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Watch the 1st day of the Dota 2 International 5 Main Event here

The Main Event for the fifth annual Dota 2 International championships begins today. Check out the full live stream and catch up with what's been happening along with Shacknews.

Ozzie Mejia

August 3, 2015 7:00 AM

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The opening group stages are over and now it's time to jump into the Main Event. The fifth annual iteration of The International Dota 2 Championships is about to go live. It's one of the biggest eSports events of the year, with the first place team taking home a cool $6,470,659. Here are the brackets going into today's proceedings, courtesy of the official Dota 2 International website.

Dota 2 lovers are welcome to join us here at Shacknews and watch the full stream below.

For those that are not well-versed in all the intricacies of Dota 2, the always-helpful Newcomer's Stream is also making its return this year, just in time for the Main Event. That stream can be found here.

This is also one of the most anticipated events of the year for the Shacknews community. Watch along with us and don't forget to join the conversation with the rest of Chatty. (Don't be afraid. The community won't bite.)

Also, if you're looking to take your Dota 2 International excitement on the road, remember that many bars across the country are broadcasting today's matches. A full list of those locations can be found on the Dota 2 International website.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?