Friday, September 5, 2014

Techies have hit the main client!


Valve delivers Techies to the main client as promised, so all pick might not be the best choice for the next few days. The suicidal trio were part of Valve's TI4 milestone and will undoubtably present you with a very unique experience. The update also welcomes All Random Deathmatch and the All-Hero Challenge.


Ability draft may be losing its appeal but the new All Random Deathmatch mode where players become a new hero every time they respawn, with each team getting a total of 40 respawns, might be of some interest to you. The other community additions in the update can be found here. If you've somehow missed the Techies hype train and were not familiar with the hero in DOTA1, the video guide below should get you up to speed before you risk a public matchmaking game.

Dota 2 Hero Spotlight - Techies


Source : www.joindota.com

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Alliance Roster Changes Official


In an announcement today, Sweden Alliance has made their roster changes official with both Sweden s4 and SwedenEGM leaving the squad.  While it was already publicly known that the long-standing Sweden Alliance roster would be changed, this heartfelt announcement relates some of the history of the team, their accomplishments, and a statement from each remaining team member.  Sweden s4 currently plays with European UnionTeam Secret, and Sweden EGM is on the European Union Team Tinker squad.

As expected, it seems that every is reflecting on the change very positively and with much enthusiasm for what the future holds for all involved.  We wish the best of luck to all and look forward to seeing what this next chapter holds!

Visit farewell.thealliance.gg to read Sweden Loda, Sweden AdmiralBulldog, Sweden Akke, and Singapore Kelly's statements regarding the change.  In addition, a commemorative keychain is being sold through Design By Humans.

Alliance Roster

 

Sweden Jonathan 'Loda' Berg
Sweden Henrik 'AdmiralBulldog' Ahnberg
Sweden Joakim 'Akke' Akterhall

Sources:
farewell.thealliance.gg
Design By Humans

I-League Main Event Teams Confirmed : DotA has no Retirement


With the completion of the Chinese qualifier, he have the final 8 teams who will be going to the LAN final of the i-League to compete for the first place prize of roughly $96,000. The qualifier had been a shocker for many, spatially for the betting community, as teams like Na’Vi.US, Titan and Team Tinker fall by the wayside.

A spatial highlight of the tournament has been the surprise qualification of newly formed team, Old Boys. The teams was formed by a group of retired professionals from the scene in an attempt to help out new comers to improve. Just before the commencement of i-League Chinese qualifier, Tong Fu decided to take up the team as they were going to participate, and in fact beyond expectation, they entered the main event by eliminating LGD, who also were recently coming out of the post-ti reshuffle.

Team Old Boys Roster :
China Jiang “YYF” Cen
China Chen “Zhou” Yao
China Xie “DD” Bin
China Huang “LongDD” Xiang
China Zou “820″ Yitian

Another shocker came with the the elimination of The International 2014 Champion, NewBee, by the hands of LGD.CDEC. Invictus Gaming although managed to cling their spot for the final 8 as they defeated Tong Fu.



 Earlier Power Ranger and Virtus.Pro also managed to grab their spot in the final eight out of the odds where teams like Na`Vi.NA and SNA failed to prevail.


The LAN finals will be held at the Shanghai International Media Center on 25th September after being moved to not clash with the WEC. Both Vici Gaming and Team DK were voted to be invitees by Chinese fans. Since Team DK does not have a roster currently, it is likely they’ll be replaced by the TI4 champion, Newbee.

Final 8 Teams for i-League LAN Final :
LGD.CDEC
Invictus Gaming
OldBoys
Team DK
Vici Gaming
Power Rangers
Virtus.pro
Rave

Brackets Image Taken from Liquid Wiki
Source of info DotaTalk

'Dota is my youth', documentary of Team DK


ImbaTV has delivered us another great film of the Chinese participants of TI4, this time following the emotional road of cn Team DK throughout the International 2014. While they failed to reach their ultimate goal of the grand prize, this great cast of colorful characters will forever stay in our hearts.


Saturday, August 30, 2014

ARS-ART retires


PGG to replace him in Moscow Five.

Smile has been one of the finest players to have come out of the CIS region. He has played in some of the top squads from that region at a peak level. Good luck to him in all future endeavors.

Monday, July 7, 2014

"Roads" - Official Titan Dota 2 Documentary 2014





"We all have the same dream, we just follow different roads." 


A heart-warming documentary about the veteran Dota players we all know and love, "Roads" follows the Titan team as they try to find themselves as a team amidst the pressure of competition brewing in the hustle and bustle of the Dota 2 professional scene. Through their reflections of the past, we follow the roads they chose that brought them to where they are today and uncover the roads they will choose to take in order to bring home the year's grand prize: The International.




Written and directed by Raphael Yee. 

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

DOTA2 Custom Map: DOTA Dash!

So many awesome mods being made for Dota already. It's only going to get better once the official tools are released. The coming year should be a good one. 


