Time passes so quickly, It's been 1 year since the release of the Burning Crusade. On January 16, 2007, The Burning Crusade was released and sold almost 2.4 million copies worldwide in its first 24 hours of release, winning multiple awards from industry representatives. Since that time, World of Warcraft has reached the epic milestone of 9 million subscribers worldwide, and players have discovered the might of the Burning Legion, fought against the allies of Illidan in Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep, and even faced down the Betrayer himself in the Black Temple.
For those who have not yet had the chance to venture into the perils of Outland, a free trial of the Burning Crusade is available for download. For players yet to experience World of Warcraft, a free trial of the original game is also available.
Source: Blizzard
WoW - The Burning Crusade, 1 Year Anniversary
Blizzard introduced BlizzCast
Blizzard Entertainment officially launched "BlizzCast" - The official Blizzard PodCast.
In each of their episode they will go behind the scenes of the game making experience. Now that's something I always wanted to see :) - Blizzard also is going to interview the developers, asking them questions, hopefully showing what they do, their workplace etc...
To kick off our BlizzCast series, we've decided to begin where every great Blizzard idea begins, at the concept level. To speak with us we have Samwise Didier, our Art Director and concept artist for many of the popular Blizzard icons you've grown to love, such as the Pandaren, Fel Orcs, Dark Templars, Zerglings, and many more. We'll be chatting with Samwise on how he came up with the characters he did, as well as what it is like to work on both the Warcraft and StarCraft franchises.
Check out the BlizzCast Page Here! :)
ESWC announced Dota as a Official Game for ESWC 2008.
Electronic Sports World Cup announces DotA and Quake 3 as official games titles for 2008 competition in addition to Counter-Strike 1.6, Warcraft III and Trackmania Nations.
They announced the second pool of games that will be played in the ESWC 2008 Tournaments.
- Dota: Defense of the Ancients
- Quake 3
Dota competitions will be played on a stable map as 5x5 and it might be added in the upcoming ESWC tournaments!!
The finals will happen in USA, summer 2008.
Source: ESWC
Reduce Lag in WoW by 100-150 in 5 minutes.
The fix which only requires you to change 2 small things in the windows registry allows your ping in World of Warcraft to drop by 100-150, and it only takes about 5 minutes to apply.
Warning:
If you aren't comfortable changing files in your registry you may just want to wait for blizzard to create a working fix.
1 - TcpAckFrequency:
NOTE; if you are running Windows Vista this setting may not have any effect - a hotfix is needed which i'm tracking down. This works fine under Windows XP
Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu
Then find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic
es\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\
There will be multiple NIC interfaces listed in there, find the one you use to connect to the internet, there will be several interfaces listed (they have long names like {7DBA6DCA-FFE8-4002-A28F-4D2B57AE8383}. Click each one, the right one will have lots of settings in it and you will see your machines IP address listed there somewhere. Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TcpAckFrequency, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.
You can change it back to 2 (default) at a later stage if it affects your other TCP application performance. it tells windows how many TCP packets to wait before sending ACK. if the value is 1, windows will send ACK every time it receives a TCP package.
2 - TCPNoDelay:
Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu
Then find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Paramet
ers
Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TCPNoDelay, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.
Click Ok and close the registry editor, then reboot your PC."
Basically, this fix is deactivating the Nagle algorithm to improve your ping. If you don't want to do it you can just wait for the 2.3.2 patch as it's supposed to deactivate it too, but I don't think you can test it on PTRs right now because the updated patch notes from the latest PTR Build (7705) are actually for the upcoming build (7710).
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Starcraft - Elky wins Insane money in Poker
Former Starcraft player Elky who used to look like the above picture after leaving starcraft went on to play Poker and he proved himself in a very differnt game!! after winning 2 Million Dollars for first place in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on Thursday.
He was the first PokerStars player to achieve VIP Club Supernova status. He was the first PokerStars player to reach the Supernova Elite level. Second place, as far as ElkY is concerned, is barely worth the work.
"When you get second, people forget about you really quickly," he said.
Elky was a legendary starcraft player who was a silver medalist in 2001 and right after that he left Starcraft and came in the world of poker!
