The International 2023 prize pool: Mira explained how to easily gather $25 million

Professional player from Team Spirit, Miroslav "Mira" Kolpakov, expressed his opinion about The International 2023 Compendium for Dota 2.

During a conversation on Alexey "Storm" Tumanov's podcast, he elaborated on what elements, in his opinion, should be included in the thematic event.

In my opinion, it's all quite obvious for all the Dota players who play pubs. The most important things are chat wheel phrases and cosmetics. That's all you need. You don't even have to introduce hero challenges, chests, or anything else. Just an emblem, a couple of sets, an Arcana, and chat wheel phrases. And you'll have $25 million in prize money at TI every year. That's the foundation

In September 2023, Valve released a Compendium in honor of the world championship. This Compendium is significantly different from previous compendiums because it lacks skins of varying rarity. Instead, all the proceeds from the sale of this item are directed towards The International prize pool.