Valve hasn’t updated their latest DPC rankings on the official Dota 2 website for Dota Pro Circuit 2023 Tour 2 and 3. What’s baffling is that the DPC points of each team differs significantly from the numbers on Liquipedia, even when not up to date.
People still wander how Valve calculated the DPC points this season. Teams have wildly different points earned for the same events, and there may be a shift in ranking position altogether once the rankings are finalized.
Source: Valve / The International
Inconsistencies in DPC Rankings
According to Valve’s DPC rankings, Gaimin Gladiators and Team Liquid share first place at 1060 points (this is not taking Tour 3 into account). In contrast the Liquipedia page has Team Liquid at 1600 points, while Gaimin has 1540 points. Even before Tour 3 placements Team Liquid was sitting at 1500 while Gaimin had 1240.
When it comes to Dota 2 statistics, we can always rely on the datdota founder, Noxville, for his take. He pointed out the various inconsistencies and miscalculations that Valve’s DPC points presented.
Since we’re reaching that critical part of the season as Tour 3 ends …
I’d like to point out that since the end of Tour 1 I’ve checked https://dota2.com/esports/ti12/standings/tistandings every week and there’s been inconsistencies with the points listed vs what the points should be (per the rules).— Ben Steenhuisen (@Noxville) May 27, 2023
Several factors that contributed to the inaccurate DPC points are such that several teams are missing points earned from Division 1 leagues, some teams had their points penalized despite Valve’s confirmation there is no penalty and even the penalty percentage wasn’t standard.
For Noxville, who has been monitoring the DPC Point shifts, the inconsistencies dated way back since DPC Tour 1 concluded. As such, it would have been more reliable if Valve released their “official” DPC standings after each Tour’s ending. Whereby, Valve really only needed to publish the points six times throughout the DPC season.
What differs in the “official” DPC Rankings?
Anyways, Valve’s DPC Rankings are what we have to work with, so until they justify their point calculations, let’s look at the top twelve teams. Perhaps even point out how the other sites are unofficial too.
Key differences include 9Pandas’s drop from fifth place to eighth place. This put them well below Shopify Rebellion, which formerly held the eighth place. PSG.LGD is the only Chinese team to make it to TI based on Liquipedia’s rankings, while Valve has both Aster and Xtreme Gaming on the list.
Valve’s “official” DPC Rankings (Not Updated)
Remembering Virtus.pro and Fnatic Fiasco for TI11
You had thought Valve would learn from last year’s embarrassing fiasco, which impacted Virtus.pro’s International 11 (TI11) direct invite. Valve’s correction of DPC points caused VP to fall off twelfth place, which went into the hands of Fnatic instead. VP didn’t manage to get into TI11 via the regional qualifier nor the last chance qualifier afterwards.