Vietnamese DOTA 2 player makes history at TI 2024
One of the world's leading Esports – DOTA 2 also has a large-scale tournament system every year and one of them, which is also the Esports tournament with the highest prize value in the world, is The International (TI). This tournament is similar to world-class tournaments of other sports, and is the tournament that is considered to determine the king of DOTA 2 later. Similar to some world-class tournaments, such as the World Championship of League of Legends, the TI tournament is not easy for a champion to defend their achievements in the following year.
In 2024 alone, the TI tournament was held quite early, and ended in just the beginning of September. After a somewhat overwhelming final match against their opponent, Gaimin Gladiators. Team Liquid won the highest level tournament in DOTA 2 for the second time in history, equaling the achievements of OG and Team Spirits. In addition, player Vu “miCKe” The Son became the next Vietnamese player in history to win a TI, after Anathan Pham.
The image that followed moved the Vietnamese DOTA 2 community.
In particular, on the day that player miCKe was crowned with TL, the image of the Vietnamese national flag also had the opportunity to fly at the TI arena. This image inevitably made the Vietnamese DOTA 2 community even more proud. Because, at the present time, DOTA 2 in Vietnam is no longer as hot as before. Compared to rival games, the number of players and viewers are very low. miCKe's achievements are expected to create a boost for DOTA 2 in Vietnam in the near future.
In the TI 2024 finals, TL won with a dominant score of 3-0. This is also the second title for the team from North America DOTA 2, having won the Elite League Season 2 before.