Hafiz Khan came second with the total money of $10,94976.
More News - Courtesy @ PokerStars
[Replays] srs.Dowaq vs 4K^LiiLD.C
A Must SEE Game!!! :o - Nice gameplay by both!
4KLiiLDC : NightElf
APM: 231
srs-Dowaq : Undead
APM :236
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[MyM] - Pride Dota Tournament Series #9
MyM (Meet your makers) showing a dedicated interest in Dota as they announced the 9th Edition of MyM Pride Tournament Series!
With new teams entering, new countries taking part, this is definately one of the biggest Dota Tournaments in the happening! Big names like SK, MyM, VP, pro teams from Philippines have dominated in the past!! Is this going to stay the same? Or upcoming players are planning for a upset!
Teams Signup are on MyM's website!
You are interested and confident enough to fight for this prizepool? Or you might just want to obtain some experience? Whatever your goals are, do not miss this opportunity and sign up right now. To proceed the signup you just need to follow the links below into the DotA Forum. And don't forget to create a team on myMYM.com before.
The signups will be open until Thursday, 17th of January 23:59 CEST.
Tournament Dates:
10-17th Jan. Signups
17-24th Jan. First round
24-4nd Feb. Group stage
4-16th Feb. Playoffs ( 16 teams, Single+Double Elim )
The tournament system:
* there will be a qualifier for each continent. The games will be played within 4 playdays. Match format is bo1, single elimination.
* top8 ranked teams from each qualifier goes in the group-stage, match format: bo1, single elimination.
* top2 ranked teams from each group qualifies for the playoff stage where they will play bo1 matches, double elimination.
* finals will be bo3.
If you have any questions about the tournament, the rules, the signup or anything else feel free to open a thread in their DotA Forum.
Prize distribution:
1st Place
- 400$ Prizemoney
- 5 x Sennheiser PC 161
- 5 x 3 Months CLUB MYM Accounts
- 5x MYM profile PriDe winner icons
2nd Place
- 250$ Prizemoney
- 5 x Sennheiser HD-series
- 5 x 1 Months CLUB MYM Accounts
3rd Place
- 150$ Prizemoney
- 5 x 1 Week CLUB MYM Accounts
Meeting Place:
All teams must meet up in the channel #MYM.PriDe on IRC Quakenet.
IRC is necessary since there are so many teams, and there is not room for so many people on a Battle.net channel, so make sure that you get IRC working before the tournament.
Also you must remember to stay on IRC at all times, so we can keep in contact. If a team stops responding on IRC then it may recieve a default loss.
The GG Game Client is mandatory for this tournament. The channel for this tournament on the GG Game Client is called MYM Prime Defending and can be found under Leagues and Tournaments / War3 TFT RPG.
Source:
MyM Website
[xiaOt] - Contract extended with Team wNv
wNv.xiaOt renewed the contract with Team wNv. It's been 4 years since he's with them now.. and according to the contract that he signed, he'll be with them this year.
xiaOt:
First of all, thanks to our managers and also my fans. I am very happy to stay here, and I will still represent wNv this year. Recently there are many criticisms against us cause we lost in too many clan wars also failed to advance to the next season of WC3L. It is very normal, and surely we will accept them. Now it is time for us to forget about it, wNv has very good players, and now we have a chance to rebuild our team in 2008. I am very happy to stay with my mates.
wNv:
We finished a very very important task, now we renewed his contract, and he is still a very important player in wNv, we are very lucky to have such a wc3 star.
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Dota AI - 6.43B
Download Dota Ai for 6.43B here
Changelog:
File: DotA Allstars 6.43b AIplus v.1.4 (unofficial) For Warcraft
Author: RGB
Date: May 1th, 2007
Size: 2123.0 KB.
