DotA 6.73 Coming for Christmas

Recently Icefrog has mentioned on his profile that he is aiming to release 6.73  for this Christmas

the chinese person ask：
when will release 6.73,i thought thanksgiving day, or Christmas?

IceFrog answer：Right, my goal is to Christmas

Dota 2 Naix the Lifestealer

Wodota - Top 10 Weekly Vol 78

Ponen 500 beta key's de dota 2

TODO SEA POR EL DIA DE GRACIAS!

"Hoy estamos añadiendo un extra de 500 claves para el sorteo diario para dar a la comunidad.

Feliz Día de Gracias!"

q esperan para entrar a los foros y estar en el sorteo no pierdes nada intentando xD :)

Twice the blood shall I shed!

First things first, today’s update introduces Bloodseeker and Kunkka. Have fun!

This update also enables the practice bots. While they’re still a work in progress, they’re a great low-pressure tool for trying out new heroes and item builds. While practicing with them, note that you can ping the minimap to send commands to your allied bots – ping an enemy tower to tell them to push a lane, an enemy hero to ask for assistance in a gank, and so on. At the moment they only know how to play a subset of the current heroes, but they do know how to use all of Dota 2′s many items.

They’ll also use text chat to indicate their plans, so you can join in. For example, they’ll:

• Let you know when they’re coming to your lane for a gank.
• Communicate when they’re fleeing or losing a fight.
• Indicate their high priority targets in upcoming team fights.
• Expose their thinking about whether they should push or defend their lanes.
• Call for assistance versus Roshan if they think the timing is right.

If you’re interested, here are a few features we’ll be adding to them next:

• User specified difficulty levels, so you can tune them to your skill level.
• Deeper control over your allied bots, so you can “command” your team at a high level. For instance, you might want your team’s carry to not join a fight, and instead keep farming their lane. Note that they do a good job of making these kinds of decisions themselves, but if you really want to be hands-on, you can.
• Support for several more heroes.

As always, let us know what you think.

Finally, we saw that Playdota’s Photo Competition finished up, and handed out several Dota 2 keys. If you haven’t taken a look, there’s some great photos there.

DotA v6.72f AI approximate release date

Hi, guys. Long time no see. If things work out good we may release the map next week. Loads of things changed, so more incremental releases may follow in short time with bugfixes and new AI additions.

Posted by PBMN

Dota 6.72f Ai

Hi, guys. Long time no see. If things work out good we may release the map next week. Loads of things changed, so more incremental releases may follow in short time with bugfixes and new AI additions. 

Hola, chicos. Hace mucho que no lo veía. Si las cosas salen bien podemos dar a conocer el mapa de la próxima semana. Un montón de cosas han cambiado, por lo que libera más incremental puede seguir en poco tiempo con correcciones y adiciones de inteligencia artificial.

¡Eso se merece una botella de ron!

