{"id":68381,"date":"2019-07-23T03:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T10:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/dota-2-tournament-the-international-2019-surpasses-30-million-prize-pool-topping-fortnite\/"},"modified":"2019-07-23T03:05:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T10:05:37","slug":"dota-2-tournament-the-international-2019-surpasses-30-million-prize-pool-topping-fortnite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/dota-2-tournament-the-international-2019-surpasses-30-million-prize-pool-topping-fortnite\/","title":{"rendered":"Dota 2 tournament The International 2019 surpasses $30 million prize pool, topping Fortnite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dota 2 The International 8\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/30311589518_ba72c865b0_k.0.jpg?w=900\"><small>Photo courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dota2_theinternational\/30311589518\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valve<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>The International remains the most lucrative e-sports tournament for at least another year, with a prize pool that grew to more than $30 million over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Valve\u2019s massive <em>Dota 2<\/em> tournament, which is heading into its ninth annual iteration, features a prize pool that\u2019s largely crowdfunded, a tradition dating back to 2013. Back in May, Valve released a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dota2.com\/international\/battlepass\">battle pass<\/a>\u201d for the game, which is available at different tiers and earns players special features like rare in-game cosmetics and special limited events. A quarter of that money is used to fill out the prize pool for <em>Dota 2<\/em>\u2019s biggest tournament of the year. Last year\u2019s event, which took place in Vancouver, featured a then-record $25.5 million purse.<\/p>\n<p>The $30 million milestone is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/7\/22\/20703528\/dota-2-the-international-9-prize-pool-battle-pass-fortnite\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo courtesy Valve. The International remains the most lucrative e-sports tournament for at least another year, with a prize pool that grew to more than $30 million over the weekend. 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