It's that time of the year again. It's time for the Dota International Tournament 2018. For those who are not familiar, the International is the biggest Dota 2 tournament all year.

Being that not everyone plays Dota 2 but is interested in it, I thought it would be a good idea to have thread for questions regarding the tourney or Dota in general. Feel free to ask anything. There is no such thing as a stupid question. After all people spend years learning about the game and continue to do so even today.

For people experienced in Dota, we could talk about which teams could win and gameplay tips the pros are doing that we can incorporate in our games.

Where can I talk to duders in real time?

I'm glad you asked! Usually around this time, Brad will stream the International final on the website. but we also have a Dota steam chat. Here's the link.

https://s.team/chat/QtDHmdVa

We also have a discord:

https://discord.gg/MDFktum

Where can I watch it?

The Interntional can be watched on Dota, the steam client and on twitch in many languages. For new players, Dota has a newcomer stream where the caster are a little more friendly for less experienced players.

English:

Twitch:Main Channel | Stream #2 | Stream #3 | Stream #4 | Stream #5 | Newcomer Channel

MultiTwitch:Streams 2+3+4+5

Youtube: Main Channel

Russian:

Twitch:Main Channel | Stream #2 | Stream #3 | Stream #4 | Stream #5

MultiTwitch:Streams 2+3+4+5

Chinese:

Twitch:Main Channel | Stream #2 | Stream #3 | Stream #4 | Stream #5

MultiTwitch:Streams 2+3+4+5

Schedule for Day 1:

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/97fy47/here_is_where_and_when_to_watch_your_favorite/

Source 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/97jf8d/the_international_8_group_stage_group_a_series_1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/97kpku/the_international_8_group_stage_group_b_series_1/

Well shoot. I only just started playing DotA on the last week or so. I wish I had known about that newcomer stream during TI ?

One of the most dramatic TIs. The last three series for OG were all amazing. The last two games in particular were absolutely dramatic. The stories in this TI couldn't have been written better.