Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Dota-Allstars 6.51 AIplus 1.52 Revision 2 Map Free Download

dota allstars 6.51 loading screen Images Dota-Allstars 6.51 AIplus 1.52 Map Free Download. Another outstanding map from BuffMePlz! Get it now! I really recommend this map! The download link is at the end of the post.

Here is what he said about this map:



After spending about 14 hours programming last night, I think the first revision for this port is finally done. As far as I know, all of the new hero/item content is in and works fine for both humans and AI (yes, AI Visage and Drow and PA get their new abilities and they work). New item recipes work as expected, and AI has been modified to get the proper items in order to build them (Eul's, Guinsoo's, Battle Fury).

Fun tavern is still in, though it looks different. Deal with it. Currently contains Old Invoker, Old Lifestealer, Old Silencer, and Gambler. Maybe adding more later, they actually don't increase map size as much as everybody thinks they do (except for Gambler, since he has his own special buttons that I needed to add).

Assists work, singledraft works, -clear and -courier work, new creep camps work, bottles work, Invoker works...things work. Most of them, anyway.

Things that DON'T work:
-ah (why would you be hacking on an AI map anyway?)
-apm
-afk
-kickafk
-swapall (will do this one later, I don't feel like it right now)

Some bugs that were addressed with Last Word going off on various spells have not been addressed yet as of this revision. I'll do it later.

New Impale code works fine, but I haven't addressed the issues with new Impale + Omnislash/Voodoo Restoration. Also to be done later.

Eclipse still ministuns. I'll address that later. It does properly level up with Lucent Beam now though.

I haven't disabled -unstuck, since I find it to be useful.

I've changed the hero selection code a bit so (in theory) the AI should never pick Lanaya, Nai'x, or Kael. You can, of course, force the AI to pick these heroes but they won't do anything and will probably be easy to kill. Except for Lanaya, who will probably kill your game. Note that this is only for modes in which the computer picks, so using -ar or -tr may still cause them to pick these heroes.

Post bug reports here. I probably won't be doing anything on this map for at least another two weeks after my programming splurge, so hopefully this should be good enough for a while. Unless somebody finds something COMPLETELY gamebreaking...in which case then I might do something about it sooner.

Will fix aforementioned bugs in Revision 2, along with whatever you guys report. Might add Old Morphling to Fun Tavern, or whoever else people might want to see. But not all the old heroes, that's ridiculous and will take more time than I have ever. =P

Enjoy.


Here is the download link. You should note that this map has the same bug as 6.48b AIplus, read this post for further information. You can share your comment here after try it out :)

Also notice this before play the map, this is the known bug on this map.

THERE IS NO AI FOR LIFESTEALER AND INVOKER. THEY WILL GET BASIC ITEMS AND WILL NEITHER USE NOR LEARN THEIR SKILLS.
Known bugs with AI:
-Sand King doesn't use Epicenter
-Luna doesn't level up Lucent Beam, so Eclipse is very weak
-Lanaya crashes the game


Update: Last version is now Dota-Allstars 6.51 AIplus 1.52 revision 3.

Changelog:
Rev. 02
=======
-Fixed bug with Crystal Maiden and Aghanim's Scepter
-Fixed bug with Invoker swap
-Fixed spell effect on Split Earth
-Gold is now properly distributed in -em mode
-Implemented -apm-Implemented -swapall
-Updated -roll to show the range
-Updated -cs to show neutrals killed
-AI should now properly use Eul's
-AI should now properly get Lothar's

Download Dota-Allstars 6.51 AIplus 1.52 revision 2 via Mediafire (zip)
Download Dota-Allstars 6.51 AIplus 1.52 revision 2 via Mediafire

Credit to Tempest for give me a notice about this map, thanks pal! :)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

New Dota-Allstars Game Commands You Should Know

Input Game CommandMaybe you already noticed that since 6.50, there's some new commands available. For those still confuse with the new commands, this post will help you to learn it. Some of it is very popular and interesting. The most noticeable are -ah (anti hack), -afk and -kickafk (kick idle player), -invokelist (Invoker skill list), -sd (Single Draft) and some more. This post will give you some information about those new game mode.

