Valve Confirms That Fnatic Has Secured the Final TI11 Invite

It has been a rollercoaster week for Fnatic followers, as they first thought that the workforce may be lacking out on a direct invitation to The Worldwide 2022 (TI11), however then discovered that the workforce might be receiving a direct invite forward of Outsiders, after Valve clarified the situation concerning its calculation of the Dota Professional Circuit (DPC) standings. Initially it was assumed that Fnatic could be taking part in within the TI11 SEA Regional Qualifiers after lacking out the ultimate invite to Outsiders by 0.05 factors, according to Liquipedia’s calculations. Nevertheless, after the neighborhood identified that there was a discrepancy in calculated factors between Liquipedia & Valve, the latter made an announcement that clarified that the DPC web site displays the official standings for the 2021-2022 season. This meant that Fnatic could be receiving the ultimate invite, on the expense of Outsiders.

Fnatic secures closing invite as Valve publicizes the finalized 12 groups.

Following the conclusion of the Arlington Main, it was assumed that on the time the 12 closing direct invitations had been all however confirmed. Nevertheless, the neighborhood had been doubtful concerning the ultimate invited workforce as each Fnatic & Outsiders had been the twelfth workforce by totally different calculations. In accordance with Liquipedia, Outsiders had been the ultimate workforce to obtain a direct invitation to TI11 forward of Fnatic by 0.05 factors after Fnatic’s defeat to beastcoast ruined any hopes of qualifying immediately. Nevertheless, in response to Valve, Fnatic completed the season with 1020 factors, whereas Outsiders had 1019 factors as a result of Valve rounding down Outsider’s complete factors after every time it receives some extent deduction punishment as a result of roster adjustments, which resulted in Outsider’s factors being decrease on Valve’s official DPC web site when in comparison with Liquipedia as revealed by Twitter person (@iMicromantic)

In response to those speculations, Valve formally introduced earlier in the present day on Dota 2’s official Twitter account that “We’re conscious of a discrepancy concerning how the DPC standings are calculated when in comparison with unofficial sources.The DPC web site displays the official standings for the 2021-2022 season.”, which implies that Fnatic might be going to TI11 on the expense of Outsiders after Valve’s clarification on the matter.

SEA followers could be celebrating on the information after listening to that there might be at the very least three SEA groups at this yr’s TI11, nevertheless many within the Dota 2 neighborhood additionally criticized Valve for its lack of readability on the matter and its discreditation of Liquipedia.

With Fnatic receiving the ultimate invitation, groups that might be taking part in within the TI11 SEA Regional Qualifiers can breathe a sigh of reduction because the annual gatekeepers is not going to be becoming a member of them this yr. With groups reminiscent of Staff SMG, T1 and Talon, the SEA qualifiers is anticipated to be one of many stacked qualifiers this yr.