The pandemic isn’t going to care about your offline events, so it’s with heavy heart to report that The International 2021’s ticket sales are cancelled.

The International 2021 Ticket Sales Canceled#Dota2 #esports pic.twitter.com/I8A7qBDEWb

— Dota 2 (@dota2updates) October 3, 2021

All ticket sales for TI10, the biggest Dota 2 tournament, will be refunded. This will be the first TI Dota 2 tournament to not have live crowds.

However, the show will still go on; The International 2021 will begin on 7th October and will feature the best Dota 2 teams fighting each other like PSG.LGD, Virtus.pro, and Fnatic.

Still, there is cause for worry; we’ve heard some news here and there that a number of players from Team Aster were tested positive for COVID-19 (via Dota 2’s Tiffani “Oling” Lim).

Lanm expressed his disappointment over the lack of Covid precautions at the #TI10 bootcamp in Romania. No prior testing, no food/water provided so team staffs had to buy those outside the hotel, and had to ASK for Covid tests themselves when they felt ill.

"Is this really TI?"

— Tiffani 'Oling' Lim (@babyolingg) September 29, 2021