Dota 2 Beta Keys Giveaways

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Saturday, September 24, 2011


Dota 2 Beta Keys Giveaways - DotA is very much anticipated by gamers worldwide. So are we, that's why we keep on posting news and updates about DotA 2. Right now we're about to give away free DotA 3 Beta Keys for our avid readers and subscribers.

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DotA 2 Beta Keys Contest by GosuGamers

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Guys from GosuGamers is giving away free Dota 2 beta key. All you have to do is show your skills and everyone are invited to join.

Last hitting and denying are some of the fundamentals of DotA and what better way to prove your worth to a Dota 2 beta key by holding a Last hit and deny contest? There are three keys up for grabs this time around. Rules are as follows.



Rules and Regulations:
1. Single player mode only, make sure your game name is the same as your username on the site.
2. Game mode is -apomnp with Goblin Techies as the hero of choice.
3. No items, no leveling up of skills. In other words, your hero should be naked.
4. No singleplayer commands (-gold -lvlup -spawncreeps) for those trying to be smart.
5. Neutral Creeps do not count towards the final creep count.
6. Winners will be chosen on most creep kills and denies at 10 minutes
7. Contest runs from now until 25th September 2011 at 23.59 CET.
8. Map version: 6.72f
9. User registered before 21st September 2011

Submission Details:
1. You will need two files for this contest: a screenshot of your game at 10 minutes and the replay of your attempt. Only .jpg or .jpeg screenshots please.
2. Zip or rar both files and upload it to a file hosting website (preferably mediafire).
3. PM your links to either Brettis or Sylencia with your last hit/deny count.
4. Limited to two submissions per user.
5. Wait for the results.
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DotA 2 Beta Keys Contest

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Dota 2 Beta Key Contest

The growth of DotA, into the massive community that it is today, is because of all the loyal fans who have, time and again, shown their dedication and support over the course of so many years. We are going to gradually start a series of contests to reward some of you with early access to the game. The first one is detailed below.

U-Photo Submission

In this contest, you are required to take a photograph of yourself holding a sign that reads "Dota 2" and your "PlayDotA.com Username" in any creative fashion (interesting, wild, weird, funny, strange, conceptual or any other adjective you see fit) you can.

The primary target is to ensure that your photo reflects your love for DotA and give us an idea what it means to you.

Rules and Regulations:

All images should be above 600x400 px in size. Images smaller than the mentioned size will not be considered.

You are allowed to submit only one entry. Multiple ID submissions will lead to a disqualification.

You are allowed edit your submission until 48 hours from the time of your submission. No edit is allowed after the deadline is hit.

Do not heavily edit your images digitally. You are allowed to do some basic fixes like contrast, brightness and etc but anything which has been manipulated far from original will be disqualified.

Contest Dates:

Begins: 12:00 AM GMT -8, September 21, 2011
Ends: 11:59 PM GMT -8, September 27, 2011

Note: Submissions after the deadline will not be considered under any condition.

Submission Thread:

PlaydotA U-Photo Submission Thread

Prizes:
12 Dota 2 Keys are up for grabs in this first contest. 6 winners will be chosen by the PlayDotA Staff and each winner will be rewarded with 2 beta keys that they can share with their friends.

So what are you waiting for? Get started on the planning.
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Dota 2 Download

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Monday, August 22, 2011


Dota 2 download is available here and be the first to get a copy. Beta registration is now open and Dota 2 beta test is soon to start.

To download the beta version of dota 2 click on the link below.

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We'll update this page once Dota 2 Beta becomes available for download.
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List of Dota 2 Heroes - Latest and Updated

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Thursday, August 18, 2011

You might have been thinking "which Dota 2 hero will I use?" If you can't decide which one, then let us help you by showing you the list of Dota 2 heroes.

Click on image below to enlarge photo:


The current beta build that the tournament players are using has 46 heroes enabled for CM Mode. There is one less ban for each team. This change to CM is just temporary, until all of the heroes are ready and stable enough to be enabled in it.


