When the founding father of the Dotas published what would become a global phenomenon, only a handful of players came to the server and played the game mode. In the past two decades,Dotahas changed from a mod to a fully-developed game,Dota 2, based on The International, one of the most famous esports events. WhileDota 2 has continued the tradition with the help of IceFrog, the developer of this game, its problem is substantial. From stale metas to a lack of interactions for the players,Dota 2had a period where it was a monthly basis to let players get lost. The game wasn’t rich with advertising and the interest of existing players, but culture continued. To support the competitive scene, Dota 2still found a way to return to its 20th birthday, but on the back of the TI11 Swag Bagandnew organizations coming in to support the competition. Considering the TIsprize pool has shrunk by a huge margin this year, most think players’ interest in the game will suffer the same fate as everyone else. The opposite has happened in the past few months, but millions of players are back in the game andtook a record number of organizations enter the competitive arena. On the addition of new faces in the competition, the community from Dota 2s is given a series of games lore on Netflix,DOTA: Dragons Blood. Big-name banks likeGrubbyalso picked upDota 2over the last year, making 2022 the best year for bothDota 2 and its community. When Dota’s back was against the wall, it kicked back the hardest and captured the power of the culture he created over two decades.
