New Item Category: Genuine Items

With the update for Jan. 11, 2012, a new item category was released. Now there are GENUINE ITEMS, we can also call this promotional items.

List of Genuine items that I know atm:

• Genuine Dolfrat and Roshinate
• Genuine Wyvernguard Edge
• Genuine Berserker’s Witchslayer
• Genuine Kantusa the Script Sword
• Genuine Braze the Zonkey
• Genuine Recluse Reef Denizen
• Genuine Ramnaught of the Underwool

My only proof is my Ram. 

You can also confirm if you search the Steam Community Market, see here.

Cheers everyone! I hope you enjoyed it. 

So here comes Medusa!

Update Notes – January 9, 2013

Added Medusa!

GAMEPLAY
– Witch Doctor: Fixed Aghanim’s Death Ward attacking Familiars and other pseudo heroes.
– Doom: Scorched Earth now only applies damage from Doom himself, not all the units affected by his aura.
– Pudge: Fixed being able to get units stuck using Refresher.
– Keeper of the Light: Fixed Recall interaction with non-hero units.

UI
– Added a Haste button to the courier HUD element.
– Added Mid Only game mode for private lobbies (disables other lanes and allows the same hero to be selected).
– The Announcer Share dialog has been replaced with a Shared Content dialog.
– Added a badge to the top bar to count the available shared items.
– If shared content is available in a game, a message is now printed pregame.
– Added Balanced Shuffle button to non-tournament private lobbies.
– Added All Chat private lobby option for enabling voice chat among all players.
– Fixed “Equip” appearing in the right click menu for some chests.

AUDIO
– Fixed hearing the wrong announcer after equipping a new item in the loadout.
– Fixed bugs with muting cobroadcasters causing other sounds to be muted.

BOTS
– The bots are now less likely to push with more heroes than what they deem necessary (less 5-man Dota). Probably needs some tuning.
– Made bots slightly less self-concerned when considering defending an ally. Also made them more likely to jump in if they have a slow or stun.
– Bots that are capable of jungling during the laning phase may now do so.
– If purchasing an item from the secret shop would complete an item, desire for going there is now increased.
– When their next item is purchasable, their desire to farm is significantly reduced.
– Fixed bad tuning that was causing bots to almost never farm lanes.
– Improved bot responsiveness to pings on Roshan.
– Bots are now less likely to assume that humans will purchase wards.
Update 2

– Fixed Armlet and Power Treads interaction.
– Added missing percent in tooltip.
– Added bot info (hero type and laning preferences) for Medusa.
– Greatly reduced the frequency of Medusa saying her lines for activating Mana Shield.
– Fixed Split Shot not working on illusions
– Hid the courier haste button when dead.
– The returning state button is now clickable.
– Updated Medusa portrait.
– Raised Medusa healthbar.
– Updated Medusa hitboxes.

Source: Dota 2 Dev Forums,  DotaCinema

DotaCinema Community Raffle

Want to help DotaCinema and have the chance to win a plethora of keys? If your answer is yes,DotaCinema Raffles is your only way to do it. You’ll be able to help us raise funds for the future DC tournaments and acquire lots of keys at the same time.

At the beginning of every month the Community Raffle will open, allowing users to donate one normal treasure key to DotaCinema in exchange for a raffle ticket. If you own a raffle ticket, you will be eligible for a chance to win part of the raffle prizepool, which consists of treasure keys other users have also exchanged for a ticket. At the end of the month, we will close the raffle and randomly select ten raffle ticket numbers. If you own one or more of the tickets announced, you will receive a portion of the raffle prizepool (the more tickets you have, the better odds you have of winning). The random selection process and the announcing of winners will both be streamed live, so make sure you tune in on the 31st!

1st ticket: 30%
2nd: 15%
3rd: 10%
4th: 8%
5th: 6%
6th: 5%
7th: 4 %
8th: 4%
9th: 4%
10th: 4%

The remaining 10% of keys donated to the raffle will be given to the prizepools of DotaCinema’s Community Tournaments.

To purchase a raffle ticket, you must trade one treasure key to the DotaCinema Raffles steam account. When trading, please also give us your DotaCinema forum name and your SteamID. Once you give us your key and information, we will give you a ticket number, which you will be able to see here.

Note: There is no limit to how many tickets you may purchase.

