One of the oldest tournament organizer and esports production company, Beyond the Summit, will not produce a DPC league next year and will likely not be involved in the Dota 2 competitive scene at all in 2023.
The news was broken on Twitter by David "LD" Gorman, Beyond the Summit co-founder, who announced that Valve has not given the company a DPC league for the 2023 year.
Founded in 2012 by Dota 2 commentators David "GoDz" Parker and David "LD" Gorman, Beyond the Summit has quickly become a true pillar for the Dota 2 community. Their passion for the game and the drive to keep the professional and casual Dota 2 communities connected brought to life some of the most memorable tournaments. The Summit LANs, coach casting, long nights of Mafia games, TI qualifiers hubs, BOT TI events and pretty much everything that has been produced by BTS through the past decade have always connected and attracted the Dota 2 fans.
More so, beginning with 2020, when the pandemic shut down so many opportunities for the competitive teams to make a living, Beyond the Summit launched the online BTS Pro Series for all regions involved in the DPC, and through the past two years, these events kept afloat a lot of the tier two teams across the world.
In March this year, when the war was brought upon Ukraine and the Eastern Europe league had to be discontinued, BTS jumped in and took the responsibility of running two leagues.
However, a full decade of dedication to the Dota 2 scene seems to not have mattered to Valve in the end.
“To be clear we aren’t entitled to shit, production gigs are earned not given, and it’s completely fine that we weren’t the choice, there are plenty of other great options,” LD tweeted. “What hurts is the (lack of) communication and acknowledgement, and the way the news was delivered after 10 years.”
Besides being a pillar for the professional scene, BTS has always been the ramp for a huge part of the broadcast talent pool as well.
In light of recent news that they won’t be given a DPC league next year, LD shared his doubt that BTS will be involved with the Dota 2 scene at all in the next year, implying that the recently concluded BTS Pro Series Season 12, which featured TI calibre teams such as BOOM Esports, Fnatic and Hokori, was the last tournament for a while.
Can’t believe it’s been 10 years. Been the experience of a lifetime and would never change a single thing. But it is beyond disappointing to see all the sacrifice, love, and support of so many people who gave their all cast aside like it never even mattered - David "LD" Gorman
While BTS will be greatly missed next year by the Dota 2 community, the company will likely continue to host tournaments for CS:GO, Super Smash Bros and Rocket League.
headline image credits: Beyond the Summit
