Whimsyshire is not Designed for Farming

Previously in Diablo 3, many players would like to farm in Whimsyshire. As time goes by, Whimsyshire is not that popular any more. Recently, a player asked on the community if there were still players farming Whimsyshire. Community manager Lylirra said Whimsyshire was a place of fun. She will go there. But it’s not a farm spot.

Lylirra

Whimsyshire is actually one of my favorite places to farm whenever I'm looking to gear up another character, or help out a friend do something similar. It's nice change of pace (and scenery) and, hey, I get to punch bears in the face. So there's that.

As for super serious farming? Nah, not really. It's definitely not my preferred spot, but it wasn't really designed to be that. It's a fun addition to the game, for sure, but not necessarily a core part of it. :)

Interview with Vladimir PGG Anosov

After break-up of a new team TR,  Vladimir “ PGG ” Anosov actively begun to learn stream craft and literally in a week became one the most popular streamer in CIS with a stable audience more than 2000 viewers. From the interview with Navi-Gaming, you will know a lot of backstage details of The International 2, about modern European Dota and plans for the future.

Hello Vova! It`s already passed two month after The International 2, two teams M5 and TR broke-up,  now you don`t play with any of them. So, here is the question – What is your occupation now?

Hello. I decided to take a rest from Dota and now I`m ready for new deeds. I didn`t get invitation from already existing teams, that`s why I gather “New team” in the rear. .)

 What happened with TR and why didn`t you get high-sky success at the Starladder 3 and the others tournaments?

Everything was great with TR, we gathered the team of the friends who more or less understand how to play this game, but everything went wrong. TR didn’t play others tournament.

Who can you describe current relations with Vigoss, Admir, Silent and BloodAngle after breaking up of the original M5?

We are still friends with some of them, but after The International 2 I made the conclusions of others teammates and stopped to communicate with them at all. Totally every man for himself, we don`t play with each other at the same team any more.

In common what can you tell about Moscow 5 as an organization? Did you follow the games of a new team and was it surprise for you that they also broke-up?

I wouldn`t like answer the first part of a question. As for breaking-up: that was expectable they played with the mixed teams. After TI2 only Na`Vi continued to play with the same line-up and it wasn`t surprising that the well-coordinated team defeated mixed groups. For the best players of M5 the breaking-up is the great advantage but for the worth of them it is the disadvantage. :)

So why did you leave professional Dota 2 after breaking-up of the TR? Please tell us what has happened in your life? May be you found a job and became highly-paid psychologist or HR manager.

The ТR didn`t break-up :). Simply I think that it`s not worth to lose more games not playing with a good team. Almost nothing has changed I just moved to the St. Petersburg to closer with my girlfriend.

At one of your streams you mentioned that would like to play with Danish teams (MiGGel and Angel), and finally you changed your mind. Was it true? If it was true, so why wouldn`t you play with them? Whom would you prefer to play within one team?

Yeah, that is true but after lasting negotiations we left this question unsolved. Present day neither I nor they play. :) If to talk about new teammates – soon you will know about them!

At finale days of The International 2 some of our YouTube channel’s viewers could enjoy your talent as a reviewer. Didn`t you think to continue yours carrier in Dota 2 as a reviewer?

I don`t give up like this :). Vilata & co already suggested me to cooperate with them but I answered that I`m player. Moreover I don`t even think of it till I completely fail as a player ;)

Being player and participant of The International 2 what can you tell about it? Was it simply fortune that Na`Vi took the silver and became the only non-Asian team in Top 8 of the tournament?

TI2 was the best tournament that I`ve ever participated at. Na`Vi got the drive, won the Chinese teams and were so amazing that even opponents became the fans of them)) I`m sure that is not simple fortune.

As far as I remember you was really good at chess, played at the tournament of Moscow and regional arena. What attracted you in chess and did you find any similarities of chess to Dota? For example, at the phase of pick, bans etc.

You are wrong) I wasn`t so good at chess. Of course, there are some similarities, but knight in Dota is more mobile than chess` one.

Have you ever played poker? If yes, so did you succeeded in it?

