"SK-Gaming: Hello DL|Moose, can you explain to us why you decided to pick out randomly only 30 teams even though there seems to be a major interest from many teams to participate in KotH?

Moose: We expected a larger number of teams to participate in SteelSeries KotH from the beginning and gave a lot of thought on how to deal with a larger number of sign ups. In order to handle it properly and let the community have an easier overview of the teams, we decided to have 30 teams randomized from the sign up every KotH. Having a vote run on over 200 teams
would just pull the numbers apart. With just 30 teams, the concentration of votes on the individual teams is much higher this way.

SK-Gaming: Aren't you scared that if everything depends upon luck that the result isn't satisfying for most people? I mean we already saw a good example in the first KotH. There was only one top team in the pool which was of course nominated by the users, yet an equal opponent was missing. As a result we saw a more or less exciting game with an obvious outcome.

Moose: I am not scared at all about this. In the end, the community votes whom they want to see. Of course, there were some who think it is unfair to have a top team be nominated, but then again, everyone voted for them. As long as the majority gets what they want, we are happy about it. Satisfying every ones wishes at once is always quite difficult.

SK-Gaming: However the upcoming matches about the crown of the Dota-League Hill may look like, it's a nice idea to implement such a format we already know from several other e-sports. It can only be a step further for the Dota-Community. Thank you for your time.

Moose: Thanks for the interview as well. We do our best to push DotA scene and make it more professional. We hope that with our input DotA is one step closer to becoming THE competitive game worldwide that everyone wants to see and play. Regarding KotH: I am excited who the community is going to vote for this weekend!"