Dota 2 Hero List:

1- Earthshaker
2- Clockwerk
3- Morphling
4- Vengeful Spirit
5- Crystal Maiden
6- Lion
7- Pugna
8- Ancient Apparition
9- Lich
10- Weaver
11- Windrunner
12- Shadow Fiend
13- Spectre
14- Enigma
15- Venomancer
16- Doom
17- Witch Doctor
18- Tidehunter
19- Enchantress
20- Puck
21- Chen
22- Lina
23- Storm Spirit
24- Beastmaster
25- Furion
26- Razor
27- Necrolyte
28- Dazzle
29- Nightstalker
30- Sven
31- Leshrac
32- Sniper
33- Tinker
34- Sandking
35- Rhasta
36- Anti Mage
37- Dark Seer
38- Pudge
39- Drow Ranger
40- Slardar
41- Mirana
42- Zeus
43- Tiny
44- Faceless Void
45- Axe
46- Viper
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Dota 2 Free Beta Registration

Posted by bL4cK_m0p

Valve has posted information about "The International" Dota 2 tournament going on at Gamescom this week, but a bunch of news about lucky Gamescom attendees playing the game isn't nearly as exciting as, you know, playing the game yourself. Along with the tourney schedule, Valve has opened up beta registration to the public for Dota 2.



To sign up, all you need to do is

- head over to the Dota 2 page,
- sign into Steam
- click "Get on the List" to join.



Unfortunately, there's no information about just when the beta will be happening or even how players will be chosen to participate, but since there will likely be a lot of people watching the livestream from Gamescom this week, Valve is likely just grabbing names and Steam accounts of interested parties while it can. Here's hoping you get in and play – but not before we do.
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Dota 2 Screenshots

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Can't wait any longer to get your hands on Dota 2? Well, while we wait why don't you just take a look on some of the screenshots of Dota 2








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Dota 2 Sixteen Teams

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The sixteen teams are split up into four groups of four, and each team plays one game against everyone in their group. The results of the group stage will populate the winners and losers bracket. The two teams in each group with the best won/loss record in the group stage advance to the winners bracket. The two teams with the worst won/loss record in the group stage are placed in the losers bracket. Ties at the conclusion of the group stage will be broken by total match time for their wins (lower is better).

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Dota 2 Tournament Details Update

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The tournament website is now live at dota2.com. You can use it to see the schedule for upcoming games, view the current live match or to watch replays of previous games. The Broadcasts are available in four languages (Chinese, Russian, German, and English) as well as in an auto-director camera mode.


The tournament uses a group stage for the first day, which feeds into the winner and loser brackets for the following days. The bracket view will be updated to reflect the current status of the tournament, if you want a spoiler-free update, use the schedule view. The first game is estimated to start at 10am CMT in Germany.

The prize distribution for the top 8 teams is as follows:

1st place: $1,000,000 USD
2nd place: $250,000 USD
3rd place: $150,000 USD
4th place: $80,000 USD
5th place: $35,000 USD
6th place: $35,000 USD
7th place: $25,000 USD
8th place: $25,000 USD

The roster of teams in the tournament has been updated and is available on the teams page. StarsBoBa is unable to attend due to Visa problems. SGC of the Czech Republic has accepted the invitation to come to tournament.


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Dota 2 Fan Art by Kunkka

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Kunkka posted a 5v5 image based on Dota2 hero designs here. Let him know what you think!




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Watch DotA 2 Championships Online

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The tournament uses a group stage for the first day, which feeds into the winner and loser brackets for the following days. The bracket view will be updated to reflect the current status of the tournament, if you want a spoiler-free update, use the schedule view. The first game is estimated to start at 10am CMT in Germany.



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Watch Dota 2 Gamescom Trailer

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What does a hero truly need?


Find out when the world's best players compete in the first ever Dota2 professional tournament August 17th - 21st at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Watch live streaming games and replays at Dota2.com.


