Congratulations to Team Falcons, Grand Champions at The International 2025. After a year of mixed results, Team Falcons finally soared to the Aegis of Champions in Hamburg — by clawing, scrapping, and grinding through one of the grittiest marathons The International has ever seen. Of their ten series, only three were sweeps. Every other battle went the distance, including a five-game Grand Final.
Falcons established themselves early with 2-1 wins over Nemesis and Tundra.
If I am honest, having less available time nowadays, I enjoyed the fewer days where I could get involved for a bit more intensely than it dragging out over more days. I felt I could have a closer look.
To also be honest, I think I liked not stressing with battlepasses and predictions and fantasy and FOMO on points and shit like that. One and done, and actually go enjoy. (It helps that I am on 99+% percentile though, eh :D)
Earlier TIs I would grind a lot. Later on I would not buy the battlepass because I could not have the time to grind. I skipped one or two afterwards. This one, I came back and enjoyed a lot.