The International 2023: Opening Ceremony

[@lifr3y]

0:10 The New Frontiers Update 0:20 Startup 1 (Dota 2 Main Theme) 0:47 Aghanim's Labyrinth - 'The Continuum Conundrum' 1:01 World Map (Dota 2 Source 1 Tutorial) 1:58 Caravan - Artifact OST | Crownfall Music Pack Battle 3 (I am a doggie meme) 2:16 Startup 4 (Dota 2 Reborn Main Theme) 3:46 Main Menu 1 (Vocal) 5:50 TI12 Opening Ceremony OST 8:07 Arcana sound effect 8:40 Countdown 9:55 Startup 1 (Dota 2 Main Theme)

[@virgiawanrahagung7719]

I cry watching this. Idk why but it reminds me to good old days playing dota with friends, all day all night.

[@robertoelizarjr.5120]

me too bro

[@Vixxxxzzz]

😢😢😢

[@OGSadPenguin]

Me too brother. Such a powerful and incredible performance for such a special game.

[@imtoken-wallet]

Me too

[@pak-ka]

🥲 its all coming back to me

[@Manu2k]

3:52 the angelic voice and memories of that theme song ... might be a small prize pool but TI is TI

[@Felt3012]

2:17 Original Dota2 Theme is awesome

[@AMplusPM]

I thought the original theme is that from the trailer

[@MerrasMies]

@@AMplusPM it is, this is dota reborn theme

[@SkullJr]

i got goosebump every year to TI opening

[@dendiRTZ-xg5wb]

The Kitchen boot camp gave you some goosebumps

[@kazukinakamoto7650]

What about 2022?

[@Extrematron]

The vocal replacement for the duduk from menu 4 definitely gave me that effect.

[@eirikmelum]

You can thank Myreze for that!

[@AKJY]

Watch LoL the Worlds opening and weep ... boy.

[@khairtmz6939]

What a gorgeous opening ceremony holy moly! This AR with real arena is insane!

[@itsgoodiewoodie]

Classic The International opening. Holy shit they nailed it!

[@ApeironSound]

I think it's an understatement to say I was amazed by this epic buildup. Thanks to the crew that put this in place for the game we love so much❤

[@-FermatsletzterSatz-]

There were several Artifact soundtracks included, right? The music to the game was phenomenal, so I'm glad to hear it again. Well done!

[@isakillo]

I am a doggie. :'(

[@HentaiSpirit]

🐶

[@silversix6ailver649]

A SHOW FROM HEAVEN!

[@3EP0]

agreed

[@undurundur1748]

imagine. if this TI is held at the shpere arena in Las vegas. maybe got goosebump myths ancient legendary pro max level

[@lokanantazain]

It really is

[@suharyonolianto]

LightOfHeaven

[@sorrybroo8303]

nah ,tis arena have alot of dota2 history..much better@@undurundur1748

[@Fozziii]

No music pack? Would love to have this when opening Dota for this year....

[@derbar7051]

I'm sure there will be a recordong soon

[@cleydev]

Goosebumps! no longer have a time to play dota2 anymore, but still active watching all tournaments. Good old days boizsz, that BGM and GabeN intro

[@randomixed16]

2:16 made me burst in tears and the angelic voice at 3:52 , dota will forever have a place in my heart. I hope this game will never die. Please people and gamers, I know we are now old and have our own battles in real life, but please, if you have time, recall and bring back the memories. Let's have some dota...

[@alexandrunastasia]

You understand the lyrics at 2:16 too?

[@fourthnianga4649]

Goosebumps! I love DOTA forever!. Thank you valve and to the rest of the organizers!

[@mercadorodriguezgerson3549]

Please we need that orchestra version, studio quality.

[@nayutaimoto]

This year's opening is magnificent and gorgeous

[@DarchrowTheEnigma]

Gaben! Valve! Whoever reads this that works at Valve, please, PLEASE! Add this music as an actual item we can use and listen to!! I really enjoy opera-like music and I've collected as much of them possible in Dota 2 (almost every TI, probably missed 1 or 2) and I want this one as well if we can have it :) Don't really care of cosmetics because I have enough cool sets already, but this opening ceremony song, its very nice to listen to while playing.

[@fltfathin]

Agreed, no skins is ok since it cost resources but this music is recorded anyways so plz

[@Kyawzinhtike]

Nice effort Valve and Congrats Gaben. It was a lovely opening

[@Howudoit777]

The best TI opening EVER!!!

