{"id":3227,"date":"2020-03-16T14:58:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/valve-cancel-the-next-two-dpc-events-over-coronavirus-concerns"},"modified":"2024-07-21T00:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T00:50:29","slug":"valve-cancel-the-next-two-dpc-events-over-coronavirus-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/dota-2\/valve-cancel-the-next-two-dpc-events-over-coronavirus-concerns","title":{"rendered":"Valve cancel the next two DPC events over coronavirus concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">The OGA Dota PIT Minor 2020 and EPICENTER Major 2020, the fourth Dota Pro Circuit events of the season, have been cancelled by Valve amid concerns over Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement posted to the official Dota 2 Twitter on 15th March, they said that in the light of the health risk posed to &#8220;competitors, staff and fans alike, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 4th minor and major tournaments of the DPC season&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOTA2\/status\/1239301476465274880\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1584370756697686896=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1584371252206112466=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After careful consideration of the current state and trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the health risk that this presents to competitors, staff and fans alike, we have made the difficult decision to cancel to the 4th minor and major tournaments of the DPC season.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DOTA 2 (@DOTA2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOTA2\/status\/1239301476465274880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">The news comes less than a week after the third Major of the year, the ESL One Los Angeles Major, was <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/dota-2\/esl-dota-2-major-postponed-coronavirus\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#4a6ee0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none\"><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none\">postponed amid health and safety concerns<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"> related to the same virus. Valve has now cancelled three of the ten events which make up the 2019\/2020 DPC season.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">On Monday, EPICENTER tournament organisers Epic Esports Events confirmed the announcement in their own tweet and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epicenter.gg\/en\/press\/225\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#4a6ee0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none\"><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none\">accompanying press release<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">. In it, Evgeny Kalganov, event director at Epic Esports Events, shared a statement on the cancellation:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">&#8220;We are very sorry to report this, but the tournament we were all looking forward to has been cancelled. The safety of players, fans and employees is the most important thing for us. Anyone who has already purchased tickets for EPICENTER Major will receive a refund as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">&#8220;We hope that the threat of a pandemic will soon pass, and EPICENTER will again host the best teams in the world.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epicentergg\/status\/1239450046971682817\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-1\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-1\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1584370756697686896=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1584371252206112466=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;re sorry to say this, but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EPICENTER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EPICENTER<\/a> Major we were all looking forward to has been canceled due to the increasing danger of the spread of COVID-19.<br \/>\nThe safety of players, fans, staff and everyone involved is the most important thing for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#128195;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZDLKg1IoD\">https:\/\/t.co\/IZDLKg1IoD<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LQP9b9xwJM\">pic.twitter.com\/LQP9b9xwJM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EPICENTER (@epicentergg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epicentergg\/status\/1239450046971682817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">The cancellations have thrown the DPC, currently in the middle of its season, into turmoil. Questions about DPC points, qualifiers for The International 2020, and rescheduling have flooded the responses to the cancellation announcement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">The operator of the Dota 2 statistics site <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datdota.com\/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=905495c09661380bfa0ffb77daa25b4e546d0561-1584368242-0-AVCbJPyXjy7NiSv3m4WVEhXmtsXhfk5iuGvxXw6jMspme0iWmZzLw7fp8yNRhiZgKu5DGvUX6OWE9-Cjm6FjPWAss9INWfuyj-wy8BSwx2nYIlXE0cF8_3MbBxXg_CnITqUA7TmxDyVP_Yke80IFEhV4UhZPFf2NSLJrjNZohsESVnQb2B7jwyQ4caWjPxJNB6OcIcvhSC34Sb2w9L966EkOTj-d7i70OqZ2lDmizUQW8B7siAM50a1fZJ5c8t0B6ZNnxke1p_HlnzihNvWsRcE\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#4a6ee0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none\"><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none\">datDota<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">, Ben Steenhuisen, shared his thoughts on a potential solution to the issues. The Dota stats guru suggested an alternative to the Major involving direct invites for top teams and a wildcard tournament.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/followNoxville\/status\/1239309339954950144\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-2\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-2\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1584370756697686896=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1584371252206112466=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At this stage Valve should should probably just do something like:<br \/>\n* directly invite the current top 7 teams (TNC\/Vici\/Secret\/EG\/IG\/[A]\/Liq)<br \/>\n* do regional qualifiers (1 slot per region = 6 teams)<br \/>\n* have a wildcard tournament for 6 teams (1 per region) where the top 3 get into TI.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Steenhuisen (@followNoxville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/followNoxville\/status\/1239309339954950144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Other ideas have suggested online regional tournaments (similar to next year&#8217;s new DPC format), full postponement until October and giving 100 DPC points to everyone who makes it through the qualifier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Ultimately, until Valve releases an official statement, there is little teams, players, and fans can do but wait and see.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Valve&#8217;s decision to cancel the events is no surprise with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/how-coronavirus-impacts-esports\">raft of publishers and tournament organisers doing like-wise<\/a> in the face of the ongoing Coronvirus outbreak with has infected over 170,000 worldwide and been the cause of 6,686 deaths.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OGA Dota PIT Minor 2020 and EPICENTER Major 2020, the fourth Dota Pro Circuit events of the season, have been cancelled by Valve amid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1852,"featured_media":3228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dota-2","genre-moba","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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