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Free to Play is almost here, so get your <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/245550/">pre-load started</a> and be ready the moment it’s out.

To commemorate the impending release of our much-anticipated Dota 2 documentary, special items are now available in the Dota store. These items were forged in creative partnership with several pro players and include:

• The “<a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/20402">Forge of the Iron Will</a>” set for Sven, created in partnership with Fear.
  
• The “<a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/20401">Crown of Hell</a>” set for Doom</a>, created in partnership with Hyhy.
  
• The “<a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/20403">Murder of Crows</a>” set for Pudge, created in partnership with Dendi.

Each hero set is available individually, or as part of “<a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/20404">The Free to Play Collector’s Pack</a>” which includes all three item sets in addition to the following bundle exclusives:

• The “Wide Angle” Ward
  
• The “Filmtail” Courier
  
• The “Depth of Field” HUD skin

The hero sets will include custom loading screens, custom particles and custom animations. Each item will be available in Genuine quality for a limited time, so purchase and add these items to your Dota armory soon. A portion of each purchase will go toward the players featured in the documentary.

Visit the <a href="http://www.freetoplaythemovie.com/">Free to Play Website</a> to watch the trailer and learn more about the film.

Free to Play is almost here, so get your pre-load started and be ready the moment it’s out.

To commemorate the impending release of our much-anticipated Dota 2 documentary, special items are now available in the Dota store. These items were forged in creative partnership with several pro players and include:

• The “Forge of the Iron Will” set for Sven, created in partnership with Fear.
  
• The “Crown of Hell” set for Doom, created in partnership with Hyhy.
  
• The “Murder of Crows” set for Pudge, created in partnership with Dendi.

Each hero set is available individually, or as part of “The Free to Play Collector’s Pack” which includes all three item sets in addition to the following bundle exclusives:

• The “Wide Angle” Ward
  
• The “Filmtail” Courier
  
• The “Depth of Field” HUD skin

The hero sets will include custom loading screens, custom particles and custom animations. Each item will be available in Genuine quality for a limited time, so purchase and add these items to your Dota armory soon. A portion of each purchase will go toward the players featured in the documentary.

Visit the Free to Play Website to watch the trailer and learn more about the film.

- Fix bug causing MMR to intermittently fail to appear on the scoreboard at the end of a ranked match. MMR is visible to all players in the match with a calibrated MMR. It is not visible to spectators or players with uncalibrated MMR. MMR is not recorded in replays.
- Fix bug causing matchmaking cooldowns to escalate too quickly in some circumstances
- Fix bug in team matchmaking causing team details to be occasionally swapped.

- League Administration Site now allows League Admins to add/remove Admins, view detailed Match Stats, and upload third party Compendiums.
- Any Fantasy Leagues that had duplicate members and a stuck draft have had the duplicate teams removed and the league reset.
- Replays are now available to download quickly after a match completes.
- Ranked Matchmaking is currently unavailable for parties of 4 as part of an experiment to measure its impact on game quality.

- You can now edit your fantasy team name by clicking on it.
- Fantasy league commissioners can now remove members from their fantasy league (only pre-draft).

First available with the <a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/15607">ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season #1</a> tournament, Fantasy Dota is an expansion on features originally included in the International 2013 Compendium. In Fantasy Dota, you join up to 5 of your friends to create a Fantasy League, where you'll each design a Fantasy Team made up of Pro Players. You'll then compete based on how well your players do in matches played in DreamLeague Season 1.

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Buying the ticket for <a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/15607">DreamLeague Season 1</a> makes you eligible to create a Fantasy League, as well as join any Fantasy Leagues that your friends create.

Once you've bought your ticket and created a Fantasy League, you can invite friends to join you and set a time for the Live Draft. During the Live Draft, members of your Fantasy League draft Pro Players onto their Fantasy Team, however unlike the International 2013 Compendium, each player can only be owned by one person. After the draft is completed, the Fantasy League will automatically create round-robin weekly head-to-head matchups, where every week you'll try to earn points to win against one of the other members of the Fantasy League.

