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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Dota 2 Xiao 8 considering temporary retirement

Xiao 8 The captain of the winning team of the International 4 has announced that he would be taking an elongated break from the competetive scene of Dota 2.

Speculations are rife that this is mainly due to his wife's pregnancy.

Xiao 8 was considering retiring after TI3 itself. However the Owner of Newbee decided to approach xiao 8 to form a new team built around him. it would be a dream team comprising star players who would be focused just on winning the international.

Newbee is a team that emerged in early 2014 during the Chinese reshuffle that happened prior to the fourthInternational tournament. Originally dubbed "Dream Team 2", the rumors started after captain xiao8 made a post on his QQ micro-blogging page after LGD Gaming's win in the Dota 2 League Season 4 in Las Vegas, saying "New start in 2014 after 3 years in LGD", forever Dream 5.".^[1] The rumors later placedTongFu and Invictus Gaming members Mu, Faith, Hao and ChuaN in the team together with xiao8.^[2] A few weeks later, the team was announced to be competing in the third season of the Sina Cup, but the roster was not yet revealed. As Invictus Gaming had announced that Faith would be staying with the team, rumors now placed ZSMJ and Banana in the team. After TongFu announced on the 20th of February that the team would step down from the competitive tier and focus on the amateur scene, and Banana was announced to be staying in iG as a backup player, many now saw the veterans ZSMJ and KingJ as the last two members of the new "Dream Team". On the 23rd of February 2014, the Chinese ACE Dota organization announced that the transfers were complete and the now dubbed team "Newbee" consisted of xiao8, Mu, Hao, KingJ and ZSMJ.^[3] Later team Newbee announced on its QQ micro blogging page that the club was officially established on the 28th of February, and that a transfer fee of 500,000 RMB (~81,000 USD) had been agreed upon between the new club and xiao8's old team LGD Gaming.

The organization later also announced that former RisingStars player Sydm was part of the team in the role of coach, and former Noah's Ark player Li was the teams leader. Li is a veteran WC3 DotA player who played with xiao8, Yao, DD and DDC on team Dream, which may or may not have been the origin of the teams first rumored name Dream Team.

Zhang 'xiao8' Ning's statement taken from his weibo:

"Even though I am reluctant, I have still decided to temporarily leave this stage. I am very lucky, I have accomplished my dream. I am very thankful for every teammate and opponent that has grown alongside me, along with the fans that have supported me all along. Because of all of you, my life has been more exciting."

With this team newbee should be playing with a replacement at least until we are clarified on Xiao8's role in the future Team Newbee

Sources :

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/Newbee

Monday, November 18, 2013

Coaching Update

COACHING

SOCKETING

CRAFTING

SHOWCASE VIEW

UPDATE NOTES

TRADE SCENARIO

FUTURE

Dota 2 got a new update. And there are loads of features added in this mode.

Right from the experienced players ( 2 new heroes), to the new players ( coaching mode) this update has something in it for everyone.

Read on to catch a glimpse of everything in this update

Coaching :

New to dota 2?

Dont know how to play? Getting confused with all those immense number of heroes. The different items? How to make them?

Maybe you need some help from someone.

Yes

coaching is available now in dota 2. You can get an experienced person to coach you in game.

He will be able to see your clicks. You will get a specific audio and chat channel with your coach. You can directly talk to him.

Now you ask me , isn't this cheating? Your coach would be able to see where enemy heroes are . He would be able to warn you or tell you where enemy is ?

No. He cannot cause his vision will be limited to what you can see.

Coaching is a very innovative concept introduced in Dota 2. Dota 2 has a very steep learning curve. Its important for experienced players to be able to help newer players in the game.

You will get a person who will calculate the risks attained with a particular move. Slowly he will be able to guide you and be able to tell you how to improve your game. The direct chat with him would be able for you to pace your coaching according to your learning speed.

As a coach you will have the following advantages :

Watch game from student's perspective
Ping at the map / minimap ( your student can see this)
Highlight parts of the HUD ( this will help him to know where his items are located for eg)
Draw on the ground ( Helps to draw paths to go ./ fog of wars)
Communicate via text / voice ( extremely useful / personalized )
Provide guidance / Coaching to entire team ( coach multiple players at a time)

Find a Coach

Here is how you can find a coach for your party / yourself. You can invite any one from your friends list to be your coach.

