Dota TV, the beloved feature that allowed fans to spectate competitive matches inside the game’s client, was plagued with lag and freezes during the first two days of The International 2023. In addition to making games unwatchable, Dota 2 players also couldn’t cast their prediction votes at the start of matches, prompting Valve to roll out a hotfix before the tournament’s second phase.
Due to the Dota TV bug, Dota 2 fans couldn’t receive any prediction points during TI 2023’s Road to The International. After deploying a fix, Valve made an in-game announcement regarding the situation on Oct. 14 and also gave players the “maximum amount of points they could have earned from successful predictions.”