BTW, it seems that the prize allocation is decreasing every season, unlike The International in the past with its very large prizes.
It's mainly because the battle pass now barely has good rewards unlike the previous ones, and Valve probably got encouraged to make the change after the big decrease in TI11.
It seems that what @passwordnow said is true; perhaps the hype around Dota 2 has diminished and the interest in this game is also declining. This may also affect the allocation of TI prizes, which are decreasing as well.
But I am still hopeful that someday many will come back and will play the game and support it with this cause if they want to see TIs with higher prize pools again. And by doing that, Valve need to step up, I remember like winter events and other game types did really brought back a lot of players.
I have already some bets. But as for the TI winner, I don't have that yet. I don't know if I'll bet on that but as the tournament goes, I'll have some bets on the side for sure even on these best of 2 series'. Here's my bet that I've done yesterday, still thinking if I'll add for the day 1 or this might be it.
Your betting choices are very good. The 2 matches you selected have a great chance of ending in a draw, even though GG and TL are favored, but 1win and Aurora should not be underestimated; they can always deliver surprises.
That's what I did and sadly, both of them lost. I thought that there will be some draws on the matches I've picked but no, 2-0 for both games and the other games that I didn't chose that I was interested in were the ones that got a draw but it's okay, I'll do better tomorrow.
There are 15 matches, but I only chose a few of the first matches. TBH, I'm a bit unsure about this choice. I need at least 2 bets to learn the playing style of all the teams in this TI.
I can't bet with all of the matches but I want to. I am still testing to see if there will be some good choices tomorrow. We have an idea on the teams that are good enough but we can't belittle the other teams as well.
