online strategy game Dota 2 was held in Cologne, Germany.

Dota 2 の世界大会が開催された

It offered the largest prize pool to date

史上最高の賞金総額

attracting professional players from all over the world.

世界のプロゲーマーが集結した

Yes, it is actually confirmed.

そうです　確定しました

1.6 million dollar prize pool!

賞金総額は160万ドル！

I'm double-checking to make sure they haven't changed any details

発表されてから 詳細に変更がないか

since they told us last time.

確認中です

1 million in US dollars for First Prize.

優勝賞金は 100万ドル

That is for the winner.

Dota を制したチームが

1 million dollars for winning Dota!

100万ドルを手にします！

It's going to be huge. Dota2.com

前代未聞の規模です ホームページの

The tournament tab is up, too.

トーナメントタブも準備完了

Our website will actually change for the next 24 hours as well...

24時間以内に このウェブサイトも更新され...

The day I transformed into an adult was the day I started playing Dota.

Dota を初めてプレイした あの日 僕は大人になった

It's times like, when you go up on the stage,

何かの形で国を代表して

you represent your country for something.

ステージ上に立つ

You get the prize.

賞金ももらえる

It's the amount of satisfaction and achievement that nothing else can give you.

この満足感と達成感は 他では得られない

It's something I definitely don't regret ever doing.

ゲームをすることを 絶対に後悔はしない

Gaming is simply the proudest thing in my life.

僕の人生で一番の 誇りなんだ

It can be called "gamer," but for me, it's something different.

「ゲーマーだ」と人は言うかも でも僕にとっては違う

One way to forget about pain is to do something that you will be in completely.

痛みを忘れる方法のひとつは 何かに熱中すること

So...

つまり…

computer games.

僕にとって

For me, it was...

コンピューターゲームは…

everything.

すべてなんだ

This is my career.

ずっと昔に

I've chosen to do it for so long.

自分で選んだキャリアだ

Success in my eyes is always based on how other people see you.

成功とは 自分に対する 他人からの評価

In the eyes of the public,

一般的な視点で

it's up to them.

世間が決めるんだ

It's important to be doing things that you love and you really appreciate.

惹かれた物に打ち込むことは 重要だと思う

Because that's your passion, man.

それこそが情熱だから

You should really work for your passions.

情熱のために努力すべきだ

Ok, guys, you have 7 minutes to set everything up

残りの7分で準備してください

and then we go.

いいですね

This is the first time I really wanted to take something seriously

自分の人生の為に 何かに真剣に取り組んだのは

and do something good for my life.

これが初めてなんだ

FREE TO PLAY

10年前　Eスポーツは 存在していないも同然だった

10 years ago, competitive gaming wasn't even really a thing.

友達を相手にした 単なるお楽しみで

You would play for fun against your friends.

コーヒー1杯程度を賭けた 遊びに過ぎなかった

Maybe you would play for a cup of coffee or whatever you wanted.

僕が始めたばかりの頃 瓶ビール24本をかけて

When I started playing, we'd been fighting for

競っていました

24 bottles of beer as a first place.

冗談じゃなく 本当に

I'm not joking.

オンラインの登場以来

From there, though, online happened.

ゲーマー達が目指すのは

And, all of a sudden, you weren't just trying to be the best on your block.

地区優勝から世界一へと変わり

Now you're trying to be the best in the world.

Eスポーツの展望が 新たに開かれていった

And that opened up competitive gaming to a whole new landscape.

シーンを引っ張るゲームの １つが Dota だった

And one of the games really leading the way is Dota.

Dota は例えるならサッカーと

Dota is sort of a combination of football (or soccer for the Americans)

チェスを混ぜたようなゲーム

and Chess.

知らない人への説明は これが一番

This is probably how I would try to explain Dota

しっくりくるのかなと

to someone who's not familiar with it.

両親にはこう説明しました

At least, that's what I did to my parents.

Dota は推進力のゲームだ

Dota is a game of momentum.

チームメイトは５人

You as 5 players

５人の敵を相手に 勢いをかけて戦う

try and battle against the other 5 players for momentum.

各プレイヤーが操るのは1人

Every single player controls one unit.