Category: Hero Defense
Choose from 82 unique heroes in an epic battle to defend the Anciesnts
AI by RGB Modes: -st, -ne, -he, -mc, -tm
Modes: -ap, -ar, -lm, -rd, -mm, -tr, -dm, -vr, -rv, -mr, -du, -sp, -sh, -aa, -ai, -as, -id, -em, -sc, -np, -om
Description:
New:
--tm,-testmode added, Test Mode -> grants all single player abilities (like -gold, -refresh) plus more
--mc,-msupercreeps added, Modified Super Creeps
-all ai commands can be started with either -o, -c or (exception: -aid)
--oneut - turns ally neutral creeping on/off (default: on)
--oauto - turns auto lane changing on/off (default: on)
--ob now asks bots to stay back
--of asks bots to go to fountain (was -ob)
--osd, Stay To defend - asks bots to stay on the base to defend, they do not leave the base until you ordered them to attack
-oui - command dialog
-Each hero has 2 possible item builds
-Basic ward/gem usage
Changes/Improvements:
--hm is now -st,-supertower
--sa is replaced by -he,-highexp. This is to prevent confusion form Cloud_strs -sa, which granted abilities than extra exp/gold. The gold bonus from this mode is removed.
- hg,-highgold now has the bonus gold.
--ally/-foe is replaced by -pa -pe which resembles Cloud_strs manualpick
-added special AI support to item drop mode, also fixed Mirror mode
-uses Tango instead of Flasks
-ai commands that asks for a player number does not require 2 digit numbers, and one can input more than 1 number by using (exception: -cs)
-more proactive escape scripts
-focus at mid lane is reduced
-fixed bug about unneeded buying (reviving) of heroes
-AI has a slight chance to be confused from images
-higher neutral creeping rates, they would now also attack more creepcamps
-many changes/fixes to item builds, skill builds and skill usage for many heroes
Playing with Dota Ai is fun sometimes :) - so here you go !
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Dota 6.50 Beta 11 - New Changelog
Beta 11:
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Due to the random trees i forgot, here is a rushed beta 11. i added the immolation effect for orchid till we have something better. fixed ghost frost arrow range, fixed swapping/repicking/duplicates in -sd.
Beta 10:
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Notes:
-Do not use techies in games, he is still broken (unfinished recoding of land mines)
-fixed some issues with some neutral spots
-lowered range on NA and lion impales
-tweaked guinsoo again
-changed the ghost ability
Focus:
-test the new game mode -sd
-play around with the changed items
-keep playtesting and finding bugs
-give feedback on state of neutrals in beta 10 after you try them a bit
Unaddressed Issues:
-Bottle w/rune expiring when hexed (this isn't a new bug, its old. working on it)
-Euls movement bonus on morphing heroes (this is a new bug, i will get to it eventually, not a very high priority given since the heroes that would get it don't usually having morphing abilities)
-for some reason, -apm triggers -mute.. investingating this still, i'll figure it out before the end of the beta cycle, but not top priority
Beta 9:
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--Play around with guinsoo/euls/orchid
--Fixed various issues with impale (airtime and hitting magic immune like jugg in blade fury). Try to find other units that have magic immunity that it tosses up in the air.
--Do not use techies, his land mines are in the middle of a rewrite
Download Dota 6.50 Beta 11
Wow, Some major changes here... Immolation on orchid? techies mines getting re-worked? Seems like IceFrog is really working Dota 6.50 Beta, hopefully the original Dota 6.50 is going to be fun!!!
[Interview - Dota] - Eddie.Excello (Coming Soon)
Scheduling a interview with Dota Team Excello's top 5 dota player, Eddie.Excello. Hoping to do it this week :)
Team Excello's Offical Website
Team Excello @ Clan Base
[World of Warcraft] - A 24 Year old French Player Reached level 70 in 28 Hours!!
Gullerbone, a 24-year-old French WoW player, reached level 70 at 4:04 am (CET) on January 17, 2007. He is believed to be the world's first Burning Crusade player to do so!
He gave an interview to World of Raids mentioning how 40+ of his in-game friends helped him achieve this target.... also mentioning he was playing a Mage character called "Gawell".
He said: "Cau (the 1st European lvl 60) and I planned the exp(erience) route step by step, trying everything to make sure it was the most appropriate, the groups organization with the guild Millenium and their members. Each member rotated using a definite order to help me to grind on mobs, mostly with AE, surrounded with several guildmate healers, tanks, pullers etc..."
He used a tactic of 'tagging' computer controlled enemies, which gave him experience even though his team mates killed them.