Uno de los puntos de Dota 2 de los que más feedback hemos recibido es el sistema de espectadores. Creemos que puede resultar interesante hablaros de lo que nos llevó a desarrollar el sistema actual, de esa forma podréis entender qué pretendemos conseguir y tal vez vuestra ayuda resulte determinante para lograrlo. Creemos que la posibilidad de ser espectadores de una partida, tanto en directo como una repetición, es una parte importante de la experiencia de Dota.
A grandes rasgos, creemos que hay dos usos principales para nuestro sistema de espectadores, más allá de contemplar una partida por pura diversión. El primer uso sería el aprendizaje y la mejora de nuestras habilidades. El segundo es que podríamos contemplar partidas comentadas en torneos y ligas. En general creemos que el sistema de espectadores merece un tratamiento tan importante como el juego en sí, así que la mejor forma de empezar es colocar un botón de ESPECTADOR bien destacado en el menú principal de Dota 2.
Si lo que buscas es observar partidas para mejorar tu habilidad, hay una serie de filtros que puedes utilizar para encontrar una partida que te resulte útil, como poder localizar un héroe o jugador, encontrar a jugadores con unos niveles de habilidad concretos y demás. Esta es un área en la que esperamos poder mejorar en un futuro: si quieres aprender a manejar un nuevo héroe, te facilitaremos la búsqueda de repeticiones que te ayudarán a hacerte una idea de sus peculiaridades. Si estás siguiendo a tu equipo competitivo favorito, o te perdiste la última gran partida de un amigo anoche, el juego lo sabrá y te llevará a esas repeticiones. Si eres un jugador experimentado que quiere mejorar su habilidad con un héroe concreto, o mejorar tu juego en equipo como parte de un equipo de héroes, queremos que puedas encontrar fácilmente repeticiones en las que veas a jugadores de alto nivel utilizando a esos héroes.
La segunda característica principal que hemos añadido para los jugadores que miran para aprender es el modo de cámara Perspectiva del Jugador. En este modo, eliges a uno de los jugadores de la partida y podrás verla como si estuvieras en su ordenador. Verás su cursor de ratón y sus acciones, sus movimientos de cámara, su HUD, sus interacciones con los elementos de la interfaz y demás. Queremos que veas exactamente cómo un jugador experimentado maneja el juego, de forma que puedas aprender a mejorar tu propia técnica. Este es el objetivo de este modo de cámara.
Cuando estás contemplando una partida de un torneo, normalmente la ves a la vez que una gran cantidad de espectadores. Queríamos mejorar la experiencia de seguir partidas en directo, y el primer problema que identificamos es que los espectadores no disponen de una visión conjunta de la partida. Esto complica el mantener una conversación con otros espectadores acerca de lo que está ocurriendo en los monitores, ya que cada uno puede observar desde una posición diferente. Este problema nos llevó a crear el modo de cámara Dirigida, en el que hemos utilizado nuestra experiencia con Source TV para construir una cámara inteligente que sepa lo que está a punto de ocurrir e intente asegurarse de estar en la mejor posición para que no te pierdas ni un detalle de la acción. Así que además de poder relajarte sabiendo que la cámara siempre estará en su sitio, podrás charlar acerca de lo que está ocurriendo en la partida, ya que todos los espectadores que estén utilizando este modo de cámara están viendo exactamente lo mismo que tú.
Otro de nuestros objetivos para el modo espectador era mejorar el soporte para los comentaristas. Si has observado alguna de las partidas de The International te habrás dado cuenta de lo importante que puede resultar un buen comentarista a la hora de darle emoción a la retransmisión, y también para ayudar a los nuevos a entender lo que está ocurriendo. Pero las implementaciones previas del sistema de comentaristas utilizaban una pista de audio independiente al juego. Esto significa que no se capturaba junto con el juego, por lo tanto si no veías la retransmisión en directo, no podrías escuchar los comentarios más adelante. Nos parecía importante solucionar esto, así que integramos el soporte para comentaristas en el propio juego y lo integramos junto con la repetición. Así que si has descargado algunas de las partidas de The International podrás verlas como si las hubieras seguido en directo, con todos los comentarios y el trabajo de cámara, todo intacto. Si la partida se retransmitía en varios idiomas también lo podrás elegir durante la repetición.
Si todavía no tienes Dota 2 y no has podido experimentar todas estas características, tienes suerte: hay una gran cantidad de jugadores retransmitiendo partidas, así que echa un vistazo y déjanos tus impresiones. Un sitio muy útil que estamos utilizando nosotros es StreamDota2.com, que ofrece una gran variedad de retransmisiones para elegir.

 

¡Derramaré el doble de sangre!

Lo primero es lo primero, con la actualización de hoy os presentamos a Bloodseeker y a Kunkka. ¡Que os divirtáis!
Esta actualización también activa los bots de prácticas. Aunque todavía están sin terminar, son una excelente herramienta para probar nuevos héroes y conjuntos de objetos sin agobios. Al practicar con ellos puedes utilizar el minimapa para enviar comandos a tus bots aliados: marcar una torreta enemiga para pedirles que tracen un camino, un héroe enemigo para pedir que te ayuden en la lucha y demás. Por ahora sólo están capacitados para manejar una parte de los héroes actuales, pero saben utilizar todos los objetos de Dota 2.
También utilizarán el chat de texto para indicar sus planes de forma que puedas unirte a ellos. Por ejemplo, ellos:

• Te informarán cuando vayan a encontrarse contigo para luchar a tu lado.
• Te informarán si están huyendo o perdiendo una lucha.
• Te indicarán sus objetivos prioritarios en las luchas por equipos.
• Te dirán si creen que es mejor que avancen o que defiendan sus zonas.
• Pedirán ayuda contra Roshan si creen que es oportuno.

