Free to Play

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as an engaging look at the life of pro Dota players and the early rise of esports, though one commenter notes it is somewhat promotional.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Valve

Topic

esports

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Free to Play (2014) [1] I've enjoyed this documentary a lot. It follow three DOTA players and theirs life prior to 'The International', a first million dollar e-sport tournament. What caught my attention the most, is that, despite the three main characters (Dendi - Ukraine, …

• It runs natively on linux, it's free and bugs, but not source code, are hosted on github. I really recommend watching this [VIDEO] just make some popcorn before.

• The prize pool for the upcoming Dota 2 tournament is now the largest prize pool ever in esports history, which is why I'm submitting it to HN. It's an interesting new phenomenon, because it seems to indicate that esports may finally be taking off. Valve …