Valve just announced the first tournament, happening on August 17-21 with a prize of $1 million. That's also the first time the public gets to see the game. It's nice to see that Valve is actually trying to promote the game.
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Awesome, also lol at there being no U.S. teams :p
(08-01-2011, 04:50 PM)Trace link Wrote: [ -> ]Awesome, also lol at there being no U.S. teams :p
The US doesn't play anything but CoD, and we suck if you saw how the CoD team did in the TF2 invites.
im willing to make a dota2 team so i can get one million dollars
better than being good at sc2
That is how you publicly reveal a competitive multiplayer game to the masses. You get the best players ever for it and make them fight for 1 million dollars.
Valve is targeting this fall for a large scale beta.
(08-01-2011, 07:20 PM)zaneyard link Wrote: [ -> ]Valve is targeting a post-apocalyptic timetable for the beta release.
sure will be a fun apocalypse
There is also a Steampowered store page now. I still think this is going to be free to play. And it's going to be absolutely massive. You see 3 million, maybe 3.5 million players on Steam concurrently now? I bet right when this hits it will pop up to 5 million at least.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/570/
(08-01-2011, 09:11 PM)Spore link Wrote: [ -> ]There is also a Steampowered store page now. I still think this is going to be free to play. And it's going to be absolutely massive. You see 3 million, maybe 3.5 million players on Steam concurrently now? I bet right when this hits it will pop up to 5 million at least.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/570/
added to my wishlist like a boss
hopefully this will get me into beta earlier <3 you valve come on do it DO IT FUCK
Who here is down for some dota later this week?
(08-01-2011, 11:11 PM)Trace link Wrote: [ -> ]Who here is down for some dota later this week?
If you can gift me WC3.
I think I may have a spare key my brother doesn't use anymore
(08-02-2011, 12:06 AM)Trace link Wrote: [ -> ]I think I may have a spare key my brother doesn't use anymore
HORRAY
Quote:Work is slowly grinding to a halt as the #DOTA2 beta keys are distributed around the office. #NotGoodForNextMagickaDLC
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i want to be in beta
(08-02-2011, 02:37 PM)TheDarkChief link Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:Work is slowly grinding to a halt as the #DOTA2 beta keys are distributed around the office. #NotGoodForNextMagickaDLC
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i want to be in beta
maybe if you mailed your tears in a vial to valve and tell them it's good flavoring for their bottled water they will send you a key in thanks
(08-02-2011, 02:37 PM)TheDarkChief link Wrote: [ -> ];________________;
i want to be in beta
why is this game so important to you?
(08-02-2011, 10:31 PM)Vandamguy link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=TheDarkChief link=topic=5832.msg217553#msg217553 date=1312313855]
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i want to be in beta
why is this game so important to you?
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Quote: Â Â Dota 2 Beta client works only on a special watermarked steam version
  Game modes in Dota 2:
    Classic Mode: Just like original Dota
    Normal Mode: Orb system changes
    Easy Mode: No experience loss from denies. no money loss on death
    All Random All Mid: speaks for itself
    Fortress Mode: one team is attacking while the other defends. the defending team can buy traps, attacking team can buy minions
    Arena Mode: Free for all or team deathmatch
    Wild Mode: Random characters with random skillset
    Free Mode: No cooldowns and no mana cost on abilities
    Commander Mode: On death you are changed into another character with the same items and same level. The first team to run out of heroes or to lose their base loses the game.
  Lasthitting aids (deactivateable) creeps that are killable with one ordinary attack start to glow a bit
  Items are 1:1 copies from the original DotA but the Orb system has been reworked
  Shop was completely redesigned with some cool new features such as Auto-Buy Item X when you have Y gold
  Still STR/AGI/INT but most Int heroes have at least 1 spell that scales off their Int at least a little
  Classic mode game duration is very similar to original dota
  Easy mode games last about 20-30 minutes, similar to League of Legends games
  Animation cancelling will work the same way as in dota
  All dota heroes are ported over to dota 2
  Visual Artists of Team Fortress 2 and Portal work on the graphics
  All heroes have new models and art but are easily identifiable
  Right now there are 8 maps including a dedicated All Random All Mid map, a map which is only jungle with no lanes, a 3vs3vs3 map and a lot more
  Itâs rumored that Dota 2 will not be free 2 play
  Jon St. John, the original voice of Duke from Duke Nukem 3D was hired for voice acting. Hopefully he acts for the ingame announcer voice 
  There will be a playable demo @ gamescom 2011 and itâs said that a public beta will start soon after
  If you can run âAlien Swarmâ you will be able to play Dota 2 since it has the same hardware requirements
  Testers say that the graphics look really awesome! Amazing particle effects and units and stuff are still clearly visible on the map
  There will be a tutorial for the game and for each hero. Also a training game mode for beginners will be included.
  Some features of the Dota 2 Launcher:
    Full native support for clans and tournaments
    Players and clans can create own tournaments with special rules
    Brackets for those tournaments will automatically be seeded regarding the team level
    Fully featured spectator mode for all public games
    Testers say itâs the most worked out and most professional launcher software theyâve ever seen
http://www.killsteal-legends.net/dota-2-...ation.html
most are rumors... its killing me