Visit Steam to download the 1080p HD version of the trailer.
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DotA 6.72 AI Map Download - Latest News and Updates

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Monday, August 8, 2011

DotA 6.72 AI Map Download - Here are the latest news and updates about DotA 6.72 AI. PleaseBugMeNot and the AITeam are working together to port DotA 6.72. With this, we expect DotA 6.72 AI to be released anytime soon.

DotA 6.72 AI News and Updates


If you want to get your copy of DotA 6.72 AI, please visit DotA 6.72 AI download links that will be provided below as soon as DotA 6.7a AI becomes available.

Here are the status updates posted by PBMN

August 8, 2011
... all of the coding members of the AITeam are busy with RL.
... porting 6.72 is somewhat needing one final and dedicated blow to finish.
... I fixed Invoker`s AI last week and it is working good.


DotA 6.72 AI download links
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DotA 6.72 AI changelogs
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DotA 6.72f Map Download

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Sunday, July 24, 2011

DotA 6.72f is a quick patch released by Icefrog that fixed the bug found with Spirit Bear's Return where Spirit Bear would sometimes not have the Return ability active after it respawns until an enemy hero hits it.

DotA 6.72f Map


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Though DotA 6.72 series seems very buggy, Icefrog extends his apologies for the fix patches.

Because of this events, we may expect another patch release which is DotA 6.72g or maybe a new version called DotA 6.73.

DotA 6.72f download links:
DotA v6.72f.w3x mirror 1
DotA v6.72f.w3x mirror 2
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DotA 6.72e Map Changelogs

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Wednesday, July 20, 2011

This changelog is a combination of two DotA patch release namely 6.72d and DotA 6.72e.

To download DotA 6.72e please visit DotA 6.72e Map Download.

DotA 6.72e
* Fixed a major bug with Firefly whenever there were no observers in the game

DotA 6.72d
Axe
- Base HP regeneration from 1 to 1.25
Bane Elemental
- Enfeeble manacost rescaled from 125 to 95/105/115/125
Bristleback
- Quill Spray is no longer blocked by Vanguard, Stout Shield, etc
Centaur Warchief
- Return base damage increased from 10 to 16
Drow Ranger
- Frost Arrows no longer reduce attack speed
- Frost Arrows movement speed reduction from 10/20/30/40 to 11/24/37/50
Krobelus
- Armor increased by 1



Kunkka
- Base Intelligence from 16 to 18
- Ghost Ship cooldown from now scales 90 to 90/80/70

Lina Inverse
- Fiery Soul movement bonus increased from 2/3/4/5% to 3/4/5/6%

Lone Druid
- Spirit Bear can no longer use Return if it has taken damage from a player unit in the last 3 seconds

Lycanthrope
- Feral Impulse AoE reduced from global to 900
- Shapeshift base attack rate changed to 1.5 (a nerf)
- Wolves HP reduced from 400/475/550/625 to 400/450/500/550

Naga Siren
- Song of the Siren duration increased from 6 to 7 seconds
- Rip Tide cooldown from 12 to 10 seconds

Phoenix
- Sun Ray damage increased from 4% to 6%
- Fire Spirits sub ability now launches all the spirits at once, rather than one at a time
- Fire Spirits min/max numbers rebalanced


Pit Lord
- Armor reduced by 1

Rooftrellen
- Strength from 27 + 3.4 to 25 + 2.8
- Overgrowth cooldown increased from 100/95/90 to 115/105/95

Shadow Demon
- Disruption cast range decreased from 700 to 600

Shadow Priest
- Shadow Wave always heals you first before it jumps (so it won't jump back to you randomly during the bounce. This does not eat up one of your bounce limits either)

Spiritbreaker
- Strength growth decreased from 2.8 to 2.4
- Movement speed decreased from 295 to 290
- Charge of Darkness stun duration decreased from 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6 to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4 seconds
- Nether Strike now hits a Greater Bash based on it's current level and not auto-lvl4

Storm Spirit
- Base Strength increased by 2

Tuskarr
- Warlus Punch normal critical strike restored from 2.25 to 2.5x



Cranium Basher
- Recipe cost from 1150 to 1000

Khadgar's Pipe of Insight
- HP regeneration is now equal to the total of its components (10->11)




