After 2 months since it was announced, TI5 has reached it's final stretch goal: the Axe Immortal with the accompanying comic. It's by far the biggest prize pool for any eSports event, and even eclipses prizes for sporting events. With the constant growth of Dota 2 every year, it's fascinating to see how it compares to major sports tournament, and how much farther it can go.
When the stretch goals were first announced for TI5, many people were speculating whether or not it would achieve all of its goals. After just 60 days, this question has been answered. The eagerly anticipated Axe Immortal will be made with an accompanying comic. It would be surprising to see the Axe stretch goal getting released before the Immortal III chest.
A preview of the comic that will accompany the release of Axe's Immortal set
The prize pool still has a month left to get even bigger, further cementing the record it has broken. The International has grown at an incredble rate, to the point where the prize pool eclipses prize pools of top tier sport tournaments.
TI5 beats out both the 2015 Masters Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup in terms of prizepool, with both competitions hosting a 10 million dollar prizepool for both tournaments. It's also almost on par with the FIFA Club World Cup, which has a prize pool of 16.5 million dollars. Despite this, DOTA 2, and eSports as a whole, still have a long way to go before we reach popularity levels on par with the NFL and FIFA. The winning team of the UEFA Champions League gets a whopping 15 million euros.
Dota 2 as an eSport still has tons of room to expand and evolve into something even bigger than it already is. With each TI growing bigger and bigger in both prize pool and viewership, we can only hope that one day we'll see Dota 2 be on par with the top sports tournaments.
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