Valve confirms Dota Pro Circuit 2022 Winter Tour Regional Finals, expanded lineup for TI11

Valve has officially announced Dota The 2021/22 Pro Circuit Winter Tour Regional Finals, in addition to the expanded roster for The International 11.

This news came just a day later report These changes appear in Dota 2 community and is Valve’s direct response to Cancellation of Winter Main Tour and backlash comes with it.

“We quickly realized despite hearing feedback from teams and fans that our priorities were wrong and that we were not successful in keeping the players involved in the DPC in mind,” Valve said. speak. “This was a big mistake on our part. We’re sorry and we’re trying to make it right. “

Instead of delaying the Winter Tournament far enough to be able to host it on LAN or play a global online tournament at the risk of a delay affecting the results and quality of matches, the decision was taken to The focus is on rewarding teams that have performed well in their individual regions. As a result, six iterations of the Winter Tour Regional Finals will be held throughout February.

This was planned in collaboration with the various teams and tournament organizers. And while all sides understand that there is no perfect solution, this medium pitch will at least provide a solid end to the first phase of the current DPC season.

As previously revealed in early reports, the Winter Tour Regional Finals will be split into two weekends in February, each weekend hosting three regions. All six regions will feature the top four teams by position in their respective Winter Tour regional tournaments and a $100,000 prize pool and 380 DPC points. Here’s how the schedule and the assessment are divided:

Winter Tour Regional Finals Schedule

• February 11-14
  • Western Europe, Southeast Asia and South America
• February 18-20
  • China, Eastern Europe and North America

Appreciate the Winter Tour Regional Finals

• First place: $50,000 USD + 250 DPC points
• 2nd place $25,000 USD + 130 DPC points
• 3rd place: $15,000 USD
• 4th place: $10,000 USD

Additionally, Valve is reworking the TI11 Qualifiers to host a new LAN tournament. As always, the top team from each region’s TI Qualifiers will directly qualify for the event, but the second and third place teams from those rankings will be pooled together to compete at the event. this new LAN event. Out of the 12 teams competing in this Wildcard-style event, the top two will also win tickets to TI.

This means that the base lineup of teams at TI11 is currently 20, with the group stage split into two groups of 10 teams. Four teams will be eliminated from the group stage while the main event remains unchanged from many previous seasons.

Valve notes that this change is “unique” to the 2021/22 DPC as it will help balance out any potential DPC score differences created by the absence of the first Main League, but this could be a step towards expanding TI in the long run depending on the adoption of the changes.

To wrap up the update, Valve has confirmed more news about the second and third tournaments to be announced in the coming weeks, and they plan to release Patch 7.31 as soon as the Regional Finals are over. end.