Dyrachyo spoke out about the decrease of prize pool at The International 2024

Anton “Dyrachyo” Shkredov, Gaimin Gladiators carry, stated that three years ago Team Spirit was able to win a very impressive amount of money due to the first place at The International, which makes many players angry about the significant reduction of the prize pool.

The corresponding opinion was shared by the cybersportsman in an interview with vedomosti publishing house.

“It's a shame. Spirit three years ago won big money - it was something “Wow!”, and now The International is a regular prize money tournament. But everyone has a different attitude: some people don't care, I think, some people are angry, some people don't understand why Valve doesn't do anything.

This year, with 15 days to go, the compendium hasn't been released yet, so I think the prize money will be low.”

Comparing The International 2024 to Riyadh Masters 2024, the cyber athlete stated that he feels the same level of motivation for TI13 despite the smaller prize pool. The player also believes that this year's tournament is still generously up to its standards, but there is a noticeable significant drop in the hype surrounding this year's event, which could lead to the eventual degradation of TI tournaments.

“Perhaps the interest of fans is falling a little bit, because the tickets cost some colossal money and the prize money has become ten times smaller. The situation is not critical yet, The International is still The International, but I think that could change. There is a feeling that the tournament might not be there.

To me, these are the same level of tournaments. And even at the 'poor' The International, I still want to win at least once.”

It should be noted that at The International 2021 the prize pool exceeded 40 million dollars, of which Team Spirit received more than 18 million dollars.

Recall that earlier Anton “dyrachyo” Shkredov spoke about the problems in the first playoff match against Nouns.