ゲームのメインは エンシェントという名の

And the main objective of the game is to destroy the final enemy building

敵の王座を破壊すること

which is called the "Ancient."

でも このゲームの本質は 最後の瞬間までに起こる

Everything else that happens in the meantime

目を見張るようなプレイだ

is your amazing filler of a game.

100体の中から１体を選び

You could play 100 heroes

99キャラクターとプレイする

in conjunction with 99 other heroes.

無限の可能性だよね

It's just nonstop possibilities

最高に楽しいんだ

and it's so much fun.

プレイするのは いつも同じマップだけど

And you know, it's like the same map every single time

飽きることなんてあり得ないよ

but it literally never gets boring.

Dota は生き様なんだ

I would say Dota is a way of life.

賞金が出るようになって考えた

When the prizes started coming

観客がいるから大会がある

I was like, well we have tournaments

観にきた人が興味を持って

so obviously some people are going to come and say,

プレイしたいと思えば シーンが発展する

"This is a great game. Let's play it. Like, let's put money in it."

そんな風に毎年成長していった

And it started progressing each year.

トップレベルのプレイヤーは

Those at the top level,

頭の中でめまぐるしく 計算をしているの　映画の―

they just do like lots of calculations in their head.

ビューティフル・マインドみたい

Something like "A Beautiful Mind"

いろいろ見えてるのよ

where you see like all kinds of things.

その情報全てを使って

And using all this information

次の手を決めるの

make your next move.

いろんな意味で バスケットボールに似てるよ

I see it in a lot of ways similar to basketball.

５人対５人で

Just like a 5 on 5 game

チームとして動いて

where you kind of have to work together

個人の強みを最大限に 活かしつつ相乗効果を生む

and utilize each other's strengths and synergizing everything together.

チームワークと信頼 そして犠牲

The teamwork, and the trust, and the sacrifice

全てのチームスポーツと 同じだよ

those are all true for every single team sport.

Dota は一種の絆なんだ

Dota is a game that unites everybody.

出身国とか 人種とか関係ない

It doesn't matter what country you're from or race you are.

人と人を結びつける

It's kind of like a bond that is shared

仲間との強い団結は 第２の家族みたいだ

and when you're part of this tight-knit group of people.

手放すことなんかありえない

It's like having a second family.

それ位の結束を生むんだ

That's something you never let go.

みんな何かを求めてる

Everyone's searching for something.

それは満足感だったり

Fulfillment.

名声や

Fame.

達成感

Satisfaction.

ゲームの中では 別の自分になれる

It gives you the ability to become someone else.

パワフルで

A someone who is powerful.

５人の敵を打ちのめす

Who can take down 5 opponents.

創造性を表現したり

Express their creativity.

逮捕されないで ルールを破ったりできる

Break the rules without actually getting arrested.

ゲームのどこかに 探し求める物がある

All of these reasons are in there somewhere.

プレイヤー自身の自覚や

The player himself might not even know.

理解を超えてるかもしれない

He might not even understand it himself.

でも確実にそこにあるのよ

But it's there.

オレゴン州 メドフォード

Medford, Oregon

僕は闘争心が強いんだ

Gaming fulfills my competitive need.

スポーツは特に燃えるよ

I'm a very competitive person.

ゲームは競技の一種と思ってて

When it comes to sports, I consider gaming a sport.

そこで自分の闘志を

So I use my competitiveness

発散させてる　Dota が

and I fuel it with Dota.

対戦欲を満たしてるんだ

So it fulfills that side of me completely.

フィアーはアメリカの トッププレイヤーの１人だ

Fear's one of the best in America, if not the best.

No.1 ではないが 経験豊富

He has a lot of experience.

ベテランプレイヤーの１人だ

He's one of the old hogs, basically.

いつもは物静かな男だよ

And he's generally just a calm guy.

それが彼の強みだと思う

So, in my opinion, that's his strength.

クリントンはバスケが上手い

Really good basketball player.

僕のコーチが弟を見て

I remember my coaches watch him playing

来年参加したら 選抜だって言ったんだ

and just talk about picking him up the next year when he came in.

いつも ほめられてたよ

Always had nothing but good things to say,

でも 選ばれなかった

but he wasn't picked on the team.