When asked how many players he had help from, he said: "Well at first we had only five (during the first 10 hours or so) so that 10 of the members could get to lvl 62. Then in the morning we were 15 in order to kill the mobs at a faster rate. Finally in the evening, everyone was involved and we could gather a 35 man raid to help me in Netherstorm with our new lvl 62 doing most of the job."
When asked if he alone played the character non stop for 28 hours, Gullerbone said: "I sure did. I slept from two to 10pm on Monday (woke up two hours before TBC launch), so the physical preparation was a part of the plan."
[Warcraft] - Prize Money Last Year! Full List
After reading the article by Zerter, I was impressed! 2007 was a great year for professional players! The total prize money given in the tournaments combined went over a $1,000,000 USD in prize money being distributed this year (as opposed to a estimated $600,000 USD last year).
For Full Story, Click below!
Article - Warcraft 3: The Warcraft III Prize Money List 2007
[Patch] - Warcraft New Patch Coming AnyTime!
Blizzard promised that they will deliver the new warcraft patch this year which is very soon.
According to Blizzard, the status is
Warcraft III Patch Status
- Gathering Community Feedback: Done
- Gathering E-Sports Players Feedback: Done
- Internal QA Testing: Done
- Development Feedback: Done
- Patch Development: In Progress
- Final Internal QA: N/A
Looks like most of the patch work is done!! & hopefully we'll see the new one sooner than we think! (/sarcasm) :D
Will there be new heroes?
Source: Blizzard Patch Announcements / Updates.
[Utility] Custom Kick For Warcraft
Had Enough of flamers, feeders, noobs and AFK'ers!! It's time to kick them out of your Dota Game!
Download this utility by ShadowFrench called "Custom Kick"
* You need this file with W3XCustomKick12001 and up.
* Unzip it in the same folder with CustomKick.
Download here:
Custom Kick 12001
Custom Kick 11801
Custom Kick 11800
Note: I would not pat any who want to use it because it is not recommended. Most of the time, people use it when they are losing or get angry in Dota games specially. It Can cause a ban.. Once again, its your choice!! Ice Frog already came out with a solution with the -kickafk command in Dota 6.50.
[Movie] Warcraft (2009)
Still one more year to go ;(
Warcraft Movie, I've been waiting anxiously for this!! I mean how cool is it going to be. We've seen Lords of the rings and what not!! but according to synopsis, Thrall is going to be there!! yay!!
Warcraft movie without Thrall would've been always incomplete anyway =)
Here is some of the info I found out!!
Writer: Chris Metzen (stories)
Release Date: 2009 (USA) more
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Plot Outline: An epic fantasy/adventure based on the popular video game series.
Thrall will be in the movie. It will be told primarily from the Alliance point of view The time of the movie is set about 1 year before World of Warcraft begins. The film is mainly about cultures in conflict. It won't be an adventure movie like LoTR, more of a war film.
(Source : BlizzCon 2007)
Note: Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.
Courtesy: IMDB
[Dota] - 6.49C Released
6.49c Changelog
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* Fixed a major exploit
It couldn't wait for 6.50, too many people are abusing it.
As In one my earlier posts - the Glitch with Lanaya has been fixed :)
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[Lanaya] How to Kill Roshan or any hero in 1 Hit
For people who don't know the glitch in dota 6.49b & is fixed in Dota 6.49c :>
Enjoy it anyway, lal! :)
How to do it?
The main priority is "Meld"
When you use a spell, say refraction or traps count it as +1
use meld +2
use trap again +3
use meld +4
so on and so forth
The best way to do it is making ring of ballisius, keeping in mind that you can click it (to give or take armor to creeps - it's considered as a spell)
Importantly, don't move while doing so..
In this replay, I've used RoB and Meld, gathered up massive damage and gave 1 blow to Roshan to finish it off..
Most of Dota people may not know about it but I don't think it's any harm now :)
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[Dota] - SK vs MYM [HTGL League]
Dota League sponsored by The 'Hostile Tactics Gaming Leagues' aka HTGL had a very interesting and important match.