Here we go, let's start with:

-singledraft / -sd --> Single Draft

Each player is presented with three random heroes, one agility, one strength, and one intelligence. After use this command, you must continue with these commands:

-pick 1 --> Agility Hero
Pick the first presented hero.

-pick 2 --> Strenght Hero
Pick the second presented hero.

-pick 3 --> Intelligence Hero
Pick the third presented hero.

Incompatible with: Mirror Match, Death Match, All Agility, All Intelligence, All Strength, Same Hero, Reverse Mode.

-afk --> AFK Info

Displays how long each player is inactive.

-kickafk # --> Kick AFK players

Kicks players that have been inactive for more than 10 minutes. Replace # with the number of idle player.

-apm --> Actions Per Minute

Displays your APM.

-courier --> Courier icon

Toggles displaying idle worker courier icon.

-clear --> Clear screen

Clears all game text messages from the screen.

-invokelist --> List Invoker's spells

Displays list of Invoker's spells.

-swapall --> Swap All

Sends swap requests to all your allies. Also disables -swapcancel.

-ah --> Anti-MapHack

* First available player may enter these commands, checking the player list from the top.
* Must be entered separately, between 15 and 60 seconds of game time.

Enables maphack protection. Highly experimental, report bugs directly to IceFrog@gmail.com. After using this command, you have to choose one of the two supported modes using -mode1 or -mode2 commands.

-mode1 --> Basic Mode

This is a basic version that only operates on minimap. Use only if you have a problem with -mode2.

-mode2 --> Recommended Mode

This covers more areas and is the recommended version.

That's all, reminds me if i slipped some :) This post is based on lookyman guide from http://www.dota-allstars.com/. You may also check the complete list of the Dota-Allstars Game Command.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Dota-Allstars 6.51 AI Map Free Download

dota allstars 6.50b loading screen Images Dota-Allstars 6.51 AI DAII v1.2, Free Download. These map is AI maps i found for 6.51. You can try it yourself. Because the really fast DotA map update from IceFrog, it's hard to find decent AI. So, currently the available AI is injected DotA DAII v1.2 AI for 6.51. If i find another better map, i will post it immediately, don't worry! :)


Download 6.51 DAII AI v1.2

Comments:
Just like the other DAII map. Use it only to test new Heroes or Items. Not much comment for this map.

Warning! Don't expect too much, because those maps is launched very shortly after 6.51 is released. Use it only to testing some new features, like assist point and Mortred new skill.

Update:
Fix the 6.51 AI DAII v1.2 broken link. Special thanks to Yungkie for the feedback.
Dota-Allstars 6.51 AIplus 1.52 Map already released!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Exact Dota-Allstars 6.51 Map Changelog

The exact Dota-Allstars 6.51 Changelog. This post contain the details on some important change. If you are looking for the Official Changelog, go to this post.

Kellen Dagger of Initiator?

So, IceFrog really did want to change the name to Kellen's Dagger of Initiator :D The blink range is quite far now. It's as twice of the average range hero (600).
* Increased cast range of Kelen's Dagger
Cast Range increased from 1000 -> 1200.

Bottle

Uh, i really need this. Because without it, the courier cannot refill the bottle (only the upgraded Crow can).
* Undid previous Bottle changes. Bottle now works as follows: Costs 600 gold, does not require mana to refill, auto-fills it when you are near fountain, rune refills it to full, resells at 50% like normal, purchasable at base only, regenerates less than previously, has no usage cooldown.
Currently bottle refills 135 health and 70 mana per usage. And it is no longer in secret shops (Its slot is filled with dagger). Since you no longer needs mana to refill it, the good point is that you can have a courier fetch it

Sange Yasha

As i thought, the 6.50 buff on this items is a bit too much. The buff to the component items also great.
* Improved Sange's percentage and Yasha's percentage, and lowered the recent buff on S&Y a little
Sange: +16 Str, +7 dmg, 7% chance to Maim
Yasha: +16 Agi, +7% attack speed, +7% movement speed
Sange & Yasha: +16 Str, +16 Agi, +14 dmg, +14% AS, +14% MS, 14% chance to Maim

BattleFury

Wow, now Battlefury is cheaper than before. The changing from Mithril Hammer to Broadsword save you a bunch of gold :)
* Changed Battlefury recipe slightly
Battlefury now requires Perseverance + Broadsword + Claymore.