背が足りなかった それだけだと思う

The reason was, yeah, he just wasn't tall enough, I guess.

その後で　ゲームに出会った

So, I know that, yeah, he found the game.

自分に合うものを見つけて

He got really devoted in that and stuff

専念するようになったんだ

and just found something else that worked.

いわゆる普通の母親でした

I was your typical parent.

「コンピュータゲーム ばかりするのはダメよ」

"Clinton, you're spending too much time playing computer games."

「ちゃんと学校に行きなさい」

"You need to go to school."

「大学にも行くべきだわ」

"You need to go to college."

そしたら息子はこう言った

and he would tell me,

「ゲームをプレイして 稼げるようになりたい」

"I want to be able to play games and get paid for it."

これは Dota が出るより

Now he said this at a very young age

かなり前で　ほんの子どもの頃

before Dota ever came along.

成長したらゲームを 止めると思いました

And I thought, well, you know, he's going to grow out of it.

スクリーンの前で プレイすることに

He's going to get sick and tired of sitting there

飽きるときが来るって

in front of that computer and playing.

予想は完全に外れました

Never did. Never did.

シンガポール

Singapore

シンガポールの家庭は 子どもの教育を重視する

In Singapore the families actually put a lot of stress on us

教育熱心なんだ

in terms of our education.

勉強とゲームの両立を 努力してきたけど

I would say it's been tough on me trying to juggle

かなり大変だよ

both studies and gaming at the same time.

ここ２年間　成績は 下がりっぱなしだし

My grades have dropped for two years already.

ゲームが原因だと 両親は思ってる

And my parents have treated the gaming as the cause of it.

家族が決まって言う 言葉があるんだ

I mean there was this phrase that they used. They said,

「ゲームがいつか命取りになる」

"Gaming will be the death of you one day."

彼は良いキャプテンだ

He's a great player and a great captain.

プレイヤーとしても シンガポールトップだと思う

I would say he's the top player in Singapore.

ダントツでね

Easily.

両親と親戚は

My parents and my family,

僕のゲーミングでの キャリアについて話さない

they don't actually speak much of my gaming career.

友人や他の親戚にさえ トップレベルのゲーマーだとは

They don't tell their friends and my other relatives

知らせてもいないんだ

that I'm actually that good at my games.

ずっと優等生だったから これまでは家族の

All along they have only been bragging about my studies.

自慢の息子だった

Because I used to be an "A" student.

それに　たぶん

Yeah, they go on and on. And...

それだけが家族の 誇りだったんだ

And it seemed like that was the only thing they could ever be proud of.

以前は１人だけ理解者がいた

Actually, there has only been one person

ゲーマーとしての僕を 支えてくれてた

that has always been very supportive of me gaming.

名前はホァヤン　元彼女だよ

And that was my ex-girlfriend, Huayan.

シンガポールの女性 Dota チームの一員で

She's from the female Dota team in Singapore.

いろんなことを ２人でたくさん

There are a lot of things that we share in life.

共有してきたんだ

So many things.

すごくラッキーだった 僕の才能を認めてくれて

In my case, it felt really good, you know, to have someone

そこを好きになってくれて

who truly appreciated what you did best.

誇りに思ってくれた

And loved you for it.

熱中してることを 理解してくれた

She was aware of what I'm doing and what I'm passionate about.

別れは彼女からで その意思を尊重したよ

The breakup was her decision and I respected it.

もうすぐ３周年だった

We'd been together for close to three years

あの別れからまだ 立ち直ってないんだ

and ever since the breakup, I haven't gotten over it.

最後にしゃべったとき

I recall the last time she spoke to me

嫌な奴だって言われたよ…

she named me as a bastard so...

*苦笑*

*Laughter*

もう連絡は取り合ってない うん　まあ…

We're not in contact anymore, yeah, but...

しかたないよね

life goes on.

ウクライナ リヴィウ

L'viv, Ukraine

僕はウクライナ出身

I'm from Ukraine.

ニックネームはデンディ

My nickname is Dendi.

大学を卒業して今は

I finished my university, and

コンピュータゲームをやってる

I'm just playing computer games right now.

