Sputnik Entertainment Archives's video: VEGA SQUADRON CELEBRATION SPEECH AT ESL ONE NYC 2015

Speech given by Vega Squadron, champions at ESL One NYC 2015. Sputnik Entertainment: https://www.sputnikent.com https://www.twitter.com/sputnikent https://www.twitter.com/fallensputnik https://www.instagram.com/fallensputnik "Vega Squadron is one of a leading organisations in eSports in Europe, with professional teams in the most popular games such as: Dota 2, Hearthstone, World of Tanks and new Blizzard's popular MOBA game - Heroes of the Storm. The Vega Squadron LLC, esport gaming organization, was founded by russian Starcraft 2 fan and lover, Alexey Kondakov. Today Vega's headquarters is located in the heart of Moscow, Russia with offices there. While staying true to our roots, Vega will continue to breed the best talent, select the finest partners, and continue to exceed expectations in any game titles we enter, aswell games we currently play." Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena video game, the stand-alone sequel to the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne mod. Developed by Valve Corporation, Dota 2 was released as a free-to-play title for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in July 2013, concluding a Windows-only public beta testing phase that began in 2011. Dota 2 is played in matches involving two teams of five players, each of which occupies a stronghold at a corner of the map. Each stronghold contains a building called the "Ancient", which the opposite team must destroy to win the match. Each player controls a character called a "Hero", and focuses on leveling up, collecting gold, acquiring items, and fighting against the other team to achieve victory. To ensure that enough DotA players would take up Dota 2 and showcase the game's capabilities, Valve sponsored sixteen accomplished DotA teams to compete at The International, a Dota 2 specific tournament, for a one million dollar prize in 2011.The International became an annual championship tournament, with the venue changing to Seattle, Washington, United States.] In 2012, the tournament was hosted during PAX Prime, with Chinese team Invictus Gaming going on to defeat the defending champions, Natus Vincere. In its third year, The International had a prize pool of over $2.8 million, thus reclaiming its previous title as having the largest prize pool in electronic sports history from League of Legends (at the Season 2 World Championship).The 2013 championship was won by the Swedish team Alliance, whose prize exceeded $1.4 million USD. The fourth iteration of The International took place at KeyArena in Seattle between July 18 and 21, 2014, with the Chinese team NewBee becoming the new champions. Due to the funds raised by interactive compendium sales, the overall prize pool was elevated to over $10.9 million, the largest in the history of electronic sports. In 2015, the Dota 2 Asian Championships were held in China with a final prize pool of over US$3 million being raised through compendium sales. The North American Dota 2 squad Evil Geniuses emerged winners, beating Chinese squad Vici Gaming 3-0 in the grand finals. Later that year, Evil Geniuses also won US$6.6 million out of a then record US$18 million prize pool as The International 2015 champions, defeating Chinese squad CDEC Gaming 3-1.