invictus Gaming completed a reform of the team. Wong "Tabe" Pak Kan, Lo "Wh1t3zZ" Pun Wai and Siu "ChrIs" Keung left the team while former Ehome player Liu "PDD" Mou, Liu "Zzitai" Zhi-Hao and former HanGong Clan player Ge "Kid" Yan joined the team to replace them. On 28 July they took first place in the Season 2 Regionals Finals, held in Shanghai with 2012 China Joy, and thus earned themselves
2295-553: The strongest teams in China, came days after the purchase of CCM. The team is now also known as iG.Z ( Zhou , SanSheng, Ferrari 430, Xiao8, DDC). iG.Y got the 3rd place in World DotA Championship 2011. iG.Z was the champion of CPL 2011. Having moved into the DotA scene with the new players, the two iG teams represented what appeared to be the two strongest teams in the scene. In November 2011, iG decided to combine
2346-485: The top places with three players (Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi) from their squad in the top five and also the prize for best team in 2012. Except GosuAwards, Invictus Gaming's Dota 2 squad was also the team of the year in Liquid's Dota 2 Awards 2012. For Liquid's Dota 2 Awards, Chen "Zhou" Yao got the best Carry, Zeng "Faith" Hongda got the best support and Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi got
2397-541: The tournament. Every other round of both brackets is played in a best-of-three series, with the exception being the Grand Finals, which is played between the winners of the upper and lower brackets in a best-of-five series. Since The International 2013, the tournament's prize pool is primarily crowdfunded through a battle pass called the Compendium, which raises money from players buying them to get exclusive in-game virtual goods and other bonuses. 25% of all
2448-843: The two teams and have the team with the best Chinese DotA players. The team was composed of Chen "Zhou" Yao, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi, Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan and Zeng "Faith" Hongda, in which Chen "Zhou" Yao was the captain. After re-shuffling the roster of the combined IG, they have won the SMM Grand National DotA Tournament world championship. In 2012, Ig won the ACE Dota Pro-league 2012 and G-League 2012 Season 1 In late 2011, Invictus Gaming's Dota squad started to transition to Dota 2 . The team kept on their roster Chen "Zhou" Yao, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi , Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan and Zeng "Faith" Hongda. They became
2499-540: The winning team. The previous winners, Natus Vincere, were beaten 3-1 by Chinese team Invictus Gaming in the grand finals. In November 2012, Valve released a free documentary on the event that featured interviews with the teams, and following them from the preliminary stages through to the finale. The International 2013 was hosted again at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle from August 7–11. Sixteen teams participated, thirteen of which received direct invitations, and
2550-511: Was close to the playoffs and lost to the Snake team in the playoffs with a 0:3 loss. In the 2016 LPL Summer Tournament , the IG team constantly replaced the players on the road, and finally got tough in the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the IM team. In the 2016 National E-sports Contest, the IG team won the championship with a 2–0 victory over the LGD team. In June 2016,
2601-619: Was considered big winner of the Korea imports. Invictus Gaming attended the Demacia Cup in March and made it to the final. However, on 29 March they were knocked from defending the title, swepted 3-0 by Edward Gaming, the team which dominated the series with no loss, thus having place second. In April, Invictus Gaming finished LPL Spring regular season with in 5th place. In the playoffs, Invictus Gaming advanced 3–0 with wins over VICI Gaming in
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