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Front End Changes

Compendium Updates

Table of Contents Update

The Table of Contents page will now display either a new or update tag if that section of the Compendium has been recently updated.

　　

New Team Profiles

The teams from the four region qualifiers including runner ups who are in the running for the wildcard slot have been added to the Compendium. The players from each of the respective teams have also been added to the all stars voting pool and 1v1 tournament pool.

　　

Daily Hero Challenge

The Daily Hero challenge will now provide a pack of player cards as well as the 25 points.

　　

Player Card Updates

The new teams added into the Compendium also have their player cards in the game now.

　　The player card pack now provides 10 player cards instead of the old value of 5.

　　A card for the EG replacement Mason has been added. Fear remains on the team page at the top with a new status of injured.

　　You can now stamp a player's card multiple times into the Compendium. After stamping their card five times their status will become silver and after ten times it will become gold.

　　If you stamp your way to get a full team's worth of silver or gold then you will unlock a new spectator gem that can be added in any of your items.

　　

Cosmetic Item Updates

Lone Druid's Items

Lone Druid's newly added Iron Claw true form item has been updated with some tweaks to the texturing and masks. The new version has an alteration of the teeth colouring and more detail from the normal and masks.

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New League Passes

Super Battle of the Cities

"32 teams across Russian cities compete for a prize of $2000!"

　　

Australian Esports League 2014 Winter Cup

"The 2014 Winter Cup for the Australian E-Sports League will see top teams from across Australia and the Oceanic region compete for their share of AUD $5,000 in cash plus sponsor prizes! The Grand Finalswill be held live in Sydney on the 1st of March."

　　

Guf Australia Winter Regional

"The Guf Australia $1600 Winter Regional is a swiss format tournament played at Guf LAN Centres around Australia with a total prize pool of $1,600 AUD on the 22nd of June!"

　　

Aceh Dota Classic

"Aceh Dota Classic Tournament is a Dota 2 competition between 8 most talented amateur teams in the region competing for a prizepool of over $400!"

　　

Techno Int DX Dota 2 Tournament

"The second series of DX Indonesia Dota 2 Tournament. This tournament consist of 96 teams from Indonesia competing for a $2,000 prize pool. This tournament is proudly sponsored by Intel Indonesia."

　　

BoraDota Stars

"The best teams in South America compete in the BoraDota Stars for a prize pool of R$1,500!"

　　

Pudge Cup

"8 teams will participate in the first ever Pudge Cup where it will be a 5v5 mid as everyone playing Pudge. Teams compete for a prize and to be crowned champions!"

　　

Razer Gate Dota 2 Champions League #1

"The top 8 teams in Vietnam compete for over $1000 in prizes!"

　　

Russian Dota League Season 1

"The Russian Dota League emerges with 16 teams competing for 4000 Rubles!"

　　

Balkan Floods Charity Cup

"Raising money for Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia, countries that got hit by heavy floods."

　　

Wars of Fortune Season 1

"The first season of Wars of Fortune puts 16 teams against each other fighting for 3600 Rubles!"

　　

Nvidia Dota 2 Vietnam Tournament Season 2

"The 2nd season of the NVIDIA DOTA 2 Vietnam Tournament is back! Catch the action of the local Vietnamese teams as they battle it out for cash prizes!"

　　

Perfect World Dota Academy 2

"Featuring various kinds of instructive matches including guides to heroes, mechanics and tactics. Perfect World Dota Academy offers a perfect route for beginners to learn Dota. Also, the academy periodically broadcasts exciting activities held by Perfect World."

　　

Invasion of Comrades Vol. 1

"Teams from Europe compete in 4 tournaments where each tournament has a prize pool of 1500 Rubles!"

　　

AD2L Season 4 WTS 1v1

"Home of the AD2L's Weekend Tournament Series featuring a 1v1 mid and the Alternative Tournament Series for friendly tournaments using Valve's newest game modes."

　　

UI Updates

Player Origin Question UI

For players new to the game a new popup will be displayed in order to acquire some background information from the player.

　　Depending on their choice influences the game to alter a number of commands such as overlay colours, minimap location and more.

　　New player panel strings:

　　"DOTA_NewPlayerQuestion_Title" "WELCOME TO DOTA 2"

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_Question" "To improve your game experience, what is the closest type of game to Dota 2 you have played before?"