* Replaced Phantom Assassin's Shadow Strike with a different similar ability (132694)
Level 1: Single target 20% for 2 seconds. 40 Pure Damage(Half damage to heroes).
600 Cast Range. 35 Mana. 10 Seconds Cooldown.
Level 2: Single target 25% for 2.75 seconds. 80 Pure Damage(Half damage to heroes).
600 Cast Range. 30 Mana. 10 Seconds Cooldown.
Level 3: Single target 30% for 3.5 seconds. 120 Pure Damage(Half damage to heroes).
600 Cast Range. 30 Mana. 10 Seconds Cooldown.
Level 4: Single target 35% for 4.25 seconds. 160 Pure Damage(Half damage to heroes).
600 Cast Range. 25. 10 Seconds Cooldown.


* Fixed Vladmir's Offering sell cost
Sell cost from 1537 -> 1037 -thanks Ner'Zhul.

* Minor bonus armor in True Form
Gives +2/4/6 armor.

* Improved Shuriken Toss cast range
Cast Range increased from 300 -> 650

* Lowered Elder Dragon Form's manacost and cooldown a little
Costs 50 mana, 100 sec cooldown on all levels.

* Changed Phantom Edge's secondary ability from evasion to magic resistance
Adds 10/15/20% magic resistance.

* Lowered level 1 and 2 cast range on Replicate
Replicate's Cast Range is now 700/1100/1500.

* Lowered Phantom Assassin's cast animation time
Cast Point/Backswing in seconds from 0.5/0.83 -> 0.3/0.5

* Lowered Manta Style's cooldown a bit
Cooldown from 50 -> 40 secs.

* Fixed some inconsistencies with tower visions (TheLoneWolf14)
Changed Scourge Towers vision during the day/night from 1600/800 to 1900/800, same as Sentinel.

Some Dota-Allstars 6.51 Map Screenshot

As i promised, this is some screenshot from Dota-Allstars 6.51. You can download the official map and the changelogs in Official Dota-Allstars 6.51 Map post.

Dota Assist Score

As you can see from the picture above, there's additional point after kills and Deaths. That's the assist point. From my personal point of view and some hints from the changelogs, there's some factors to get the assist point. That is your distance from the killed hero and the time you were there.

Mortred

There's also new skills for Mortred.

Stiffling Dagger

Stiffling Dagger

Stiffling Dagger

The new skills is great. Compared to the old skills (Shadow Strike), this skill will help you more to get a kill. Mortred also can easily use it because of the low mana cost. The low cooldown and slow given combined with Blink Strike is the perfect combination to make a kill.

Stiffling Dagger

Look at dagger! It is great isn't it? What makes it more neat to use is the slow effect after the dagger hit it.

Stiffling Dagger

The slow is just like the Butcher (Pudge) but in a single target. It will help you chase, because the cooldown is relatively low and the very cheap mana cost. Great buff for Phantom Assassin.

Hmmm, i think those screenshot already cover the main change on 6.51 version. But still, if you want another screenshot just say it (tell me which change you want the screenshot). Cheers! :)

Official Dota-Allstars 6.51 Map Free Dowloads

dota allstars 6.50b loading screen Images Official Dota-Allstars 6.51 Map Free Dowloads. When i write this up, the official website getdota.com is still showing 6.50b as the latest map. But the changelogs is already 6.51. Hence, i also manage to get the official links as well. So here we go! There is several changes in 6.51 and maybe some of them already i said from the Beta Map. The most noticeable are the assist point score and new skills on Mortred the Phantom Assassin. You can see more details on 6.51 Changelogs. The download link is at the end of the post. You can see the new things on 6.51 screenshot.

UPDATE:
getdota.com already update the link :D So i will give you 7 link from it in this post.


