Dota 2’s next LAN event is merging several underperforming regions together

Dota 2’s upcoming competitive year is taking form and a new challenger has entered the arena in the form of BetBoom Dacha, who will host a $1 million prize pool tournament in Dubai, UAE when February rolls around.

While Dota 2 fans are glad to have another major event in a month that looked like a break period for players, another aspect of the tournament is rather surprising. Not only did BetBoom keep the newly found MENA qualifiers for the emerging region, but it also merged some underperforming regions—NA-SA and SEA-CN—together.