Dota 2 current state

Hi all

I was Dota player for almost 20 years, started back when Dota was still in Warcraft engine. I stopped playing Dota for almost 2 years now but I still follow the Esports somehow.

With the recent release of Ringmaster and the last year and this year compendium, it seems that the International’s prize pool is even lower than last year.

It’s sad to see that the game as big as Dota might finally see its’ downward trend. I still remember the day that monkey king was first released this subreddit blew up. And nowadays it’s even harder to reach 10k.

I live in Indonesia where Dota was a popular game and everyone talked about it. All internet cafes were full of Dota players trashtalk to one another.

Now there is none internet cafe left in my city. Let alone people playing Dota or even know Dota (for younger generations)

I would say MOBA-PC is now pretty much dead but LOL is still going strong with their well-managed and heavily marketed team. Mobile-MOBA on the other hand grows significantly in Southeast Asia where MOBA is very popular genre. And Valve seems completely ignore Mobile game.

All of my friends (I’m early 30s) have quit Dota but they still play MOBA mobile games.

Should Valve do better?