Maelstorm commented on the decrease in the number of LAN tournaments in the new Dota 2 season
Commentator Vladimir “Maelstorm” Kuzminov commented on his personal Telegram channel about the reduction in the number of LAN tournaments in the upcoming Dota 2 season.
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This isn’t good news, but there’s one “BUT.”
In Dota, the difference between a good online tournament and a bad LAN tournament has practically disappeared. Often, even a good online tournament is better. Take the DreamLeague, for example.
Many LAN tournaments in Dota these days aren’t anything special; they don’t offer a significant quality difference from online tournaments.
And yet, there is a demand for high-quality tournaments, as the internet has shown. A full arena in China for the finals—even without any Chinese teams.
As a result, for you and me, there’s almost no difference between LAN and online in this case. There are S-class tournaments. BLAST Dota wasn’t one of them—it was A-class, and it remains so.
Earlier, former professional player and community caster Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov spoke out on his personal Telegram channel about the BLAST series tournaments switching to an online format and shared his thoughts on the state of the professional Dota 2 scene.
Photo by Vladimir “Maelstorm” Kuzminov.