6.51 Changelog
===============
* Fixed a bug with Kellen's Dagger that caused it to sometimes not get disabled when hit
* Fixed Land Mines tooltip
* Increased cast range of Kelen's Dagger
* Undid previous Bottle changes. Bottle now works as follows: Costs 600 gold, does not require mana to refill, auto-fills it when you are near fountain, rune refills it to full, resells at 50% like normal, purchasable at base only, regenerates less than previously, has no usage cooldown.
* Fixed Medusa's Mana Shield from triggering Essence Aura
* Fixed Searing Arrows' tooltip
* Changed Hyperstone purchase hotkey to fix a conflict
* Fixed a bug with Invoker when creating illusions
* Updated Kelen's Dagger tooltip
* Undid some of Morphling's base damage buff from last version
* Fixed Bloodrage tooltip
* Fixed Pulse Nova and Invoker's Reagents from triggering Last Word
* Smokescreen interrupts teleportation once again
* Color coded Invoker's spell descriptions (203050)
* Improved Sange's percentage and Yasha's percentage, and lowered the recent buff on S&Y a little
* Fixed Vladmir's Offering sell cost
* Increased Counter Helix chance by 2%
* Minor bonus armor in True Form
* Improved the effect timing on Split Earth (187877)
* -swapcancel code is triggered when a swap is successful (to prevent other accidental swaps)
* Improved Shuriken Toss cast range
* Added new Backtrack icon (183079)
* Changed Battlefury recipe slightly
* Lowered Poof casting time from 2 to 1.5 seconds
* Lowered Elder Dragon Form's manacost and cooldown a little
* Added neutrals field to -cs
* Changed Phantom Edge's secondary ability from evasion to magic resistance
* Replaced Phantom Assassin's Shadow Strike with a different similar ability (132694)
* Fixed a minor coding bug with Time Lapse
* Fixed Impale based spells from moving Juggernaut during Omnislash
* Added new icon for Melting Strike
* Reduced some lag with Invoker
* Fixed level 1 March of the Machines doing slightly less damage than intended
* Removed stock cooldown on Ironwood Branch
* Added a new system that tracks when you help an ally kill a hero (no gameplay ramifications at this point)
* -swap is now allowed in -sd
* Fixed some minor neutrals' vision and pathing glitches
* Lowered level 1 and 2 cast range on Replicate
* Lowered Phantom Assassin's cast animation time
* Fixed a bug with Exorcism's cooldown after leveling Witchcraft
* Fixed some issues with -ah
* Refined how some kill related messages and sounds are shown
* Increased mana regeneration on Perseverance by 25%
* Lowered Buriza recipe by 250 gold
* Changed Voodoo Restoration to heal over a smoother interval (same total regen)
* Lowered Manta Style's cooldown a bit
* Fixed a bug with Voodoo Restoration and Impales
* Fixed a bug with invoker in -spreverse
* Fixed some inconsistencies with tower visions (TheLoneWolf14)
* Increased duration of Lycanthrope's wolves a bit and allowed them to attack air
* Temporarily disabled -unstuck command

This is the only official link from getdota.com. Enjoy!

Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Link 5
Link 6
Link 7

Ok, let's try the brand new 6.51!!!!

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Dota-Allstars 6.51 Beta 3 & RC 2 Map Leaked! Free Download

dota allstars 6.51 Beta loading screen ImagesDota-Allstars 6.51 Beta 3 and Release Candidates 2 map leaked, free download in this blog as always. Aha!!! Those who always whining about Mortred the Phantom Assassin wil be delightfull with this version. IceFrog decided to remake her. He gave her some new skills and buff.

IceFrog also fix the lag problem with Invoker. And the Blink Dagger get buffed also. The blink range increased from 1000 to 1300. A new score is added. When you help your team to kill some heroes, you will got "assist" point (for example: 21 kills, 10 assists, 121 denies). And there are a lot more bug fix and changes. Read the changelogs for details. The download link is at the end of the post. As usual, if you kicked automatically from the beta map, you must use nick "IceFrog" or the other beta tester nick name to play. Oh yeah, in this post i will also give you the detail change list from 6.51 Beta 1-3 and Release Candidates 1-2.