Play DOTA Dash and other custom maps for free at http://d2modd.in/

Friday, July 4, 2014

The International 2013 Recap

Recap from last year The International 3 

The International 4 Prize Pool

 

 USD 4.7M+ for TI4 champion. Top 14 teams get a slice of the USD 10M+ prize pool. Distribution and more announced here. http://dota2.com/international/overview

This year prize pool is huge. even the 13/14th placed got their prize. Hope to see the best team to win the 10 million worth of prize. Its gonna change their Dota 2 life career for ever. For Sure.

Starladder Season X is back



The biggest spectacle of the year is just about to start, but we already take a look ahead as Starladder has graced us with a sneak peak of what will be their tenth anniversary season. Starladder Season X is set to begin just a mere month after the International and will once again feature teams from all around the world.

 DK the Starladder Season 9 Champion 

For the tenth season of the Star Series, the teams will be pitted against one another in four different divisions: ‘Europe & CIS’, ‘North & South America’, ‘Southeast Asia’ and ‘China’, once again separating the different regions similarly to the previous installment. Starladder continues to expand as they morph the South Korean division from season nine into a brand new SEA division, allowing teams such as my Titan and my Arrow to take part in the Star Series for the first time. Also following the footsteps of the previous season, 8 teams will advance on to the LAN Finals: Four from the Europe/CIS region, two from China, one from SEA and one from America.

The battle is set to commence in late August with an online part lasting for six weeks, culminating in the LAN Finals on 23rd to 26th of October. All the matches will be broadcasted via Twitch.tv in multiple different languages, and as usual, there will be a Starladder ticket available in Dota 2 store for the in-game enthusiasts as well as for those who would like to show their support for Starladder. We'll keep you up to date as soon as more information surfaces.

Dota 2 Techies


Technies preview by Cyborgmatt. Will be released soon after The International 4. 

CIS get their visas approved on the fourth try

For about one and a half weeks, it looked dire for the chinese newcomers cn CIS to compete in this year's International, the largest eSports tournament ever. Now, all of their visas got approved on their fourth try by a friendly Dota 2 playing officer. 

Just this morning, cn CIS finally got their visas approved and are now ready to go in to this years main event of Dota 2. Appearantly, an officer, who played Dota himself helped the team out:
  
"Fourth try, everyone passed. When I found out the visa was approved I was almost in tears~~~The officer understood Dota2...all his questions were about dota2, asking me my ID and when our team was made. Thank you for everyone's prayers, and everyone who helped out~~~except we haven't practiced for 10 days, gotta go back and practice" - June, CIS

The promising chinese teams suffered from a long period of uncertainity whether they could attend the International, but in the end it all worked out. This was a reoccuring issue for all of the Internationals, where some team always had some sort of visa problems. This shows, that there is still a bit to go, until gaming is accepted in the same way as "normal" sports, however, there have been major steps of improvement in the past few months.
 

Thursday, July 3, 2014

An Interview of Cyborgmatt


Do You Want to Lane Together !!

Best team The International 2013 stories

 Some footage from The International 2013 from valve. I selected a few videos which I think the best team in The International 2013. We should give credits to each team that participate on 2013 because the tournament will not be good without them. Hope you enjoy my picks.
 
TEAM ALLIANCE STORIES
 

TEAM LGD GAMING 
  

TEAM NA'VI STORIES
  

TEAM ORANGE STORIES
 

TEAM IG STORIES

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Ninja Defuse by Yamany

Some sweet moves from Yamany in CS:GO with his special bomb defuse skills. NINJA DEFUSE. Should give the respect to this guy.


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SEA Team Ranking

Ranking are based on teams performance up to date.

CIS Visas Denied For a Third Time


A couple days ago, CIS Game announced that their visas had been denied for a first time. This wasn't much of a problem as Malaysia Arrow Gaming faced the same issue but were able to get their visas approved in time. However, China CIS hasn't had the same amount of luck and their visa applications have been denied for a third time. With TI4 approaching, this might become a real problem.
According to China Lin "June" Shiyang, the manager of the team and Germany Dominik "Black^" Reitmeier, the team's veteran, have had no problems in getting their visas approved and they are good to go. However, the four youngest members of the team have had their applications denied over and over again. At this point they have contacted Valve, Perfect World, and the Chinese Government to help them out with their application. They have promised to apply again in a couple days. However, in a tweetGermany Black^ said that the tournament might end sooner than expected. While many are hopeful that this tweet was talking about the World Cup match between Algeria and Germany (as Germany was having a tough time during the match), it is more than likely that he is referring to his team's current situation. It is very possible that if their visa applications don't get approved soon, they won't be able to attend TI4 and play in the Wild Card match.
This is one of many problems qualifying teams have faced with visa approval. Is it possible that Valve will consider moving their biggest tournament, The International, to a more visa-friendly location next year? Only time will tell. We at DotaCinema sincerely hope that China CIS' visas get approved in time to participate in TI4.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Arrow Gaming Secured Play Convention Dota 2 Tournament

Arrow Gaming Secured Another Championship in Play Convention Dota 2 Tournament after defeated Invasion with 3-0. 


Final Results
  • 1st – Arrow Gaming (RM2,000)
  • 2nd – Invasion (RM1,000)
  • 3rd – Regal (RM500)

2nd Place

 Invasion take second place.

Dont give up guys , Life is always full of hope

Dont give up guys , Life is always full of hope