WePlay talks about the process behind their wild themed events – Dota 2 News

Steven Rondina • 20/Jul/21 • 17:50

ESL and DreamHack have carved out a distinct segment in Dota 2 with their clear {and professional} occasions. Past the Summit has performed the identical with extra informal tournaments. However newer contender WePlay has taken a distinct method, placing on a few of the largest reveals in esports and doing so with nice aptitude.

Occasions similar to Omega League and WePlay Mad Moon have stood out primarily based on their elaborate levels and set designs. However how do these occasions come collectively? And what occurs after? WIN.gg spoke with WePlay’s Maksym Bilonogov to debate the earlier than and after of those extravegant occasions.

WIN.gg: WePlay’s stage designs have persistently caught the eyes of followers. What does it take to arrange one thing like what was seen on the AniMajor?

Maksym Bilonogov, WePlay: After we came upon that our workforce could be internet hosting the main we have been holding one other occasion on the WePlay Esports Area Kyiv, the WePlay Final Preventing League Season 1. The second the awarding ceremony was over and the final scene was filmed, we began setting up the levels for WePlay AniMajor.

It took us a little bit greater than a month to develop all of the units. Probably the most attentive followers seen that some stage components have been already used earlier than for WePlay Dragon Temple, our first preventing recreation event. It’s laborious to say how a lot effort and time it could take if we needed to do all the pieces from scratch.

The Juggernaut and Monkey King statues are protected and sound, we take excellent care of the outcomes of our work. Perhaps someday they are going to be used as soon as once more for an additional occasion.

What was the inspiration for the AniMajor?

Esports and anime cultures are intertwined and complement one another to some extent. It’s laborious to inform what number of video games have been created primarily based on anime sequence. The group loves each of those worlds, so we simply determined to deliver that to the forefront throughout WePlay AniMajor.

What about different occasions? WePlay has had all kinds of themes starting from historic Rome to cyberpunk. How did you give you them?

The method of looking for and creating event ideas just isn’t restricted by the occasion time frames. Our workforce is continually looking out for brand new concepts that would probably be fascinating to the group. The principle factor is to not set any limits for your self and your creativeness. Creativity takes braveness.

Do you’ve any fascinating or humorous tales associated to the setup or elimination of your levels?

The entire [AniMajor] occasion was humorous. We loved how the groups engaged with the setting. The very second they noticed the world, they began to succeed in out with concepts like “Oh, we’ve purchased headbands from Naruto, can we put on them in the course of the video games?”

Some needed to cosplay characters. Simply take a look at that tremendous Naruto run to the stage by Crew Spirit. They’d focus on their favourite sequence and debate amongst themselves on who’s the very best waifu. It was as if somebody simply advised them that there was no want to cover their curiosity in anime anymore.

The massive query for Dota 2 followers and professionals proper now could be what’s taking place with The Worldwide 2021. Have you ever talked with Valve about the opportunity of bringing the occasion to your studios? 

For now, there isn’t any secret to disclose round The Worldwide 2021. The event will happen this yr and shall be held in Romania. It’s positively going to be an amazing occasion and a spectacular present for all the Dota 2 group. From our aspect, WePlay Esports was at all times able to assist in internet hosting TI10, both in entire or partly.