息子は音楽をやっていました

He was doing music.

ピアノを弾いたし

He played the piano.

ダンスもしました

He was doing dancing.

学芸会で主役を 務めたこともあります

At school, he had musical plays in which he played the main role.

ダニエルの芸術性はいつも 観客を感心させました

Audiences were always impressed by his artistic ability.

ステージ上の子どもの誰より

When their kids' group was showing,

ダニエルは目立つんです

Danil would always stand out.

子ども時代　うちに金銭的な

When we were growing up

余裕はほとんど無かったわ でも祖母の援助で

it wasn't a good time financially for our family.

97年にコンピュータが 初めてうちに来たの

But my grandma helped us to get our first computer in 1997.

他の子はまだ持ってなかった

Early, compared with other kids in Ukraine.

毎日いろんな人が来たわ

We got visitors every day.

兄の友達がうちに 遊びに来て

The friends of my older brother used to come to visit us

一緒にゲームして遊んだの

and we were playing games.

弟は僕らの事をいつも見てた

And Danil, every time looked at what we do.

あっちへ行けって押しやっても

Every time we would try to push him away

戻ってきて また見てるんだ

but he would come back and look again.

他の子と比べて息子は 飛びぬけていました

It was more prominent with him than with other kids.

弟の物心がついてからは

During all his conscious life

ゲームを止めさせようとしてた

we were trying to stop him from playing.

家中のコンピュータコードを 隠してみたけど

We were hiding our computer cord everywhere in our apartment

結局は見つけちゃうの

but he always found it.

いつも息子を理解したかった

I always wanted to understand him better.

趣味も含めて全部 分かりたかったんです

Including that hobby, I wanted to understand him better.

ここではお話ししませんが

There were certain reasons.

いくつか理由があって

I'm not going to mention them now.

息子の心の奥底には 悲しみがあると感じています

I think somewhere deep inside he's a little bit sad.

Dota をやめさせることを 母は止めたわ

She stopped preventing him from playing Dota.

弟の人生で何が一番大事か

She gave Dendi the freedom to choose

自分で決める自由をあげたの

what is the best for him and his life.

トーナメントの賞金額は 昔はとても低かったよ

Tournaments back then were really low prizes.

プレイヤーに賞金が行かない 事もたくさんあった

And a lot of prize money didn't even get to the players.

マネージャーが 騙しとったりとか　色々ね

There's been a lot of scams with the managers and stuff like that.

優勝金額が５万ドルだって 噂がたったんだ

There were, like, some rumors that it's going to be $50,000 first place,

でも　みんな思ったよ 「そんなのあるわけない」って

and everyone was going, like, "Nah, it's not going to be like that."

2011年8月10日

August 10, 2011

フォーラムが大盛り上がりだ

Watch the forums go nuts, guys.

コミュニティが沸いている

Watch the forums go nuts.

実際に本決まりとなった

It is actually confirmed.

すごすぎる額だ

It is off the fricking hook.

賞金総額は160万ドル！

1.6 million dollar prize pool!

優勝賞金はなんと

That is for the winner,

100万ドル！

1 million dollars for winning Dota!

５年間 プレイしてきた

Dota, the game I've played for 5 years now.

趣味でね

Which I played for fun.

食費の足し程度にはなった

For some food money or whatever, you know.

段々大きくなりつつある

Ok, it's actually getting big.

対戦ゲーム史上で 最高の賞金総額よ

It's the largest prize pool of any gaming competition to date.

これから何か大きなことが 始まるんだって思ったわ

It just felt like the start of something big.

革命みたいな

Like a revolution.

ゲームがEスポーツとして

You know, we had everything we needed

認められて尊重される 準備がついに整った

for the game to become big and respected as an E Sport.

濡れ衣を晴らすときが来たのよ

It would kind of like vindicate us.

ゲーム中毒だから プレイしているんじゃない

We're not just playing because we're addicted.

動機となる目標ができた

There's a goal, a motive.

実力さえあれば　そこに 手が届くのよ

That we can actually reach out and grab if we are good enough.

中国　北京

Beijing, China

アジアのプロゲーマー達は 大スターの待遇を受けていて

Over in Asia, professional gamers are treated like rock stars.