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Mineski once again took home the gold, in not one but two game categories, during the recently concluded WGT 08 in the Philippines. Already an established local DotA team, Mineski expanded its portfolio by adding the defending CS local champ Team HoA as their CS division under the new name Mski.CS. With two of the best teams in their respective game categories carrying the Mineski flag, the hype and expectation for the team to win the WGT 08 was high. Mineski wasted no chance of disappointing their supporters and made sure they send a clear message to everyone else, and that is ... they want to represent Philippines in the international eSports scene.

What better way to prove that they are the best in town by besting out several other elite teams and taking on a Grand Slam in the eSports category of WGT 08. Congratulations to Mineski - DotA and Counter Strike Champions, WorldGameMasters Tournament Philippines.

Mineski DotA Team outlasted 7 other top local teams from across the islands including EXS and schooled from Cebu, Davao's FK and NoMets, and theos, EZ, Homeboys rounding up for the home town teams which fell prey to the uncanny Mineski. However, the route to the championship was not easy for Mineski this time as every opponent proved their worth being in the final 8.

On the other hand, Mineski CS Division on the other hand outgunned other rookie teams, the representative of the country for 3 years and counting had no trouble retaining their title.

Fnatic of Indonesia has won over 1 European and 6 Chinese teams in the recently held MGC Tournament.

Champion: Fnatic

Congratulations to them!

It has been confirmed!
Team Pandemic confirmed the rumor about their disbandment. It was today confirmed by Marc-Oliver 'desRow' Proulx. The state of the team was uncertain when we last spoke with the tPD captain, Mohammed 'mO`' Nasar, he did on the other hand ensure us that it would only take a few days to give a final verdict - that day was today.
tPD has only had their new DotA team for 4 months, when the American team Jukes On You got signed.
tPD was currently attending this Pride #11 and were supposed to play against H2O in the loser bracket, after getting knocked out of the winner bracket by neXt. H2O will get a default win due to the disbandment of tPD and will be one step closer to fight for the grand final spot!
We also got a statement from the tPD's manager Marc-Oliver 'desRow' Proulx, who said this to us:

"After 1-2 weeks of internal problems, the team couldn't continue and didint have the same synergy as before, therefore we disband.
Thanks to everyone for the great support and I wish good luck to all my ex-players!"

This is an interview with Ehome.820, a player of the Chinese DotA team.


Hi, 820, thanks for accepting our interview, lets say hello to everyone and make a brief introduction of yourself please.
- Hello everyone I am 820 from EHOME, thanks for the interview.

So you are in EHOME for more than a month now, are you familiar with EHOME?
- I think so, but I am not adapted to Bejing's weather yet.

What is your reason to join EHOME?
- To be the World Champion.

Why insist in bringing 357 along from CaNt to EHOME?
- I knew him long time ago and I know that he has great potential.

DotA is a team game, how you fit yourself in the new team?
- Besides training, I communicate more with my teammates and try to understand what they want.

EHOME lost to Ks in recent PD#11 game, is it because of the lag and delay?
- No, the connection is fine. We lost because we lack teamwork, and we were doing our own stuff and not playing as a team in that game.

Why forfeiting games so often. especially in F4F?
- The main problem is the internet, even in 4am midnight there is a 0.5+ seconds delay.

How did your team train for MGC LAN?
- We are trying to improve our teamplay.

Did you guys prepared any new strategy to use againts strong oponent?
- Nope, just play like normal.

What do you think about strong teams like Fnatic, Ks.int and CaNt?
- All of them are strong teams and shouldn't be underestimated.

So Sk, MYM and DTS will not be attending MGC08, do you feel unfortunate?
- Ya of course, I want to play againts foreign teams.

Which team you want to meet the most in MGC? What will you feel if you meet
our former team, CaNt?
- Ks.int and Fnatic I think, It's boring to play againts same local teams. I will just do my best.

Do you think EHOME can win MGC08? If you get the prize money what will you do with it?
- Of course we can win, I will save the money.

Do you agree that MGC is actually a gathering for DotA players?
- I agree, basically every strong team in China is here.

What do you think about MGC?
- A good event, i hope there will be more events like this in China

When are you going to Wuhan?
- 23th, 09:00pm.

What do you plan to do on train?
- Sleep, and maybe communicate with my teammates.

EHOME members love to play cards, will you join your mates?
- Nope, I am not a fan of card games, I'd rather read some novels.

Interview with KS.Int in China.

Hi, welcome to MGC, is this your first time in China?

Jolie: Yeah it's my first time.
HoroN: Me too.
Gunz: I came here two and a half years ago, this is my second time.

What is your first impression of China?

Jolie: Not bad, it's so different from Russia, and our dinner last night was so spicy!
Gunz: I want to eat PIZZA! ( The interview was done at Pizza Hut, China Optical Valley)

Let's talk about upcoming matches, what is your main aim in MGC?

Jolie: Of course the champion, we came here for the champion title.

Which team will be your toughest opponent? Fnatic or EHOME?

HoroN: I think it should be EHOME.

How much you know about the Chinese players? Anyone you know?

Jolie: Dolphin from CT and GK from EHOME.
Gunz: 357, I've seen his replays.
HoroN: I don't know about Chinese players.

Any special strategy for MGC?

Jolie: Of course, but we won't tell you!

What do you think about your new teammate, 2009? Can he replace Azen?

Jolie: He's a good player, I've seen his replays. I think he himself proved his own value.

MGC DotA will be in 6.53, any training on this map?

Jolie/Gunz: I think it is almost same as 6.52e, the only difference is just the Clockwerk Goblin.

This is the first time an International team compete in China, are you guys on pressure? How do you cope with it?

Jolie: Nope we are fine.

There are many China VP fans that want to know the true reason of VP's disband, can you tell us abit more?

Jolie: It is the changes of version and got bored with so many tournaments, I have not seen Vigoss for 2 months!

East European DotA scene, here's a quick one.

Explosive Gaming from Ukraine has added former Virtus.Pro player, blowyourbrain.

e^G roster is currently composed of the following:

e^G|Map
e^G|SweeT
e^G|CocainE_CaT
e^G|Moelie
e^G|WarLocK
e^G|Angel
blowyourbrain

Tournament: China

Ks.int

Ks^Jolie
Ks^Puppey
Ks^Horon
Ks^Gunz
Ks^2009

Fnatic

Fnatic.Ritter
Fnatic.melen
Fnatic.Lakuci
Fnatic.Koala
Fnatic.Bahamut

EHOME

EHOME.dclxjdc
EHOME.Snoy
EHOME.820
EHOME.357
EHOME.GK

SMTH

=SMTH=DH
=SMTH=Haoren
=SMTH=Knife
=SMTH=Mipa
=SMTH=Mingyue

Colorful

Colorful.Tasssa
Colorful.Virus&GiseLe
Colorful.186
Colorful.IlovesWy
Colorful.Mo1
Colorful.Iam4Hfans

CaNt

CaNt.BurNIng
CaNt.longdd
CaNt.PDP
CaNt.Nekomata
CaNt.Thah

Err... no, this is not the same event being held by eMg and Dust-Off.
CEVO LLC (CYBER EVOLUTION)just named it with the same title.

Online DotA Tournament
Only North Americans will be allowed.

• 32 teams, double elimination.
• $5.00 registration fee per player.
• Matches played twice a week, on Monday and Thursday evenings.
• Registration is open from Thursday, October 23rd - Sunday, November 16th.
• The map will be Stable Map: 6.52e.
• The tournament will use extended league mode (-ap).
• Approved 3rd party programs are:
Banlist
Health Viewer
Hotkey programs like DotA Keys
Blamestars or Keycraft
ESL Wire
DotA Client
Listchecker
Arank
and Garena.
• The CMN will be enabled for all matches.


