Eastern Europe has been in turmoil and conflict since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
And the esports landscape for the region hasn’t been the same since.
However, the picture looks brighter for Dota 2 players in the region.
Virtus.prowent through the entire DPC 2022-23 Season taking 4th place in all three tours.
It must have been extremely frustrating always to be the bridesmaid and never the bride.
But sometimes there is a silver lining.
Favored to be the front-runner,One Movewasn’t too far behind VP ever.
Not in each of the tours through the season nor in the qualifiers.
In the upper bracket finals, these two faced off with VP crushing OM 2:0.
From there on, each year TI went to different parts of the globe.
Key Arena, which now is Climate Pledge arena from Seattle will be the home for The International 2023.
Friday and Saturday will feature the upper bracket semifinals, finals, and the first round of elimination matches.