Events at The International 2023

Dota 2 developers, Valve, reminded fans of the game about the upcoming The International 2023 as well as the community events that will be held as part of this tournament.

For as long as there have been Dota tournaments, there have been Dota pubstomps: opportunities to gather with friends and fans and watch together. This year, for the first time, Valve are planning on including some of the pubstomps from around the world live in the TI broadcast. Organizers will be back closer to the event to talk more about how this will work and ask interested pubstomps to register.

Valve had a record number of entries this year. Dota developers have narrowed the ninety submitted films down to about twenty that will be available for viewing and voting in the client from 9/29 through 10/9. The top ten entries selected by the community will be shown during The International, where Valve will also announce the overall winners.

Sign-ups for this year's cosplay contest are open until midnight CST on Sunday, 10/1. SteelSeries is sponsoring this year's contest, so in addition to $20,000 USD of cash prizes, winners also get a variety of SteelSeries gear. Participants don't need to be a ticket holder to enter: If cosplayers are selected as a top-ten finalist, they automatically get three-day passes for themselves and one guest.