• 1st Place - 5x HD4850 Sapphire Graphics Card ($999.95 value)
• 2nd Place - 5x HD3870 Sapphire Graphics Card ($574.95 value)
• 3rd Place - 5x Razer Goliathus™ Speed Edition Mousepad ($129.95)
• 4th Place - 5x Free entry into CEVO event of your choice. ($100.00 value)

Details:
November 3 to November 7

Time:
5pm Onwards

Venue:
Digital Life at Moberly

CCA Points will be awarded to the participants

Make Games Colorful 2008
Where: Wuhan, China.
MYM and  SK will not be going to China.

Famous international teams attending:
Ks.int
Fnatic

Local teams: 
EHOME
SMTH
Colorful (former PV)
and 2 other invited local teams

When: November 27th through 30th
Prepare to see some amazing matches!

Information:

* Open tournament
* BYOC
* Unlimited slots
* Tournament structure: Bracket
* Signup on site to Game Crew

Prize Pool:

1. SEK 27,000 = $3,764.75 USD
2. SEK 11,000 = $1,533.79 USD
3. SEK 5,000 = $697.18 USD

Website: http://www.dreamhack.se

3v3 Tournament? Lol.

Anyways, if you're from India and you're "interested" with 3v3, maybe you should check this out.

Details:

Date: 23-26th October 2008

Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,Roorkee,INDIA
(Roorkee is on NH-58 from Delhi to Dehradun,170 kms from delhi)

Prizes:
Warcraft III DotA (3 vs 3) Rs 8,000+goodies

Sponsors:
SIFY GAMEDROME
ELECTRONIC ARTS

For all details regarding games,rules,sponsors kindly visit
http://www.thomso.co.in/lanthrax/
So gear up for violence ,bloodshed and agony for war is at hand.

Vikram Pratap Singh
LANthrax'08
+919897597998

By the way, if you have some DotA Tournament tips, feel free to add a comment.

In what could be the biggest news in DotA today, former players of Singaporean DotA powerhouse, Zenith have joined Kingsurf. This shows how much internal conflict has brought to the Zenith team.

Here's a little information about the new additions:

Ks`Dk-MaG3

Full Name: Michael Luo Chao Qun
Nationality: Singaporean
Age: 19
Date Of Birth: 07-04-1989
Place Of Birth: Singapore
Ex-teams played before: DsD, Micronology, Zenith
Role in the team: Any
Favorite Hero: Tiny
Favorite Team: XcN
Favorite Player: SK.Loda
Favorite Food: Chicken Breast
Favorite Drink: Mineral Water
Favorite Book: The Bible
Favorite Movie: The Notebook
Favorite Band: Lifehouse
Favorite Singer: Robbie Williams
Favorite Actor: Edward Norton

Ks`Bouncy

Full Name: Lin Zhiren
Nationality Singaporean
Age: 17-18
Date Of Birth: 29-11-1990
Ex-teams played before: Micronology,Zenith,KSQ
Role in the team: Warder:)
Favorite Hero: Warlock
Favorite Team: Micronology,Zenith
Favorite Player: Ks`Yamateh

They call him Prepared...
... and he plays 36 World of Warcraft accounts all by himself.

View his little "gaming center."



What can he say about this?

A lot have asked me, why create so many? The main reason is to invade Stormwind and Ironforge when they reach top level. I'm sure the Alliance will put up a big fight when that happens. We'll see how it goes. If they don't make level 70 before Wrath of the Lich King, then it will be at level 80. That is my main goal. That will probably happen after I've got some PvP gear from the battlegrounds. I'm also planning to do some 25 and 10 man raid instances but that is secondary to my PvP goal. Of course I'll be doing arenas too to build up PvP gear but I'm not expecting to do that great there because I'm way behind in gear right now. I need to get to level 70 first, then level 80 and by then I will probably have all green gear while most others have been doing the battlegrounds and arenas.

It costs me exactly $5711 in subscription costs per year with 36 accounts on the 6 month pay schedule. Not bad considering I'm looking at it like it's a hobby and there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft.

When Wrath of the Lich King is released, I plan to be at the store when it opens and will purchase 36 copies of it. With tax, it should be about $1500 for all of them. Then the shaman are on their way to level 80 along with the priest, druid and mage.

That's $5,711 people!!! Just for WoW. Imba guy. What do you guys think?

What happens if Hitler plays Kardel on GGClient (Garena)?
Watch and learn.

Heldarion of MYM recently interviewed British DotA player, KS.Gunz
Here is the interview results
Nicely done in fact!


Name: Max Williams
Age: 21
Birthdate: 20.02.1987
Location: London, England
Origin: Canada
Sex: male
Height: 5'11'' (180,34 cm)
Weight: 75 kg

Favourites:

Food&drink: Pasta and Hennessey
Band: Vybz Kartel
Song: "So special" by Mavado
Movie: Scarface
Book: Lord of the Rings (gotta go for some classics!)
Car: Audi R8
Person: Jessica Alba
Model: Megan Fox
Sport: Football
Game: Dota?
Player: Samurai[P]
Hero: Rikimaru
Map side: Scourge
DotA e-journalist: myMYM|Heldarion

Could you make some sort of short introduction?

Well, I'm a 21 years old student, currently taking an Economics course and am in my final year. I like to party and play DotA along with some sports I play just for fun! I've been playing DotA since the 3.xx versions on RoC and moved onto DotA Allstars with the 5.84 map.

So could you tell how does a usual day of Max Williams look like?

Well, my economics course has a pretty light workload (about 10 hours a week) so I will usually go to my classes during the day and spend some time with friends, depending on how long I have between classes. I will sometimes play DotA in the day with just inhouse games or an IHCS or Dotainvite. In the evenings I will usually either go out and party or play scrims and fun maps with friends.

So by the looks of it, you don't really have any kind of agenda, or do you? (and don't say you're executing a plan for global domination, even freemasons and illuminati are saying that nowadays)

Well, my agenda at the momment is to complete my degree and to go from there. I'm taking it at a good university and I'm pretty smart guy so I'm able to do well at it without overstudying. I enjoy partying and playing DotA so those 2 things take up most of my free time. After I finish my degree, I will probably have to look for a real job though.

So you really try to take as much fun in your life as you can and postpone the serious bussines of life until you can?

Pretty much, yea. I'm not going to be young forever so I'm making the most of interest-free loans while they still exist and trying to enjoy student life and having a lot of free time as much as possible!

And how do the girls interfere with your existence? Are you in relationship or freeriding for now?

Well, I had a relationship for quite a long time but that ended in May for reasons that some of my online friends know. Since then I've had more of a 'part-time girlfriend' who I spent time with over the summer but I'm pretty much single now!

So you could say that being single is a good time in the life?

Yea, it's really great to be single now. I'm able to party and get really drunk without having to worry about consequences of what might happen!

What computer games did you start with?

I started off with a game called 'hardball' that my dad bought when I was really young. It was a piece of shit and was before I even had Windows on the computer! The first game that I really liked was Diablo even though it was really gorey and my mother didn't want me to play it. Since then I've played Warcraft 2, Diablo 2 and a few other games not as seriously.

How did you then end up playing DotA?

It was actually my little brother that bought the game Warcraft 3. I never really played it that much except to help him out with the campaigns. One day I found him playing a custom map online in the RoC version and it looked pretty cool. I played RoC dota for quite a long time even though I had the TFT disc and DotA Allstars was already alive and kicking. I thought that DotA was exclusive to RoC. I eventually moved onto DotA Allstars and started playing pubs there!