DotA Allstars v6.51 Release Candidates (1-2)

RC2:
fix some color issues on heroes in -ah mode2
fixed obs mode in -ah
fixed a bug with voodoo restoration that turned off death ward if your mana ran out
fix some other misc issues with -ah

RC1:
fixed an issue with the voodoo restoration code
* Fixed a bug with invoker in -spreverse
fixed fountain bottle autofill working on illusion
fixed auto rune expire to return 3/3 instead of 2/3
increased stifling dagger manacost a bit
* Fixed a major exploit involving Linken Sphere and -unstuck
* Lowered Manta Style cooldown a bit
* Fixed a bug with Voodoo Restoration and impales
undid the tower gold change for now, i'll do it next version instead
lowered dagger buff a little
* Increased mana regeneration on Perseverance by 25%
* Lowered Buriza recipe by 250
* Changed Voodoo Restoration to heal over a smoother interval (same total regen)
DotA Allstars v6.51 Betas 1-3

Beta 3:
fixed yasha and SY buff tooltip
fixed elder form tooltip
* Fixed some issues with -ah
assist time reduced to 15 sec
fixed some bottle issues
removed 'allied hero has fallen' messages to try it out
ownage messages shown only to the owning side
* Refined how some kill related messages and sounds are shown

Beta 2:
fixed PA hero description
fixed purchase cost of bottle
fixed yasha and sy tooltips
fixed elder form tooltip
* Lowered Phantom Assassin's cast animation time
lowered cast range on stifling dagger from 1k to 800
added assists column to multiboard
changed how assists are shown on obs and endgame scoreboards
changed how bottle works again. now it costs 600 gold, buys at base only, regenerates less hp/mana, fountain autorefills it, max 3/3 charges, rune refills it to 3/3, no usage cd, no usage manacost (since fountain autorefills, no point, reg courier can use refil it), resells at 50% like normal.
* Lowered level 1 and 2 cast range on replicate
gave morphling some of his base dmg buff back
fixed stifling dagger buff typo
* -swap is now allowed in -sd
* Fixed some minor neutrals vision and pathing glitches
* Fixed a bug with Exorcism cooldown after leveling Witchcraft

Beta 1:
* Fixed a bug with dagger that caused it to sometimes not get disabled when hit
* Fixed Land Mines tooltip
* Increased cast range of Kelen's Dagger from 1000 to 1300
* Removed usage cooldown on Bottle. It is purchased as Empty now. [Not sure yet]
* Fixed Medusa's shield from triggering Essence Aura
* Fixed Searing Arrows tooltip
* Changed Hyperstone purchase hotkey to fix a conflict
* Fixed a bug with Invoker when creating illusions
* Updated Kelen's Dagger tooltip
* Undid Morphling base damage buff
* Fixed Bloodrage tooltip
* Fixed Pulse Nova and Invoker's Regeants from triggering Last Word
* Smokescreen interrupts teleportation once again
* Color coded Invoker's spell descriptions
* Improved Sange percentages and Yasha percentages and lowered the recent buff on S&Y a little
* Fixed Vladmir's Offering sell cost
* Increased Counter Helix chance by 2%
* Minor bonus armor give in True Form
* Improved the effect timings on Split Earth
* -swapcancel code is triggered when a swap is successful (to prevent other accidental swaps)
* Improved Shuriken Toss cast range
* Added new Backtrack icon
* Changed Battlefury recipe slightly
* A small portion of the shared gold is now given out to denied towers
* Lycan wolves now ignore pathing
* Lowered Poof casting time from 2 to 1.5 seconds
* Lowered Elder Dragon Form manacost and cooldown a little
* Added neutrals field to -cs
* Changed Phantom Edge's secondary ability from evasion to magic resistance
* Replaced Phantom Assassin's Shadow Strike with a different similar ability
* Fixed a minor coding bug with Time Lapse
* Fixed Impale based spells from moving Juggernaut during Omnislash
* Added new icon for Melting Strike
* Reduced some lag with Invoker
* Fixed level 1 March of the Machines doing slightly less damage than intended
* Removed stock cooldown on Ironwood Branch
* Added a new system that tracks when you help an ally kill a hero (no gameplay ramifications at this point) [I am not going to go overboard with the implementation of this at this point, right now it just tracks damage and checks to see if you did damage to the hero in the last 20 seconds. Messages are shown on the kill screen and on the scoreboard and multiboard]
* Fixed wrong behavior with -unstuck when used while dead

The screenshot will be added shortly. Here is the download link, enjoy!