Fantasy Team matches will begin on March 3rd, so be sure to form your Fantasy League and complete your draft before then.

Here's some more info:

<strong style="color:#a43827; font-size:16px;">General</strong>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Can I create more than one Fantasy League?</strong>
You can create one Fantasy League for each tournament ticket that you activate. However, after activating a ticket, you can join any number of Fantasy Leagues.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. How many members can be in a Fantasy League?</strong>
You can have up to six members in a Fantasy League. Each will have their own team.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. What if I have an odd number of friends who want to play?</strong>
That's fine! One rotating team each week will get a Bye (basically a free win).

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. What if two Fantasy Teams have the same number of wins? Are they tied?</strong>
Ties are broken by the total number of points scored in the season.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. When does a matchup end?</strong>
Weekly matchups end on Sunday night at midnight in the time zone of the tournament. At that point, wins and losses are assigned for that week, and the next week's matchups begin.

<strong style="color:#a43827; font-size:16px;">Players</strong>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Can a player be owned by more than one Fantasy Team?</strong>
No, players are exclusively owned by a single team.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. What does a player being "Core" or "Support" mean?</strong>
Each player has been assigned a role, based on the role they generally play in pro matches. Players that play mid, off-lane, or carry are grouped under "Core". Players that take more of a support role are classified as "Support".

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Does player role affect scoring?</strong>
No, all players are scored based on the same criteria.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. How are players scored?</strong>
<ul>
<li>0.3 points per kill</li>
<li>-0.3 points per death</li>
<li>0.15 points per assist</li>
<li>0.003 points per last hit</li>
<li>0.002 points per gold per minute</li>
<li>0.002 points per XP per minute</li>
<li>0.07 points per seconds of enemy stuns</li>
<li>0.0004 points per allied healing done</li>
<li>1 point tower kill</li>
<li>1 point per Roshan kill</li>
</ul>

<strong style="color:#a43827; font-size:16px;">Player Rosters</strong>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. How many players can I have on my team?</strong>
You can have 8 players on your team. These 8 slots are divided into types.

Active Roster:
<ul>
<li>2 Core</li>
<li>2 Support</li>
<li>1 Any</li>
</ul>
Bench:
<ul>
<li>3 players of any type</li>
</ul>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. What players can I put in each slot type?</strong>
Core and Support players can only go into "Core" and "Support" slots. "Any" or "Bench" slots can contain players of any role. Note that a player in a Bench slot will not score points for their team.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. How often can I adjust my roster?</strong>
You can set your Active Roster for each individual day. Any day you don’t adjust your Active Roster, the settings in place on the previous day will automatically carry over.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. When does a day's roster lock?</strong>
A day's Active Roster becomes locked at midnight in the time zone where the tournament is located. So for a tournament taking place in Europe such as DreamLeague Season 1, the Active Rosters will lock at midnight CET. This lock time is displayed on the roster editing panel.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. What does it mean when an roster is locked?</strong>
When a roster is locked, you won't be able to make any changes to it. This is to prevent roster changes happening while matches are being played.</li>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. How can I see how Pro Players have done in the past?</strong>
The Player tab in the Fantasy section in the Community tab lists all players and their average stats over the last 100 league matches (all leagues) that they've played.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. What happens if I miss my Fantasy League's live draft?</strong>
The draft system will automatically pick players for you.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Do players get more points if a best-of-three goes to a third game?</strong>
No. In a best-of-three series, each player earns points only for their highest-scoring games.

<strong style="color:#a43827; font-size:16px;">Trading and Free Agents</strong>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Can I remove a player from my team?</strong>
Yes, you can request to drop a player and pick up another that no other Fantasy Team owns (a "free agent"). These requests are all processed nightly. If multiple Fantasy Teams all attempt to pick up the same Pro Player, priority is given to the Fantasy Team with the worst record.</li>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Can I drop and pick up more than one player at a time?</strong>
No, currently you can only have one outstanding drop/add request.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Can I trade players with another Fantasy Team?</strong>
Trading players between Fantasy Teams is not yet supported.