[@MaradonaZC]

WELL DESERVED OPENING FOR THE EPITOME OF DOTA 🎉

[@Azennsenn.]

A big proof that this is the best game ever exist!

[@Save21]

💯

[@indra1033]

SUCH A WONDERFUL OPENING FOR TI 12 WELLDONE !!!

[@4One433]

gabe look healthy as ever! thank you for the game!

[@budaypellerin1495]

the openig.... it gives me goosebumps. congrats gaben. and team. for the concept..

[@eirikmelum]

Big ups to Myreze for the cinematic and all the graphics created for the live event including the phenomenal virtual cathedral backdrop! It was an honour to be a part of it 💙

[@Sasdass1]

Wathced this after final of TI 2024. And i want to say, that orchestra is so important, that i still have goosebumps watching this

[@IshiEnriquez]

sooooooooooooooooooooooooo want to check this off my bucketlist!!! next year maybe???!!! So beautiful!!

[@freddiegibbs101]

Stain glass cathedral augemented reality ... so well done, especially with the TI11 Tundra winning heroes crashing through the glass. In person everything still looks great!

[@platedlizard]

I’m at the games and every time I see the stained glass on screen I have to look to see if it isn’t there in real life lol

[@Renvyr]

The whole setup with the cathedral... Idk if they will manage ever to do better. This was beautiful... And all this for the first year of the major map update. Amazing job

[@ChiliPepper37]

THUMBS UP TO MAKE THIS A MUSIC PACK IN GAME!

[@2SaltyRecipes]

This is the best way ever for any game to have any kind of opening or soundtrack. Classical music blends so freaking good in a lot of games. Thank you for this amazing performance!

[@vhyles]

I can only imagine what it would feel like to witness all of this in person... Hauntingly beautiful.

[@voldosmith]

The superbowl of the esports 🎉

[@RockSmithStudio]

So glad I got to watch this live in Seattle! Thanks for the amazing tournament this year!

[@OriginalPuro]

Dota is beautiful and I am glad it is Valve taking care of it.

[@roninovrendi6485]

The best TI Opening Ceremony

[@r3an1mated_36]

This has to be best opening ceremony to ever exist!

[@dimeepal7258]

Goosebumps man! Superb opening! I genuinely wish I can attend an TI some time in the near years!

[@rovin6049]

Back here after watching the trash slide show opening theme of ti13

[@dexxa7757]

play this in my funeral

[@francesalaba8573]

I watched it 3 times already and I still get goosebumps 🤧❤️

[@ginocarino]

Better Intro of all TI event. Job well done Gabe

[@gabbo13]

I miss playing Dota and TI, dude! I wanna play again.

[@thecorvo5245]

4:26 When I was depressed, my mother encouraged me to do something. She bought me a computer and with it I discovered Dota. She thought it was better for me to stay at home because where we lived was always a dangerous place. I learned to enjoy going out and talking to people, and Dota was always my favorite game, which made me overcome my depression. May you be in paradise, my eternal heroine! i love u

[@rowee017enzo]

NO other E-sports can be bigger than DOTA 2 TI.

[@GoodEveningDota]

S-Tier production, especially after the bad production this year at Lima and Bali

[@Save21]

Wow, what a masterpiece of a show!!! Dota is much more than just a game.

[@emanuel9534]

best ever adaptation of the music. cathedral vibes. well done to the composer and the orchestra& choir! but the music quality was wayy better on the live stream...

[@kuyacharles1358]

The game I love since I was 7. Fk! Times have changed and I'm happy to see this much improvement. I'm teary eyed the whole time I'm in a public transport fk!

[@caelestiproject20]

Growing up with these masterpiece, what an era!

[@friz8467]

5:55 his voice always gave me goosebumps in every TI opening ceremony

[@martinenriqueortizvargas9817]

Que manera de iniciar un evento tan importante como The international, estoy llorando de alegría.

[@Bendelan]

This open must have been the most beautiful DotA-Ceremony i have ever witnessed. For a Veteran (not in Skll), this was quite emotional.

[@Dj4praxz]

What an opening, i promise someday i will attend to the event

[@turbowrath5701]

memories just came rushing to my mind as soon as I heard 3:53, enough to make a grown man cry

[@IlVanguardlI]

They make incredible opening performances every year. Thank you for the effort Valve!