Download Dota-Allstars 6.51 Release Candidates 2 via MediaFire

UPDATE: The Dota-Allstars 6.51 official map already released.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Dota-Allstars Hero Story Contest

Dota-Allstars Hero Story Contest Have you ever play Invoker? Try to see his story. Instead of seeing the story, there's a message that the story is currently on contest. Now, for those who like to write a story, this is your time to shine! There is several hero stories on contest, not only Invoker. You can see which hero being contested in this post. Before we going to far, let's read the rules.

Kael the Invoker

Kael the Invoker

Old, old story:
A master of the arcane arts, Kael has chosen the side of the Scourge. His gameplay is very unique and advanced. The single spell he can cast varies with what minor reagents he has active.
Hero info:
Inteligence hero, everyone's old favourite in DotA, who had only recently made his comeback. He can combine his minor spells to more powerful ones, such are all time favourites: Chaos Meteor, Ice Wall and EMP Bomb.

Submit your story

Lina Inverse the Slayer

Lina Inverse the Slayer

Current story:
Lina Inverse is a powerful sorceress who is famous for killing bandits (to take their loot) and slaying dragons (accidentally destroying the occasional city in the process). She is quite adept at shooting fireballs at her enemies, and has also mastered more powerful spells like the Dragon Slave and the Laguna Blade. Concerned primarily with acquiring gold and powerful weapons, Lina fights for the Sentinel in exchange for a promised reward should she help destroy the Frozen Throne.

Hero info:
Intelligence Hero, Lina Inverse combines raw nuking capabilities with backup battlemage poweress in a single package for rather fearful results. Based off of an anime known as 'Slayers'.

Note: It is heavily recommended that the story continue along the same general path that it is now. In other words, please aim to keep the current focus with your submissions.

Submit your story

Balanar the Night Stalker

Balanar the Night Stalker

Curent Story:
Balanar was one of the elite Dreadlords before the Burning Legion fell. Now with the Burning Legion gone, he lives his life attacking villages and ambushing his most hated enemy - the Night Elves. He draws upon his power from the moon, thus he is much stronger at night. Balanar can also use his control over time to change the time to night that further strengthens his power. His presence inspires fear into the heart of many.

Hero info:
Strength Hero, very strong at night, but loses his power during the day. His ultimate enables him to summon nightfall, and excels at ganking and killing.

Submit your story

N'aix the Lifestealer

N'aix the Lifestealer

Current story:
There once was a man in Lordaeron so consumed by greed that he was beyond remorse. Eventually caught trying to steal Prince Arthas' sacred ring, he was tried and hanged. Yet his body, so corrupted by his desire to steal, had risen by itself in the form of a monstrous ghoul. So came into being N'aix, his old name long forgotten: the embodiment of lust and greed, bent on stealing the life of every living creature he encounters.

Hero info:
Strength Hero, N'aix's focus lies with stealing life and consuming his enemies a little at a time with each attack. Remade from his previous incarnation, he can gain both attack speed and magic immunity together (although in short bursts), but his most notable ability would be to infest non-hero units and travel along with them, only to burst out at his own discretion.

Submit your story

Medusa the Gorgon

Medusa the Gorgon

Current story:
The Naga princess was named after the legendary gorgon who turned her foes into stone. Though she hasn't developed a stoney glare, her combat skills will freeze even the strongest of fighters in submission. Her years of archery has allowed her to fire multiple arrows with keen accuracy. Manipulation of magic grants her a shield of mana to absorb physical impact. Channeling electrons within the air, she can ignite an electric spark that will jump from foe to foe. Her legendary name is well earned.

