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New Chapters:
[Bobobo-Bo bo-bobo 68] – by Bo-boboFanProject
[Captain Tsubasa - Golden-23 17] – by Shinji
[Ghost Sweeper Mikami 213] – by Nerieru
[KimiKiss - Various Heroines 36] – by Hatsukoi
[Kurogane no LineBarrel 34] – by …
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Daily Update – September 23, 2009
New Chapters:
[Ai Kora 95] – by AOM
[Angel Heart 154] – by Evil-Genius
[Bloody Monday 96 (END)] – by JAC
[Bokutachi wa Shitte Shimatta 15] – by MangaAbyss
[Cavalier of the Abyss 9 …
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Daily Update – September 22, 2009
New Chapters:
[Akagami no Shirayukihime 12] – by Aerandria
[Akumetsu 128 - 129] – by INR and MangaDownloads
[Billy Bat 17] – by Arienai
[Bloody Monday 95] – by JAC
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Daily Update – September 21, 2009
New Chapters:
[Ai Kora 94] – by Musashi
[Angel Heart 152 - 153] – by Evil-Genius
[Bamboo Blade B 6 - 7] – by CxC
[Binetsu Shoujo 27] – by StarryHeaven
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IceFrog Q&A Session #3
IceFrog has just had another Q&A session and give you a clue about Dota-Allstars future. Curious why the Heart of Tarrasque changed? Or will Dota move to Starcraft 2? It’s all answered here 
Q: How much longer do you realistically look at DotA as something that you want to put your time into and update? (from Murazor)
A: I honestly can’t see myself stopping anytime soon; It is the only game I really play so I get a lot of satisfaction out of working on it. I think there are a lot of areas to further improve and build upon. I hope for the game to reach new heights competitively and have a much bigger audience overall. I tend to go out of my way to make sure I don’t put myself in situations where I can no longer develop with the freedom and quality needed to take it to that level.
Q: How do you decide what to change? Are you trying to make the game faster or more gank oriented? (from sgamer.com)
A: I don’t think of things that way exactly. While that is usually true, it is not accurate to consider it as the root philosophy that drives everything. DotA’s primary strength is in its depth and the moment to moment decisions it places in front of the player to make. There are also many non-obvious pitfalls that could seem like good ideas, but actually hurt the game’s true depth. My primary goal is focused on improving the quality and depth of the game and not other superficial metrics of success. I want players to always feel there is a lot to improve upon and to encourage situations where a player is rewarded when he is able to make better decisions than his opponent, which is something I think even non-competitive players value. That is the core of what a competitive game should be after all, creating more opportunity for good decision making. There are, of course, many other factors that are considered for all changes, but this is usually the first priority.
Q: What do you think of Starcraft 2 Editor? (from tobby)
A: It looks great, I’m sure there will be lots of interesting games developed for it. By allowing more direct control over the camera and cursor, as well as the other features described, it will spawn new genres, like Warcraft 3 did before it.
Q: Have you decided if you are moving DotA to Starcraft 2 yet? (from Vodotz)
A: I’ve been actively exploring several options for some time now. Starcraft 2 might not necessarily have what DotA needs to become a better game. Moving to any new engine presents various challenges that need to be considered:
- Will we be able to reproduce the subtle, but very important, unit spell, attack and movement mechanics properly?
- Will the art style fit DotA? Will there be enough unique and identifiable character models for heroes to use?
- Will it encourage team sponsors or help improve the DotA competitive scene?
- Will it provide features that improve DotA, such as: accessibility, networking capabilities, visual readability, spectator features, interface design, etc.
These are the general issues I’ve been considering when thinking about what the right thing is for DotA’s future.
Q: Why did you remove the combat regeneration from Heart of Tarrasque? (from Florian)
A: It was a very specific choice to completely remove combat regeneration from it rather than just reduce it. While it was a nerf, that wasn’t the primary goal. The problem with trying to measure the value of regeneration on Heart is that it makes your success in a fight depend at least partially on how long the fight lasts. The core issue is more about what it promotes rather than it allowing you to survive. It encourages the wrong things and doesn’t reward players who make better moment to moment decisions as much as it could. It removes some depth from the game and makes it a little less interesting over all. If the item needs a certain amount of tanking power, it is much more direct to add more hit point bonus to the item instead of doing it via a method that obscures the ability to measure the balance of the item.
This is more about the design philosophy the item should have, rather than its actual numbers or power, since I consider those as solvable problems if you have the right design to start with. In general, I prefer to lean towards creating a situation of long term solvability to issues. Some things might be knowingly imperfect but done in a manner that increases measurability to allow it to settle in a better place in the long run.
Q: How can I help improve the game itself? Are you going to add my suggestion if I send it? (from JoseC)
A: The best way is to give feedback; I always appreciate getting suggestions from players. While it isn’t practical to expect a specific idea to be used (because of the large number of people with different perspectives), it doesn’t mean that they don’t get factored in. For me, it isn’t always about the specific suggestions as much as what the player is thinking about and how they measure value. Most changes are usually a compilation of many different sets of data and requests over time. I tend to avoid listening to only one type of player. By “type of player” I do not mean competitive or casual at all, I mean the segment of player groups that use different mediums to express their views. There is a very large portion of users that would go unaccounted for if that was the case. Data comes from a variety of different sources, such as: emails, forums posts, replays, joining games with players from different cultures, direct dialog, etc. There are a lot of different types of players and they tend to value things very differently, so it is important for the concept of success or failure not be tunnel visioned to only one medium of opinions.
