Young talent vs. experienced players: Who dominates The International 2024

On September 4th in Copenhagen, The International 2024 commenced by putting all sixteen teams from the different parts of the globe against one another. During the year, players filled their invitation shelves and fought through regional qualifiers at the chance of holding the Aegis trophy, which is the most-in-demand Dota 2 trophy. This tournament, as always, causes great interest because of its size and the ability to gather players of different ages and levels of experience at the premises of the Royal Arena.

The Oldest Players at The International 2024

More and more people are beginning to struggle with the stereotype that a person’s gaming career usually ends at the age of 30. The oldest participant at The International 2024 is Fly, captain of nouns. Having turned 31 years old, It will be Fly’s 11th consecutive The International, equaling Puppey's record. Fly’s biggest success was taking 3rd place at TI 2018 with Evil Geniuses.

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The next in age, which makes him official the reportace tournament’s second oldest participant is Ace, the offlaner of Gaimin Gladiators. Ace, the oldest at 30 years and 7 months, was born in 2012 and is still active. His team nearly won The International in 2023 but was defeated by Team Spirit in the final match.

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Out of the CIS veteran players, the one who is TORONTOTOKYO, a longtime member of the BetBoom Team, is the oldest. After his brilliant win at The International 2021 with Team Spirit, TORONTOTOKYO, 27 years, started to become famous. In 2024, he is performing the role of a support, and in case the BetBoom Team wins TI, he will be the first esports athlete in history who has lifted the Aegis twice while playing different roles.

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The Youngest Players at The International 2024

The youngest player in 2024 is payk from beastcoast as a carry. At the very start of the tournament, he is 18 years 10 months and 7 days old. However, even at such a young age, payk has tremendous experience, having been active in the official matches 1323 times, winning 62 percent of those in the last three years. payk is fairly late game dominant with strong proclivities towards a greedy playstyle, arguable the most South American style of Dota 2.

The offlaner of Talon Esports and the second-youngest participant in the tourney is Ws, who is 19 years and two months old. Ws was the first player in the world to reach 15,000 MMR and made history. He climbed the ranks from 7,000 to 15,000 MMR within a period of few years thus qualifying him as one of the most recent and fastest rising player in the scene.

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The youngest player in the history of The International

The International has always been a platform for young players to shine as superstars. For instance, at the age of 16 years, SumaiL won ego turn TI15 playing for Evil Geniuses. On the other hand very young participants have always been. Increased competition has resulted in the rising average age of the average participants as well.

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Age Statistics at The International 2024

The audience of the participants of TI 2024 averaged 24.4 years. At the TI tournament, youngest average age team is 1win Team, with average player age It's 21.6years old. The carry role is still the youngest role with an average age of the players at 22.5 years. Conversely, the position of support (position 5), comes to the above-average age at 28 years old. The oldest team Liquid won the tournament and the average player-age is 26.2 years.

The average age of CIS eSports teams, Team Spirit, BetBoom Team, and 1win Team, is 22.5, which is significantly less than that of the Chinese teams whose average age at the International tournament is 25.5.

Conclusion

At The International 2024, every age cohort will want a piece of the Aegis of Champions in its appropriate generation. Upcoming players like payk and Ws will make their attempts to clinch their first big title while the aged and battle harden players FLY and TORONTOKTOKYO will seek acknowledge that they are still kings in DOTA2. All eyes will be on 15 September 2024 waiting to see which of them will hoist the Aegis.