<strong style="color:#a43827; font-size:16px;">Scoring</strong>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Do all matches played by a player in my roster count towards my score?</strong>
Each Fantasy League is associated with a specific tournament, and only matches played as part of that tournament count towards player scores.</li>

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Do all Pro Players have the same scoring criteria?</strong>
Yes, all Pro Players, regardless of role, are scored based on the same factors.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Do players in Bench slots earn points?</strong>
No, players on your Bench do not earn points towards weekly or daily point totals.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. Does it matter if players win or lose their matches?</strong>
No, scoring is entirely based on the player's performance in certain categories (kills, gold per minute, healing, etc). Whether they win or lose their match is not scored, though players that win matches will tend to have better individual performances.

<strong style="color:#7d8086">Q. When are scores updated?</strong>
Scores are updated after every match completes.

We’ll be expanding on Fantasy Dota as time goes on, and look forward to your feedback and suggestions!

First available with the ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season #1 tournament, Fantasy Dota is an expansion on features originally included in the International 2013 Compendium. In Fantasy Dota, you join up to 5 of your friends to create a Fantasy League, where you'll each design a Fantasy Team made up of Pro Players. You'll then compete based on how well your players do in matches played in DreamLeague Season 1.



Buying the ticket for DreamLeague Season 1 makes you eligible to create a Fantasy League, as well as join any Fantasy Leagues that your friends create.

Once you've bought your ticket and created a Fantasy League, you can invite friends to join you and set a time for the Live Draft. During the Live Draft, members of your Fantasy League draft Pro Players onto their Fantasy Team, however unlike the International 2013 Compendium, each player can only be owned by one person. After the draft is completed, the Fantasy League will automatically create round-robin weekly head-to-head matchups, where every week you'll try to earn points to win against one of the other members of the Fantasy League.

Fantasy Team matches will begin on March 3rd, so be sure to form your Fantasy League and complete your draft before then.

Here's some more info:

General

Q. Can I create more than one Fantasy League?
You can create one Fantasy League for each tournament ticket that you activate. However, after activating a ticket, you can join any number of Fantasy Leagues.

Q. How many members can be in a Fantasy League?
You can have up to six members in a Fantasy League. Each will have their own team.

Q. What if I have an odd number of friends who want to play?
That's fine! One rotating team each week will get a Bye (basically a free win).

Q. What if two Fantasy Teams have the same number of wins? Are they tied?
Ties are broken by the total number of points scored in the season.

Q. When does a matchup end?
Weekly matchups end on Sunday night at midnight in the time zone of the tournament. At that point, wins and losses are assigned for that week, and the next week's matchups begin.

Players

Q. Can a player be owned by more than one Fantasy Team?
No, players are exclusively owned by a single team.

Q. What does a player being "Core" or "Support" mean?
Each player has been assigned a role, based on the role they generally play in pro matches. Players that play mid, off-lane, or carry are grouped under "Core". Players that take more of a support role are classified as "Support".

Q. Does player role affect scoring?
No, all players are scored based on the same criteria.

Q. How are players scored?

• 0.3 points per kill
  
• -0.3 points per death
  
• 0.15 points per assist
  
• 0.003 points per last hit
  
• 0.002 points per gold per minute
  
• 0.002 points per XP per minute
  
• 0.07 points per seconds of enemy stuns
  
• 0.0004 points per allied healing done
  
• 1 point tower kill
  
• 1 point per Roshan kill
  

Player Rosters

Q. How many players can I have on my team?
You can have 8 players on your team. These 8 slots are divided into types.

Active Roster:

• 2 Core
  
• 2 Support
  
• 1 Any
  

Bench:

• 3 players of any type
  

Q. What players can I put in each slot type?
Core and Support players can only go into "Core" and "Support" slots. "Any" or "Bench" slots can contain players of any role. Note that a player in a Bench slot will not score points for their team.

Q. How often can I adjust my roster?
You can set your Active Roster for each individual day. Any day you don’t adjust your Active Roster, the settings in place on the previous day will automatically carry over.

