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

Alliance Roster Changes Official

In an announcement today,  Alliance has made their roster changes official with both  s4 and EGM leaving the squad.  While it was already publicly known that the long-standing  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.   s4 currently plays with Team Secret, and  EGM is on the  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  Loda,  AdmiralBulldog,  Akke, and  Kelly's statements regarding the change.  In addition, a commemorative keychain is being sold through Design By Humans.

Alliance Roster

 

 Jonathan 'Loda' Berg
 Henrik 'AdmiralBulldog' Ahnberg
 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 :

Jiang “YYF” Cen
Chen “Zhou” Yao
Xie “DD” Bin
Huang “LongDD” Xiang
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
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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 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.