RaidCall Dota 2 League season 3 with LAN finals at DreamHack Valencia

Evil Geniuses's flagship Dota 2 tournament, the RaidCall Dota 2 League returns once again for its third season this time bigger than ever. The most exciting part about season three is that there will be a LAN finals being held at DreamHack Valencia in July. 

With a new season comes a few changes as well. Season three will be a more compressed season and feature less teams than season two. However that does not mean this season is any less prestigous than the previous one as the invited teams are the very best the West has to offer. Of the eight teams invited teams, seven are all invited to The International 2013, a great way to get ready for the tournament of the year. 

As mentioned before, the top two teams will not be playing each other online but on LAN instead, at one of the most prestigous LAN events ever, DreamHack Valencia from the 18th to 21st of July. The two teams that qualify for the LAN finals will also receive travel stipends and accommodations will be provided for. 

Another interesting thing about this season is that viewership statistics will be shared among the participating teams and their sponsors. This allows teams to show quantitative data to sponsors on the exposure they get during the league. 

Commentary will be provided by Aaron 'Ayesee' Chambers and Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Andersen.

The prize pool for this season have not been made public yet but season two was $10,000.

Invited Teams
Alliance
Dignitas
Evil Geniuses
Fnatic
Liquid
Mousesports
Natus Vincere
Virtus Pro

New Tournament Format
- Seven weeks long
- Double-round-robin format
- Four broadcast days (Monday through Thursday)
- Two Best of Three series on each play-day.
- Broadcast times of 12:00PM EDT / 18:00 CEST and 3:00PM EDT / 21:00 CEST

Tournament Schedule
Regular season begins: May 20
Regular season concludes: July 10th
Finals @ Dreamhack Valencia: July 18-21st 

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Dota 2 - The International 3 - East Qualifier live game

DotA 2 - how to solve connecting to the network problem

Here i got some solution for this dota 2 connecting to the network

1. Go to ur steam library
2. right click on ur dota 2
3. choose properties
4. go to local file tab
5. click on verify integrity of game cache
6. after it done,close ur steam and reboot

hope this whd help

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Premier League Season 5 - Dota 2

The Premier League is back with a new format! Watch teams compete in weekly cups for 7 weeks to qualify for the grand final and a chance of winning $15,000. Coverage by the biggest eSport websites like joinDOTA, GosuGamers, TeamLiquid, Dota2Lougne, Prodota, Dota2.ru, Ogaming and many more.

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StarLadder Season 6 have come

Number of participants: 16 teams from Star division.
The date of the season start: May 19, 2013.
The date of the online stage ending: June 13, 2013.
The date of the LAN final: July 4 - 7, 2013.
Number of LAN final participants: 4 teams.

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Cyber Sport Arena, in collaboration with Intel and ASUS, are proud to present the VI season of SLTV Star Series DOTA 2 5x5.

SLTV Star Series will be hosts to 16 of the finest DOTA 2 teams varying across the European and CIS regions with the first match expected to start on May 19, 2013.

Teams from Star division will have to play a total of 15 matches and the top four teams will further progress to participate in the LAN finals to be held in Cyber Sport Arena, Kiev. Thereon, the teams will battle for the crown along with the hefty prize pool.

StarLadder.TV gathers different players from varying communities - amateurs to world champions and consists of four divisions, namely, Star Series, Pro Series, Semi-pro Series and Amateur Series. All of them are connected by global rating system and consists of four seasons for every division during the calendar year.

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Participants

The Alliance + Show Spoiler +

Fnatic + Show Spoiler +

Team Empire + Show Spoiler +
 Virtus.pro + Show Spoiler +

Natus Vincere + Show Spoiler +

QPad Red Pandas + Show Spoiler +

RoX.KIS + Show Spoiler +

Mouz + Show Spoiler +

TCM-gaming + Show Spoiler +
 Kaipi + Show Spoiler +

DD + Show Spoiler +

OSLIK Gaming + Show Spoiler +

 iCCup + Show Spoiler +

 zRage + Show Spoiler +

 4FC + Show Spoiler +

 PR + Show Spoiler +

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Prize Pool
 $12'000
 $6'000
 $3'000
 $1'500

Format

Online League

Round Robin, one group with all 16 teams

Series played in bo1 format

Offline Finals

Top 4 teams from League

Double-elimination bo3

Grand Final bo5

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How-to: Download Ragnarok Online 2 from Steam with Region Lock

Ragnarok Online 2 was recently released on the Steam platform a few days ago. If you’re like me, you may have attempted to download it from the store page and realized that it is not available for your region.