Q. When does a day's roster lock?
A day's Active Roster becomes locked at midnight in the time zone where the tournament is located. So for a tournament taking place in Europe such as DreamLeague Season 1, the Active Rosters will lock at midnight CET. This lock time is displayed on the roster editing panel.

Q. What does it mean when an roster is locked?
When a roster is locked, you won't be able to make any changes to it. This is to prevent roster changes happening while matches are being played.

Q. How can I see how Pro Players have done in the past?
The Player tab in the Fantasy section in the Community tab lists all players and their average stats over the last 100 league matches (all leagues) that they've played.

Q. What happens if I miss my Fantasy League's live draft?
The draft system will automatically pick players for you.

Q. Do players get more points if a best-of-three goes to a third game?
No. In a best-of-three series, each player earns points only for their highest-scoring games.

Trading and Free Agents

Q. Can I remove a player from my team?
Yes, you can request to drop a player and pick up another that no other Fantasy Team owns (a "free agent"). These requests are all processed nightly. If multiple Fantasy Teams all attempt to pick up the same Pro Player, priority is given to the Fantasy Team with the worst record.

Q. Can I drop and pick up more than one player at a time?
No, currently you can only have one outstanding drop/add request.

Q. Can I trade players with another Fantasy Team?
Trading players between Fantasy Teams is not yet supported.

Scoring

Q. Do all matches played by a player in my roster count towards my score?
Each Fantasy League is associated with a specific tournament, and only matches played as part of that tournament count towards player scores.

Q. Do all Pro Players have the same scoring criteria?
Yes, all Pro Players, regardless of role, are scored based on the same factors.

Q. Do players in Bench slots earn points?
No, players on your Bench do not earn points towards weekly or daily point totals.

Q. Does it matter if players win or lose their matches?
No, scoring is entirely based on the player's performance in certain categories (kills, gold per minute, healing, etc). Whether they win or lose their match is not scored, though players that win matches will tend to have better individual performances.

Q. When are scores updated?
Scores are updated after every match completes.

We’ll be expanding on Fantasy Dota as time goes on, and look forward to your feedback and suggestions!

Dota Store
- Increased speed/responsiveness of the store
- Added Loading Screens to the store
- Added new Tournament and HUD/Loading Screen sections to the Featured page

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Experience the first International through the eyes of players who lived it. <em>Free to Play</em> is Valve's feature length documentary detailing the efforts of three Dota 2 players as they battle to win the first million dollar grand prize in the history of competitive videogames.

<em>Free to Play</em> will be available for free on Steam March 19th. When the film is out, you’ll be able to show your support for the featured players by purchasing the Free to Play Competitor Pack, which will be available through the Dota 2 Store and Steam. With the Competitor Pack you’ll receive several in-game rewards including pro player item sets for Pudge, Doom, and Sven. You’ll also obtain a <em>Free to Play</em> courier, a special ward, and a custom HUD skin. Plus a portion of each purchase will go toward the players featured in the film: Danil "Dendi" Ishutin, Benedict "HyHy" Lim, and Clinton "Fear" Loomis.

Visit the <a href="http://www.freetoplaythemovie.com/"><em>Free to Play</em> website</a> to watch the trailer and learn more about the film.

Experience the first International through the eyes of players who lived it. Free to Play is Valve's feature length documentary detailing the efforts of three Dota 2 players as they battle to win the first million dollar grand prize in the history of competitive videogames.

Free to Play will be available for free on Steam March 19th. When the film is out, you’ll be able to show your support for the featured players by purchasing the Free to Play Competitor Pack, which will be available through the Dota 2 Store and Steam. With the Competitor Pack you’ll receive several in-game rewards including pro player item sets for Pudge, Doom, and Sven. You’ll also obtain a Free to Play courier, a special ward, and a custom HUD skin. Plus a portion of each purchase will go toward the players featured in the film: Danil "Dendi" Ishutin, Benedict "HyHy" Lim, and Clinton "Fear" Loomis.

Visit the Free to Play website to watch the trailer and learn more about the film.