Hero info:
Agility Hero, Medusa is a versatile hero with the ability to adapt to many different roles. Most of her survivability comes from using her Mana Shield to use her mana to absorb half the damage she takes, and to follow suit, her other arrow/lightning abilities drain as little from her total mana pool as possible.

Submit your story

Demnok Lannik the Warlock

Demnok Lannik the Warlock

Current story:
Formally the chieftain of the broken Blacksun clan that fell under Mannoroth's control in days long past, Lannik has joined the Scourge in hopes of repaying his debt to the Lich King Ner'zhul, whose own Shadowmoon Clan was allied with the Blacksun many years ago. A master of demons and destructive spellwork, this warlock delights in tormenting creatures of the Light, extinguishing them like candles until none are left alive.

Hero info:
Intelligence Hero, the Warlock contains a mix of varying supportive, pushing and lane control capabilities to use at his disposal. Most notable of his abilities would be either healing or damaging a target significantly over time as well hurling Infernals down upon his opponents at will.

Note: It is heavily recommended that the closing line for the story is maintained.

Submit your story

Crixalis the Sand King

Crixalis the Sand King

Current story:
Crixalis was a normal scorpion in Kalimdor's deserts. For unknown reasons, he evolved much faster than his brothers, growing extremely large. Because he was still susceptible to the Lich King's mind control, he was summoned and is now guarding the Frozen Throne. While much larger, Crixalis still possesses his scorpian abilities, such as the power to burrow into the ground and resurface elsewhere, impaling all in his wake. His tail contains a violent venom, which causes his enemies to explode. Scouts have discovered that he can create large tremors in the ground, killing anyone distracted enough to get near him.

Hero info:
Strength Hero, specialized in the manipulation of earth and sand to cause aoe damage.

Submit your story

Dazzle the Shadow Priest

Dazzle the Shadow Priest

Current story:
Once a member of a secluded troll tribe before a hostile scourge takeover, Dazzle was highly revered as a master of the supporting magics. However, upon making a pact with Kel-Thuzad to save his very life, he slowly became corrupt. Noted for being able to crush the defensive abilities of his opponents while allowing his allies to last longer in battle, he is not one to take lightly on the battlefield. Rumors abound that he can bring once-dead allies back to life, so they can march again to defend the honor of the Frozen Throne.

Hero info:
Intelligence Hero, Dazzle is a multi function support hero adept in healing, disabling, weakening and strengthening both allies and enemies alike. His most renowned ability, however, is the ability to make an ally's death not only damage the killer, but also to make the penalties of dying nearly negligible, allowing those with shallow graves to rise again in almost no time and with no gold lost at all.

Submit your story

Posting Rules

1. MOST IMPORTANT
DO NOT POST ANYTHING BUT YOUR HERO STORY IN THE SUBMISSION THREADS.

2. Text length
Word count guideline is 100 words. We won't be too strict about it, but try not to go over 105 words. Stories shorter than 85 words are also to be avoided. Also, please state number of words of your story.

3. Grammar
Check your text for grammar and spelling mistakes. You can use MS Word for that, or find someone who can take a final look at it. Stories with many errors appear unprofessional.

4. Story Style
Write the stories in the spirit of the fantasy world of DotA; refer to other stories to see how your stories should look like.

5. Story Content
Keep the stories "work safe", don't write joke, insult or sexual stories; i.e. use common sense.

6. Max number of submissions
You can submit 1 story for each hero.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who decides which story wins?
A: A team of judges from both Suggestions and Fan Fiction will choose the best stories. In the event of a tie or a close call, public voting will decide the winner.

Q: What will the prices be?
A: The winners will get (most probably, nobody can give a guarantee here) their stories implemented in DotA!
We are also planning to distribute userbars.


All right, that's the rules. If you click the link on the post, it will take you to the respectfull post on www.dota-allstars.com. You can try to give it a shot. Well, let's rock, err.. i mean write!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Dota-Allstars 6.50 Bugs on Kael the Invoker

dota allstars 6.48b AIplus Bug Dota-Allstars 6.50 Bug on Kael the Invoker. Ah, finally i found it! After some searching and googling, i found this video. This video must be a good reason for Icefrog to released the 6.50b only a day after 6.50 hit the public.