Q: What will happen with the -switch command? (from n!ight)
A: To be honest, I’m not sure yet. It is a tricky issue. On one hand, I want to remove it because in many cases, it causes more problems than it solves, and it creates an uncomfortable situation for players. On the other hand, a lot players find it very useful, and people have just slowly started to get a better understanding of when to use it and not to. I might implement something that freezes the leaver items and gold until the team decides if they want utilize -switch or take the resources, but of course that is only one aspect of the command. While it is an optional game mode now, I do recognize that it will eventually need to be addressed somehow.
Q: Why you are making new heroes with hard and interesting skills when there are many old heroes with trivial stuns and auras? (from prodota.ru)
A: There is a balance that needs to be maintained between adding new content and improving old. Some players (like me) prefer refreshing old heroes, but others grow attached to older heroes and prefer them to not be changed. The important thing to keep in mind when thinking about a remake is trying to make sure that the qualities players enjoyed in that character are maintained for the rehash. That isn’t always possible, but it is something that needs to be considered. Furthermore, sometimes there is more value in simplicity, not everything basic always needs replacing. New skills might be interesting, but needless complexity should also be avoided whenever possible. I try to find a middle ground between remakes and new content so all players can be reasonably satisfied in the end.
Q: Which way to send ideas and bug reports is the most preferred and most likely to reach you? (from kiu)
A: I prefer email the most because I can sort and organize stuff better as well as being able to respond more easily.
Q: Have you considered the suggestion to make Invoker’s orbs not interrupt movement? (from STT40)
A: I know a lot of people have requested this in the past. This feature was actually implemented in 6.63 before I had to remove it due unresolved technical issues. Warcraft 3 does not provide a straighforward way to do this, so I used a few tricks to achieve it, but it made command registrations unreliable so you would sometimes get incorrect orbs if you clicked too rapidly.
Q: Do you have a schedule for day/week/month, according to which you are working with DotA? (from gibigate)
A: Well it has been different over the years, between studying, programming and college research taking up different amounts of time. I generally try to make a new beta map every day to experiment with, so it’s usually just a chunk of time each day rather than spaced out. It changes from month to month, though.
Q: Do you have any plans to restore custom “-terrain” commands (snow, etc.) in the near future? (from Xochaedo)
A: I could spend more time on it in the future if users want it that much, but I recommend trying out some tools that community members have written. They do more direct modding to Warcraft and can allow more changes than normally possible within a map to create a more coheesive theme.
Q: Will there be a new easter egg map soon? (from Zeyall)
A: What easter eggs? 
Thanks to everyone that emailed me their questions. If you didn’t see yours listed here and would still like me to answer it next time, let me know.
Dota 6.63b AI – DotA-Allstars 6.63b AI 0.212 Map Download
Dota 6.63b AI – Dota-Allstars v6.63b AI 0.212 Map Download. BuffMePlz has just update the ai map into Dota 6.63b AI map. Some crash bugs fixed and this map is the first AI map for Dota 6.63b / Dota 6.63. Before downloading, please note that you must use Warcraft 1.24b Patch
Here is what he said about the DotA-Allstars 6.63b AI 0.212 Map:
Changelog:
Dota 6.63b AI (v0.212)
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-First update to 6.63b
-Fixed an issue that was causing AI bots to learn their abilities out of order
-Fixed another issue that was still causing the game to crash when a player leaves the game early
-Added some additional AI ability functionality (Crystal Nova, Storm Bolt, Mana Burn)
IMPORTANT!!
Before download, please note that this map is only work with Warcraft 1.24b Patch. If you use Patch 1.23 below, this map won’t work!
DotA-Allstars 6.63b AI 0.212 Download Links
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Great! Now we can have less bugs on Dota 6.63b AI
Credits: Anonymous,Anhar08 and some others, thanks for the info
Dota 6.64 Map – Official Dota-Allstars 6.64 Download News
Dota 6.64 Map – Official Dota-Allstars 6.64 Download News and Update. IceFrog has just release Dota 6.63 with many balances. Now, what do you expect for Dota 6.64? What kind of new hero you wanted for Dota-Allstars 6.64? Or maybe you wanna new items? Share all your thoughts about Dota 6.64 in this post!
Update 1 from IceFrog’s blog (23 September 2009):
I started working on 6.64 a couple days ago. At first we began experimenting with some number tweaks to the boots, and even some ideas for secondary bonuses that seemed interesting.However, we found out that there is a technical issue with Phase Boots. They seem to prevent procs like crits, bashes, etc while phased. It was never as apparent before because it was not coupled with attack speed. This makes the Phase Boots a bit anti-synergetic.
While there may be workarounds for that bug, most would probably come at the cost of some functionality. So while still keeping with the primary no armor concept, I am exploring a new buildup for Phase Boots and Power Treads. Keep in mind that numbers are still at an early stage and this change is by no means final, but I’d like to share one version of what we are experimenting with.
Phase Boots:
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Boots of Speed (500)
2x Blades of Attack (1000)
Recipe (none)
+70 Movement Speed
+26 Damage
Phase (Active)
Power Treads:
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Boots of Speed (500)
Boots of Elvenskin or Belt of Giant Strength or Robe of the Magi (450)
Gloves of Haste (500)
Recipe (none)
+60 MS
+10 Any Attribute
+30 IAS
Again, we usually go through many different concept revisions before a final change is decided (if one even happens) so don’t take this as a decided change for 6.64 yet.
So, that’s mean we’ll going back to the usual boots but with the armor removed from the Phase Boots. I think that’s a good news for those who hate the latest changes on boots
Dota Warding Map | Improve Your Warding Skills!
DotA-Allstars Warding map is a small map based on Dota 6.63b map terrain and it is created for those DotA supporting role players who want to improve or test their Warding skills so, they can get the full vision of an Observer Ward. You will have infinite amount of wards in this map, you can place or destroy them if you want.
