DotA 2 First Preview and a Competition for $1 Million USD! (August 17th)

[Xel]

DotA 2 First Preview and a Competition for $1 Million USD!



[IMGL]http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50416_106876872711112_5183337_n.jpg[/IMGL]**Valve will be giving us the first preview of DotA 2 (Defence of the Ancients)
**on August 17th 2011. **The preview will be held as a tournament between the
**world's best sixteen DotA teams:
**GGNet-MYM -Na'Vi -CCM -LGD -TyLoo -OK.Nirvana.int -M5 -nevo -Scythe.SG -MUFC -Mineski.Infinity

**The prize for winning is incredible total of $1 MILLION USD!
**The tournament will be broadcast in four languages (Chinese, German, Russian,
**and English) free of charge.





Quote from DotA 2 Blog:

“The International is the first public Dota 2 event and will give the tens of millions of gamers playing Dota around the world their
first look at the new game,” said Gabe Newell, president and founder of Valve. “I have had the good fortune to watch the competitors
as they prepare for the tournament, and the level of play is extraordinary.”

In addition to the cash prizes awarded by Valve, NVidia is providing all the hardware for the event.
Dota 2 will be available for the PC and Mac later this year.

Official Sites:** ****



Additional information


Testing server 'leak'

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People have managed do dig up information of the server where some of the DotA 2 testing is done in:
- Server name appears to be “VALVe dota Server #x (srcds156)" (Yes, it's VALVe instead of Valve).
- Game's name is “Defense of the Ancients”
- The maximum player limit is 12 meaning that there will probably be either 2 spectators [or a possibility for 6v6 matches].
EDIT: IceFrog has confirmed DotA 2 will be 5v5
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- Map's name is "Dota"
- Server's IP address is 67.135.39.161
- Server is provided by the Internet Provider Qwest Communications Company that also hosts valvesoftware.com

This information has already been confirmed by IceFrog confirms on his profile page on PlayDota:

[Xel]

Reserved for upcoming updates.

Stay tuned!

[Gawdlaw]

Also wrote the same article in Dutch xD.

I can't wait for this game! The champs look very good.

Blizzard also worked on their own Dota am I correct?

[Xel]

Blizzard also worked on their own Dota am I correct?

As far as I know, yes, but wasn't it for SCII?

[Igzz]

Personally I can't wait for DotA 2. Will probably get back together with eMazing Gaming, gonna be hella fun. Hopefully it's not like $60.

[Xel]

Hopefully it's not like $60.

It is rumored it's going to be F2P with an in-game shop, however this is uncertain.
Valve did, nevertheless, say there is going to be a new F2P game.

[Valmere]

It is rumored it's going to be F2P with an in-game shop, however this is uncertain.
Valve did, nevertheless, say there is going to be a new F2P game.

I actually wouldn't mind paying for DotA 2. As long as the in-game shop doesn't give players the ability to get an edge over others and it's used for purely cosmetic purposes, I'll be fine with it as well.

[andywhite]

zEnith gonna win this year international 2012