Monday, August 3

The $18 million Dota 2 International 2015 marks the end of an era

Team Secret is a terrible name, and the Western super-squad of former champions and fan favorite players has been anything but clandestine in its bid to take The International 2015 Dota 2 (or "TI5" as it's known) championship by storm. After last year's event, the independent organization swallowed whole the best players in Europe and North America, and in the past two months the group has cut their way to first place in premier tournaments in the US, Europe, and China.

Team Secret is Manchester City and the New York Yankees rolled into one. So while it has not made the relatively new brand a great deal of friends, with a $18 million (and growing) prize pool on the line at this year's tournament, they have everything to gain.

This isn't a philosophy exclusive to Team Secret, but they do embody it well. The team is so fixated on The International to go so far as to drop from their last tournament entirely just to practice for the thing.

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