• Undid melee hero collision change from 6.72c
• Runes now die to one attack

• Rescaled Neutral Auras to the standard 900 AoE (Command Aura was 500, Toughness Aura was 700, Unholy Aura was 1000)
• Harpy Storm's Chain Lightning manacost reduced from 120 to 90 and cooldown from 9 to 6
• Enraged Wildkin's Tornado no longer automatically wanders around
• Forest Troll High Priest's Heal cast range from 250 to 350

• Restored Phantom Lancer's old Quelling Blade attack animation
• Changed the Circle of Power's Freeze Hero hotkey to avoid a conflict with revive
• Recoded Chain Frost to jump when the projectile hits rather than after a fixed amount of time. Projectile speed rescaled accordingly to remain similar to before (487503)



• Fixed a bug that would cause towers to sometimes ignore Batrider
• Fixed a vision bug when Skeleton King reincarnates
• Fixed a bug with The Swarm on invisible units
• Fixed a rare bug with Borrowed Time that could let it double cast
• Fixed a rare bug with Shackle based spells being stuck on Ezalor when he is channeling Illuminate
• Fixed a rare bug with Morph Replicate allowing you to endlessly teleport to the middle of the map
• Fixed a potential bug with spell steal projectile arriving to you while you die
• Fixed incorrect icons for Mana Void and Bloodrage
• Fixed the recent Hand of Midas reworking not working Mud Golems
• Fixed Goblin's Greed sometimes causing texttags to fail to appear overhead
• Fixed Focus Fire sometimes causing your attack speed to drop in very rare situations
• Fixed temporary hero vision bug after Aegis respawn with Faceless Void, Magina, Dragon Knight
• Fixed Charge of Darkness interaction with Aegis
• Fixed Snowball visual direction when rolling
• Fixed an exploit possible with Devour against Infested Naix
• Fixed Culling Blade being unable to kill Ethereal units
• Fixed Ice Blast being unable to kill Ethereal units
• Fixed a rare bug with some items registering as multiple spell events with some abilities
• Fixed some minor timing issues with CM mode
• Fixed a rare bug with The Swarm that could cause heroes to attach to each other
• Fixed some issues with Nightstalker Aghanim and Switch
• Fixed a rare bug with Thundergod's Wrath that could cause it to do the wrong damage
• Fixed Spell Steal cooldown not appearing on scoreboard
• Fixed Meepo buyback not fully restoring the mana of his other clones (484729)
• Fixed Static Remnant triggering on things like Spin Web (484157)
• Fixed various -swap exploits
• Fixed duration of Anchor Smash debuff on enemy not always lasting the right amount of time when hitting the same target in a short period of time
• Fixed lots of other misc bugs
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DotA 6.72e Map Download

Posted by bL4cK_m0p

Basically, this patch was released immediately after because there is a major bug found with Firefly whenever there were no observers in the game.

Another modification with DotA 6.72e is the reduction of manacost for Harpy Storm's Chain Lightning which used to be 120 to 90 and cooldown from 9 to 6.

DotA 6.72e download link:
http://media.playdota.com/maps/eng/DotA%20v6.72e.w3x

DotA 6.72e changelogs:
http://zenanga.blogspot.com/2011/07/dota-672e-map-changelogs.html



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DotA 6.71b AI aka VENGEANCE

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Sunday, June 26, 2011

DotA 6.71b AI aka VENGEANCE - Finally, DotA 6.71b AI was released and now available for download. All thanks to the courtesy of AITeam and PBMN. The new dynamic exp/gold mode is ON. The pwned AI players will get exp and gold bonuses which will bring back their might and get them a second chance to finish the game with honor.

DotA 6.71 AI Map

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Please visit DotA 6.71 AI download page to get your copy of DotA 6.71b AI.

