Free to Play

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przefur · 2022-09 · Strong recommendation

Free to Play (2014) [1] I've enjoyed this documentary a lot. It follow three DOTA players and theirs life prior to 'The International', a first million dollar e-sport tournament. What caught my attention the most, is that, despite the three main characters (Dendi - Ukraine, Fear - USA, hyhy - Singapore) come from very different backgrounds and cultures, they treat the game almost the same - as a way of living. [1] [VIDEO]

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CollinEMac · 2022-04 · Recommendation

Valve made a documentary about pro DOTA 2 players a whopping 8 years ago (it doesn't seem that long ago at all). I bring it up because I remember at some point they mention that your reaction time drastically starts to decrease around the late 20's or so. I'd imagine that may also have something to do with it for fast-paced games at least. Here's the documentary (it's kind of more of a commercial but it's still pretty good if you're interested in esports) [VIDEO]

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nindalf · 2015-08 · Recommendation

I've been watching this game for years, and I can say with confidence that Sumail is the real deal. He has skills that few can match. Right now he's playing the middle of the biggest tournament in e-sports history and he's about 10 games away from winning $6 mil (of which he'll keep $1m). The tournament, organised by Valve has a prize pool that's mostly crowd funded, so its likely to be a steady source of income for the top players of Dota 2 for a few years at least. I guess we'll know by next Saturday what Sumail's fate is. For more info * Free to Play, a documentary about 3 Dota players - [VIDEO] [75 mins] * Dota 2, a game that's free to play - [LINK] * The International tournament - [LINK] If anyone has any questions about this I'll be happy to answer :)

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