And what were your favourites among heroes? Did they stay more or less the same, or did they change over time and versions?

Oh, my favourite heroes have changed completly over the different versions. When I first started playing in 5v5 games, this was around the 6.12 versions, I was playing Treant and Crystal Maiden quite a lot. I still remmember getting owned by Mania's solo Sand King with my Treant in a scrim! From there I played quite a bit of Sniper, Tidehunter, Death Prophet, Lich and all of those heroes that were so popular when it was Sentinel vs Scourge up until the .32 versions. After that I started really liking Panda, Rhasta and heroes that worked reallly well as a killing lane together. Now my favourites are Zeus/Rikimaru/Warlock/Tide/Shaker/Jugger/Lion/Enigma I think.

So you ended up playing competitive DotA sooner or later, right? Can you tell us where did you play, any achievements you had and which team did you like the most?

Yes, my first competitive team was 'eF' which I made with a few friends that I had met through playing on the DCE channel on Europe Battlenet. We played on Dota-League and I was pleased with the succes that we had even if we did get beaten by teams such as OnD, Boomtown and QxP. From there I joined the team 'Nethouse2000' which is a netcafe in Denmark and that was the first very strong team that I was a part of. I was playing with SoyCD (who was probably the best player in the world at that point in time), Puppey (who I play with now), iMbaQ and Quish (who was a member of my team eF). After that team disbanded, I was relatively inactive for a while and only played in inhouse games and IHCS.

I was part of TEAM PENIS which was relatively successful during one of the Pride tournaments but it was only a fun team for that tourney. From there, Myself and some others went on to form XsK which was probably my favourite team up to this date. Unfortunately we couldn't get support to attend LAN events from a major sponsor so the team broke up. After playing with XsK, I joined RuSh3D which was a great team and really fun to play in. The reason that I didn't stay with RuSh3D is that I was the 6th player in the lineup (after the 5 Russian players who live in the same city). From there, I have just recently joined Ks.int.

And how did your nick come to be?

My original nick was TheGunShow which was used only in publics. When I formed the clan 'eF' everybody picked new names. I wanted something similar to 'TheGunShow' and also something that sounded good. I was listening to a lot of hip-hop at the time and I got the name 'GunzComeOut' from a 50cent song.

The DotA game itself has changed much from .48b to .52e and there's been a lot of talk about it. Even though the current stable map is quite spectator-unfriendly and not much more fun to play either, could you name (in your opinion) 1 thing that was good and 1 thing that was bad in both last stable versions?

For the most of 43b and 48b I really liked the lineups that were being picked as they were fun to play and agressive play was rewarded. It became tedious when dagger started to get overused though. For 52e, I really like that you can make a very strong hero with mid-level items and be able to rape the map (Treads/Vlads/Yasha etc).

What I don't like about 52 is that baseturtling seems to be the dominant and most effective strategy at the momment with 2 lategamer heroes. I'm really looking forward to playing 55+ competitively as I'm having a lot more fun playing and really like the changes! You can run around ramboing and agressive play is rewarded once again!

You mentioned baseturtling, which also doesn't seem to take too much skill to play. How much of a game do you think is decided by the players' skill right now and how much by the strategy? Also, how would you rate those aspects in .48b?

I think that 52e games are probably the least reliant on skill so far in competitive DotA. It's too farm-oriented and really boring to play and watch. The fact that you can pick 1 hero (Pit Lord) which almost completly stops the other team from pushing while you get a fat hero that can 1v5 their team is ridiculous in my view.
I think that 48b relied much more on skill as lane domination was more important and small skirmishes often decided the outcome of the game rather than aoe ulti heroes just pressing 1 button in a big fight. Of course strategy is essentieal for both of the versions but I think that it was more valuable for 48b.

Since you're British, you seem to be some kind of an endangered species - we don't really see many British players or teams running around the DotA scene. So why is that? Is the British era of DotA yet to come or will the things stay as they are?

I don't really forsee British DotA taking off in the near future. I've played a few simple tournaments at my university but I have encountered nothing but noobs in those! To my knowledge, there are only 5 or 6 British players that I would even be able to name and only 2 or 3 have any level of skill. It's unfortunate, but I think that for some reason the player base doesn't seem to be there as it is in other countries - Eastern Europe and Asia seem to have the highest player bases.

How did you end up joining Ks^int in first place?

Well, Ks.int was in the market for some new players because of the reform to DTS and I have known the players on the team for a very long time. I had been playing a lot of funwars together with puppet, azen and jolie before the Ukrainians were even picked up. I came back from holidays and found that they had both joined and left very quickly and was offered a spot on Ks.int.

And how is Jolie doing right now? I'd say he must be quite pissed off at least, after so many roster changes his team has had in last few months.

I would say 'frustrated' would be the right word for that one. And who wouldn't be after having so many roster changes over such a short period of time!! It's been a bad luck after bad luck for Puppet and Jolie since the original break up of VP. Myself and the rest of Ks.int are very optimistic about the future though, now that we have a stable lineup again, we can start to own everybody once again!

So are your plans with Ks^int more like long-term, or more in the way of "what happens, happens"?

We are planning on achieving long-term success with this team. We have a very skilled lineup and good chemistry and we won't let the past problems with the team effect the future of our new roster!

Alright. Let's do some brainstorming! I'll give you a word or a phrase and you say whatever comes to your mind first. Ready?

Go.

Puppey: gay
Beer: party
IHCS: fun
Tony Blair: big ears
Sniper rifle or a shotgun: GUNZ MOFO!
Study: school
IRC: complicated
Ks^int: PRO
Traitor: bad
Admiral Proudmoore: Strong!


So, our interview is at end. I admit it's been a lot of fun chatting with you and thanks a lot! Any final shoutouts you'd like to give?

Yea, it's been a good interview and some interesting questions. I'd like to give a shoutout to Miky being bad at ladder. Also, a shoutout to mocles who is safe and mamay for being so good!

Here's news from the Russian team, Rush3D:

After the departure of GunzComeOut, the Russian powerhouse Rush3D was in need of another player. And lo and behold, Alexis "RiPPeR" Dimakopoulos from Greece has joined to complete their roster.

RiPPeR, the former core member of Greece 1p, and also the Greece national team, has been performing well in his former team and IHCS. He has been seen wearing Rush3D tag on IRC and also scrimming with Rush3D

The New Rush3d.DotA roster:

Rush3d.pgg
Rush3d.NS
LightOfHeaven
Rush3d.qwerty
Rush3d.drag
ImbaQ
RiPPeR

Here is a new update on Bogdan and JesseQ:

About two weeks ago the DotA team of SK-Gaming dropped one of their oldest members - Bogdan. Even though he seemed to lack train he claimed to be back to the scene soon. Furthermore he said that he won`t be able to play in one of the very top teams. Due to this the news of Bogdan joining Gvision together with the old school legend JesseQ is a real surprise.

Gvision just got the fourth place in the past FARM4FAME edition, even though they lost Zon and dropped Scream out of their team some time ago. Now with new strength they are surely a big threat for the top tier teams.

Statement by Gvision\InOurNa

The former SK player Bogdan and the legendary player JesseQ is back. Now in the team Gvision who recently finished 4 in farm4fame second round. With these two fantastic players Gvision will now aim for the top. We have a young and hungry team. So both JesseQ and Bogdan will fit in well with their experience. The lineup is as follow: Mighty, pepp3, PieLieDie, BenTzeR, Bogdan and JesseQ.

