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The International 2014 was the fourth annual edition of The International, an electronic sports ''Dota 2'' championship tournament, which took place at the KeyArena Center in Seattle, Washington. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the tournament began on July 8 with the Playoffs phase and closed on July 21 with the Grand Final. The 2014 edition of ''The International'' featured nineteen ''Dota 2'' professional gaming teams that competed for a Grand Prize of over . Overall, were awarded at the event, making it the largest electronic sports event by prize money to date. The championship used a double-elimination tournament. The current format puts teams against each other on a best-of-three basis, with winners and losers moving onto two brackets (Upper and Lower) for the knockout stage. The Grand Final was decided on a best-of-five match. All previously-winning teams were invited to the event. Defending champions Alliance were eliminated on Phase Two of the Playoffs, while 2011 and 2012 winners Natus Vincere and Invictus Gaming were eliminated during the Lower Bracket's Round One. The tournament was broadcast on streaming platform Twitch.tv as well as ESPN3. ESPN2 broadcast a preview of the Grand Final, which was disputed between Chinese teams ViCi Gaming and NewBee. The latter won 3-1, becoming the second Chinese team to win the tournament after Invictus Gaming. It was the first Grand Final that was between both teams were from Asia, as well as the first time Natus Vincere was not a participant. ==History== ''The International 2014'' was announced by Valve Corporation in March 2014 to be taking place in the new venue of KeyArena in Seattle. The 10,000 tickets went on sale soon after and sold out within an hour of going on sale. Eleven teams automatically qualified for the event, with four further places being played for in regional qualifiers and one place played for in playoffs made up of the regional runner-ups. Valve again revealed an interactive compendium book for the tournament. A quarter of its revenue went towards the tournament's overall prize pool. When certain prize pool milestones were met, rewards were unlocked, including a new ''Dota 2'' game mode and visuals. Eleven days after the compendium went on sale the prize pool had been increased from Valve's $1.6 million to over $6 million, with all the rewards having been unlocked. By June the total prize pool reached over $10 million, the biggest electronic sports prize pool in history and a larger prize pool than both the Super Bowl and 2014 Masters Tournament. In June, two of the invited Asian teams, CIS Game and Arrow Gaming, announced they had been denied entry visas to the United States to compete in the tournament but would be applying again. Arrow Gaming later received their visa and after 3 denied attempts CIS Game received theirs. The tournament was streamed on the Twitch.tv streaming website with a number of different channels showing different languages, multiple games, and a stream aimed at new players. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The International 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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