Remember the Lima Major? The best result of the Chinese professional team is Aster, ranked eighth.
After the match, Saksa, who won the TI11 championship Tundra team, posted on social media to question V Society's direct invitation quota for Major divisions.
Screenshot of Saksa's post
At present, V has allocated 4 direct invitation places to the Major: 4 each from China and Western Europe, 2 from Eastern Europe, 2 from North America, 1 from South America, and 1 from Southeast Asia (note that China is the only one with a separate country as the competition area).
Judging from the results of major international competitions, the existing Major quota is obviously insufficient in Europe (especially Eastern Europe), in comparison, the record of CN team is indeed not enough to have four direct invitation places.
Because there is a high probability of TI points (except for Major that is directly eliminated), the allocation of places should indeed be based on team performance and quality, not the number of teams and player base.
TI12 standings
This ensures the motivation of the major teams in the DPC league, as well as the viewing of the official match - who would invite a football team with a low level of competition to play in the World Cup.
As soon as Saksa's remarks came out, some domestic players refuted this, pointing out that when China fought against the world a few years ago, why didn't it give more places to the Chinese division, and now it's too "double standard"?
Reviews from Chinese players
After all the competitions this year, regardless of whether the attitude of Chinese dota players has changed, V has reacted and seems to agree with Saksa's doubts: the number of qualifying places in the CN division has been reduced to 1 - you know, in previous years, it was given to 2.
Allocation of places for TI qualifiers in each division
Players who have watched this year's competition should be able to feel that the CN professional team is no longer a star and a half behind in individual operation, lineup selection and game operation, and only LGD has entered the TI direct invitation list with the points of the Chinese division, and has no record in foreign battles.
To be fair, V should reduce the number of CN direct invitations to 3 (or even 2), and if the level is restored, it is reasonable to restore the quota at that time.
Because for the event party, it is definitely hoped that the viewing and competitive level of the game will be higher.
In fact, the reduction of the quota will do more good than harm to the CN division.
First of all, the competition is fierce, and those who want to win and those who "don't want to win" will be more clearly shown through the competition, so that some clubs, coaches and players who "win hard at home and lose abroad" have nowhere to hide.
China DPC League S-Class Summer Standings
Second, when there are no games to play, the management of clubs that are mischievous will face dissolution due to economic problems and other reasons - clubs with numerical IDs 4 and 14 are a vivid example. This will make the CNDOTA circle cleaner.
Third, it will accelerate the frequency of reorganization and formation of the current club members.
Professional e-sports is not an iron rice bowl, retired anchors are based on the fact that knife friends want to watch CNDOTA professional matches, without competitions and results, there will be fewer and fewer knife friends to watch retired players live broadcast. When the popularity of live streaming drops, and those professional players who have been eating and waiting for death for years also become powerless, the opportunity for newcomers comes.
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Finally, reducing the number of places in the CN division will inevitably increase the number of places in other divisions. When foreign DOTA gets better and better, it will promote changes in the domestic DOTA circle.
Now that the CNDOTA professional club can survive for so long without results, it is simply not a matter that can be explained clearly by normal logic. Only by breaking the mind from the root can CN be revived.
The LGD team led by Xiao8
This process takes a long time.
However, if V really reduces the number of direct invitations to the Major in China, the teams that can still compete abroad now may not have a chance by next year. The more places are reduced, the faster uncompetitive clubs will disappear.
If this is the case, those who remain will be truly strong, looking forward to the arrival of that day, and firmly believing that that day will come.