Team Gvision
Johan `Mighty` Lindqvist
Johan `PieD` Åström
Petter `pepp3` Nyström
Tobias `BenTzeR` Bentzer
Jens `jesseQ` Sjöbeck
Erik `Bogdan` Olsson

From the DotA-League

Early this month, Guinsoo made a rare announcement at the DotA-AllStars forum. He surfaced to announce what he has been working on ever since he stepped down as the leader of the DotA All-Stars map project.

The secret is out.
Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak has actually been working on an online game together with none other than Steve 'Pendragon' Mescon that builds on the concepts of DotA.

Brandon Beck, co-founder and CEO of Riot Games has released the following statements:

"League of Legends will bring gamers competitive battle-arena style gameplay that builds upon and expands on innovative gameplay concepts that were pioneered in DotA-Allstars, one of the most popular mods of all time,"

Screenshots and teasers are now available at the League of Legends site.
http://www.leagueoflegends.com
Beta sign-ups is now open.

Kingsurf is one of the most renowned and popular DotA teams in the world.
Here's a little feature from ChinaPress about Malaysia's KingSurf.

Cheng Su-Law: I'm surprised that they can earn money by playing video games

Which child in this generation does not play video games? About her son Lee "xiaogui" Wen Chek's choice, she supports him with tolerance while supervising her son. "I did not stop him from playing video games, because he had this talent, being his parents, I could not hide his talent for video games," said Cheng.

While supporting her son in E-sports, she also "escorts" his son, analysing her son's future. "Children should have their own choice once they are grown up. The important thing is he must have clear understanding of the path he is on, and treat it seriously, learn to be responsible for what they have done."

She smiled and said "My son is sensible, he tells me immediately everytime he won an award, I feel glad for him that he dealt with E-sports seriously."

"I never expect him to be so good at video games, he can even finance his own living cost! But of course I still hope that he can continue his studies."

Lee "xiaogui" Wen Chek: Be serious


With the superstar Yamateh in the team, xiaogui's performance always remained hidden, but it is good enough. There's no doubt that he is one of the best supporters in the DotA scene.

There is a comment by a DotA player about xiaogui, commenting his ability. Xiaogui, who is only 19 years old, is the leader and strategist of Kingsurf. He might look like a kid, but he is definately one of the top players around. Starting by getting stuck into the game, then forming his own team for tournaments, he does not want to lose. Therefore he treats every tournament seriously.

"I think the secret to success in DotA is teamwork! DotA is a team game, it is impossible to win one againts five no matter how strong you are, right? Support between teammates enables unlimited strategy posibilities, this is why DotA is so attractive."

Lee Wen Chek pointed out that teamwork determines the performance of a team. "Besides having knowledge of heroes and skills, other issues like synergies between heroes, good understanding of the terrain, are the "ammunition" of the team. In some cases, this knowledge became the key to the victory.

Perhaps everyone thinks that the indulgence of the game will affect his life, but he thinks it is all about time management. If one can manage time well, managing both gaming and studies would not be a big problem."I would like to thank my parents for their tolerance and encouragement, so I can try living the way I want - as a pro-gamer, but not going too far."

Wong "eryc" Wei Zhen: E-sport will be globalized.

In our country, everyone sees video games as video games. Even some of the players themselves might not understand the true nature of gaming. But in fact, video games have already evolved into E-Sports.

Being a DotA player himself, Kingsurf's manager eryc feels that E-sports are not only sports, it affects the software industry, online games, broadband telecommunications operators, owners of internet cafes, hardware manufacturers, and even the PC industry.

"However, it is very dificult for Malaysia E-sports to become a thriving industry because of the lack of regulation, investment, professional, social environment, and so on, all parties need time to adapt and gradually start changing."

"I still think that E-sports have a great potential. It wil eventually be globalized, recognized by everyone in the world. It is not a dream, but a trend..."

"I am confident that this day will come, like how Kingsurf made its own way to the world arena.." In Asian countries, many youngsters love E-sports, but their parents are bound to traditional concepts, thus stopping their children from involving themselves in E-sports, therefore, E-sports receive both support and defiance from the community at the same time.

The key to the development of E-sports is that players must be taught how to find a balance between gaming and life. "I hope the performance of our team can be a role model to parents and public."

Lee "papaxiong" Wei Xiang: I trained for 10 hours everyday

Lee Wei Xiang who has 3 years experience in DotA and is now a professional gamer. He lives on tournament prizes and team allowance. Having great talent for video games, he has the support from his parents. Papaxiong is now one of the best support players in the international DotA scene.

"The training needed for a pro-gamer to keep up his standard such as 10 hours of online training everyday, is not as easy as it looks like." He also added that Malaysia's poor broadband network caused problems in online tournaments and training.

Imagine how Kingsurf plays in online tournaments, first spending 3 hours looking for a host, and delay in the game after that. When the game is finally started, it is already 4am. Still, some of them need to attend classes or work the next morning. This is the main problem that Ks faces in online tournaments.

"The main problem is finding a suitable host." Technical differences, as well as network infrastructure deficiency is an unavoidable dilemma in Asian countries. However, the poor network between North America and Europe is also one of the main reasons.

"We face the same problems with other Asian teams. Because of the delay, we often make mistakes in online training and tournaments, so we must learn how to overcome the delay." Although he always plays in such poor conditions, it never stops his enthusiasm for DotA.

PapaXiong (Kingsurf)

November 2008 is the time for the very prestigious cyber championship on CIS territory.
It would be held in Moscow, Russia and here are the prizes:

Warcraft 3 DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) – prize fund 125 000 rubles

Organizer: e-sport portal CyberFight.RU

Everybody hated the farmfest that was rampant in the older versions of DotA.
It was farm here, farm there... Boring!
And all of a sudden 6.55 comes up.
The DotA Beta testers have been working on new stuff that would encourage more team fights and discourages the farm frenzy.

Now Fnatic will be conducting mock drafts on the new DotA map.

What is a mock draft?
A mock draft is when a player or team pretends they are drafting heroes for real but this is just for experimentation and fun!

The mock drafts will allow the community to see how drafting will change in the future when the new map is implemented into leagues and tournaments. There will also be a small panel of judges present during the draft to discuss which team or player has the better hero selections and why, allowing the community to understand just that much more the logic behind each team's choices.

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In a span of a few days, Icefrog has released 6.56 right away to fix a whole lot of stuff.
Here's the DotA changelog for DotA 6.56


* Improved various different areas of the terrain
* Fixed a very old exploit that was recently discovered with Roshan
* Fixed a rare bug that could cause revives to malfunction
* Some performance improvements
* Tweaked Sentinel and Scourge tower bounty sharing mechanism slightly

* Improved Magic Stick a little
* Slightly reduced gold cost on Dust of Appearance
* Decreased Assassinate cooldown from 30/20/10 to 20/15/10 seconds
* Slightly Improved Death Prophet's base movement speed
* Improved Lucifer's cast animation point
* Lowered Admiral Proudmoore's starting Strength
* Slightly reduced slow duration and increased manacost on Torrent
* Tweaked the scaling of Tidebringer's AOE
* Nerfed Untouchable a bit

* RD selection area now becomes unexplored after the pick phase is over
* Terrain and Minimap elements are now visible at the start by default
* Fixed using courier's Drop Item ability to drop Runed Bottle and items in cooldown
* Moved the Tavern locations
* Circles of Power are now usable only when you buy a hero
* Added some new juke spots
* Fixed a few other exploits and bugs
* Fixed a bug with some icons on lower resolutions
* Fixed a small issue with Magic Stick visual effect
* Fixed Lina's model (246662)
* X Marks The Spot no longer recalls the target if he becomes magic immune
* Fixed an issue with Leoric's crown
* Added some new doodads
* Fixed some AI issues with Phase Boots
* Fixed some issues with Tidebringer not going into cooldown against Siege units
* Fixed various parts of the terrain where you could get stuck using the new TP scroll

The partial 2008 DotA Prize Money Ranking has been released with SK Gaming taking up the top spot.

