Yes, Valve will not allow this to happen again. They have allowed this to one CS:GO event, yes, only staffs, players and teams were inside the event and there were no fans because of the circumstances that they've faced.
With the said new mechanics about the regionals, it's okay to conduct online matches and no problem with those casters and broadcasts because there are a lot of companies that do cover it. But the championship? if you mean about major or the biggest event for Dota 2 which is TI, I think it they will just move the date.
I hope that by the time of the TI the virus epidemic will be over and VALVE will not have to choose between moving the championship and holding it without spectators.
Although I stopped playing games a long time ago, I continue to watch major gaming Championships such as TI.
If you have been a player since Dota(1) old days, you'll still a fan of it and even wanting to watch newer players and teams compete with each other. The hype that it's getting because of the yearly increase for the prize pool especially for the champions makes everyone wanting to watch the tournament.
We don't have any other wish but to see this pandemic stop and be gone as soon as possible.
I agree, especially when the bar for this year's event is incredibly high. The tournament continuing without the audience, the ambiance, the competitiveness and support of the fans will be very different and will be a disappointment. With OG having a new line up makes the tournament really exciting. We can never predict if the lineup has the connection they previously have. Dota 2 is unpredictable.
Will OG lift the aegis again? Damn it's hard to predict.
There's a chance for OG's new roster but not as high if we do compare it on older one where ana and Ceb is still there.Current OG line up is strong
but it would take for a while for them to synchronize or build that team up since new members had been add up.Yeah they have proven out their
skills on recent game but we know that games that do happen on TI is entirely different.Its true that everything is very unpredictable but having some
analysis on a teams past game performance you can really make your own choices depending on how you do view from it.
It really sucks for a main event on having no crowd and i agree on past comments that it would really be boring and no one will much preferred on that one.
