I believe those are made by Weta, as they have made The One Ring for lotr, and are making dota2 merchandise in the future.

Keep an eye out for this site:
http://www.wetanz.com/dota2/

Might just be able to get your own dota ring in the future

These would probably what will be available soon:


This post has been edited by nightshade_nova: Aug 31 2012, 07:19 PM

I personally think LGD is weaker than iG, even though iG lost 1 game.
They have exceptional teamwork and patience, but their players arent that great individually.

With yamateh's years of experience, they definitely have a chance break LGD's winning streak.


p/s:my friend met yamateh before, and said hes very humble, totally opposite of iceiceice.

Poor fei mao...dont treat him like that...

When in doubt, turn to dota1.
Both tiny+wisp pick and bkb enigma to counter naga are taken from current dota1 scene.

Main difference which I see was Tiny was used to bd together with wisp.Dota1 bd mechanics and invulnerability mechanics are different.
Dota2 is better.I noticed in dota1, twr could still takes dmg even when glyphs are used.

Naga might be new in the pool for dota2, but dota1 shes been there for a while, and ppl already have strats to counter her.

Irrelevant but heres puppey 3 years ago when hes with BFB, together with Merlini, Fear, Kuroky, Demon.(Pajkatt too, but hes not in the pic)

Theres a lot of crazy strat from dota1 that maybe can be borrowed for TI2.
Im browsing through recent dota1 vods and replay parsers, one that stood out was carry seer.
Seer put on aggressive trilane with aa+tide.

Surprisingly, ggnet godz still cast some dota1 replays, so I guess he must be one of the most knowledgeable casters around with insights of both dota1 and dota2.

Im looking forward to more SEA teams.Pinoys and Thais play their dota very differently.
Something Pinoy teams more frequently do is putting melee heroes on mid.Their bh are usually mid compared to the usual offlane bh we often see.
They also especially have no problem doing a carry seer, which usually put on an aggressive trilane.
2 of which I seen are seer+aa+tide trilane and seer+es+aa.
They also sometimes put ck as support on trilane.

Some weird play I saw also was an sd put on mid for quick level 2 to get soul catcher and quickly rotate to roam.Really something fresh.

Something that are out of the box but still work, those are what I wanted to see more.

Ya, pinoy comp players are really bold in their picks and strats which are fun to watch.(but pinoy pubs are usually )

Dual lane is different than getting solo exp.Lvl 1+1 creep wave to yourself = full exp to lvl 2 iirc.Thats the fastest way.You basically sacrifice your solo mid for a bit to shift advantage to your trilane.
Pinoy usually do this with 2 heroes, disruptor and sd.Can really boost effectiveness of trilane sooner, especially in trilane vs trilane, when your enemy supports are still at lvl 1.

Any hero that are strong at lvl 2 benefits from this imo.Havent seen visage, but theoretically could also work.

Anyone know any service to buy from valve store? Some dota merchandise looks gooding.

2gd jokes about his own mom, and ask ppl to call him Lucy when ppl commented about his girly hair.
If you take him seriously...

btw, TI2 trailer is supposedly voiced by IceFrog himself, so Bruno is pretty much out of the window.

Hoho.

William7 just pmed me about Valve Dota2 shirt.
He said they might have stock coming next week.

Im getting this to get the shitty wizard courier hehe.

I dont think so.Probably because the organizer wanted to let other SEA teams to be exposed and get to participate.
2 of Malaysian teams got into TI2 already.Other teams need their spotlight too.
Besides, since MUFC lost to Orange, their title is already lost imo.
This way, the tournament also gets to keep a high standard if the defending champion wasnt in shape.

Just watched MiTH vs Orange vod.Tobi says next hero is meepo to be released.

Its looks more anime-like now to me.

I only got 2 rare items...2 of the same effing badger courier.

Anyone know of any vods/replay for 1v5 vs Armageddon WCG qualifiers final? Wanted to see spectre game so bad.

Zenith lost 0-2 to MUFC new lineup.I thought for sure that MUFC is weaker without Silvercross.Guess I was wrong.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1815905&hl=

Hoho...dota ts stock are in.Got beta key+item codes.

Now deciding to buy just 2 or all 4.

I think its still reasonable.Last time I got an RM200 voucher for Guess boutique.The only thing I could buy was a 200 ringgit tshirt.
I rarely buy new clothes, so really have no problem spending.

Lol EG vs VP.Maelk severe hate for Naix is legendary

Tomorrow we might get 6.75.Can hardly wait.
Hopefully dota2 will follow suit with the changes soon too.