DotA 6.71b AI Changelogs

MAP CODE

1. All the data from 6.71/6.71b changelist at the official DotA website. Too long to paste it all here.

AI CHANGES

1. New Dynamic Exp/Dynamic Gold mode. Here are some explanations how it works:
AI have bonus rate in XP and GOLD. Human rate is 100% XP and 1 GOLD / 0.875s (8G / 7s). AI rate is higher than that.

So, when AI hero kills, he gets -15% xp, and -4G/7s (from current bonus rate) and if the current rate is higher than the starting rate, it resets to starting rate

When AI hero dies, he gets + 15% xp, and +4G/7s (to current bonus rate), if current rate is lower than starting rate, it resets to starting rate

When AI hero gets an assist, he gets -7% xp and -2G/7s (from current bonus rate)

Min rate for AI is human rate (it won't get lower than that), there is no max rate

2. Two new sections in the scoreboard showing the current AI XP and GOLD rate. There might be up to 2.5s delay in scoreboard update for the rate

3. De/Dg mode is enabled by default, unless ne/ng is enabled

4. Various internal fixes. The big job for fixing the broken AI for 6.72 will begin soon.



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DotA 6.73 Map Download - Latest News and Updates

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Saturday, June 25, 2011

DotA 6.73 Map Download - Did you know that DotA 6.73 is coming very soon? DotA 6.73 is expected to introduce another new great heroes and items that will surely change the way we play DotA.

Keep on visiting this page to get the latest copy of DotA 6.73 and all other patches that will be released under DotA 6.73 Map. DotA 6.73 surely includes some bug fixes and changes in gameplay with enhancements on design and looks of heroes and items.

DotA 6.73 heroes


DotA 6.73 Map Changelogs
- To see the change details of DotA 6.73, please visit DotA 6.73 Map Changelogs page. (coming soon)

DotA 6.73 Map Download Links
DotA 6.73c
DotA v6.73c.w3x(coming soon)

DotA 6.73b
DotA v6.73b.w3x(coming soon)

DotA 6.73
DotA v6.73.w3x(coming soon)
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DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5 Download

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Tuesday, June 21, 2011

DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5 - DotA Allstars AI + Fun by Superwaitsum is the latest version of DotA AI Map with Fun Mode with 36 New Heores and added Scepter to some Fun Heroes. DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5 is an improved version of DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 of PBMN plus BuffMePlz's Fun Mode plus added older heroes that wasn't in the last version.

DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5 Download
How to use DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5
- Download DotA Fun Map
- Type -fun when the game starts
- Select any DotA Fun Map Heroes
- Type -flux while playing once in a while to check how many stats you've stacked

DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5 Changelog
-Fun Mode incorporated, from PBMN DotA 6.70c AI Rev2.
-36 Heroes in Fun Mode.
-Fixed all bugs in Formless and Old Morphling to copy abilities of other heroes of Fun Mode.
-Added Scepter to some Fun heroes.
-There is a bug when the Scepter is dropped down, it will mysteriously disappear. So for now, don't drop the Scepter.



DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5 Download Links
DotA 6.70c AI Rev2 Fun 2.5.w3x

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Free-To-Play DotA 2, DotA 2 Will be Free For All?

Posted by bL4cK_m0p on Monday, June 20, 2011

Free-to-Play DotA 2 DotA will be free for all? - We just heard a news that DotA 2 will be released by valve as free-to-play for all through F2P on Steam. Valve believes that F2P is widely supported and they might also consider create their platform for their games. As of to this writing, Valve has 5 free-to-play online games namely; Global Agenda, Champions Online, Spiral Knights, Alliance of Variant Arms, and Forsaken World.



He went on to say, “In some areas of the world, F2P games are already paying more than the traditional games. This trend continues for some time and we believe it will continue.”

But which game? Monsieur Lombardi wouldn’t say much more on the matter. DotA 2 seems to be as fair a guess as any, given that it’s pretty much the only confirmed forthcoming Valve release, which is why loads of people are saying it. The French included. Google Chrome’s translate feature also tells us that “microwave transactions” will play a big role in the future of PC gaming.



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