DotaCinema Raffles Steam ID
Create a DC forum account
Stream

 

Source: DotaCinema

6.77 Changelog Released

Heroes

 Ancient Apparition
– Chilling Touch manacost rescaled from 140 to 110/120/130/140

 Batrider
– Batrider can no longer attack while using Flaming Lasso

 Bounty Hunter
– Track no longer reduces armor

 Centaur
– Movement speed decreased from 305 to 300
– Double Edge no longer interrupts channeling
– Stampede now applies a 100% slow instead of a stun (as always, units cannot be slowed below 100 movement speed)

 Clockwerk
– Agility growth increased from 1.2 to 2.3

 Dazzle
– Shallow Grave cast range rescaled from 400/600/800/1000 to 550/700/850/1000

 Doom Bringer
– Scorched Earth now also affects other units you control
– Doom now has too much armor! (+1)

 Drow Ranger
– Trueshot Aura now only affects non-hero units within 900 range of Drow

 Earthshaker
– Aftershock stun duration rescaled from 0.3/0.7/1.2/1.5 to 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5
– Aftershock damage increased from 25/45/75/115 to 50/75/100/125
– Enchant Totem cooldown decreased from 6 to 5

 Enchantress
– Untouchable AS reduction increased from 20/40/60/80 to 20/50/80/110

 Jakiro
– Ice Path damage from 100 to 25/50/75/100

 Lycanthrope
– Base Int increased from 15 to 17
– Spirit Wolves armor increased by 1

 Magnus
– Skewer no longer affects magic immune units
– Skewer cast range rescaled from 1200 to 600/800/1000/1200
– Reverse Polarity duration decreased from 2.5/3.25/4 to 2.25/3/3.75

 Medusa
– Stone Gaze cooldown decreased from 140/110/80 to 140/100/60

 Mirana
– Moonlight Shadow duration increased from 11 to 15 seconds

 Morphling
– Cast animation time decreased from 0.4 to 0.25

 Necrolyte
– Reaper’s Scythe stun/delay increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds

 Omniknight
– Purification cast range rescaled from 400/500/600/700 to 700

 Phoenix
– Sun Ray max range decreased from 1600 to 1300
– Sun Ray base damage decreased from 16/24/32/40 to 15/20/25/30
– Sun Ray now ends if you are stunned or silenced
– Fixed some Sunray lag issues

 Puck
– Illusory Orb cooldown decreased from 13 to 12

 Pugna
– Decrepify cooldown decreased from 13/11/9/7 to 12/10/8/6

 Shadow Demon
– Shadow Poison cooldown decreased from 3 to 2.75

 Slark
– Base agility increased by 6

 Spectre
– Haunt no longer ends when you use reality (the targeted illusion is still replaced by you though)

 Sven
– Great Cleave damage decreased from 25/40/55/70 to 20/35/50/65
– Warcry duration decreased from 8 to 7 seconds

 Templar Assassin
– Refraction manacost increased from 75 to 100

 Terrorblade
– Movement speed increased by 5

 Treant Protector
– Damage increased by 10
– Leech Seed cooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12 to 16/14/12/10
– Overgrowth cooldown decreased from 80 to 70
– Living Armor damage instances increased from 6 to 7
– Living Armor can be cast through the minimap (only considers heroes and towers/rax in this mode)

 Undying
– Decay damage reduced from 40/80/120/160 to 20/60/100/140

 Vengeful Spirit
– Wave of Terror damage increased from 18.75/37.5/56.25/75 to 30/50/70/90

 Viper
– Base strength increased by 3

 Warlock
– Shadow Word cooldown decreased from 20 to 16

 Weaver
– Shukuchi damage increased from 90/100/110/120 to 90/110/130/150

 Winter Wyvern
– Arctic Burn cooldown decreased from 60/50/40/30 to 50/40/30/20
– Splinter Blast cooldown decreased from 8 to 7
– Fixed Arctic Burn vs Roshan

 Zeus
– Strength growth increased from 1.8 to 2.3

Items

 Buriza-do Kyanon
– Crit multiplier decreased from 2.7 to 2.4
– Recipe cost decreased from 1200 to 1000

 Crystalys
– Damage decreased from 35 to 30

 Eye of Skadi
– HP bonus increased from 200 to 250
– MP bonus increase from 150 to 250

 Shiva’s Guard
– Freezing Aura’s attack speed reduction increased from 25 to 30

Misc

* Harpy’s Chain Lightning manacost reduced from 90 to 50

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Source: playDota

Dota 2 Reaches 3 Million

 

Source: Dotabuff

DotaCinema Advent Calendar Winners List

To be more organized, I created a forum thread in DotaCinema having the list of the winners also with the questions & prize to update the community. I would also update everyone here in my blog.

This list is related to the DotaCinema Advent.