I looked up how to bypass this but my search yielded no viable results. Until I had the epiphany. Instead of boring you with the details on how I figured this out, here’s what you need to do.
Step 1: Open up your Steam client and go to Settings.

Step 2: From the settings window, go to the DOWNLOADS + CLOUD tab.

Step 3: On the Download region section, select any of the supported countries. I opted for Argentina.

Step 4: Click OK.

Step 5: Click HERE.

Read more at coffeecone.com

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The International 2013 HUD Unveiled - Dota 2

Few hours ago, the developers of Valve have released another small DOTA 2 update that fixes some of the earlier known bugs related to Elder Titan hero, boosts performance of thegame in general and improves The International Compendium feature as well. If you are interested to know more, check out the official patch notes here below:

GAMEPLAY
- Elder Titan: Fixed Ancestral Spirit giving vision to Elder Titan while dead.
- Elder Titan: Fixed Earth Splitter being placed slightly too far forward.
- Elder Titan: Fixed Natural Order not getting upgraded on the Ancestral Spirit if it was already in the air.
- Elder Titan: Fixed Natural Order sometimes not getting applied before Ancestral Spirit's damage.
- Ursa: Fixed Fury Swipes stack getting dispelled with Magic Immunity.

PERFORMANCE
- Added vsync support to windowed modes.
- Reduced memory fragmentation.

COMMUNITY
- There are now 6 broadcaster channels.
- Added map ping throttling for communication banned players.

INTERNATIONAL COMPENDIUM
- Now highlights Compendiums that are gifts from other players.
- Updated with new stretch goals.
- Prize pool now displays how much the Compendium owner has contributed.

DOTA ECONOMY
- Particles on unusual couriers work again.
- Strange items that count things other than kills work again.

Those of you that bought The International Compendium will soon receive the official tournament HUD and the design of it can be seen here below.

source :gamerbook

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Dota 2 Interactive Compendium gets new stretch goals, including vote on next released hero

After the Dota 2 community blasted through the second stretch goal for the International’s prize-pot-boosting Interactive Compendium, Valve have gone back to the bonus board to remap their targets. New stretch goals have added to the virtual document, filling in the previously colossal gap between Smeevil’s mount at $1.85 mil, and the new Immortal item at $2.6 million.

The Compendium acts as the ultimate record, companion, guide and boasting tool for the International tournament, allowing you to predict outcomes, and gain items, while filling in and expanding as the competition progresses. It also feeds back into the tournament – with $2.50 from every sale being added to the International’s original $1.6 million prize fund.

With the prize pot now at nearly $1.96 million, here are the remaining stretch goals, with the newly created bonuses in bold:

• $2,000,000 – A custom HUD skin for all Compendium owners
• $2,200,000 – A Taunt item with a brand new animation for all Compendium owners
• $2,400,000 – Vote on participants in an 8 player Solo Championship (1 vs 1) at The International
• $2,600,000 – An Immortal item for all Compendium owners
• $3,200,000 – Choose the next hero released

A more evenly distributed list then, but one that comes with an even larger final goal: a vote on the “next” hero to be added. Of course, here the goal’s timing comes in to play. If the vote isn’t held until the International kicks off, there’s a strong chance that Abaddon and Legion Commander will already have found their way into the game – the vote instead deciding the next release from the remaining seven heroes.

As for the tournament, the West Qualifiers are set to continue today from 1pm BST, with the start of the Group B stage. You can watch the tournament live from the GDStudio qualifier page.

