Dota's TI6 Crosses 18 Million Mark

The prize pool for Dota 2’s premier tournament, The International 2016 (TI6), has reached a whopping $18 million, the biggest in any eSport by far, and it’s bound to get even higher.
According to the Dota 2 prize pool tracker website, the tournament’s total prize pot broke the $18 million mark around midnight yesterday. As of 8:25 am GMT today, the prize pool is at $18,127,368

Crowdfunded Competition
Unlike most competitions, whose organizers solely provide for the prize pool, TI6 owes its enormous prize pot to the thousands of dedicated Dota 2 fans around the world. When the tournament was first announced, Valve provided for a base prize pool of $1.6 million, to which tournament patrons could contribute by purchasing The International 2016 Battle Pass .
The Battle Pass includes a variety of exclusive in-game cosmetic items for its owners, and costs $9.99. With each Battle Pass purchased, Valve devotes 25% of the sales to the ever-growing prize pool.
The Battle Pass has a levelling system which unlocks more rewards for its owner, with raw levels also purchasable. It also includes a series of ‘Immortal’ level cosmetic items for different heroes that Valve reveal over time.

The release of each Immortal treasure coincides with the biggest spikes in growth for the prize pool. With the third treasure yet to be unveiled by Valve, it is likely that the tournament’s prize pot will grow even further.

Valve first began crowdfunding its tournaments in The International 2013 with the International compendium, which continued until The International 2015.

The biggest ever?

At the rate TI6’s prize pool is growing, it is bound exceed last year’s total of $18,429,613, dwarfing not only that of all other eSports tournaments, but even most conventional sporting events.

According to esportsearnings.com , seven out of ten of the biggest eSports tournaments in history are held by Dota 2, all of which followed Valve’s crowdfunding system.

The biggest so far, The International 2015 with around $18.4 million, also exceeded most traditional sporting tournaments like the Super Bowl and the 2015 Masters Golf tournament, with approximately $8 million and $10 million respectively.

With around 18 days left before the tournament officially begins on August 8, its prize pool is sure to get higher, and might even pierce the $20 million mark. But just how big can it get? We’ll just have to wait and see.

Dealing With Pinoyss....

Pinoys (dubbed as peenoise, peenoisy) in the world of DotA 2 is a Southeast Asian nation that has a very large population in the DotA 2 SEA Server. They are the so-called Russians in SEA DotA because of the rudeness of their attitude.

Peenoise is now a term used to describe a player who is stupid and talks too much in-game, if you're not a pinoy and does this, you will fall into that category.

But first, let us find out the cause of inappropriate behavior shown by Filipinos in DotA 2:

• Most pinoy gamers are elementary to high school students, because most college students focus on their studies while some already graduated and retired playing DotA. Underage players tend to be more aggressive and rude in-game because of their lack of self-discipline.

• Cursing words like, "BOBO" (Idiot/Stupid), "POTANG INA NYO"(You son of a !@#$), "TANG INA", "TAE"(Sh*t) is a habit of most pinoy gamers, they do not say this to insult you but its their habit of saying when you commit your mistakes or feed.

• It is also a friendly sarcasm - Pinoys say those bad words to their friends who play DotA 2, it's their way of insulting their friend, as like some other people call their friends noob just to make fun of them.

• Most pinoys play in Cafes - Internet Cafes and Pisonet computer shops are their beehive. Most of them were influenced by people in the Cafes in using those curse words, because it is also a word to brag to people around them.

• They're making fun of the players - If you think they curse you because they hate you, it's not mostly the case, some of them just want to make fun of you by making you mad in-game. There is a Filipino saying that, "The one who gets mad losses".

 The Ultimate Guide in dealing with them:

I am a Pinoy myself, but I belong to those who doesn't say "BOBO" in all games because there's no sense in it, all you can hear from me when I play is, "We need wards!", "Push!", "Care please.", "Missing!", "wp wp", and "ty". 

So here are the lists:

• Ignore them - If you catch their bait, your done. When you get insulted when they say you are stupid, trust me, if you fight back, you won't win. For them, words are useless, you may say that they are Sh*tty peenoise but for them, behind their computers, they are laughing that you are mad of what they have said.

• Have a good playstyle in-game - Do you own your lanes? Are you beyond killing spree with 0 deaths? Do you farm fast? Are you a good support? If you have a decent playstyle, peenoise won't insult you, they will even listen to what you will say. (Note: Say it nicely, if you're 'pro' and you say rude things to them, you're also a lost cause)

• Don't talk too much - Pinoys don't like the idea when you complain too much, there are pinoys who will say sorry most of the time but they're 3 out of 10. Mind your own business, play your own game and be good at it, if you have something to kill, give a signal.

• Laugh with it - When you get mad when pinoys cursed you, they won't stop until you cry and rage in your computer.  Just laugh or chuckle or type a smiley, then they will ignore you if you ignore them. Some of them wont stop when you just smile but still ignore them. Their words can't win you the game.

• Use 'Mute All Chat' option in your chat panel - IF you think you don't need communication in-game and you play well without being told, use this option and then you will be stress-free.

Pinoy Psychology in-game:

When you're very good in-game, there's a chance that a peenoise will idolize you and even add you as their friend. When this happen, they can't insult you and if ever you play again in-game and you curse them, trust me, they won't fight because they know you're good. You will become their master.

If you admit to yourself that you suck in DotA and they say you're stupid, don't get insulted because you know to yourself that it is true. Instead, just say sorry and try your best to improve. Once you've played SEA doto for more than a year, you will get used to the peenoisy attitude.

Try your best to be better, the higher your MMR, the lesser the immature peenoise will occur at you in-game. Pinoys with high MMR tend to be more humble and fun to be with, these kind of pinoys are mature in every game scene.

If you're not a stereotype player, you will know that there are pinoy players that you liked to play with, whether you're a pinoy or not.