Si estás interesado, estas son algunas características que les añadiremos próximamente:

• Nivel de dificultad especificado por el usuario, de forma que puedas ajustarlo acorde con el tuyo.
• Control más completo de tus bots aliados, de forma que puedas “comandar” tu equipo a un mayor nivel. Por ejemplo, puede que te interese que tu equipo no se una a una lucha, y que sigan farmeando en su zona. Ten en cuenta que ellos pueden tomar este tipo de decisiones bastante bien, pero si realmente quieres el control absoluto, podrás hacerlo.
• Soporte para más héroes.

Como siempre, déjanos tus impresiones.
Por último, hemos visto que la Playdota’s Photo Competition ha terminado y hemos proporcionado varias keys de Dota 2. Si todavía no les has echado un vistazo, hay algunas fotos estupendas allí.

That’s worth a bottle of rum!

One thing we’ve received a lot of feedback on is the Dota 2 spectator system. We thought it might be interesting to talk a bit about the thinking that led us to the current system, in the hopes that it might help you understand what we’re trying to do, so that you can help us improve upon it. We think that spectating games, both live and saved replays, is an important part of the Dota experience.

At a high level, we felt there were two important ways that players would be using our spectator system, beyond simply watching games for fun. The first way is that they’d be using it to watch in the interests of improving their skills. The second is that they’d be watching commentated matches in tournaments and leagues. Overall we felt that spectating should be treated as importantly as playing the game, so we started with a WATCH button featured prominently in Dota 2′s main menu.

If you’re looking to watch games to improve yourself, there are a number of filters you can use to find a useful game, such as one with a particular hero or player, one featuring players of specific skill levels, and so on. This is an area we expect to improve upon in the future too: if you want to learn a new hero, we want to make it really easy to find a set of replays that’ll help you quickly get a handle on it. If you’re following a favorite competitive team, or missed a friend’s great match last night, the game will know and lead you to those replays. If you’re an experienced player who wants to expand your skill with a specific hero, or work on your teamwork as part of a specific team of heroes, we want you to be able to easily find replays that’ll let you see high level players using those heroes in matches.

The second main feature we added for players who are watching to learn is the Player Perspective camera mode. In this mode, you select one of the players in the game, and you see the game as if you were at their computer. You see the player’s mouse cursor and input, their camera work, their HUD, their interaction with UI elements, and so on. We wanted you to be able to see exactly how a highly skilled player is playing the game, so you can see ways of improving your own play, and that’s what this camera mode lets you do.

When you’re watching a tournament match, you’re usually watching it at the same time as a large number of other spectators. We wanted to improve the experience of watching live games, and the first problem we identified is that individual spectators don’t have a shared view of the game. This makes it harder to have a conversation with other spectators around what’s happening onscreen, because everyone will be watching from a different position. This problem led us to creating the Directed camera mode, where we were able to leverage our experience with Source TV to build a smart camera that knows what’s about to happen, and tries to make sure it’s in a good position to let you see that action unfold. So in addition to being able to kick back and relax knowing that the camera will always be where the action is, you’re also able to talk about anything happening onscreen because you know that everyone else watching the Directed camera is seeing the same thing you are.

Another goal we had for spectating matches was to have better support for commentators. If you’ve watched any of the matches from The International, you’ve probably already seen that a good commentator can make a match much more exciting to watch, and help beginners understand what’s going on. But previous implementations of commentating systems have had the commentator’s voice stream sit outside the game. This means that it isn’t captured along with the game – and that means that if you weren’t there to watch the live game, you won’t hear the commentary when you watch the replay at a later date. We felt that should be fixed, so we built commentator support fully into the game itself, and bake it into the replay itself. So if you download one of The International matches, you can watch it as if it was a live game, with all the commentator’s camerawork and commentary intact. For matches commentated in multiple languages, you’ll find all the different languages there in the replay too.

If you don’t have Dota 2 yet, and haven’t had a chance at seeing these features for yourself, you’re in luck: there are a ton of players out there streaming the game, so take a look and let us know what you think. A handy site we’ve been using ourselves is StreamDota2.com, which provides a nice set of streams to choose from.

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Dota 2 Maphack | Hacks in Dota 2

The original Warcraft DotA was plagued by maphacks that could bypass Garena's anti-hack system and Battlenet's Warden.