[@LuckyS7venn]

Beatiful made me cry Dota forever in my heart. This is not just a game, it is a passion. ❤

[@rizkyalif19]

TI IS THE BEST ESPORTS TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD!

[@meifungliew1637]

4:36 chills!!!literally chills!!!!

[@GustavJensen30]

i would love to participate at such a cool esport event! WHERE DO I BUY TICKETS GUYS!

[@Luna_Light_XXVII]

OMG Goosebumps! extremely beautiful performance.

[@anqixue6032]

Best intro ever! I have been watching from TI 4 and this is by far the prettiest

[@ИванТорунов-м6о]

Absolutely incredible. Back to the old days🥹🥹🥹

[@Howudoit777]

It was epic ,thank you Valve🎉

[@angeloflores2614]

all music genre are always welcome to gaming community, especialy those classic instrument i myself rarely see those being played

[@KolyaUrtz]

No. Rap and K-pop aren't welcome

[@luiszevallos8530]

What a beautiful opening, I cried from start to finish, those memories of more than a decade playing Dota, ty Dota

[@thelee7956]

I don't need new jeen i just need this but Batter. I don't mean the musician played poorly because I got goosebumps when I heard the song while it was playing. But I want it to be more spectacular.

[@magnivincere6640]

I was absolutely ASCENDING during this ceremony, amazingly done

[@miracle3585]

Forever in heart.❤❤

[@enke-ochi962]

low prize pool but the guarenteed best opening ceremony in the history of esports

[@muhtadiazmy3053]

highest than any other esport

[@enke-ochi962]

@@muhtadiazmy3053 *higher

[@Shakeron]

Best opening ceremony

[@Deathjoker_]

i'm bad at playing dota but this is one of the best opening, i got goosebump while watching it live on twitch. Can't believe they turn the whole arena into a Cathedral. Dota production team always have creative ideas for TI.

[@benjax1337]

Hi Gabe Newell Danke !

[@lanaya3148]

No more orchestra sad

[@paw280]

He excelled this year with the ceremony, I have nothing to say. I hope they can generate more marketing so that many people can play it and increase competitiveness. Congratulations!!

[@ziiwang4653]

To all my memories from when I was young

[@artyom8456]

it was so beautiful i would have cried on the spot when the arena turned into a cathedral

[@sirmuimui]

admit it. Man and Woman. Its Tear wrecking, Its Goosebumping, seeing every TI Opening. But this one, live orchestra, when dota music is playing, i think you get what im saying

[@c64cosmin]

3:59 the guy in the public said "What the fuck?!?!?" and made the singer smile, so wholesome

[@cransvel1395]

2:00 artifact song

[@Arksimon2k]

Beautiful music arrangements and the cathedral shining from above. Just spectacular.

[@Adam-574]

im getting chills everytime i watch this

[@karthikeyans9146]

From 8:00 to 8:30 🔥🔥🔥

[@frizzeh5022]

Thank you valve

[@ninjamarvin]

What a phenomenal job! I couldn't have a imagined a better ceremony! I'm speechless!

[@freshyeska9875]

The whole opening was great but when Pangolier picked up the aegis and dunked it, I lost it. Wow!🎉

[@YawaraGaming]

DAMN GOOSEBUMPS EVERYWHERE

[@archie7288]

Daddy Gaben know how to deliver, this is so spectacular 🔥🔥🔥

[@thorfinnthegoatmc]

Damn valve really up their game in this production

[@elwinbu5926]

I HOPE THEY RELEASE THIS IN SPOTIFY!!!

[@AspTenebris]

3:54 I think it's a feeling at the level of good memories,

[@VuDucAnh95]

Dota is truly one of the best games ever made in history of gamming !

[@Guinomo1995]

zank you from brasil! since wc3 regin of chaos, and still owning ;] for the throne!

[@ponpon2051]

Thank you valve for making this ti so special

[@tobeymchades6645]

Such another wonderful opening from dota 2 in TI. Every TI gives me goosebumps excellent production ggwp gaben 👏👏👏👏

[@chaosphere3841]

What we live for..

[@jibrilbetter]

If this opening were played at my funeral, I ain't dying

[@teddyorted5926]

Bring back true sight!!!

[@omnissiahmasterr]

Looking forward to 2024

[@richxd5753]

4:00 omg, got teary eyed