Here is the Complete list:
1. SK Gaming with $ 13293

2. Zenith with $ 13000

3. MeetYourMakers with $ 9566

4. Kingsurf with $ 8150

5. Wolker Gaming with $ 5612

6. The Elder Gods with $ 5000

7. Emazing Gaming with $ 4093

8. Rush3d.DotA with $ 3653

9. Virtus.Pro with $ 3590

10. Begrip.DotA with $ 2290

Is your favorite DotA team in there?

DotA Exploit: 6.49b Lanaya One Hits Roshan
1. Pick Lanaya
2. Get the Meld Skill
3. Buy Ring of basilius
4. Then click Meld, then click the ring of basilius (let it stack)
5. When you're done, "charging", ONE HIT KO Roshan for the win!



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Only bugs and exploits found below the stable map version will be posted.

DotA Exploit: 6.55 Roshan Killed at Level 1 with 2 Heroes

1) You pick Ursa warrior and Lina Inverse
2) Let Ursa go near Roshan (but too near) Just enough for Lina (who will be in the lane) to have map vision of Roshan.
3) Let Lina Inverse use Dragon Slave then immediately make her go on Patrol while Ursa Warrior starts attacking Roshan.
4) GG Roshan at Level 1




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Only bugs and exploits found below the stable map version will be posted.

Here is an interview with mousesports player mouz|Drayich

Interview proper:

NiK - Hello mouz|Drayich, your team is going to face MYM in the Razer ENADC II WB Final. It's not a long time you played vs MYM, in a final of another important tournament, how is your team approaching that match?


mouz|Drayich- We approach all games in the same way,getting decent picks and playing the game that we wish to play. MYM has numerous times beaten us with a more late game oriented strategy then ours,something that is interesting when we play versus them. But we don't change anything, we play our game

NiK - Can you tell us some anticipations on how are you going to prepare the match?


mouz|Drayich- We try to use our strongest players, that can differ. Sometimes people have bad and good days.

NiK - What's the strongest team you met in ENADC so far? and how did you managed to won against it?


mouz|Drayich- SK. We beat them in that BO1 tiebreak of group stage. They thought they already won the game but nana.

NiK - After some problems, team MYM is recently doing really good with 6.52e, your team instead was quite confident with the6.52e map since its release. What is in your opinion the reason for this different attitude to the 6.52e map?


mouz|Drayich- Every team gotta find their play style for every version, i dont think mym did so bad, just that maybe they had bad confidence from some losses in the beginning.

NiK - Insome recent discussions you raised the question about the need to change the way of doing bans/picks in competitive games. Icefrog just released the 6.55 map, with the new -cm mode, have you already tried it? What's your opinion?


mouz|Drayich- Icefrog and my wife seems to be the only one who really gets me now. Seriously that's perfect, hope leagues take use of it.

NiK- 6.55 brings a lot of change logs, heroes balances and also a reworking of the dagger.Common feeling is that a new 6.55-based stable will not take so long to be released for competitive games. Can you give us some first impressions about 6.55 ?


mouz|Drayich - This is the best version so far for competitive dota.

MYM is in the final for the DotA Farm4Fame again.

After winning the inaugural F4F tournament, Internationa- MYM.DotA squad managed to make its way into the 2nd F4F final as well. Beating teams like Malaysia Kingsurf, France srs, Malaysia DNA-SK and Sweden Gvision has nearly gone unnoticed, but the final match is almost there again. MYM's possible opponent is either Germany Wicked Esports or Sweden Mousesports, the previous F4F tournament's runner-up. Who will face MYM in the final will be known by the end of tomorrow.

MYM has enjoyed success of late, taking their first 6.52e trophy by winning first F4F, and now they have also reached the finals of ENADC tournament. While MYM players certainly aren't enjoying themselves with the current playstyle, according to their teamleader Maelk, the team sure knows what it takes to win and they will make sure to keep the throne of F4F winner

One of DotA's top tournaments is KING OF THE HILL.

The SteelSeries King of the Hill round one ended with MeetYourMakers taking down Finland Delirium Gaming to be the first King. The second episode quickly begins with the community voting the next challenger out of 30 randomed teams featuring teams like Europe Mousesports and United State- H2O. After the voting session, mousesports turned out to be on top having received 448 votes with a total percentage of 34.9% to play the current King of the Hill.

Both teams last met at F4F finals where MYM secured an 2:0 victory. they will also meet in ENADC II and perhaps F4F II finals, with so many games between them coming up, each of them will try to prove themselves as the better team.

Will mouz rise as the new king or will MYM successfully defend their throne? Bet your points and stay tuned to myMYM.com for more updates

Here is a quick fix to the buggy DotA 6.55

6.55b:
=======
* Fixed a critical error bug with Roshan as well as lots of other misc issues

Look at Roshan with the new hero.

Here is another blow to the DotA gaming scene.

The bi-annual DotA-tournament at DreamHack is one of the biggest LAN-events for DotA in the Western world, but according to the preliminary list of eSport-games for DH Winter 08, the game has gotten the boot.

The current version of DotA has been subject to heavy debate in the past weeks, and this situation could add more to that fire. There has been made no official comment on the matter, but so far only CS 1.6, CS:Source, Trackmania and the Quake-franchise has been named as official games for the Winter-edition of DreamHack.

After the bitter loss of Dendi, GO[blin] and Axypa Kingsurf.international was left behind with an incomplete roster. Today Kingsurf has announced the addition of Horon and GunZ.

Ks.int adds the former Say Plz player Sorokin 'Horon' Sergeevich and the Rush3D ex-member Max 'GunZ' Williams.

Horon is known for the disqualification incidence in PriDe#4. He was playing for the Russian teams Say Plz and Siberian Doters, even though he was officially signed up on the roster of team maGe. As a consequence, both teams were disqualified and Horon was even banned from the tournament.

GunZ is well known in the DotA scene, he participated in many previous top teams like XsK, ScaF and Nethouse2000, lately in Rush3D. Besides he is showing his decent skills performing at IHCS.

"Ks.eryc:

The retirement of the three Ukrainian seem to come out of nowhere, within a day all of them left and joined DTS-Gaming without even telling me. We only need people who really want to play for Kingsurf.international, if they leave, I won't do anything to keep them. I'm also a bit disappointed how everything passed but we immediately discussed about the future plans. It was clear that we will not get stucked even though the situation felt a bit like a knockdown blow. Horon and GunZ were suggested mainly by Puppey and Jolie and I trust them so we will try out if it works. Horon is a good supporter whom we need desperately and GunZ is a decent team player together with Jolie as leader + Puppey and Azen as mature players, I'm quite sure the team will find back fast to their old shape if not becoming even better.

Ks.GunZ:

I'm really looking forward to play in this team. I have been playing with Puppey, Jolie and Azen for a very long time and hopefully we will be able to start winning some tournaments with a new and stable lineup! We haven't trained yet with all 5 of us but we are used to play together in fufu ninja wars and scrims so I look on the bright side. Everybody on the team already has a very good chemistry together with each other so it shouldn't take us long to start owning everything! The skill level is definitely there and I'm sure everybody will see a lot of us in the upcoming tournaments."