Coach Invitation

To a coach, when his student invites him to coach him, he will get an invitation that looks as above

Coach - Student Chat ( hero selection screen)

The student and coach can talk to each other during the hero pick phase.

Coach Student Chat ( In game)

Inside the game too the coach and student can talk to each other as shown in the picture below

Coach HUD highlight

The coach can highlight any part of the shop / HUD to show the student what is it that he is referring to.

This will help the student to learn how to buy items

It will also help him get a better understanding of the general layout of Dota 2

Coach - Toggle

Since a coach can teach multiple students at one go, he should be able to switch between his students.

The following pictures show the same

Coaching is available only in private lobbies and in Public Matchmaking. It is not available in team matchmaking / tournament matches at the moment.

If you feel i have missed out on anything in this guide please feel free to comment

I will be soon coming out with other guides in a day:)

Friday, October 11, 2013

Na'Vi vs Empire Semi Finals (Best of 3)

Going to post the semi finals, winners bracket, losers Bracket And Finals

Keep watching

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Dazzle Jungling Level 1

Check the following video to see how to jungle with dazzle at level 1.

Personally its fun but i feel dazzle is much more powerful in lane at the early level.
His poison touch is a very aggressive skill that can be used to mow down enemies.

Bottle Refill Bug Dota 2

Check out this video on how to Bottle refill using someone who has just teleported from base

You could also use kunka , weaver for the same trick though thats pretty standard.

Dota 2 Tricks With Clockwerk

Hello :)

So you are laning an offlane clockwerk?

Want to gain some experience without wanting to Stand the threat of dying?

You should check this out

One more way of doing a trick with Clockwerk is Global Creep Block :D
Yes thats what i call it :D

Basically you use your rocket flare to block creep camps at a huge distance

Adios!! Keep subscribing and visiting my page for more videos and guides :)

Hope you liked it

Friday, April 26, 2013

Valve Announces The International 3

The update on 26th April 2013 has Announced the International 3.:)

Yes!!!

According to Valve, TI3 will be held at Seattle. It will be at the same place as TI2. TI3 promises to be bigger mightier and more fiercer. The winners of TI2 IG are the first team to be invited to TI3. IG is the only team invited as of till now.

The winners of the East and West Qualifiers will join those 13 invited teams. Those qualifiers will be hosted by GDStudio from May 13 to 19 for the West division and by BeyondTheSummit from May 20 to 26 for the East division. A wild card match between the two runners-up of the East and West Qualifiers will determine which team scores the sixteenth and final spot.

Check out More links :

Link 1

Link 2

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

First Team to Be Invited To The International 3!!

WHOA

IG is officially the first team to be invited to The International 3 :)

This is going to be amazing News

The main reason why they were the first team to be invited

TI2 champions
Stable Team
Strong Performances

Please discuss ni comments section which team you think will be invited next

How to Copy Dota 2

How to Create Backup Files

Login into steam on the Computer that has Dota 2
Click steam
Click Backup and Restore
Click Backup
Select the location you want to save the backup folder as your flash Drive
Wait till it backs up the data
Logout

How to Restore the Backed up File

Login into Steam on the computer that does not contain Dota 2
Click Steam
Click Backup And Restore
Click Restore
Choose the address as your USB Flash Drive
Select the pre saved folder of Dota 2
Wait till Restore process is over
PLAY!!!

official link
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033

Friday, April 19, 2013

How to ward in Dota 2.

One of the Main things that you need to Take Care in Dota 2 is supporting. Its one of the most important Role in Dota 2.
First let me describe the wards.

There are two types of wards in Dota 2

Observer Ward
Sentry Wards

When you buy either you get a pair of wards. Which means that when you buy observer ward from the shop ( Price = 150 ) ( as on 19/4/2013) you will get a pair of observer wards. So you have 2 observer wards in your inventory. :)

USES OF WARDS

Observer Ward

Observer Ward

To give vision of large area.
Helps you know enemy team Movement in the Map.
Block of Creep Camps ( if placed near / on their spawn site)
Observer Wards are Good for high ground Vision.

Sentry Ward

Sentry Ward

Sentry Wards give True sight Vision
Sentry Ward is used to Deward enemy's observer wards
It helps to see invisible heroes like Stealth Assassin, Bounty Hunter , Brood Mother etc

Observer Ward Info

Maximum Stock of 2 in store. Replenishes after every 6 minutes.

