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Less than a month to go for the official launch of The International 2018 Dota 2 Tournament. Teams eventually make it in the main event are surely making themselves well prepared for the upcoming tournament.

A big pressure for each team especially those teams that are just recently experienced. I am sure that teams are working on improving their team coordination and tactics that they may get an advantage during team clash.

Every movements and activity within the team are really crucial. Even just a slight mistake committed by a member of the team will surely be the fall of the team. So they practice themselves that they may know what are their strengths and weaknesses during the game.

I am sure that we will be seeing different game styles and strategies for each player.

Just recently this month, a tournament Dota 2 Summit was held in Los Angeles where only 6 teams are competing for the prize pool of $100,000. We can say that it can serve as a preparation for those who make it in The International Dota 2 Tournament.

Team Evil Geniuses who won the tournament in Dota 2 Summit have gained experience from a major tournament. We can call this an advantage to them that they have a chance to apply to what they have learned during their game practices.

Will Prize Pool surpassed the previous amount

There had been some news over the internet as well as predictions from Dota 2 community that previous prize pool could be surpassed this upcoming The International tournament. But what I can see now is that it was still in a deficit of around 2 million dollars.

Anyway, we are still at 83rd day of the total 110 days of fundraising. Still, there are chances that it can surpass since collected fundraising has much average collected amount per day compare to the previous The International collected fundraising average amount.

Chances are, we can see more purchases when the main tournament officially started.

Top Picks of Dota 2 Fans

Some Dota 2 Fans have their own predictions and that most of those teams that are likely to win are those teams that have done remarkable display during the past tournaments. Each of those teams has already proven themselves that they are worthy to be one of the crowd favorites.

Teams that are tagged as top contenders in Dota2 tournament are Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, PSG.LGD and Team Secret. Anyway, we will be seeing this teams in the later part of the tournament. I am sure that each of those teams will try their very best to win and make a name in the most prestigious tournament of the year.