Here the list from Day 1 up to the current day:

Day 1

• Question: How many Top 10 submissions are you allowed per week?
• Answer: 2
• Winner: Captain-Hero
• Prize: Red Piercing Beams Stumpy & Ramnaught of Underwool

Day 2

• Question: Will Pugna’s Nether Ward kill Omniknight before he can heal himself in Dota 2?
• Answer: Omniknight will die before he heals himself
• Winner: Dashwolf
• Prize: Fearless Badger & Braze the Zonkey

Day 3

• Question: What is the next section that will be released on DotaCinema.com?
• Answer: Shoutcasting
• Winner: mumue
• Prize: Unusual Stumpy with Brown Resonant Energy

Day 4

• Question: In what state do Reaves and SUNSfan reside?
• Answer: Phoenix, Arizona
• Winner: hamadu
• Prize: Seraphic Greevil and Diretide 2012 Baby Roshan

Day 5

• Question: Who are the 3 middlemen for Dota2traders? (dota2traders.com)
• Answer: Aces, Wuvs, Leon
• Winner: championturretdestroyer
• Prize: Shitty Wizard, Dolfrat the Roshinate

Day 6

• Question: In what DotaCinema video did SUNSfan make his debut?
• Answer: Dota 2 Doombringer
• Winner: Kayert
• Prize: Unusual Fearless Badger with Resonant Energy

Day 7

• ​Question: In which Top 10 episode did nth lure EG into Roshan pit?
• Answer: Dota 2 Top 10 Weekly : Ep. 38
• Winner: leefighter
• Prize: Unusual Stumpy with Burning Animus

Day 8

• Question: What is the name of the dota2traders weekly giveaway called?
• Answer: D2T Tribute to Traders Weekend Giveaway
• Winner: Njaar
• Prize: Unusual Stumpy with Resonant Energy

Day 9

• Question: What is the story behind the name SUNSfan?
• Answer: He likes an NBA team
• Winner: kloreen
• Prize: The Corpse Maiden’s Set with Brooch of Death’s Bride hair and Tickled Tegu

Day 10

• Question: In Sven’s Revenge, what did he carry his enlarged testicles in?
• Answer: Wheelbarrow
• Winner: Easter
• Prize: Unusual Dreaded Greevil and Toxic Gaze

Day 11

• Question: According to Gabe Newell, what genre is Dota 2?
• Answer: ARTS
• Winner: bounce
• Prize: Unusual Stumpy – Nature’s Attendant Resonant Energy

Day 12

• Question: When did Valve introduce the Dota Store?
• Answer: June 1, 2012 (May 31)
• Winner: InfinityDux
• Prize: The Mage Slayer’s Set and Blueheart Spotter

Day 13

• Question: Which of the 3 heroes belong to the same role, initiator?
• Answer: Meepo, Morphing and Puck
• Winner: klintz01
• Prize: Unusual Fearless Badger with Searing Essence Color: 208, 119, 51 (Brown)

Day 14

• Question: What is Timbersaw most afraid of?
• Answer: Trees
• Winner: gigibosu
• Prize: Thunderwrath’s Calling Set for Omniknight and Slayer’s Glare (Lina Ward)

Day 15

• Question: What set won the Polycount contest?
• Answer: Rider of the Storm
• Winner: tirinmirin
• Prize: Unusual Stumpy – Nature’s Attendant Resonant Energy color: 208, 119, 51 (Brown)

Day 16

• Question: Which hero’s ultimate has the highest mana cost (lvl 3)?
• Answer: Lina
• Winner: TheDaemon2142
• Prize: Bones of the Slain Dragon Set and Dragonclaw Hook for Pudge

*List to be updated

Source: DotaCinema

Full sail, Dota 2 Polycount Contest ahead!

This post will feature about the contest that Valved started a few weeks ago. It is a contest in creating hero items in Dota 2. Not just items, but extremely amazing items. You’ll see talent, dedication, passion and real competition here.

The winners for this competition will be featured in Dota 2 Store, 5% of the earnings will be given to the creator of the item. Now imagine how much will they get.
See here: http://blog.dota2.com/2012/10/dota-2-polycount-contest/

*I’ll be posting soon the winners per week.

Source/s: Dota 2

PC Gamer Game of the Year: Dota 2 Nominated

To all fans of Dota 2 like me, here is one thing that we should be proud of, Dota 2 was nominated for PC Gamer Game of the Year 2012.

