PH team TNC heading to DOTA 2’s The International

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine DOTA 2 fans will be pleased to know a Philippine team will be making it to the The International, Valve Software’s premier DOTA 2 tournament.

GosuGamers reported late Sunday, June 26, that TNC Gaming won the Southeast Asia qualifiers by breaking away from a 3-way-tie with Fnatic and XctN.

We are going to TI6! We did it! Thank you Father for the guidance! This is all for our family, and all the pinoys! pic.twitter.com/AUW3m5HASu

— TNC Pro Team (@TNCProTeam) June 26, 2016

They won their games against the two opposing teams in a best-of-one tiebreaking series.

The International pits 16 teams from around the world against each other on the DOTA 2 battlegrounds for the lion’s share of a prize pool that increases through crowdfunding.

While The International in 2015 had an $18.4 million prize pool, this year’s prize pool currently stands at $13.7 million – $1.6 million provided by Valve, with the rest crowdfunded by eager fans.

TNC joins invited teams OG, Team Liquid, MVP Phoenix, Newbee, LGD Gaming, and Natus Vincere, as well as qualifying teams Evil Geniuses and Team Secret, with more teams set to be announced as their qualifying tournaments end.

DOTA 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game played by two teams of 5 players, with the objective to destroy the opposing team’s Ancient – or power base – using the heroes they’ve chosen as their player avatars. – Rappler.com