I did, but I didn`t get real success. :)

Why Russian Dota players still didn`t kick ass of Chinese one? :)

That is all because of players` condition.

Do you a have plan to change this tendency? ;)

Somebody should to do this. Why not me? It`s the matter of time, let it be our secret.

What are you ready to give up for the win at The International 3?

I`m ready to waste one more summer playing Dota and may be spring and autumn! ;)

Dota 2: Jakiro most played hero since 6.75

One month has passed since the somewhat drastic changes of the 6.75 DotA map have been implemented into Dota 2. Time to take a look on the impact of the patch on the picks and bans and their outcome.

169 matches have been analyzed by Dota Academy since 5 October, the day after the inclusion of 6.75 changes to Dota 2. From these 169 matches between 5 October and 5 November, 86 are assigned to the Western European region, 47 to the SEA region, 48 to the CIS region, 32 to China, 35 to America and 40 to other parts of the world. The sum of this certainly higher than 169, but matches were assigned to multiple regions if the teams played intercontinentally. Thanks to Dota Academy for providing the raw statistics for everyone.

Nature's Prophet has disappeared from the top banned heroes alongside Lycanthrope. While Lycanthrope might be a bit over-nerfed, Nature's Prophet was sort of the we additional ban while we had six bans in the first banning phase. Now he is not frightening enough to be banned in the first four and often doesn't fit anyway anymore after the first picking phase.

Where are Venomancer, Invoker and Morphling gone? Okay, Invoker and Morphling both have been nerfed with the 6.75 patch, so that was to be expected. Venomancer's downfall might have something to do with Jakiro's story of success. From zero to hero he goes with a single patch, suddenly becoming the most picked hero while not being over-buffed to let him become a must-ban-hero.

ROOT AVerMedia Dota 2 cup

The Avermedia Dota 2 Cup will be a short tournament, to be played out over the course of the weekend of Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th of Novemeber, featuring eight teams, one of which is of course is ROOT's own team.

The tournament format will be single-elimination, with all the matches being best-of-three encounters. The winner's will recieve $1500 for their efforts, with a cool $500 still going to the runner's up.

Established Dota 2 teams dominate GEST Dota 2 group stage

Zenith, MUFC, Orange and Natural 9 top their groups in GEST Dota 2 edition. Playoffs begin next Saturday.

The group phase matches of the South-East Asian Dota 2 tournament GEST is over. In six rounds, the 16 teams battled it out today, followed by GoDz, LD and Myzzrym as the casters on three videostreams.

Zenith, MUFC, Orange and Natural 9, four teams already established in Dota 2 have won their groups. The DotA-experienced participants in series of GEST have struggled in the competition. Of these four teams, Natural 9 and Orange lost a map in the group phase, while MUFC and Zenith went through it undefeated.

All four will continue to the playoff stage together with the runner-ups of each group, which are namely Mineski, First Departure, Duskbin and Armaggeddon. This way, Singapore is the most frequently represented country in the playoffs, Malaysia and Philippines sending two teams, Australia one team.

The playoffs will be played soon at a date still to be announced. The winning team gains $1,000, the runner-up $500. Both finalists will play against LGD and another Chinese team for more prizemoney afterwards.

Diablo 3 Issues of Authenticator E37 and AH

Since November 1st, many Diablo 3 players encountered Error_73, Service Outage and cannot log in. Blizzard made statement on this issue.

However, before Lylirra finished her report, she said there seems to be some problems with the Auction House.

CLG Dota 2 Disbands

Nine months after picking up their Dota 2 team, the e-sports organization Counter Logic Gaming have announced on their website the official disbandment of the squad.

There have been many rumors about the instability of the team following their run at The International 2012, which culminated with their withdrawal from The Premier League earlier this month.

This event was soon followed by the departure of the former captain of the team,  Per Anders 'Pajkatt' Olsson Lille, and his teammate  Rasmus 'MiSeRy' Filipsen, to complete the roster of the newly formed   LGD.international.

Recently, it has also been confirmed that  Joakim 'Akke' Akterhall will join his former teammate,  Jonathan 'Loda' Berg, to fill in the two remaining slots for  No Tidehunter.