At the end of each year we hand out awards to honor the experiences that live in our best memories of the preceding months—the games that moved us with their ambition, quality, and pioneering spirit. None of the decisions are ever easy, and there’s no secret formula: we pit opinion against opinion with straightforward, old-fashioned arguing until one winner is left standing in the GOTY battle cage

-PC Gamer

Here are the other nominees for the given categories:

Game of the Year:

• Dota 2
• Dishonored
• Mass Effect 3
• PlanetSide 2
• The Walking Dead
• Tribes: Ascend
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Strategy:

• Crusader Kings II
• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown

MMO:

• Guild Wars 2
• PlanetSide 2
• Rift: Storm Legion
• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

RPG:

• Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
• Diablo III
• Mass Effect 3
• Torchlight II

SP Shooter:

• Borderlands 2
• Dishonored
• Far Cry 3
• Max Payne 3
• Spec Ops: The Line

MP Shooter:

• Hawken
• Natural Selection 2
• PlanetSide 2
• Tribes: Ascend

ESPORT:

• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• StarCraft II

MOD:

• Black Mesa: Source
• Crusader Kings II: A Game of Thrones
• DayZ
• The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod

Adventure:

• Lone Survivor
• The Walking Dead
• Thirty Flights of Loving
• Resonance

Short Form:

• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Hotline Miami
• Legend of Grimrock
• Thirty Flights of Loving

Simulation:

• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• aeroflyFS
• XPlane
• Football Manager 2013

 Source: PC Gamer

 

Yes, lads, we’ve reached safe harbor!

Sorry for the wait, I’ve been sick for few days but now I’m back and ready to roll again.

We on DotaCinema forums try to help the community in our own little ways, one way is by having the Price Check section in the Trading Outpost. It is a section where players ask the price of a specific item at the current time. Players/Traders will comment the most accurate price that they know for the said item so that traders will know what is the real price of that item and will serve as a guide for him/her for his ideal deals.

Of course there are rules.
Visit the Price Check section here.

We all know that the market is not stable, it fluctuates everyday. The prices constantly change relative to supply and demand of the market, so this section is created to update the community about the current prices of the items, BUT this price checks are from random people, so it is still for you to decide.

• Don’t just believe in a price check given by a single person, more price checks with almost the same range will somehow add to the possibility that it is the current price.
• Always check the date of the given price checks, we all know that prices constantly change, so we don’t want you to be a victim of this case.
• Don’t try to create your own price check to control the market, don’t use this to take advantage to the other traders, if we see issues concerning about this, you’ll be banned in this community instantly.
• Try to check other websites, this is a healthy way for every trader, I’m not saying that you can’t trust this community for price checks but it is good that you can confirm the price checks right in different sources.

*DotaCinema staff tries to help people in price checks especially us mods, as I always say, don’t depend on a single opinion. We want to help but we don’t want to be blamed, we do help in price checks with the most accurate result as we can gather. Thank you.
See here.

Source/s: DotaCinema

DotaCinema Christmas Treat 3rd Day!

DotaCinema in partnership with dota2traders will be giving treats this December. Everyday, one lucky winner will be given a gift. This give away will be happening everyday until the Christmas Day. Now it is on its 3rd day! The winner for Day 2 is Dashwolf. Congratulations! 🙂

The answer for the Day 2 question was “Omniknight will die before he heals himself“. If you’re asking why would that be the answer because you saw that Omniknight survived in the video embedded in the Day 2 thread, the answer is, that video is based on Dota 1(WC3) and the question was about Dota 2, if you really are smart enough or desperate to get the price, you would create a private game in Dota 2 and try to bust that myth in that given situation. In Dota 2, Omniknight will die before he heals himself because Pugna’s wards will take effect first before the other skills to be casted.

To participate in the give away, you just need to register in DotaCinema forums and answer the question in a thread created for this treat.
The question for Day 3 is “What is the next section that will be released on DotaCinema.com?”  choices are in the Day 3 thread.

As for this day, the present will be Unusual Stumpy with Brown Resonant Energy. The winner will also receive a unique award(for DotaCinema account only).

We are giving away a present for each day in December until Christmas arrives!  Please vote for whichever answer you feel is correct. At the end of each day, we will lock the specific thread and tally up all the correct votes. We will then proceed to randomly select a winner from that pool of correct answers. Finally, we will post the winner of the day in the closed thread. Good luck to everyone!
-Neil

*Neil is an Admin of DotaCinema and the founder of it.

Here is the thread with the question for the second give away:
Advent Calendar December 3rd

Goodluck to everyone! –brentskieee

Also see these links that are related to this give away: dota2traders
Source/s: DotaCinema dota2traders