Once again, I must say this is absolute massive slap to the face on the casual DotA community who always undervalued and shitting on any Tier 1 LAN tournament in the past that weren’t a Major/TI. Ironically, this kind of 3rd party tourney is what saving DotA 2 right now when the 1st party (Valve major/TI) event are declining and doing bad.

No 3rd party, the scene died out. Im glad ESL & Gamers8 are still interest on organizing DotA. They are the only thing that made DotA great again. Next year, Riyadh Masters will be even bigger !! Im really excited and looking forward to it! With TI is no longer hype and died out, Riyadh Master bring the prestige