The day before yesterday, V-Club suddenly announced that they would cancel Dota 2's first Major event of the year (First Division).
According to the official statement, the emergence and spread of the new coronavirus Olmi kerong mutation has brought great obstacles to the players to go out of the competition, "all the participating teams can not get together to participate in this offline competition", so they had to make this decision with difficulty. ”
The cancellation of Major directly affects the situation in which all the teams will obtain points and Ti qualifications through the Major competition in the future:
New point allocation rules
However, V's understated statement of cancellation of Major has caused the extreme dissatisfaction of countless Dota2 esports professionals.
According to almost all the players and teams, the V Society did not disclose any news of the cancellation of the game, and everyone suddenly learned of this "bad news".
Among them, the reaction of players who have already qualified for major competitions on the Professional Tour is particularly pronounced. CCnC, a player in the QC team in the North American division, deliberately opened a live broadcast to complain about this matter, believing that the V Society was extremely irresponsible. His negative emotions are not unreasonable, QC this team has not been sponsored so far, the players basically rely on their own pockets to maintain the operation, originally put their hopes on major, did not expect to be less than a month before the game, the game was canceled.
The famous player Sumail even said of the gamble, "If everyone does not participate in the second season of the competition, then we can at least get a certain result, either better communication with the official, or the DOTA2 competition is simply over." 」 It wouldn't be worse than it is now. ”
Team Tickles, a European team with great hopes of qualifying for Major, said on Twitter that "when I look back on my life at the end of my life, putting my youth into the Dota 2 professional arena should be the worst decision I've ever made."
The CIS team Navi officially also bluntly expressed its attitude in meme:
"This is a tragedy for the Dota2 community"
Needless to say, the player's side is also a one-sided scolding, collectively expressing disappointment in the V Society.
The V Society apparently realized in the face-splitting criticism that the direct cancellation of the game was an extremely hasty act. Yesterday, the Secret team manager revealed a letter sent by the V club to the team on social media, explaining the reason for the cancellation of the match, saying that on the one hand, it was due to the epidemic-related reasons, and on the other hand, it was related to the change in the willingness of the event organizers.
One of the most important pieces of information is that the official is making plans that seek the possibility of bringing everyone together to restart the game.
Although things seem to be turning around, the negative emotions in the player community have not dissipated. The manager of the North American EG team sent a long article revealing the official statement of the teams and the V Society when the Ti period negotiated last year, which mentioned that "the V Society believes that they do not get much income from TI compared to the time invested, so when the team complains about some related problems on social media, it will make the V Society continue to lose the motivation to continue to hold TI."
The problem that the V Society's current passive attitude towards the operation of esports events is not equal to the enthusiasm of players can be solved not only by the anger and complaints of players, but also by raising general concerns among players about the future of Dota2 esports.
Hopefully, the first Dota 2 Major of 2022 will have a good result.