Thursday 6 March 2008

Dota Allstars v6.49c AIplus 1.52

Here is the Dota Allstars v6.49c AIplus 1.52 map: download

This AI map is really cool!

It is quite challenging to play against these AIs. They some how are really quite smart.

Anyways, this map is good for practicing and having fun!

Thanks for these AI map creatosr - making these AI map really fun to play with

Newest Dota map: Dota Allstars v6.51

So here is just the download link for v6.51 map: download

6.51 Changelog
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* Fixed a bug with Kellen's Dagger that caused it to sometimes not get disabled when hit
* Fixed Land Mines tooltip
* Increased cast range of Kelen's Dagger
* Undid previous Bottle changes. Bottle now works as follows: Costs 600 gold, does not require mana to refill, auto-fills it when you are near fountain, rune refills it to full, resells at 50% like normal, purchasable at base only, regenerates less than previously, has no usage cooldown.
* Fixed Medusa's Mana Shield from triggering Essence Aura
* Fixed Searing Arrows' tooltip
* Changed Hyperstone purchase hotkey to fix a conflict
* Fixed a bug with Invoker when creating illusions
* Updated Kelen's Dagger tooltip
* Undid some of Morphling's base damage buff from last version
* Fixed Bloodrage tooltip
* Fixed Pulse Nova and Invoker's Reagents from triggering Last Word
* Smokescreen interrupts teleportation once again
* Color coded Invoker's spell descriptions (203050)
* Improved Sange's percentage and Yasha's percentage, and lowered the recent buff on S&Y a little
* Fixed Vladmir's Offering sell cost
* Increased Counter Helix chance by 2%
* Minor bonus armor in True Form
* Improved the effect timing on Split Earth (187877)
* -swapcancel code is triggered when a swap is successful (to prevent other accidental swaps)
* Improved Shuriken Toss cast range
* Added new Backtrack icon (183079)
* Changed Battlefury recipe slightly
* Lowered Poof casting time from 2 to 1.5 seconds
* Lowered Elder Dragon Form's manacost and cooldown a little
* Added neutrals field to -cs
* Changed Phantom Edge's secondary ability from evasion to magic resistance
* Replaced Phantom Assassin's Shadow Strike with a different similar ability (132694)
* Fixed a minor coding bug with Time Lapse
* Fixed Impale based spells from moving Juggernaut during Omnislash
* Added new icon for Melting Strike
* Reduced some lag with Invoker
* Fixed level 1 March of the Machines doing slightly less damage than intended
* Removed stock cooldown on Ironwood Branch
* Added a new system that tracks when you help an ally kill a hero (no gameplay ramifications at this point)
* -swap is now allowed in -sd
* Fixed some minor neutrals' vision and pathing glitches
* Lowered level 1 and 2 cast range on Replicate
* Lowered Phantom Assassin's cast animation time
* Fixed a bug with Exorcism's cooldown after leveling Witchcraft
* Fixed some issues with -ah
* Refined how some kill related messages and sounds are shown
* Increased mana regeneration on Perseverance by 25%
* Lowered Buriza recipe by 250 gold
* Changed Voodoo Restoration to heal over a smoother interval (same total regen)
* Lowered Manta Style's cooldown a bit
* Fixed a bug with Voodoo Restoration and Impales
* Fixed a bug with invoker in -spreverse
* Fixed some inconsistencies with tower visions (TheLoneWolf14)
* Increased duration of Lycanthrope's wolves a bit and allowed them to attack air
* Temporarily disabled -unstuck command



Map from: http://getdota.com

How to play dota behind a firewall/university restriction

I have recently figured out a method to play dota online with friends (connecting to battle.net) even though I am being blocked by an annoying firewall at uni. Now I can happily bypass the firewall restriction and dota like crazily LOL.

So here are the setup:

1. Download Your Freedom (The software for bypassing any firewalls and internet restriction)
http://www.your-freedom.net/

Go to the download page and download the newest client.
There are actually many info in the web teaching you how to use the software and how to configure your client for playing games. Your Freedom is a really great software having tried many socks server and Your Freedom is just the best.

However, this cool software is not totally free. You can use the free service for a continuous 1 hour period, but when the 1 hour is up, it will automatically cut down the connection, which can be quite annoying. If you think there service is good you can try their different plans (with unlimited connection time and with different bandwidth), I am using their enhanced plan and I think the price is really acceptable comparing with other socks 5 server out there.

2. For me, I use the Your Freedom with the OpenVPN mode. Using OpenVPN mode, you do not need to configure any other setting, just check the OpenVPN in port section of the client.
So you can now by pass all the annoying firewalls now!!

Check out here for installing openvpn: http://www.your-freedom.net/index.php?id=172

Happy gaming!