Current Kingsurf roster:

Clement `Puppey` Ivanov
Vlasislav `Azen` Morozyuk
Pepelyaev `Jolie` Vasiliy
Sorokin `Horon` Sergeevich
Max `GunZ` Williams

DiamondZ e.V. sponsors Avid

DiamondZ e.V. drops their old DotA squad and signs adds the team, Avid Gaming. Avid's hopes are finally met by signing a sponsorship. For a new team they have very good accomplishments which are the following:
Qualifying in the PDL
Taking 3rd place in the ENADC
nd donating the prize money to earthquake victims in China.

Here is there current roster of DiamondZ e.V.

dmZ|mad (Leader)
dmZ|Nozg
dmZ|soundchaosdebug
dmz|Swoopie
dmZ|lacoste_
dmZ|Nike
dmZ|Dement (Sub)
dmZ|wolfi (Sub)

It's this time of the year again, Sino-Net is proud to present the 2nd episode of Grand DotA Tournament.

Previous year champion was none other than PaulYan's team Cybertime 1, a year has passed from v6.43b until now we have the lastest map v6.54b. Who will be the champion for Sino-Net Grand DotA Tournament 2008.

More prizes to be added to the pool, strictly no reservation. Registration details will be released soon.

Previous year tournament info can be found on
http://sinodota.wordpress.com/

Previous Sino-Net DotA Tournaments
>Sino-Net Local LAN Party
>Sino-Net Grand DotA Tournament
>Sino-Net DotA League
>Sino-Net DotA League II
>Sino-Net Local LAN Party II
>Sino-Net DotA League III (On-going)


REGISTRATION

First Come First Serve Basis
Tournament Date = 11th - 12th October 2008
Registration Deadline = 6th October 2008
Registration Fee = RM100.00 Per Team.
Max Teams = 32

Walk-in Registration

Teams can proceed to Sino-Net Klang to register.

Details on the registration form need to be filled in.

Address:
17, Lorong Batu Nilam 3F,
Bandar Bukit Tinggi,
41200 Klang,
Selangor D.E.



Online Registration

Teams can deposit their registration fee to

Maybank Account
Tan Yen Wei
1124 5518 4198

IMPORTANT!!

After deposit,

Please send an email to sino.aeneas@gmail.com including the below details

Title: SGDT2008 Team (insert team name) Registration

1. Bank in reference number (very important) :

2. Screenshot of e-banking transfer if available.

3. Team Name

4. Team Leader
- Nick
- Name
- I/C Number
- Contact Number

5. 4 X Team Member
- Nick
- Name
- I/C Number
- Contact Number

6. Reserve Member
- Nick
- Name
- I/C Number
- Contact Number


*All details are required to filled in, failing to do so may void your team from participating the tournament.



Registered team
1. Cybertime
2. DNA-SK
3. Team-[gP']
4. S`rC.BkT
5. T2
6. Penang Ice`
7. Fishnet
8. KingSurf
9. Tbun
10. MKVL
11. New Team

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Summary:
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* Added a new hero (Windrunner)
* Added a new hero (Admiral Proudmoore)
* Added a new item (Magic Stick,239688)
* Added a new item (Dust of Appearance)
* Added a new item (Phase Boots)
* Added a new item (Glyph of Fortification)

* New Loading Screen
* Redesigned and improved Sentinel and Scourge bases as well as nearby terrain
* Added a new game mode (-captainsmode/-cm)
* Rewrote creep/neutral/powerup spawn systems. The game timer now counts down to 0, at which point the creeps and powerups spawn. 30 seconds later the neutrals spawn. This behavior is the same as various popular modes, but it is now standardized to the entire game with the new clock. All game events are based off of this time rather than an arbitrary time based on the mode you used.
* Lots of various performance improvements and fixes

* Reworked Keeper of the Light
* Various changes to Enchantress's abilities
* Reworked Bounty Hunter's Track
* Rebalanced Insatiable Hunger
* Reduced vision aoe on Spin Webs and tweaked cooldown and manacost progression
* Minor improvements to Anti-Mage's base stats
* Tweaked Blur evasion chance per level
* Reworked Call of the Wild stats and mechanics
* Decreased Watcher's vision a little bit
* Increased Rhasta's movement speed a bit
* Improved Crystal Maiden's Brilliance Aura a bit
* Minor improvement to early levels of Bloodbath
* Increased Spirit Lance cast range a bit
* Improved Sven's Agility gain
* Increased Sand King's armor a bit
* Changed SA's Blink Strike to move him behind the target(231470)
* Lowered Chaos Meteor cooldown from 70 to 55
* Rebalanced Haunt cooldown (150/120/90 -> 120)
* Improved how the manacost scales on Crippling Fear
* Improved level 2 and 3 manacost and regen on Death Pact
* Improved Psionic Trap's cooldown progression
* Nerfed the duration on Battery Assault
* Increased Hookshot cooldown
* Quill Spray manacost no longer goes up per level
* Decreased day vision on Visage's Revenants by 400
* Removed magic immunity from level 3 Revenants and added improved magic resistance
* Improved movement speed of the ghosts on Exorcism a bit
* Undid previous damage return threshold change on Exorcism
* Increased Death Prophet's base strength a bit
* Added an extra arrow to Medusa's Split Shot
* Rescaled Medusa's Purge cooldown from 12/11/10 to 12/10/8 seconds
* Reduced Chronosphere cooldown
* Ravage AOE decreased for level 1 and 2
* Decreased Guardian Angel AOE and duration a bit

* Changed how Scroll of Town Portal works
* Reworked Black King Bar
* Rebalanced Sange, Yasha, and Sange and Yasha
* Changed Lothar's Edge Recipe
* Changed Diffusal Blade Recipe
* Changed Maelstrom Recipe
* Aegis now respawns you where you died with full hp and mana but is undroppable and unstackable. Roshan takes it back when he respawns if it is unused
* The game now announces who acquires Aegis
* Increased Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse cooldown
* Tweaked Manta Style
* Reduced Kelen's Dagger cooldown from 30 to 15 seconds
* Kelen's Dagger now only triggers on player controlled damage
* Changed Max Stock on Observer Wards to 2
* Decreased Sentry Ward's truesight range
* Couriers can no longer place wards
* Blades of Attack price reduction (650->500)
* Chainmail price reduction (620->550)
* Gloves of Haste price reduction (550->500)
* Increased Armlet recipe cost by the same amount Blades of Attack and Gloves of Haste were reduced
* Increased Power Treads recipe cost by the same amount Gloves of Haste was reduced
* Increased Vanguard hitpoints by 50
* Increased Boots of Travel movement speed by 5
* Boots of Travel now takes the same time as scrolls teleport (4->3 seconds)
* Increased Heart's regeneration rate from 11 to 15
* Added Scroll of Town Portal to Goblin Shop replacing Javelin
* Added Ring of Regeneration to Goblin Shop replacing Hyperstone
* Added Magic Stick to Goblin Shop replacing Gloves of Haste
* Rebalanced tangos to come in batches of 3 (same overall regen per pack)

* When there is only 1 Assist to a Sentinel or Scourge kill, the kill is
instead given to that hero. When there are multiple assists to a Sentinel or
Scourge kill, the gold is split amongst those assisters rather than the
entire team
* Changed First Blood to be given to the Assist players when creeps kill the
hero rather than giving it to Sentinel or Scourge and splitting
* Tower gold is split if Sentinel or Scourge gets the last hit
* Denied towers give 50% team gold rather than 0%.
* Changed and standardized the bounty values on all structures
* Slight adjustments to gold bounty variance on Sentinel and Scourge creeps
* Global team tower bounty increases a little per tower level
* Roshan now gradually becomes stronger over time instead of after death
* Increased Hero Kill Experience bonus a little bit (+8 unshared experience per hero level in an area)
* Hero Kills now give a flat gold bounty in an area (+40, not to killer)