Aside from hacks that gave map vision, there were collided DotA maps, hacked DotA maps that would enable players to secretly enter cheats to gain an advantage in-game.

DotA Maphacks enabled global vision for DotA

The rampant DotA hacks eventually pushed other DotA players to switch to Heroes of Newerth - a stand-alone DotA game that virtually erased maphacks in games hosted on the official servers. With almost everything done server-side, maphacks were not possible without hacking directly into S2's servers - a felony.

Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) will ban you for cheating in Dota 2

If you see any shady websites offering you to download Dota 2 hacks, it would be best to avoid doing so. These may contain malicious content which may damage your computer and get you perma-banned from playing Dota 2.

Will there be Dota 2 hacks? That will be a test for Valve Corporation.
If a small-time independent game developer like S2 Games can get rid of the hacking problem, there's no reason Valve Corporation cannot.

Are there any Dota 2 cheats?
Yes, there are single-player Dota 2 cheats.

Please welcome The Juggernaut

The Juggernaut has been ported to Dota 2.

   

Competitive Dota 2 update:
22 000 US Dollars will be distributed to the top 3 Dota 2 teams in the ESWC 2011 Dota 2 tournament.

DotA 2 Artwork | Chinese DotA 2 Artwork & Kunkka's Lina Art

Dota 2 Wallpapers from China

A Chinese Dota 2 fan named jijimumu has recreated the Dota 2 heroes Chinese-style.

Anti-mage

Axe

Enchantress

Faceless Void

Nevermore

Storm Spirit

Rylai

Doom Bringer

Wind Runner

Witch Doctor

Earth Shaker

Zeus

Vengeful Spirit

Dota 2 Lina Art by Kunkka

Kunkka of Imaginary Friends Studios has released art for Dota 2's Lina.

Lina

Dota 2 Hats for Team Fortress 2

TF2 Dota 2 Hats Revealed 

Alert! Valve Corporation has Dota 2 hats for Team Fortress 2 players.
Radiant vs Dire goes RED vs BLUE in the special TF2 Promo Hats Dota 2 series.

TF2 hats for Dota 2 

Clockwerk Hat
 
The Clockwerk hat is inspired by the Dire Strength hero, Clockwerk.
 

Storm Spirit Hat 
 
The Storm Spirit Hat is inspired by the Radiant Intelligence hero, Storm Spirit. 
 

Sniper Hat
 
The Sniper Hat is based upon the Radiant Agility hero, Sniper.
 

How to get the Dota 2 hats? We'll reveal them later.
In the meantime, sign up for the Dota 2 beta now. 

Dota 2 Beta Registrations Are Now Open

 

"Get Inside the Dota 2 Beta" 

How to get into the Dota 2 beta: (Guide)
1. Create a Steam Account.

2. Log-in to the Dota 2 Beta page.


3. Click on the GET ON THE LIST button found in the middle of the Dota 2 beta registration page.


Once you have successfully registered, you will recieve this message - "Thank you. We will contact you with info about your status as we get closer to the BETA."

See you in the Dota 2 BETA!

*The massive Dota 2 Beta testing phase is scheduled this fall.
Once beta starts, accepted testers will be able to download the Dota 2 beta client.

Tournament Website is Up

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.

Dota 2 gamescom Trailer (HD) Download

The tournament is just around the corner. All the teams and community commentators are on their way to Germany right now. We will provide the schedule and detailed information about the tournament tomorrow. Enjoy this gamescom Trailer in the meantime.

Download HD Version Here:

Kunkka releases Dota 2 Art

1st Dota 2 Art released by Kunkka

Singapore - Kendrick "Kunkka" Lim has released the first Dota 2 wallpaper to the public. In the tradition of DotA loading screens, the artwork showcases different heroes in a state of battle.

From Kendrick "Kunkka" Lim: 

Here is a mash-up for Dota2 that I've been working on.. it is a sneak peak for 10 of the Dota2 heroes. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Download the Dota 2 Wallpaper below:

Click on the image to zoom in. 

Dota 2 In-Game Screenshot | Doombringer & Shadow Fiend

Doom Bringer in Dota 2

Since the Chinese have started releasing in-game screenshots, here is an in-game screenshot of Doom Bringer. 

Click to zoom in.