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**Torniquet** · Thu, 10th-May-2012, 1:46 PM

Which team won? You didnt reveal the winning team.

cruxis · Thu, 10th-May-2012, 1:58 PM

I'd say his team based on kills.

Also, both teams very carry dependant.

JoFritzMD · Thu, 10th-May-2012, 2:10 PM

The one with the fed bloodseeker and sniper or the one with the underfarmed everything?

It was surprisingly close tower wise. Some people did some silly things when we were heaps far ahead which let the other team get a few towers, but when we decided to actually push it was pretty easy.

Daboo · Thu, 10th-May-2012, 2:17 PM

^^ happens a lot in pub games, team becomes so sure that they've won when they've taken out a bunch of towers, that they start to relax, they decide to serve themselves up one by one.

The opposing team then start to group together and play hit and run, and sometimes make a comeback when they get back to speed in money/exp. But all it takes for one big push to break them again.

Carnifex · Thu, 10th-May-2012, 3:14 PM

Anyone else interested in joining our team? [Myself and Bash]
Either send a PM to me or Bash. We'll be entering the JoinDota Open when it comes around.

JoFritzMD · Thu, 10th-May-2012, 4:51 PM

after that game i'm sure you'll be happy to take me.

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Bash:

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**Torniquet** · Fri, 11th-May-2012, 8:30 AM

http://blog.dota2.com/2012/05/the-international/

As you might have heard by now, DK and defending champions Na’Vi are the first teams to be invited to The International.

This year we are moving to Benaroya Hall, located here in beautiful sunny Seattle. It will be held during the last weekend of August, from the 31st to September 2nd.

For those that want to catch up on last year’s event, the archive is located here.

We will be releasing information on how to acquire tickets in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for details.

Daboo · Fri, 11th-May-2012, 8:46 AM

^^ was going to post this. The venue looks amazing

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Bash:

wooooooah!

**Torniquet** · Fri, 11th-May-2012, 10:45 AM

Just so people dont miss it.

City Hunter Dota 2 LAN.

TargAFan#1 · Fri, 11th-May-2012, 11:55 AM

Hi, I'm new here, what's up?

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Maynarde:

Seems legit

Daboo · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 10:30 AM

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...agreement.aspx

Quote:

Blizzard said today it has reached an agreement with Valve regarding the trademark issue with DOTA.

According to the agreement, Valve will continue to use DOTA commercially, including DOTA 2, while Blizzard will preserve noncommercial use of DOTA for its community with regard to player-created maps for Warcraft III and StarCraft II.

"Both Blizzard and Valve recognize that, at the end of the day, players just want to be able to play the games they're looking forward to, so we're happy to come to an agreement that helps both of us stay focused on that," said Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment.

"As part of this agreement, we're going to be changing the name of Blizzard DOTA to Blizzard All-Stars, which ultimately better reflects the design of our game. We look forward to going into more detail on that at a later date."

Valve president Gabe Newell added: "We're pleased that we could come to an agreement with Blizzard without drawing things out in a way that would benefit no one. We both want to focus on the things our fans care about, creating and shipping great games for our communities."

According to the press release, the companies do not plan to discuss the terms of the agreement beyond today's announcement.

Kinda expected an amicable settlement, it's pretty much impossible to establish an "owner" of the dota name. Good to see stuff settled.

**Torniquet** · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 10:33 AM

Australian team Absolute Legends and Malaysian team Orange invited to The International.

http://www.dota2.com/tournaments/international/

cruxis · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 10:35 AM

I expected AL to get invited. Every game I've seen of them they've won, and Tobi is always speaking highly of them (But then that could just be due to Australian Pride).

**Torniquet** · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 10:38 AM

They are really good and have been around Dota 1 and Dota 2 a long time. So not really a surprise. I hope Toby doesnt cast it. I used to like him but i just find him annoying now, he tends to go way to over the top. I think favourite casters would be the two from Its Gosu. Ayesee and Drayskl? Something like that.

MazEi · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 10:57 AM

I like Kunkka.

Just that for some reason my Lina stun skills dont seem to transfer over to using torrent, and as a result I miss every torrent =(

Daboo · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 11:00 AM

^^ X marks the spot, and then torrent him.......tough to miss thatway

cruxis · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 11:07 AM

I was watching Tobi last night, and he said he has been invited to The International, but he doesn't know if he's casting or not.

I'm not a great fan of his solo casting, but when he's casting with Slesh or that other dude it's quite good.

Carnifex · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cruxis

I expected AL to get invited. Every game I've seen of them they've won, and Tobi is always speaking highly of them (But then that could just be due to Australian Pride).

I have an inside source for this and I've been told they have been invited but they haven't confirmed participation. I can double check with him when he gets online.

cruxis · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 11:24 AM

They'd be stupid to refuse it. It's an invite only tournament, not some qualifying tournament that some scrub team could get lucky in.

Carnifex · Sat, 12th-May-2012, 11:41 AM

Just confirmed it then = aL will be in the Dota 2 International.
Confirmed teams so far are now:
Na`Vi, aL, DK and Orange.