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Finally, the biggest day for DOTA gamers… Valve announced DOTA2 first tournament shown in public called “THE INTERNATIONAL” on August 17th  - 21st at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.

16 Dota teams will competing in DOTA2 Championships through group stage, double elimination playoff format in five days.

And the winning team will receive $1 million. WHAT??

“The International is the first public Dota 2 event and will give the tens of millions of gamers playing Dota around the world their first look at the new game,” said Gabe Newell, president and founder of Valve. “I have had the good fortune to watch the competitors as they prepare for the tournament, and the level of play is extraordinary”

NVidia will provide all the hardware and cash prizes awardede by Valve.

When DOTA2 will be available? We have to wait later this year…

Dota 6.72e Map is now released after not long ago 6.72c and 6.72d were released. IceFrog has released DotA 6.72e hotfix patch shortly after v6.72d due to a disfunctional of Batrider’s Firefly when there are no observers/referees in the game, everything else remains the same. It is recommended to download the fixed version DotA 6.72e to avoid this bug.

DotA Map 6.72c (124) - DotA Map 6.72d (116) - DotA Map 6.72e (127)

Mushi (Chai Yee FUng), one of the best DotA player in Shouteast Asia will play in Manila on May 23. He also play several games, includeing play in the mid season of Mineski Pro Gaming League (MPGL).

These are the schedule for Mushi while he’s in Philippines :

• May 22 - Mineski will let us know who will Mushi teammates.
• May 23 - Mushi-Fest Tournament on Mineski Grounds (open only for 16 decent and unranked teams).
• May 24 - Mushi-Fest Tournament on Mineski Infinity (open only for 32 decent and unranked teams).
• May 26 - Mineski Development League Professors and Students showmatch againts Mushi and teammates.
• May 28 - MPGL Season 3 Leg 5 Qualifiers.
• May 29 - MPGL Season 3 Leg 5 Day 2 Championship.

For more details about Mushi Tour.

Here the latest Warcraft Version Switcher Patch 1.26a. You can use this patch to upgrade from the previous version 1.25b or version 1.26, but most of replay tournament use this patch. Just store it to your SWV just incase you found a replay with this pathc. Enjoy lad…

Warcraft 1.26 Version Switcher is now available for download. It contains Warcraft 3 patch version files which allows you to switch between multiple Warcraft 3 versions easily without any problems. This version of WVS will allow you to upgrade/downgrade from Warcraft 1.25b to Warcraft 1.26. You can play & watch older version games with it.

Guide:

• Download the Warcraft Version Switcher 1.26 from the link above. (Download TFT Version 1.26.zip if you already have other patch files & version switcher program)
• Extract the files to any folder using WinRaR.
• Run Wvs.exe and click the Options button.
• Set your Warcraft 3 path (where your Wc3 is is installed)
• Click (1st button) Switch Version and double click your desired Warcraft 3 version.
• Your version will be switched!

DotA Grand Magus Strategy & Build | Rubick Guide . Rubick is an Intelligence hero which is introduced on the DotA 6.72. This post will provide you with the Rubick Skill Description, the Rubick Guide, the Rubick Strategy, the Rubick Item Build and the Grand Magus Skill Build.

Name: Rubick, the Grand Magus
Type: Intelligence
Alliance: Sentinel

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