After a miserable season and no International in 2020, DPC, or Dota Pro Circuit, is about to restart. For the first time in many years, we have a competitive year beginning in January. Usually, October is the month when Dota 2 tournaments and qualifiers begin, around 2 months after The International. The New Rules of DPC The upcoming Dota Pro Circuit will have new rules and a completely different format. Instead of Minors, there will be Regional Leagues. These leagues will also decide who goes to the Majors.
The circuit is now divided into two seasons. Each season lasts for 6 weeks. At the end of those 6 weeks, the best teams from each region advance to various stages of the Major that follows. In that sense, you can think of the Major as a Playoffs Stage of the regional leagues. This will be a tournament that reunites everyone and allows global matches to take place in these difficult times.
Roster changes are discouraged. They are allowed only at the end of each season and for every player changed, a team loses 15% of its qualification points for The International.
Teams can use stand-ins in up to 4 of their 14 league matches (in both seasons combined), but not as freely as before. The stand-in player must either not compete in a DPC league or he must compete in a lower division. This prevents situations in which formidable players are called to the rescue right before an important match. The New Major Format yapzor
The competitive format of Majors has changed as well. Major events will now feature 18 teams instead of 16. The participants will come from all of the 6 regions but not every region will receive 3 invites as you might expect. 3 teams from Southeast Asia 3 teams from CIS 4 teams from Europe 4 teams from China 2 teams from North America 2 teams from South America Prizes In their new format, Majors offer $500,000 and 2700 Dota Pro Circuit points to the top 8 participants. These rewards will be divided like this: 1st: $200,000; 500 pts 2nd: $100,000; 450 pts 3rd: $75,000; 400 pts 4th: $50,000; 350 pts 5th – 6th: $25,000; 300 pts 7th – 8th: $12,500; 200 pts The International 2021 Invites The International 2021