SK vs MYM
The defining moment was there, people who saw it live & in the replays must've thought what is SK doing? A Strong line MYM line up, consisting of
POTM
NEVERMORE
NA
LESHRAC
SVEN
had to face SK's
Chen
Pugna
Zeus
SylaBear
TerrorBlade
MyM with 4 stunners and SK with none? well.. game went long.. but it was one of the most unpredictable ones!!
A Must Watch
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Dota 6.50 Beta 8
Changelogs:
Beta 8:
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fixed various sell prices
updated drow’s story per volcove’s suggestion
* Reduced model size on Non-Ancient Golems
buffed up murlocs a bit
fixed ravage lvl 2/3 damage
fixed (again.. sigh) impales to stun!
* Improved creep pathing on top Sentinel lane
* Improved base int and growth on Visage
Beta 7:
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Fixed Eidolons armor
fixed mana shield cooldown
fixed guin sell price
fixed level 2 marksmanship
* Fixed Dark Rift from using cooldown when cast incorrectly
fixed impale effects to work on ancients
fixed some visuals with impales
fixed the stun to start timing after the unit lands from air
range on na and lion impale is always full range
added a minimum range for the impale effect on burrow strike so if you target yourself, it still impales nearby units
fixed ravage damage
* Added Ring of Health to the Goblin Shop
lowered quarterstaff price
fixed bottle cooldown (it was still 8 seconds, not 5)
lowered euls cd a bit and reduced recipe
tweaked guin/eul/orch a little, see feedback post for complete details
* Reworked the trees/pathing near the small sentinel creep camp
did lots of tweaks and changes to neutrals
Beta 6:
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fixed kickafk giving you options for players that aren’t afk
fixed a pathing issue with the trees near the new ramp
* Reduced cooldown on high level Shapeshift
kickafk properly shares control on kick now
increased quilbeast hp by 100
undid marksmanship change, kept the agi gain nerf
adjusted leap cd change from last version
fixed apm command (it was actions per second before i think)
undid potm base damage change change
fixed morph courier hotkey
removed guinsoo recipe
* Reduced Gravechill manacost and cooldown a little
* Recoded impale based effects completely, fixing various ramp bugs, stacking issues and lots of rare problems. (Burrowstrike, Impale (Lion), Impale (Nerubian Assassin), Ravage)
* Removed manacost on Mana Shield
* Added Javelin to the Goblin Shops
* Added Quarterstaff to the Goblin Shops
* Increased Perseverance damage from 7 to 10
reduced tornado damage on buildings
NOTE: I will address the neutrals in a more meaningful way next version. Please give feedback on them.
Beta 5:
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changed the removal of bottle sell cost to a small one (mainly cause of a problem i was having with it not displaying manacost)
* Changed Leap cooldown to scale with levels
* Lowered Mirana’s base damage a little
added magic resistance to quilbeast (75%)
tried to fix the shukuchi issue with dealing damage twice again
fixed ogres autocasting
* Changed the pathing around the one of the neutral camp areas on the Scourge Side
returned damage amplification to orchid and changed from 4.5 to 5 duration
reduced cooldown and increased range on guinsoo
* Increased Chainfrost bounce by 1
* Fixed a bug introduced in the recent scepter changes on Crystal Maiden
* Improved armor on Enigma’s Eidolons
* Removed the stack restriction on Shiva’s Guard
* Improved Juggernaut’s movement speed
* Implemented a better silencing mechanism in the Black Hole area
reduced drow’s ultimate a little
* Lowered Drow’s Agility gain per level
* Added a new command -apm to reveal your actions per minute
-afkinfo and -kickafk now work properly
fixed -neutrals test spawn command
lowered guinsoo recipe cost
* Couriers can now disassemble items (161180)
* Added text descriptions for powerups (68307)
NOTE: Do not use any heroes with impales (most importantly, lion). I am in the middle of recoding all impale based effects for less glitches and less conflicts (so it will fix burrowstrike problems as well).
Beta 4:
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made linkens 20 seconds (for now..)
refilling bottle and rune usage doesn’t share cooldown with regen usage on it (so only regen follows the 8 sec cooldown)
* Bottle is in full state at all the shops now (still thinking about this..)
