Professional Gaimin Gladiators player Anton dyrachyo Shkredov commented on the breaks between matches at The International 2023 in a commentary for Telecomasia.net.
Dyrachyo said that he believes that this schedule is not quite correct:
Well, like many people, I don't really understand it, I think a break for weeks is nonsense, and teams that play two games a day, I think they have an advantage.
As a reminder, on the night of October 21-22, the Gaimin Gladiators team won two matches in the lower bracket: they defeated EG and 9 Pandas with a score of 2:0 on maps. They defeated EG and 9 Pandas 2-0 on maps. GG's next opponent will be nouns. The match will take place on October 27th at 20:00 GMT+3.
The International 12 takes place from October 12 to 29 in LAN-format in Seattle, USA. 20 best teams of the world take part in the event. The prize pool of the event is now over $3 million dollars.
Earlier Gaimin Gladiators defeated 9 Pandas on the first map in 19 minutes.