The Summary of the Video

When you swapped Invoker with the other hero in the beginning of the game, Invoker will got 6 active skills (some say it is 5) on him since level 1. Therefore, in the video you can see Invoker use Chaos Meteor, Deafening Blast and Tornado one after another without any delay or troubles. Wow!

Honestly, i haven't try this by myself. I just see the video a moment ago and currently far away from Dota. But, after i read all the comments in that video and some comments from the other site, i think the bugs is true. I hope someone who read this post will give confirmation regarding this bug. At least until i proved it by myself. Cheers..! :)

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Friday, February 8, 2008

Items Major Change on Dota-Allstars 6.50 & 6.50b

Items Major Change on 6.50 & 6.50b. With some vital items remade, i think so many hero item build is outdated now! Watch this important nerf and remade.

Kelen's Dagger of Escape

Kelen's Dagger of Escape
Changed how Blink Dagger works. It cannot be activated if you took damage in the last 3 seconds.
WHAT??! You should change the item's name IceFrog! Kelen's Dagger of (no) Escape. We can't use this anymore for escaping. Oh sorry, we still can use this for escaping if in the 3 time duration we are still alive and there's no another attack. Bad news for hero with no escape mechanism. But this nerf will make Lothar Edge more attractive to buy. With 2150 gold, IMO, we should think more than twice to buy this item.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity

Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Redesigned Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Now Euls is infinite and give you +20 movement speed. But Icefrog reduce the cyclone duration into 2.5 seconds and increase the recipe to 800.

Orchid Malevolence

Orchid Malevolence
Redesigned Orchid Malevolence
Orchid now is made from 3(!) Oblivion Staff. Wow! Now it give you 20 Intelligence, 40 damage, 30% attack speed, Soul Burn for 5 sec (Silence and Ampify Damage).

Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse


Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse
Redesigned Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse
Change the component completely. Now it made of Mystic Staff, Ultimate Orb and Void Stone. No recipe needed. A little hard to build because we must save pretty amount money for the Staff. But now it gives you 10 str, 10 agility and 35 int

Sange and Yasha

Sange and Yasha
Improved Sange and Yasha
Great buff! People who say SnY sucks will now eat their own words. 16% of Maim, +16% Movement Speed and Attack Speed is definitely make this item more appealing than before. Combined with Boots of Travel and Eul's, you will definitely get perma-haste from this items.

Shiva's Guard

Shiva's Guard
Removed the stack restriction on Shiva's Guard
Oh no, i can't imagine what will happen if people start to stack it. Now i'm starting to wonder, do you you know the advantage of stacking Shiva's Guard beside the armor?

Bottle

Bottle
Added cooldown to Bottle usage and reduced its sell cost. This is what people wanted. The old bottle is too IMBA and many people abuse it.


I think that's some items major changes on 6.50 b, if you have another thought, just say it loudly here :) Here is the rest item changes:

Item Changes:
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* Bottle is in full state at all the side shops once again
* Added Hyperstone to the Goblin Shop
* Changed Unholy Rage's lifesteal type to be the same as regular lifesteal
* Reduced price on Ultimate Orb
* Added Ring of Health to the Goblin Shop
* Added Quarterstaff to the Goblin Shops
* Increased Perseverance damage from 7 to 10
* Added Javelin to the Goblin Shops
* Improved Vanguard a little
* Changed Lothar's recipe and stats
* Reduced Vladmir's Offering recipe cost
* Reduced Linken's Sphere cooldown
* Removed stacking restriction from Bloodstone and improved its stats
* Improved Helm of the Dominator damage from 10 to 20
* Improved Oblivion Staff mana regen by 25%
* Quarterstaff price reduced
* Hand of Midas can now target level 6 Neutrals (Satyr Hellcaller and Dark Troll Warlord)
* Reduced Voidstone's cost by 25 gold
* Casting range improves per level of Dagon upgrade
* Removed Flying Courier Mana and gave it a Mana base upgrade ability
* Wards now required 5 mana to be placed
* Reduced animation time and cooldown on Manta Style
* Ring of Health regen increased by 1