
Nemiga Gaming manager Eduard “zverHDD” Ashurkevich commented on Telegram about the lack of an announcement regarding the venue for The International 2027 and congratulated Team Spirit on their third TI victory.
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The lack of an announcement regarding the venue for the next TI, along with the lack of information about ESL tournaments and leagues, raises a very important question: is everything really that bad for us?
I can’t even remember the last time EPT points were tallied, and there’s absolutely zero info about the leagues. Among the major organizers, only PGL and BLAST have provided any information regarding their tournaments so far—otherwise, it’s just white noise.
Last year at this stage, there was much more information, and we were playing several qualifiers at once at the start of the season. But now, the only qualifiers on the horizon are one qualifier and our beloved EPL.
Okay, so we haven’t gotten any announcements, exhibition matches, or other goodies, but maybe someone will put together a highlight reel of voice clips from the booths and release some kind of True Sight?
Or is that asking too much?
The International is over, and so is the current season!
Congratulations to Team Spirit on their well-deserved victory!
Few believed it, but Spirit did indeed give us a couple of new TI champions, one two-time champion, and a couple of three-time The International champions—and that’s incredibly cool...
P.S. I rooted for Spirit with everything I had....
P.P.S. No[o]ne—my favorite No[o]ne—isn’t the champion again....
The International 2026 took place from August 13 to 23 in Shanghai, with a prize pool reaching $3.6 million—the highest since 2022, when it stood at $18.9 million. As of now, the organizers have not announced the next location for the event.
Photo by Eduard “zverHDD” Ashurkevich.