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ESL and SAP partner to add analytics to the ESL One Hamburg Dota 2 broadcast.

The new features will provide insights, statistics, and graphs during the Pick & Ban Phase of each match.

SAP and esports organization Team Liquid have an ongoing deal to develop software that analyzes player performance of the team.

ESL and European multinational software corporation SAP are partnering to bring new features to Dota 2 at ESL One Hamburg 2018. The Pick & Ban phase, where players determine the characters that will be selected in a match, will now feature a visual history of each player’s and team’s recent games during the live broadcast. SAP’s system will also provide insights, statistics, and graphs to enhance the viewer experience during this phase. The new indicators are meant to help fans and commentators get a better idea of the players during the draft.

In a press release, Bernhard Mogk, SVP global sales & business development at ESL stated, “All leagues and tournaments broadcasted by us will receive a large variety of data and statistics, previously barely attainable by spectators. Together with SAP we’ll be in a position to add this new feature to our tournament in order to further improve the spectator experience. We’re looking forward to our upcoming cooperation and the debut of the new features at ESL One Hamburg.”

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For the recent Counter-Strike:Global Offensive London Major, organizer FACEIT signed a deal with data firm GRID to enhance its broadcast. In an interview with The Esports Observer, GRID CEO Mortiz Maurer expressed his belief that adding data to esports broadcasts not only enhances the viewer experience, but will make the game and the tournament more accessible to first-time viewers.

SAP entered the esports space by signing a three-year sponsorship deal with Team Liquid earlier this year. The company developing software that analyzes the performance of the team’s Dota 2 players using in-game data. SAP provided data for Team Liquid during the International 8, Dota 2’s largest tournament of the year.