With TI7 already a month behind us, its time to look forward to the new 2017/2018 season ahead. The road to TI8 begins now with 11 Majors and 16 Minors that will comprise the Dota 2 Pro Circuit. This eight-month-long season of tournaments will be held across the world from China to Singapore to name a few.

This new system implemented by Valve promises a more organised approach towards Dota 2 tournaments, sectioned off into two separate tiers. While the Majors must have a minimum of US$500,000 as a prize pool with Valve sponsoring the other US$500,000. Minors will be the smaller scale version with a minimum prize pool of US$150,000 with Valve providing an additional US$150,000.

Majors and Minors will also be holding qualifiers before the tournaments to ensure a level playing field for each of the six primary regions. These regions are: NA, SA, SEA, CN, EU and CIS. To ensure there will be no scheduling conflicts, Valve will be in direct control of the entire process.

Qualifying points are another new addition by Valve, which will track the progress of every players in the Pro Circuit. Points will be awarded depending on the scale of the tournament as well as the placing of the teams in said tournament. The points will also scale according to the Pro Circuit calendar as tournaments closer to TI8 will award more points.

To find out more, you can head over to the official Dota 2 blog here.