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DotA 2 Beta Keys Contest by GosuGamers

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

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

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.

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List of Dota 2 Heroes - Latest and Updated

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Dota 2 Frequently Asked Questions - Dota 2 FAQ

Dota 2 Frequently Asked Questions - Dota 2 FAQ - IceFrog posted series of Question and & Answer session regarding DotA 2.

Dota 2 Q&A
November 1, 2010 - IceFrog

Q: Is there reconnect support for DotA 2? (by Vanes-UT)
A: This was actually one of the very first things we added early on, before the game was stable, in order to help with testing. You’ll also be able to have a friend of similar skill level substitute for you in case you have to leave. Players that want to improve their reputation in the game and community will also be able to help out by joining ongoing games that are missing players.

Q: Can I still play with my friends from America even though I am European? (by Adam Mosley)
A: Yes, a lot of people have friends in different regions and we want to allow them to easily interact. One of the things that makes DotA special is how big the community is, so we will do our best to make it easy to connect and communicate with one another.

Q: How are you going to handle delay and lag between players? (by Alex)
A: This is something we are putting a lot of time and resources into. Minimizing delay to servers, along with optimizing networking code, is very important to being able to enjoy DotA on both a casual and competitive level. We’re expanding the Steam infrastructure around the world so the matchmaking service for DotA 2 is able to provide the lowest possible ping wherever you are playing. There will also be some uniquely located servers that are optimized regionally for handling longer distance matches.

Q: What kind of hardware requirements will the game have? (by S.Hong)
A: We don’t have an official minimum spec just yet. The goal is to make sure that people with older computers and the PCs at LAN centers will be able to support the game, while also allowing for newer computers to scale well.

Q: I heard there was going to be an AI feature for when a player leaves. Is there going to be an option to take direct control of the hero? (by Stephen)
A: The AI features will be optional to the players in the game. You can have teammates use it, send it to the base, or give it AI modes and behaviors to follow.

Q: Will there be anything like the AI maps in DotA or a “training mode” with difficulty levels? (by L.Pham)
A: Yes there will be bot support if you just want to play by yourself, or you can create a party of friends and fill the rest of the slots with bots. There are a variety of different settings you can use in order to configure the bots, ranging from selectable difficulty levels to specific behaviors that you want to practice against. For example, if you want to practice your lane control, you could configure the bots to be stronger at denying, last hitting, and harassing. We’ll also have some specially crafted challenge scenarios, similar to things like Pudge Wars, which I’ll elaborate on in the future.

Q: Will the replay system allow me to move freely backwards and forwards in time rather than having to watch a whole replay? (by Luciando)
A: You’ll be able to jump around to any point in the replay, add bookmarks for easy referencing, view detailed stats and graphs while the game is going, and watch through a specific player’s view (with regards to their camera movement). You’ll also be able to watch replays with friends if you want to review a game or learn from your mistakes. To aid videomakers, the replay system will have flexible camera angle and speed controls. There will also be a bunch of commentating and editing features you can add to your replays.

Q: Don’t you think you should make a lot of changes to the gameplay? (by Robert)
A: Significant changes would not necessarily make it a better game. There are countless features we are building around the game that will make the experience a much better one. The gameplay itself, though, has always evolved step by step, and it will continue with that methodology. We consider this a long term project, in the same way DotA has always been. We want to provide a quality experience and not just change for the sake of change. You’ll naturally see additions and improvements to the game as time passes, but it would be a natural progression aimed at improving the game for the players and not for other arbitrary reasons. Valve and I strongly believe that the player focused development process the game has gone through is what will allow us to continue making the best decisions with regards to where we spend our development time.

