5 Crazy Things That Filipino Dota 2 Fans Have Done

Who is not familiar with the game Dota 2? The MOBA game made by Valve is a PC game that has an average number of players up to 100 million players every day. This is due to the love and loyalty of the players Dota 2 around the world. Though currently, Dota 2 has entered its tenth year since the close beta release in 2011.

One of the countries with the number of players Dota 2 Most are the Philippines. Even the number of players Dota 2 in the Philippines currently outperforms Indonesia and the United States. Many players and teams Dota 2 best born from that country. But it’s not just those two things that make Dota 2 to be the best in the Philippines. The fans Dota 2 in the Philippines is no less great in showing love and loyalty to Dota 2.

Here are 5 crazy things that Dota 2 fans in the Philippines do:

Recently we were surprised by an unusual looking gaming tournament. It seemed unusual because the game tournament was held not in a shopping center or a large studio, but in a prison. Yups, tournament Dota organized by a prison in the Philippines attended by several convicts. The tournament was held to motivate the convicts to do positive things after they were released.

To enliven the atmosphere during The Manila Masters tournament which was held in 2021, the organizers held a unique challenge for the audience. The challenge that was on the rise at that time was the Rage Quit Challenge. The challenge starts when a professional player Dota 2 i.e. Puppey gets angry and hits the monitor while playing.

In the Battle of the Rages challenge, participants are required to vent their anger and destroy the gaming equipment such as monitors, keyboards, mice, and headsets as best they can. Interestingly, the battle of the rages challenge was also assessed by three judges, one of which was Puppey himself.

The most popular words in the game Dota 2 at the same time immortalized into chat wheel in the game that is “lakad matatag” actually comes from the Philippines. A caster from the Philippines said these words during the match between Fnatic and Team Secret. The word which actually means “walking arrogantly” immediately went viral considering the caster’s resistance when he performed it was very unique and interesting.

A 66 year old grandfather plays regularly Dota 2 in the Philippines. Almost every day, a grandfather named Antonio Matulac went to an internet cafe near where he lived to play his favorite game. Uniquely grandfather who was nicknamed “Dota Grandpa” played the game Dota 2 on doctor’s orders. The doctor advised the old man to play video games to relieve the stress and mental exercise he was suffering from. Unfortunately, now the gamer’s grandfather from the Philippines has passed away in 2021.

There were things that Filipino fans did to vent their joy over the victory of their champion team. He was willing to rent a Billboard aka a big billboard to let him know that his favorite team won a big tournament.

This happened in 2021 when the OG team won the 2021 The International tournament. The International 2021 itself was a tournament Dota 2 largest annual in the world. The man from the Philippines is willing to spend his money to rent Billboard and make the face of the OG team. Not only that, the man also did the same thing when the OG team won the same championship in 2021.

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Those were the crazy things that fans did Dota 2 from the Philippines. Remembering the game Dota 2 is a game with the biggest prize tournament in the world. At The International 2021 tournament yesterday, they competed for a prize of USD 34,328,924 or around Rp. 490 billion. Of course the fans are also crazy in loving the game Dota 2.

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