So the data shown below is nearly seven years old.
The patch will have lasted for 195 days; well over half a year.
But alas, that wasnt the case.
Amongst all the hopefuls was TI11 winner, Oliver Skiter Lepko.
But is there anything unique in the post TI patch taking a long time?
That has always been the tradition.
After The International ends, the next big patch arrives approximately four months later.
(thats the seventh level of hell according to Dota 2 lore, in case anyone is confused).
The answer lies in the patches before Dota 2 patch 7.32.
Throughout the ages, there has been one long patch every year.
Look at patches 6.88, 7.06, 7.19, and 7.22.
These were all TI patches, and they were reasonably longer than their adjacent patches.
That would have been acceptable though, if each patch brought with it major changes to the gameplay.
The last game shattering patch was Dota 2 patch 7.28, which introduced Aghanims Shards.
But since then, it has just been hero changes for the most part.
This is why the game feels stale.
At TI8, Valve introduced Grimstroke in the middle of The International.
Last year after TI10, Valve released Marci in October 2021 to keep things a bit fresh.
It is only natural that players feel burned out playing the same patch.
Communication
This brings us to the part on communication.