* Fixed Last Word triggering off of Linken Sphere usage
fixed various typos
fixed lothars sell cost
once again i didn’t have time to fix and add a lot
Beta 3:
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fixed drow ult
changed alpha wolf to a diff color
fixed some chances that the buff icon remains on brood/sven ults
Sorry guys i’ve been really busy last 2 days. I know there are plenty of things in beta i haven’t addressed yet.
Beta 2:
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made Lothar’s 21/21 bonuses
fixed Lothar’s cooldown
reduced lothar’s manacost
fixed the alpha wolf not spawning properly
fixed aggro on new creeps
* Neutral Ogres no longer autocast Frost Armor
fixed tree types at the new scourge camp
I haven’t had time to fix or change anything else, just releasing this now for tomorrow’s games.
Beta 1:
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* Fixed Berserker Rage from triggering Essence Aura
* Fixed Javelin’s odds being slightly off
* Increased Morphling’s base damage
* Macropyre cooldown no longer increases per level
* Reduced Expulsion cooldown and manacost
* Lowered Flying Courier HP to the same as regular Courier
* Reduced Sprint’s damage amplification from 20% to 10%
* Improved Keeper of the Light’s attack animation
* Delayed the creep spawn time by 30 seconds in -vr
* Fixed neutral spawn times in various modes
* Improved Scattershot from 10-35 damage range to 20-35
* Improved Alchemist base Intelligence and growth
* Slightly improved Psi Blades spill width
* Improved Lich’s Frost Nova cast range by 100
* Improved Vanguard hp regen by 1
* Changed Lothar’s recipe and stats
* Increased Maledict AOE by 15
* Improved Chemical Rage
* Increased Phantom Lancer’s STR gain
* Improved lifesteal on Insatiable Hunger level 2 and 3
* Reduced Replicate manacost and cooldown
* Centered swap request notice is given to a player (182779)
* Fixed an issue with the Cheese drop from Roshan
* Reduced Vladmir’s Offering recipe cost
* Reduced Linken’s Sphere cooldown
* Increased Psi Blades range by 10 each level
* Improved Troll’s movement speed
* Decreased Rampage movement speed bonus
* Decreased Rampage cooldown
* Removed stacking restriction from Bloodstone and improved it’s stats
* Improved Helm of the Dominator damage from 10 to 20
* Improved Spirit Bear’s Demolish
* Improved Oblivion Staff mana regen by 25%
* Increased Lightning Storm cooldown by 2 seconds
* Reworked Eul’s Scepter of Divinity completely
* Reworked Orchid Malevolence completely
* Reduced cooldown on level 4 Metamorphosis from 135 to 110
* Reworked Guinsoo’s Scythe of Vyse completely (check forums for details)
* God’s Strength is longer removed by cyclone
* Insatiable Hunger is longer removed by cyclone
* Quarterstaff price reduced
* Improved Sand Storm
* Fixed an issue with Forest Troll High Priest’s pathing scale
* Drastically lowered Quilbeast hitpoints
* Improved range on Drow’s Trueshot Aura
* Fixed an exploit with Lanaya
* Improved cooldown progression on Insatiable Hunger
* Reduced Sven’s base armor
* Reduced the slow on Epicenter
* Changed the locations and distribution of neutral creep camps
* Fixed some text display problems when viewing replays (thanks DonTomaso)
* Reduced Lina’s movement speed by 5
* Reduced Voidstone by 25 gold
* Improved Enigma’s movement speed
* Modified initial projectile speed and effect on Paralyzing Casks
* Improved Enfeeble
* Improved Auto-Fire aoe and duration
* Reduced Ring of Health by 25 gold
* Fixed some color issues on the load screen
* Reduced Queen of Pain’s Blink range at early levels
* Fixed some creep death time discrepancies (188461)
* Improved Earthshaker movement speed
* Reduced mana cost on dagger and increased cooldown (75->50 mana, 30->60 cooldown)
* Added cooldown to Bottle usage and removed its sell cost
* Added -afkinfo that displays how long each player has been idle for
* Bottle purchased in base starts off full
* Necronomicon icon now changes per level (190183)
* Changed durations of some powerups (Haste 45->30, Illusion 60->75, Regen 45->30)
* Fixed a very minor bug with Elder Form duration
