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Dota 2 update for 5 October 2021
Dota 2 team says it's practicing in cramped hotel room kitchen for TI10
Team Spirit has released a video showcasing the cramped conditions its Dota 2 roster has found itself practicing and competing in for The International 10 in Bucharest, Romania. The team's manager, Dmitry 'Korb3n' Belov, also alleges in the video that these conditions are not the same for all teams and claims organisations that qualified with fewer Dota Pro Circuit points have been allocated smaller practice rooms than those higher up the DPC rankings.
In the video, Korb3n shows the Russian-Ukrainian roster squeezed back-to-back in the kitchen area of a hotel room. He claims his players barely have enough room to recline their gaming chairs without hitting one another, and that players have knocked their heads on lighting fixtures.
Korb3n also claims that the PCs in the practice room - in which Team Spirit will also play its group stage games for TI10 - were without an internet connection.
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Dota 2 update for 4 October 2021
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