With more than $10 million in prize money at stake, all eyes were on Valve's Dota 2 eSports tournament, The International 2014.
Never ones to miss out on either great Dota or great arena extravaganzas, Digital Spy headed over to Seattle's KeyArena for the event, which took place from July 18 to July 21.
You might have caught the matches live or were eyeball-deep in replays, but we took our camera along so we could share some of the experience beyond the games themselves. Here's an entire picture gallery just for you!
1. Kaci doing her best Ursa impression.
2. Juggernauuuuuuuuuuuuut!
3. The standard of cosplay was pretty amazing too - behold Crystal Maiden.
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4. Taking a peek into the player booths as they get Dota-ready.
5. Being a fan is a stressful experience.
6. TobiWan and SyndereN settle in to cast a game for the main stream - the Newcomer's Stream was set away from the main arena.
7. Community members were on hand to give workshop tutorials.
8. Bruno's outfits were as understated as ever...
9. See?
10. Kaci doing a spot of reporting from inside KeyArena.
11. That long-awaited Techies reveal blasts through the fake Sniper hero pick.
12. The arena without people - gives you a sense of the scale we're talking about here!
13. And fully populated!
14. What, me? Nope, just your average ghost pirate, nothing to see here.
