The play-in stage of Riyadh Masters 2024 in Dota 2 might be held on an external server. Commentator Alexey "Storm" Tumanov shared this information on his personal Telegram channel.
"There is a chance that they will play on Western Europe servers with 100+ ping," Tumanov stated.
The first day of Riyadh Masters 2024 was marred by technical problems, preventing the start of the matches at 12:00 MSK on July 4. At the time of publication, the matches had not started, and the organizers had not commented on the situation.
Riyadh Masters 2024 is being held from July 4 to 21 on LAN in Saudi Arabia. Team Falcons, BetBoom Team, and other participants are competing for $5 million.