* Fixed a very minor bug with the damage mechanism on Shukuchi
* Moon Wells now gather water during night and get drained during day. This has no gameplay impact (60920)
* Zombies now give a bit less bounty
* Improved cast range on Expulsion and Fire Storm
* Change Drow Ranger’s Marksmanship
* Added a conditionally available -KickAFK command to boot idle players (171984)
* Increased Neutral Centaur’s aura by 5%
* Added an Alpha Wolf in the wolves creep camp with a command aura
* Added a new creep camp (1 Ghost w/Possession + 2 Fel Beasts)
* Changed the Furbolg’s Stomp to a Clap
* Added a new creep camp (1 Enraged Wildken w/ Tornado + 2 Wildkins)
* Added a new creep camp (1 Murloc Nightcrawler w/shadowmeld,1 sec ensnare + 1 Murloc Hunstman + Murloc Tiderunner)
* Improved Satyr Hellcaller’s Unholy Aura
* Added a new creep camp (1 Dark Troll Warlord (Raise Dead), 2 Dark Trolls)
* Recoded Neutral Creep code for some optimizations
* Changed the location of one of the Scourge creep camps
NOTE: I have disabled a few other features that are incomplete for the sake of getting this beta out first.
NOTE: -kickafk and -afkinfo are not functional right now, a bug i haven’t fixed yet
BETA: Test each mode and make sure the neutrals spawn 30 seconds after the first creep wave spawns.
BETA: Make sure linkens and bkb block guinsoo, euls and orchid.
FEEDBACK: There are lots of experimental changes here. Please give feedback. Especially on the guinsoo/orchid/euls changes, those are VERY experimental.
Note: You need to play with the nick "IceFrog" because this version is moderated for beta-testers only.
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Go)Space
If you're into Warcraft3, you must've heard of the korean gamer GO)SPACE.. a hell of a gamer but.... not good with his normal life!
At the age of 11 this poor kid was almost completely paralyzed. The only parts of his body that he can actually move are the neck and fingers. He recently gave a small interview.
He states that he doesn’t believe in miracles and that his point in life ISN’T to cure his crippled body, but rather do the only thing he can do — Play Warcraft 3, and become the very best.
“When I’m alone, I can’t do anything. I can’t even read a book. The only thing I can do is play Warcraft 3, and I want to become the best player there is” - Said Go)Space.
“I want to bring respect to my family, and make my mom proud” - he added.
Doctors don’t give him long to live though…
That’s very brave of him, and it’s good that he has found something he’s good at. Although the doctors say he probably won’t live till 20.
I think you should believe in miracles, because if you don’t - you exclude the possibility of them happening.
Memories
Okay! WoW!
Old War3zone = gg - A great mishap by a khi based hosting company, never emailed me the expiry or anything.. never proactively got back to me so I can paid the freaking amount to renew it!! and a Lucky twirk registered it!!
I know, we all decided to go by another name but to be honest, do you think it was a good idea with new websites coming in? Dota Pk / Warcraft Pk etc etc..
We are old school, we were the best .. you know the names - Lota, The-Game, Authority, D-machine, Dk.Zero, Umm__kk, the undead, Tiny, TW and everyone else … wow - those were the days with a real competition.. rendezvousing neomatrix, zerohour, groundzero … the clan matches - D-Machine with his evil strategies, Lota with his crazy micro, Tiny thrashing the barriers, undead with his mass madness, kk with his gosu confidence (”ALL HAIL OSC“ lal..) , rafey with his winning streaks! really, WOW!!
Is the new community pro enough? Maybe, Maybe not.. Things have changed.. people moved on, new players on the board.. ahaha most of the people don’t even recognize the names!
So I came with this old school blog, let’s be a part of it! I’ll post anything and everything that I confront!.. let’s bring the old memories back, SHALL WE?
P.s: I never forgot this lotay
“Dj_Lota : “527059234052492359 towers, 2807450247534 expos, and 3857208375082735802 tanks”"
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