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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The International 5 - Dota 2 Championships live at Village Cinemas Crown Casino Full calendar of competitive gaming events in the 3rd & 4th quarter of 2015 including the Dota 2 International, CounterStrike ESL ONE, League of Legends World Championships & Starcraft 2 GSL Season 3 finals available from Silicon Sports
The most successful community-driven competitive gaming event in Melbourne Valves’ sensational hit Dota 2 will be holding their annual Dota 2 Championship, the International 5, from Seattle in the USA on August 9 2015 in one of the world’s most exciting celebrations of all things eSports. With an incredible prize pool of more than 17 million dollars on the line, viewers & attendees around the globe can expect an emotionally charged journey to victory to take place within Seattle’s KeyArena Stadium. Since Valve picked up development of the incredibly popular title, the game has had a thriving community of competitive tournaments, with the championship tournament ‘The International’ taking place annually in the United States. Founder & owner of Silicon Sports in Australia, Lalor McMahon, stated “TI5 has already broken the record for the largest prize pool in eSports history with USD$17,000,000 up for grabs. The competition is going to be fierce with 16 top class teams fighting it out for 1st place.” Village Cinemas will be opening up their Vmax cinema for Australian eSports fans from 2:30am on the day and fans are urged to purchase now before tickets sell out. From the cinema itself, this is the best place to enjoy all the action from a level of comfort that is unseen across the eSports scene in Melbourne. Well known for their passion and enthusiasm, attendees are predicted to bring an incredibly high level of passion & energy to this special event. Silicon Sports are an eSports community based in Melbourne Australia. Silicon Sports are promoting events within Australia & New Zealand as the popularity and success of eSports has been proven within Asia & the United States. McMahon went on to describe the stadium experience Silicon Sports are bringing to avid Dota 2 fans in Melbourne as being the best and only place to experience all the action of The International “Whilst we can't be at KeyArena itself, we will be able make it feel as though our attendees are right there in the stadium thanks to the amazing Vmax theatres. We will be riding every wave of emotion as we watch the lower bracket final and of course the Grand Final.” With a calendar full of social events based around the world’s biggest video game tournaments, Silicon Sports hosts many events including BarCrafts (for Starcraft 2) Pubstomps for DOTA 2 & MOBARS for League of Legends. Silicon Sports also supports local talent who compete under the team name SLCN.pro.
Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena game and sequel to the original Defense of the Ancients (DotA) mod developed by Valve. Dota 2 features competitive gameplay between teams of 5 people, with over 900,000 players active at peak times of the day.
- END RELEASE – Tickets for the event are on sale now via Village Cinemas and can be purchased for $30each. For a full calendar of events visit siliconsports.net/calendar
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