Stacks with itself in inventory 2 charges.

When you Place a ward :

Places an observer ward to give sight of surrounding area

Observer Ward has 1600 vision , 200 HP and is invisible.

Observer ward lasts for 6 minutes.

Sentry Ward Info

Drops a sentry ward which gives truesight revealign nearby invisible units. Has very limited natural vision itself.

Sentry Ward has 70 vision 950 AOE True Sight 200 HP and is invisible.

Sentry Ward Lasts for 3 minutes.

Wards to Place When You are Radiant :

Dire Ancients Warding Spot - NO REXXAR /TINKER

This ward is Mainly Placed when you have a solo Beastmaster in hard lane in dire. Mainly Because of the dire ancient stacking which he can clear off Later. This ward is preferred because You can place it from the below in the river. Which Means that you do not have to endanger yourself going up high ground in the Dire side. Also its sort of difficult to guess this ward. Even after knowing its there the Dire Hero might just place a sentry ward there blocking out the creep camp. :P

Job Done we are happy he dewarded it :P

This Ward Provides vision of the Dire Ancient

Here the ward is placed on the high slope . It does not block the ancient creep spawn. However it will give vision of anyone farming the ancients. IT can be used to turn a game upside down ( especially if you find the carry farming here)

Secret Shop Vision (useful when your doing Roshan )

This might look like its an offensive ward. But frankly its a defensive ward. Its mainly Placed while doing Roshan. It gives you an early Warning that the Dire team is coming.

Ward By Solo Dire Top Lane Hero. This ward Prevent Radiant from Pullin in top lane.

This ward is extremely important when trying to solo top lane versus trilane of Radiant. This ward blocks off the camp that radiant can pull on top Lane. Also it gives you a nice vision if any1 tries to backstab you.

This ward Blocks the Dire Pulling Creep Camp. Also Provides vision of jungle

This ward Blocks the dire creep pulling camp. it also provides a nice vision if any heroes are coming in that area.

This ward is the best ward of all. Its Almost very very difficult to deward. This ward Is also equally dificult to place. Check it out precisely as a small movement from its location wont despawn the creep wave

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Normal Ward to Block the Creep Spawn in pull camp

This ward is the easiest to place. Its also the easiest to deward. However it does block the dire creep pulling camp

Radiant TriLane vs Solo Dire Bot Warding. Gives Vision of tp ( Any1 Disrupter?) :D

This ward is used for vision of where the dire solo hero is standing. Also it notes any Teleports coming into the Dire Bottom Lane.

Radiant Bottom River Runespot Warding Aggressive

Its an aggressive warding of the river by radiant. Useful to know if the opposite mid hero is also coming for the rune.

Normal Radiant RuneSpot Warding . Bot River

Radiant Warding of the River.

Radiant Bottom River Runespot Warding

Alternative Warding Spot for Radiant

Ward of Bottom River RuneSpot

Normal Warding.

Defensive Jungle Warding.

This is a defensive ward . It gives vision of anyone coming from the river as well as anyone coming from the mid lane into the Radiant Jungle.

Defensive Jungle Warding

This ward is mainly planted if the enemy is in an advantage and is deep within your territory already.

Defensive Jungle Warding

This ward gives you complete vision of Your own jungle. you can notice enemy movements within your jungle.

Offensive Dire Jungle Warding. Good for Pushing

It gives a complete vision of enemy top side of jungle. Also good for pushing as the vision provided by this ward is excellent. Easily Dewarded though.

This ward gives vision of Dire Bot Lane Movements after the towers have been taken.

Dire Lane Vision Ward.

Radiant Top River RunesSpot Warding

Normal Ward

Radiant Top River Warding

Normal Ward For Top Rune. Also Gives vision if any1 farming that NC

Radiant Top River Aggresive RuneSpot Warding

Aggressive Mid Lane Warding

Radiant Top Runespot Defensive Warding

Defensive Mid Lane Top Rune Warding

Radiant Solo vs Dire Trilane Warding.

This ward is mainly put if you are solo Radiant Hero Vs Trilane / Dual Lane of Dire. This ward sees their supports coming to gank you. It is very very useful.