* You can now purchase items in your base without a courier (they drop to the floor)
* Improved image compression used in the map (243150)
* Added a new command -quote # that plays a hero quote, -quote random will play a random hero quote. The quote entry method will be improved when more heroes are added. It has Witch Doctor, Nightstalker, Alchemist, Silencer, Sniper and Rhasta right now, i will add more over time
* Changed the Goblin Shops terrain a bit and increase the shop aoe
* Buyback is now done at your Circle of Power
* Shops can be added to control groups
* Added new flavor texts to some items (Magical Bottle, Refresher Orb, Eye of Skadi, Blade Mail, Gem of True Sight, Null Talisman, Staff of Wizardry, Scroll of Town Portal, Belt of Giant Strength, Point Booster, Energy Booster, Vitality Booster, Soul Booster and Tangos)
* Fixed an old Viper Strike glitch
* Reduced extra damage taken by Rune Illusions
* Added a new command to swap items (-itemswap x y where x and y correspond to numbpad location) inventory slots primarily for when dealing with undroppable items or items in cooldown
* Fixed some bugs with -kickafk
* Changed Sentinel consumable shop model
* Couriers now have a "Drop All Items" ability
* Added a buff indicator for Blur
* Added soundsets to the shops for when you select them
* Adjusted Blur's visuals for self/allies
* Changed -SD time to be the same as AP
* Fixed Maledict effect sometimes getting stuck on a hero
* Fixed a potential bug with Devour and Decrepify
* Fixed Illuminate's interaction with Cliffs and units very close to it
* Fixed some performance issues with Nature's Attendants
* Changed the World Tree/Frozen Throne tower models (236560)
* Added an undead crown model to King Leoric (205388)
* Improved Glaives of Wisdom projectile (219546)
* Lots of various terrain fixes and improvements
* Fixed minor bug with Alchemist's starting strength
* Improved Magnus movement animation (189265)
* Added an allied only visual effect to Charge of Darkness (219684)
* Improved Black Hole visual effect
* Added new animation for Night Stalker during the night (213624)
* Renamed the "new" recipe shop
* Added a new command for viewing your Hook Accuracy (-ha)
* Added post creepspawn gametime to replay data for parsers
* Fixed a very minor rounding issue for -ms
* Fixed Blackhole to properly pull Infernal
* Fountain heal range increased by a small amount
* Added a message to show who killed a tower
* Fixed a terrain glitch near the Scourge Secret Shop
* Added a new mode -fastrespawn(-fr) that causes respawns to take half as much time
* Clicking Power Treads no longer interrupts commands
* Removed Crow's mana upgrade capability
* Fixed some targetting issues on the World Tree (PGRu-Unexpect3D)
* Updated King Leoric's story (235450)
* Fixed some performance issues with Freezing Field
* Added Hero ID data to the replay
* Fixed a bug when entering -di before the game mode is entered
* -sc mode now spawns same creeps in the same lane
* Revenants can no longer attack items
* Added a test mode command -trees to respawn all dead trees instantly
* Fixed a bug with Holy Persuation and Infest


Some Item Details:
-------------------
This is not a full list of changes, see the above changelog for that. These are just some of the changes in more detail.


Blades of Attack:
==================
Blades of Attack 650 -> 500
Dagon recipe unchanged (so total cost is 150 less)
Crystalys recipe unchanged (so total cost is 150 less)
Armlet recipe is 150 more gold


Gloves of Haste:
=================
Gloves of haste 550->500
Midas recipe is unchanged (so total cost is 50 less)
Treads recipe is 50 more gold
Armlet recipe is 50 more gold


Chainmail:
============
Chainmail 620->550
Buckler/Mekansm recipes are unchanged (so total cost is 70 less)
Blademail recipes are unchanged (so total cost is 70 less)
Assault Cuirass recipes are unchanged (so total cost is 70 less)


Vanguard:
=========
Gives 50 more hitpoints


Kelen's Dagger:
================
Only gets disabled from player based damage
Reduced cooldown from 30 to 15 seconds


Old BKB
=========
Ogre Axe (1000)
Broadsword (1200)
Recipe (1600)
18 Damage
10 Strength
85 seconds cooldown
9 seconds
Total: 3800


New BKB
=========
Ogre Axe(1000)
Mithril Hammer (1610)
Recipe (1300)
24 Damage
10 Strength
80/75/70/65/60/55 seconds cooldown
10/9/8/7/6/5 seconds
Total: 3910



Old TP Scroll:
===============
Only 1 person can target a specific building
Gave massive bonus armor
Gave bonus regardless of casting state
12 second shop cooldown


New TP Scroll:
===============
Any number of people can teleport at the same location at the same time.
You can choose the relative area around the structure that you want to TP
to.
Only allies see the exact position, your enemies see it on the building
only.
Does not give any bonus armor
If structure dies while you are tping, the tp does not force cancel
2 second shop cooldown
Available in Goblin Shops


Old Boots of Travel:
====================
+85 Movement Speed
Teleport:
4 Sec Casting Time
60 Cooldown
75 Manacost

New Boots of Travel:
====================
+90 Movement Speed
Teleport:
3 Sec Casting Time
60 Cooldown
75 Manacost


Old Lothar's Edge:
==================
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Claymore (1400)
Recipe (650)
+21 Damage
+21 Agility
Wind Walk (Active, 9 duration, 17 cd, 75 manacost, 20% ms bonus)
Total: 4050



New Lothar's Edge:
===================
Mithril Hammer (1610)
Quarterstaff (900)
Scroll (1100)
+38 Damage
+10 Attack Speed
Wind Walk (Active, 9 duration, 20 cd, 75 manacost, 20% ms bonus)
Total: 3610


Old Maelstrom:
==============
Mithri Hammer (1610)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (1300)
Total: 3360


New Maelstrom:
==============
Claymore (1400)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (1400)
Total: 3250


Old Diffusal Blade:
====================
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Robe of the Magi (450)
Recipe (1550)
+15 Agility
+6 Intelligence
18 Mana Burn
Total: 3000


New Diffusal Blade:
====================
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Robe of the Magi (450)
Recipe (850)
+25 Agility
+6 Intelligence
20 Mana Burn
Total: 3300





Old Manta:
===========
Diffusal Blade (3000)
Vitality Booster (1100)
Recipe (1400)
+23 Agility
+6 Intelligence
+250 HP
36 Mana Burn
Total: 5500


New Manta:
===========
Diffusal Blade (3300)
Vitality Booster (1100)
Recipe (1400)
+30 Agility
+6 Intelligence
+250 HP
40 Mana Burn
Total: 5800


Old Sange:
==========
16 Strength
10% Maim (10% ms slow for 6 seconds)
10 Damage
Ogre Axe (1000)
Belt of Giant Strength (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250


New Sange:
===========
16 Strength
15% Maim (20% ms slow for 4 seconds)
10 Damage
Ogre Axe (1000)
Belt of Giant Strength (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250


Old Yasha:
==========
16 Agility
10% Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250


New Yasha:
==========
16 Agility
15% Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250


Old Sange and Yasha:
=====================
16 Strength
16 Agility
15% Maim (30% ms slow for 6 seconds)
15% Attack Speed
15 Damage
15% Movement Speed
Sange (2250)
Yasha (2250)
Recipe: 800
Total: 5300