Q: Can you spectate an already ongoing DotA 2 game? (by Valo)
A: A lot of the game will be built around spectating and shoutcasting support. You will be able to join most ongoing games (unless the players marked it as private) and just watch them. You can join a game your friend is in, see what your favorite clan is doing, or simply pick a skill level and a hero you like and it will find you one to watch. We also have a system in place that automatically distributes the load to multiple servers so that the game itself won’t be affected by users joining to spectate. Our distribution network will allow us to support any number of users that want to watch, by dynamically assigning more servers to the task. There will also be special tags and search options to help you find live or old shoutcasted games. Shoutcasters will be able to operate as directors, so anyone watching will have his camera looking at the same things the shoutcaster is viewing. There is also an optional anti-cheat mechanism built in so that the game you are spectating can be time delayed by any amount of time to reduce potential abuse.

Q: Will you keep loyal to casting times like Torrent and will it still be possible to do the advanced tricks, like animation canceling, fog of war tricks we’ve learned, etc? (by Lycan)
A: Yes, those mechanics are implemented. They are a very integral part of the game and it wouldn’t feel the same without them.

Q: How will we manage replay files? (by Nikos)
A: They will be automatically saved with your identity online utilizing the Steam Cloud storage system, so you don’t have to worry about losing them. You’ll be able to use the replay browser tools to search, sort, tag, rank, and favorite them.

Q: Are you going to work on DotA after DotA 2 is released? (by Jack Lee)
A: I plan to keep DotA updated for as long as the community wants. That being said though, I think that DotA 2 represents the long term future for the game.

Q: How will development change with regards to your role, current beta testers, community feedback, etc? (by Basel)
A: All that stuff will remain the same, except that now I also get to work with the developers at Valve. All of our current playtesters and even contributors like Kunkka are helping. One of the most important things for me has always been getting input from the community. There will be a lot of opportunities, throughout the next year, to give your feedback on all the things we are working on, ranging from features to visuals.

Q: Are the upgraded graphics going to be distracting? New graphics are great, but when there’s too much, you can’t see what’s going on anymore. (by Lycan)
A: Gameplay is definitely the most important aspect, everyone on the team understands this concern. The number one priority is making sure players can quickly and easily tell what’s happening on the screen at all times. Fine tuning the right visual balance with each ability, effect, hero, etc., will be an ongoing process as the game is playtested and we get your feedback. A clean and understandable visual representation of the action is important to everyone from experienced players, spectators, to new players.

Q: Will I be able to help test DotA 2? (by Sing Liu)
A: There will certainly be an opportunity to get involved with beta testing DotA 2 and help us with your feedback. We’ll release more information about how to sign up in the future.

Q: Are you going to do anything to make it easier for new players to get into the game and feel welcome? (by Arvin)
A: Some of what makes it hard, in current DotA, stems from the lack of services around the game that can help foster a better relationship between players and that it’s hard for players to be matched up with equally skilled allies and opponents. Things like tutorials, matchmaking, AI bots, identity, coaching, and community contribution will go a long way to making it easier for new players to fit in.

Q: What hotkey setup will exist in DotA 2? (by Stany Kaff)
A: We have a few default templates that cover the most popular configurations, but you’ll also be able to fully customize them to your liking. You can customize it on a global level or on a per hero basis if you choose. The hotkey configuration will include everything, not just heroes and items, but also how you navigate in the game, control the camera, autocast, set control groups, etc. Your settings are saved to your identity online, so if you go to a LAN center you will not have to reconfigure your keys.

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The Truth About IceFrog

This is a very important news to us, do we really know who Icefrog really is? There are rumors circling around the net talking about The Truth About IceFrog wherein an employee at Valve working on an unrelated project from IceFrog said that Icefrog already worked for Riot Games and S2 Games but didn't told Valve bout it.

What can you say? Is it true or not?

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Valve announces Dota 2, coming to the PC and Mac in 2011

As expected, Valve has just announced Dota 2 – that's capital D, lower-cased ota – its "massive sequel for one of the most played games in the world." There aren't many details in the short press release found after the break, save for its platforms -- Mac and PC -- and its release window of 2011.
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