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Today the Dota 2 team is introducing <a href="http://www.dota2.com/leaderboards">public leaderboards</a>. These leaderboards show the players with the highest solo MMR in four geographic divisions:

• Americas
  
• Europe and Africa
  
• China
  
• Southeast Asia

Here is an FAQ with some details. (We may need to change the requirements in the future. The latest information will always be on the Leaderboards website.)

<strong>Q. Who is eligible to appear on the leaderboard?</strong>
To qualify, a player must have all of the following:

• At least 300 lifetime matchmade games played. (Unranked or ranked PvP matches only.)
  
• At least 100 lifetime solo ranked games
  
• At least 15 solo ranked games in the last 21 days in the same division
  
• Official player info on file

<strong>Q. How do I know what division I'm in?</strong>
It's the division in which you have played the most solo ranked games in the past 21 days. (In case of a tie, we use the division that has the more recent match.)

<strong>Q. Does a match still qualify towards the recency requirement if somebody abandons, times out due to network problems, etc?</strong>
Yes, provided that MMRs are updated. If the match is thrown out for any reason, then it is not a qualifying match.

<strong>Q. How do I give you my official player info?</strong>
If your solo MMR puts you within reach of a leaderboard, and you meet the eligibility requirements but have not provided your official information, we'll send you a notification in game that will make it possible to provide this information.

<strong>Q. Which server regions are assigned to which divisions?</strong>

• Americas: US West, US East, South America
  
• Europe: Europe West, Europe East, Russia, South Africa
  
• China: Perfect World Telecom, Perfect World Unicom
  
• Southeast Asia: South Korea, SE Asia, Australia

<strong>Q. When are leaderboards updated?</strong>
Daily at 22:00 GMT.

<strong>Q. Where's the global leaderboard?</strong>
The MMR of each division is on a different scale, and comparing MMRs across divisions is not currently meaningful.

<strong>Q. I’m on the leaderboard and I want to change my official information. Is it too late?</strong>
We’ve unlocked everyone’s official information, giving all players one more chance to make edits. Once you enter the information again, it will be locked for a period of time and you will not be able to change it! Please note that there may be a delay of up to one day between the time you change your information and the time the new information shows up on the leaderboard.

Today the Dota 2 team is introducing public leaderboards. These leaderboards show the players with the highest solo MMR in four geographic divisions:

• Americas
  
• Europe and Africa
  
• China
  
• Southeast Asia

Here is an FAQ with some details. (We may need to change the requirements in the future. The latest information will always be on the Leaderboards website.)

Q. Who is eligible to appear on the leaderboard?
To qualify, a player must have all of the following:

• At least 300 lifetime matchmade games played. (Unranked or ranked PvP matches only.)
  
• At least 100 lifetime solo ranked games
  
• At least 15 solo ranked games in the last 21 days in the same division
  
• Official player info on file

Q. How do I know what division I'm in?
It's the division in which you have played the most solo ranked games in the past 21 days. (In case of a tie, we use the division that has the more recent match.)

Q. Does a match still qualify towards the recency requirement if somebody abandons, times out due to network problems, etc?
Yes, provided that MMRs are updated. If the match is thrown out for any reason, then it is not a qualifying match.

Q. How do I give you my official player info?
If your solo MMR puts you within reach of a leaderboard, and you meet the eligibility requirements but have not provided your official information, we'll send you a notification in game that will make it possible to provide this information.

Q. Which server regions are assigned to which divisions?

• Americas: US West, US East, South America
  
• Europe: Europe West, Europe East, Russia, South Africa
  
• China: Perfect World Telecom, Perfect World Unicom
  
• Southeast Asia: South Korea, SE Asia, Australia

Q. When are leaderboards updated?
Daily at 22:00 GMT.

Q. Where's the global leaderboard?
The MMR of each division is on a different scale, and comparing MMRs across divisions is not currently meaningful.

Q. I’m on the leaderboard and I want to change my official information. Is it too late?
We’ve unlocked everyone’s official information, giving all players one more chance to make edits. Once you enter the information again, it will be locked for a period of time and you will not be able to change it! Please note that there may be a delay of up to one day between the time you change your information and the time the new information shows up on the leaderboard.

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Peek inside any treasure and you'll notice a few changes.

From now on, you will no longer have a chance to receive a duplicate item from opening a treasure multiple times; each time you unseal a treasure, you will find a different item.

In addition to ensuring you won't receive the same item twice, each time you unlock a treasure you will also have a chance to obtain bonus rewards. Bonus rewards are granted in addition to an item found inside a treasure, and some treasures feature multiple bonuses. This means you could gain two or more items each time you open a treasure!

After you have unlocked all items within a treasure, the list of items that can be obtained from opening that treasure is reset and the items can be earned again in a new random order.

Every treasure past and present now ensures that you will not receive duplicates, and has a selection of bonus items. If you've ever hesitated to unseal a treasure, take another look at what they have to offer!

Looking for the perfect treasure to pillage for non-duplicate riches? Try the new Treasures of <a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/15650">Radiant Arms</a> and <a href="http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/15648">Dire Arms</a>. Each unseals to reveal an entire hero set, which include the first sets made available for Lifestealer and Puck. Opening either treasure also gives you a chance to find the Vestments of the Fallen Princess, the first set for Vengeful Spirit, as a bonus reward!

Peek inside any treasure and you'll notice a few changes.

From now on, you will no longer have a chance to receive a duplicate item from opening a treasure multiple times; each time you unseal a treasure, you will find a different item.

In addition to ensuring you won't receive the same item twice, each time you unlock a treasure you will also have a chance to obtain bonus rewards. Bonus rewards are granted in addition to an item found inside a treasure, and some treasures feature multiple bonuses. This means you could gain two or more items each time you open a treasure!

After you have unlocked all items within a treasure, the list of items that can be obtained from opening that treasure is reset and the items can be earned again in a new random order.

Every treasure past and present now ensures that you will not receive duplicates, and has a selection of bonus items. If you've ever hesitated to unseal a treasure, take another look at what they have to offer!

Looking for the perfect treasure to pillage for non-duplicate riches? Try the new Treasures of Radiant Arms and Dire Arms. Each unseals to reveal an entire hero set, which include the first sets made available for Lifestealer and Puck. Opening either treasure also gives you a chance to find the Vestments of the Fallen Princess, the first set for Vengeful Spirit, as a bonus reward!

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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!