New Sange and Yasha:
=====================
16 Strength
16 Agility
15% Maim (30% ms slow, 15% as slow for 4 seconds)
15% Attack Speed
12 Damage
12% Movement Speed
Sange (2250)
Yasha (2250)
Recipe (500)
Total: 5000

MS bonus does not stack with Yasha




Old Sentry Wards:
=================
Vision: 200
Truesight: 1100
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 6 minutes


New Sentry Wards:
==================
Vision: 200
Truesight: 700
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 3 minutes



Old Observer Wards:
===================
Vision: 1600
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 6 minutes
Max Stock: 3
Stock Cooldown: 6 minutes


New Observer Wards:
====================
Vision: 1600
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 6 minutes
Max Stock: 2
Stock Cooldown: 6 minutes


Dust of Appearance:
===================
2 charge consumable. Does not stack in inventory.
Places a buff on nearby enemy units (1250 aoe). Only affects heroes (not
wards). While you have the dust of appearance buff, invisibility will have
no effect. This does not mean you are tracked, you aren't visible to enemy
if you are fogged. It just prevents invisibility.
Lasts 12 seconds. 60 CD
190 Gold



Magic Stick:
============
Cost: 210 Gold
Energy Charge (Does not stack)
When enemy or ally (not self) casts a spell around you (1400), you gain 1
charge. Maximum 12 charges. When you cast the item, you instantly regenerate
12 hp and 12 mana for each charge.
This does not trigger off of non-spells or attack orbs


Phase Boots:
============
70 Movement Speed
+7 Armor
+16 Damage
Phase (Active, 5 duration 10 cd):
Gives no collision with units
10% movement increase
Casting spells or items dispells phase

Boots of Speed (500)
Blades of Attack (500)
Chainmail (610)
Total: 1610




Glyph of Fortification:
=======================
Consumable Item - Instant cast, does not go to inventory.
Cost: None
Cooldown: 6 Minutes
Stock Max: 1

Gives Old TP Scroll style bonus armor to all allied buildings for 4 seconds.





Some Hero Details:
-------------------
This is not a full list of changes, see the above changelog for that. These
are just some of the changes in more detail.


++ Keeper of the Light

Illuminate:
=======
It now gives vision gradually as it grows in the area it is "illuminating"
rather than at the end.
Fixed Illuminate's interaction with Cliffs and units very close to it


Mana Leak:
========
In short, a mana rupture. The numbers are 0.035/0.04/0.045/0.050% of total
manapool drained per unit moved. So, if the target moves 700 units, at level
1 it loses 24.5% of total mana pool.. at level 4 it loses 35% of its total
mana pool. Duration of the buff is 5/6/7/8

If the target runs out of mana, the effect stops and the target is stunned
for 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds.

Cast Range: 1200
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Manacost: 75


Chakra:
======
Increased cast range(500->900), lowered cooldown a bit(19->19/18/17/16
seconds), rescaled manacost (40/80/100/120->40/55/70/85), removed the damage
bonus and minor health regen.

Spirit Form:
=============
Morphs into a new unit, same stats/items as kotl. Gives him extra abilities.
He has ALL his abilities in this new form.

Manacost: 100
Cooldown: 80/70/60 seconds
Duration: 40 seconds


Blinding Light:
-Targets a 650 aoe. Causes units in the targetted area become blinded,
causing them to miss 80% of attacks for some time. Knocks back units 250
distance over 0.4 seconds.
-Cast Range: 600
-Mancost: 50 Manacost
-Cooldown: 20 seconds
-Duration: 3/4/5 seconds


Recall:
-Teleports an allied hero to you after 5/4/3 seconds. If the unit takes
player based damage in this period, the effect ends.
-Mancost: 100
-Cooldown: 40

Illuminate:
-Causes illuminate to self charge when cast in spirit form. You can
discharge it by clicking on a temporary replacement icon that appears in
your ability card.



++ Enchantress

Untouchable:
============
It now is a normal skill and scales 30/50/70/90% from 50/70/90%

Enchant:
=========
Creep control duration reduced from 120 to 80 seconds.

Impetus:
========
This is now the ultimate. Bonus Damage 15%/20%/25%, Manacost is 55/60/65 and
Cooldown is 0 seconds on all levels. As an ultimate it now pierces magic
immmunity



++ Bounty Hunter

Track:
======

The movement bonus is now given in an area around the tracked unit to all
allied units. The bonus bounty is given to bounty hunter as long as the
target dies while under the buff, the killer is not a factor. See tooltip
for more data. Costs 50 mana all levels.


++ Broodmother

Spinweb:
=========
Reduced vision
Cooldown from 90/75/60/45 to 90/70/50/30 seconds
Manacost from 140 to 50


Insatiable Hunger:
===================
Was 60/75/90 bonus damage with 40/60/80% lifesteal for 20 seconds
Now 60/80/100 bonus damage with 40/55/70% lifesteal for 12 seconds


++ Beast Master

Call Of The Wild:
==================
Greater Hawk:
No permanent invisibility. Has an active invisibility: duration 5 seconds 1
second fadetime, 30 cooldown
25 -> 200 hp
100 -> 40 bounty
280 -> 400 ms

Greater Quillbeast 700 -> 500 hp
Cooldown: 45/50/55/60 -> 40 seconds
Duration: 60/70/80/90 -> 60 seconds



Captains Mode:
--------------

Blue and Pink are the team captains. A random side starts the process(you
can customize this, see below)

Ban Time: 40
Pick Time: 60
Extra Time: 45

You start by alternating 1/1/1 in the ban phase. Each captain removes up to
4 heroes. Running out of time does not result in a random hero ban.

After that you enter the 1/2/2/ pick phase. Each captain picks the heroes
his team will use.

If at any time you run out of time, you start to use up your extra time. If
you run out and you are in pick phase, you get a random hero.

Creeps spawn 90 seconds after the pick draft phase is over. Right after the
hero pick phase ends, the 5 heroes for your team are presented with a
checkmark on them (RD style) allowing players on your team to pick which one
they want to be.

The captain that starts this process is random. If you want to give the
starting to Sentinel, type -cm 1 or -cm 2 for Scourge after the game mode is
entered.

The picks, bans, timers, etc are all presented in a board for easy viewing
by team mates and observers.

Dendi,GO[blin],Axypa have left Ks.int. Ks.int will adds news players soon. With our key players Jolie, Puppey and Azen, we have the ability to rebuild a world class team. For DotA, For Kingsurf, For our fans, we FIGHT!
Last but not least, wish Dendi, GO[blin] and Axypa good luck in their future.

EHome Tribute Video
by hjtorz



It has the reviews of the games that EHome played with a dramatic soundtrack.
What do you think about the Tribute vid?

Neo retires from DotA because of his studies. With Neo leaving, Fnatic has announced the addition of Farand "Koala" Kowara.

Current Fnatic line-up:

* Ritter "RitteR" Rusli

* Romi "melen" Gunawan

* Sugiarto "BaHaMuT" Cahyadi

* Ariyanto "Lakuci" Sony

* Farand "Koala" Kowara


Jeffry "Neo" Lu joined the team soon after they joined Fnatic to replace stamx who also retired. Since then he has participated with the team in ADC and helped them win first place at WGT Indonesia and WGT Singapore.

Koala was considered to be a strong player with hidden talent by melen, and he was the first person that he thought of to replace Neo. You can watch Koala play with his new team at the MGC event in China and in ADC online. Fnatic DotA is also playing in SKOTH 2, Prime Defending and Kode5.

Good luck to Koala and his new teammates! Thanks to Neo for being on the team and good luck to him with his studies and future.