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2015-07-24 12:55:10 am

And it's infamous for visa issues lololol

2015-07-24 12:55:43 am

red chamber dream

no i mean how calling it just "the international" is like, exactly the sort of thing i would expect the moba community to do

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 12:56:11 am

Club 27 Goals

haha, even League tournaments had tons of visa issues. Pretty sure that's why they said fuck it, and had the last one in Korea. Not like any of the other countries stand a chance to make it to finals anyway

arkarian

2015-07-24 12:56:30 am

red chamber dream

i love how i can travel to almost any country i want with no visa

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 12:56:31 am

Club 27 Goals

"super bowl" is exactly what you'd except a bunch of footballers to call their big tournament

Idkbutlike2

2015-07-24 12:57:20 am

Quote from arkarian:

no i mean how calling it just "the international" is like, exactly the sort of thing i would expect the moba community to do

The community didn't invent the name. Valve did that before Dota was even released to the public.

arkarian

2015-07-24 12:57:30 am

red chamber dream

by the community i meant the creators as well

arkarian

2015-07-24 12:57:56 am

red chamber dream

it's like the most egotistical thing ever

yeah everyone will know what we mean when we just call it the international!!

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 12:57:59 am

Club 27 Goals

GUYS, WHAT DO WE CALL IT?

"Uhhh, well, World Cup is already taken"

"Nah it's gotta be better, how about a SUPER cup?"

"Nah Fred, fuck you bro, it's bigger than just a dumb cup, it's a fuckin' BOWL man, ahahaha get it?"

"CHEA BRO, Pass me the bowl ahahaha"

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 12:58:05 am

Club 27 Goals

that's exactly how it went down I was there

Idkbutlike2

2015-07-24 12:58:08 am

They probably couldn't call it something more Dota-specific because Blizzard would go all up in their grill over it.

arkarian

2015-07-24 12:58:13 am

red chamber dream

poison you get how that's different right lol

arkarian

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2015-07-24 12:58:28 am

red chamber dream

i think super bowl's a pretty good name actually, it's catchy and it only refers to one thing

that's like, what a name should do

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 12:59:05 am

Club 27 Goals

if you asked anyone what a "super bowl" was that didn't know about football, they would never think it was anything to do with football. It doesn't even make any sense in regards to footballing

Idkbutlike2

2015-07-24 12:59:36 am

Yeah, most people would think you're talking about some obscure soccer tourney.

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 12:59:44 am

Club 27 Goals

at least with the International you can get an idea that it's something from all countries.

League's version of the International is just "LCS". which stands for League Championship Series

arkarian

2015-07-24 12:59:53 am

red chamber dream

well right, every name is foreign until you know what it means >_>

arkarian

2015-07-24 01:00:24 am

red chamber dream

poision yeah but you have no clue that you're even talking about a video game when you hear "the international"

at first i thought it was a movie, then i thought it was a sport event of some kind

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 01:00:53 am

Club 27 Goals

yeah I mean Dota International was probably the original name

arkarian

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2015-07-24 01:00:56 am

red chamber dream

with super bowl, you get that "bowl" games refer to important football games

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 01:01:09 am

Club 27 Goals

but like Idek said, probably had legal troubles keeping Dota in the title

Poision Envy

2015-07-24 01:01:45 am

Club 27 Goals

is it called bowl because of the stadium is shapped like a bowl? I literally don't know, not trying to troll, just no idea where "bowl" comes into play

Idkbutlike2

2015-07-24 01:01:50 am

Yeah, it's weird. Defense of the Ancients as a title is in the public domain and other portions of the original mod are copyrighted by Blizzard.

arkarian

2015-07-24 01:02:10 am

red chamber dream

no, i think the name actually comes from some obscure origin

but since then it's been adopted to other annual football games too

Idkbutlike2

2015-07-24 01:02:16 am

Hence why all official stuff dealing with Dota 2 doesn't use the full version of the name.