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_BeginnerButton" "I'm a beginner."

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_RTSButton" "I've played RTS games."

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_MOBAButton" "I've played a game similar to Dota 2."

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_Dota2Button" "I've played Dota 2."

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_MOBAExplanation" "Select the game you are most comfortable with:"

　　"DOTA_OtherGames_LOL" "League of Legends"

　　"DOTA_OtherGames_DOTA" "DotA 1"

　　"DOTA_OtherGames_HON" "Heroes of Newerth"

　　"DOTA_OtherGames_Smite" "Smite"

　　"DOTA_OtherGames_Other" "Another Game"

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_ConfirmationButton" "LET'S PLAY"

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_ConfirmationTutorial" "As a player new to Dota, you may be interested in the tutorials under the Training section of the Play tab. They're a great first step towards dominating other players around the globe."

　　"DOTA_PlayerOriginQuestion_ConfirmationSettings" "Your keybindings and options are now set to the most commonly used settings for players with your experience. You can customize these at any time by clicking on the settings icon."

　　"keybind_template_LOL" "League of Legends"

　　"keybind_template_HON" "Heroes of Newerth"

　　"keybind_template_SMITE" "Smite"

　　

Item Alerts

You can now alt click on the Pipe of Insight in order to alert allies to gather up.

　　

Back End Changes

Updated Strings

The tooltip for multi level items now directly displays the item's level.

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_item_dagon_2L" "Dagon (level 2)"

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_item_dagon_3L" "Dagon (level 3)"

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_item_dagon_4L" "Dagon (level 4)"

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_item_dagon_5L" "Dagon (level 5)"

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_item_diffusal_blade_2L" "Diffusal Blade (level 2)"

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_item_necronomicon_2L" "Necronomicon (level 2)"

　　"DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_item_necronomicon_3L" "Necronomicon (level 3)"

　　More team name strings.

　　"DOTA_Team_CIS_Game" "CIS Game"

　　"DOTA_Team_NaVi_NA" "NaVi NA"

　　"DOTA_Team_Virtus_Pro" "Virtus.pro"

　　"DOTA_Team_Arrow_Gaming" "Arrow Gaming"

　　The Store's treasure key section has been renamed to just be treasures.

　　"Store_Treasure_Keys" "Treasures"

　　Player name tag for the pro gear bundle sets.

　　"DOTA_PlayerName_Ohaiyo" "Ohaiyo"

　　

Unreleased UI Updates

Favourite Hero Challenge UI

"Start training for the next International. Select one of your Least Played heroes and we’ll provide a GPM/XPM analysis tool during the game to help you compare your performance with previous games. Win 10 games before July 28th and you’ll earn compendium points."

　　The initial HUD work for the favourite hero challenge is now in progress, you can find strings relating to the system and a screenshot of the panel itself below.

　　Strings for the unreleased panel.

　　"DOTA_CIGO_Timescale" "Timescale"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_GPM" "GPM"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_XPM" "XPM"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_GPMAVG" "Average GPM"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_XPMAVG" "Average XPM"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_History" "Graphs showing your average performance with this Hero will appear in subsequent games."

　　"DOTA_CIGO_Finished" "FINISHED"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_Discard" "Ignore Game"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_DiscardAYS" "Ignoring this game will cause it not to contribute to your overall averages."

　　"DOTA_CIGO_Discarded" "Game being ignored. Stats will not be saved."

　　"DOTA_CIGO_Starting" "WAITING FOR GAME START"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_FirstKill" "Average Time of First Kill: %s1"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_FirstDeath" "Average Time of First Death: %s1"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_Item" "%s1 purchased: %s2"

　　"DOTA_CIGO_GraphDesc" "The graph displays your current GPM & XPM, and previous game averages with this Hero. Average times for events will appear along the bottom."

　　"DOTA_CIGO_GraphControls" "Settings"

　　

Other Changes

New Player Brand Banners

We have another pro player brand banner in the files.

　　

Armoury Icon Updates

The Armoury Icon for the Vengeful Spirit Banished Princess cape has been updated.

　　

Portrait Updates

The portrait positioning for the new Lone Druid Iron Claw true form has been updated.

　　

Predictions For The Next Hero

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