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International 3 Western Qualifier schedule (part 1)

Current Day 1-4 Schedule

Day 1 - May 13rd

15:00 CEST(GMT+2)/9AM EDT/6AM PDT - Preshow

16:00 CEST(GMT+2)/10AM EDT/7AM PDT - Matchup 1: RoX.KIS vs Absolute Legends

19:00 CEST(GMT+2)/1PM EDT/10AM PDT - Matchup 2: Team Empire vs dd.Dota

22:00 CEST(GMT+2)/4PM EDT/1PM PDT - Matchup 3: Winners of previous matchups

Day 2 - May 14th

·  17:00 CEST(GMT+2)/11AM EDT/8AM PDT - Preshow

·  17:30 CEST(GMT+2)/11:30AM EDT/8:30AM PDT - Matchup 1: Losers Day 1

·  20:30 CEST(GMT+2)/2:30PM EDT/11:30AM PDT - Matchup 2: Winner Matchup 1 vs Loser Matchup 3 Day 1

Day 3 - May 15th

·  14:00 CEST(GMT+2)/8AM EDT/5AM PDT - Preshow

·  14:30 CEST(GMT+2)/8:30AM EDT/5:30AM PDT - Matchup 1: Mousesports vs iCCup

·  17:30 CEST(GMT+2)/11:30AM EDT/8:30AM PDT - Matchup 2: Evil Geniuses vs QPAD Red Pandas

·  20:30 CEST(GMT+2)/2:30PM EDT/11:30AM PDT - Matchup 3: Winners of previous matchups

Day 4 - May 16th

·  17:00 CEST(GMT+2)/11AM EDT/8AM PDT - Preshow

·  17:30 CEST(GMT+2)/11:30AM EDT/8:30AM PDT - Matchup 1: Losers Day 3

·  20:30 CEST(GMT+2)/2:30PM EDT/11:30AM PDT - Matchup 2: Winner Matchup 1 vs Loser Matchup 3 Day 3

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Solo matchmaking will be added to DOTA 2

Solo matchmaking is an experimental feature implented into DOTA 2 Test Client. There are some other minor updates like the number of reports you can make. It has been reduced to two per week. Read the full list of updates below:

Added Solo Matchmaking option. This is an experimental feature that will match you with players who also queued without being in a party. This is the first step in a series aimed at improving the matchmaking system.

COMMUNITY
- Reduced the number of negative reports per week to 2 as part of our ongoing efforts to improve and tune the reporting and ban systems.

GAMEPLAY
- Elder Titan: Fixed Legacy Keys
- Drow Ranger: Fixed Frost Arrows slowing Spirit Bear for the full creep duration
- Tusk: Fixed Walrus Punch having 1 less second of slow than intended.
- Tusk: Fixed Armlet sometimes causing Walrus Punch to disappear after using Snowball.

PERFORMANCE
- Reduced memory usage on systems with 2GB of RAM or less

Source: Gamersbook

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Valve DotA 2 The International

The International is an annual electronic sports Dota 2 championship tournament hosted by the American video game developer Valve Corporation, in which sixteen teams are personally invited to compete. The tournament began as the first public debut of Dota 2 in August 2011 at Gamescom, with a total prize pot of $1.6 million, with a grand prize of one million dollars going towards the championship team, making it the second most lucrative electronic sports event to date.

Tournament History

The International 2011

Valve announced the tournament in August 2011.

16 teams were invited to the tournament, but only the Top 8 teams received prize money.

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	Natus Vincere	$1,000,000.00
2nd	EHOME	$250,000.00
3rd	Scythe Gaming	$150,000.00
4th	MeetYourMakers	$80,000.00
5/6th	Invictus Gaming	$35,000.00
5/6th	Moscow Five	$35,000.00
7/8th	MiTH.Trust	$25,000.00
7/8th	Online Kingdom.Nirvana int	$25,000.00

The International 2012

Valve Corporation announced The International 2012 on May 10, 2012, with the first two teams invited being the highest-rated DotA team in the world, DK, and the defending champions, Natus Vincere. Unlike the previous year, Valve would host the event independently in Seattle, Washington, at the Benaroya Hall on August 31, 2012. In total sixteen teams would attend, with fourteen invites and two wild card geographically-based qualifiers.

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	Invictus Gaming	$1,000,000.00
2nd	Natus Vincere	$250,000.00
3rd	LGD Gaming	$150,000.00
4th	DK	$80,000.00
5/6th	EHOME	$35,000.00
5/6th	Team Zenith	$35,000.00
7/8th	TongFu	$25,000.00
7/8th	Orange Esports	$25,000.00

The International 2013

Valve Corporation announced The International 2013 on April 25, 2013. It again is to be hosted at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle from August 7 to 11. The first team to be invited were the defending champions, Invictus Gaming. Sixteen teams are to participate, thirteen of which will receive invitations, and the final three being decided in two qualifying tournaments. Link for update

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