Gabe Newell makes surprise appearance during Dota 2\u2019s Midas Mode Dota 2 tournament Midas Mode 2.0. It\u2019s not often Valve\u2019s co-founder \u2018Gaben\u2019 makes appearances relating to Dota\u2019s esports scene. Outside of his addresses live on-stage at each year\u2019s The International, Newell keeps relatively clear of the professional scene altogether. The game\u2019s founding father seems to have made an exception to his unspoken appearance rules, however, gracing Midas Mode 2.0 spectators with a brief message in a similar vein \u2013 albeit a little less grand \u2013 to his opening ceremony speeches from TIs of years passed. Early in the tournament\u2019s September 24 stream, as the presenters filed out on to the lavishing gold-covered stage in fitting with the money-theme of Midas Mode, the announcers stunned viewers with a call-out for Valve\u2019s leading man: \u201cAnd now, Gabe Newell!\u201d Read more: Top 20 highest earning Dota 2 Pro Players – Newell appeared on-screen in a short ten-second video that panned across his office to reveal the man himself lounging in his chair. \u201cWelcome\u2026 to Midas Mode,\u201d he said. The budget appearance of the world-famous Valve developer tied in with the event\u2019s \u2018bootleg\u2019 style, which started from the very first moments of the stream. The Midas Mode personalities and commentators filed out on stage armed with streamers, poles, and woodwind instruments, playing out a version of the Dota 2 entry theme. While it had all the hallmarks of an International ceremony, there were just a few things missing. The tongue-in-cheek ceremony and Gaben welcome message were all very much in line with what SirActionSlacks aims to achieve with his Midas Mode tournament \u2013 lighthearted fun. The tournament features a unique format where teams are given \u2018Moonbucks,\u2019 which allows them to pick and ban heroes, choose sides of the map, force pauses, and more. Thus out-of-game economy, supplemented by a stock market, is the basis of the event. Read more: NIP announce new PDD-led roster – One example of the humorous aim of the twelve-team competition was sponsor\u2019s abilities to create custom-made characters for the event. One stand-out was submitted by OG captain Johan \u2018N0tail\u2019 Sundstein, who invoked Dreamwork\u2019s Shrek franchise for his Ogra creation. Out if nowhere, @OG_BDN0tail decided not only to purchase one of the heros for @betwaydota2 Midas Mode 2, but also thew a big ol donation our way as well to help with the tourney costs! PRESENTING: GREEN SWAMP MAN who has NO AFFILIATION WITH OTHER INTELECTUAL PROPERTIES! enjoy!! pic.twitter.com\/0jGmZKBrvk \u2014 SirActionSlacks (@SirActionSlacks) September 22, 2019 Fans tuning in to the second iteration of Midas Mode were certainly impressed, with one shocked spectator in disbelief Moonduck.tv had secured the developer\u2019s appearance: \u201cLOL I can\u2019t believe they got fucking Gaben.\u201d Others made jokes about SirActionSlacks\u2019 growing power in the Dota 2 community, and how his meme-based personality had clearly rubbed Valve the right way. \u201cSlacks is growing ever powerful,\u201d said one fan, while another seemed simply in awe of the host\u2019s trajectory. \u201cSlacks went from shitposting memelord, to shitposting memelord who organizes tournaments with three TI winning teams and fucking Gaben himself.\u201d After a host of dramas surrounding Valve-sponsored Pro Circuit events being scheduled right on Midas Mode\u2019s already announced dates, the tournament has finally kicked off. The star-studded team lineup, including major rosters like Alliance, Fnatic, Vici Gaming, and two-time TI champions OG, are currently battling for the $150,000 prize pool. Alliance got the event underway with a 2-0 victory over Sir Sadim\u2019s Stunners on the opening day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gabe Newell makes surprise appearance during Dota 2\u2019s Midas Mode Dota 2 tournament Midas Mode 2.0. It\u2019s not often Valve\u2019s co-founder \u2018Gaben\u2019 makes appearances relating to Dota\u2019s esports scene. Outside of his addresses live on-stage at each year\u2019s The International, Newell keeps relatively clear of the professional scene altogether. The game\u2019s founding father seems to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}