The first day of the main event at Dota 2 The International 2018 was not quite as many expected. Last year’s TI8 finalists are already out on the first day of the main event and top teams are finding it hard to stand the ground.
Day 1 at TI8 had a total of six matches with two upper bracket BO3s and remaining were the lower bracket BO1s. The upper bracket saw a match between Optic Gaming vs Team Liquid and Virtus.pro vs PSG.LGD. Lower bracket had eight teams battling it out in the brutal BO1 with the loser going home with 13-16th place finish and a prize money of around $123,456.
Day 1 at TI8 had a total of six matches with two upper bracket BO3s and remaining were the lower bracket BO1s. The upper bracket saw a match between Optic Gaming vs Team Liquid and Virtus.pro vs PSG.LGD. Lower bracket had eight teams battling it out in the brutal BO1 with the loser going home with 13-16th place finish and a prize money of around $123,456.