Dota 2 facts
While investigating facts about Dota 2, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Marvin from Pulp Fiction (Vincent kills him in the famous car accident scene) is the voice actor of Samurai Jack and appeared in many other animated television series or video games (Futurama, Family Guy, Afro Samurai, Diablo 3, Dota 2 and many others).
Team Newbee, the 1st place winners of The International 4, Valve's DotA 2 esports tournament, won over a million dollars each. The total prize pool was over ten million dollars.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 6 of the best facts about Dota 2 I managed to collect.
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Elon Musk's OpenAI has developed bots that have beaten many professional DOTA 2 players
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Elon Musk's OpenAI has been making DOTA 2 bots that can already beat professionals
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If you were to travel back in time the total hours Steam users have played Dota 2 within the last 30 days, you would end up in 41,393 BC.
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Dota 2, a popular battle arena game handed out $20 million to its top players during its finale. E-sport is estimated to reach $2.4 billion in revenues by 2020 and gamers may soon be paid more than pro athletes.
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