DotA 6.28 Downloadable Map!
DotA 6.28 has been released! Here’s the change-log:
6.28 Changelog:
===========* Two new scourge heroes (Vol’Jin can use scepter)
* New loading screen art
* -creepstats(-cs) added for those who wish to track their creep killing/denying stats
* In regular pick, you get back 175 from the 250 hero gold cost (not -lm)
* Chaos Bolt reworked a bit
* Static Field reworked
* Fixed a range hero abuse against ancient creeps
* Tweaked Chakra a bit. It gives you the same as target now (was weaker).
The mana regen values and cooldowns are nerfed a bit. Manacost tweaked.
* Chaos Damage now does same as hero damage to structures, 50% instead of 100%
* -moderandom(-mr) randomly picks a mode from ar/ap/tr/regular
* The Circle of Power now has one inventory slot to use as a temp slot when creating items
(for those who have the unfortunate luck of dealing with item stealers)
* Headshot lvl4 from .25 to .2 and restored old sniper starting agi
* Assassinate and Rupture now have status buff icons
* Necronomicon: Decreased mana burn casting range from 500 to 250,
and removed spell immunity from lvl 3. Spell reduction from 33/33/100% to 40/40/40%.
Necronomicon cooldown from 70 to 90 seconds
* Change attribute bonus hotkey from B to U to help fix some hotkey conflicts
* Hellcaller tweaked a bit
* Necronomicon summons are no longer able to attack ancients
* Fixed a major abuseable DM bug
* If you cast necro and already own them on the field, the old ones get removed.
(i.e. no necro refresher, adapt, grow, etc)
* Necronomicon summons now give 100 gold on death (instead of 60)
* Necro aura from 4/8/12 to 3/6/9
* -allagi(-aa)/-allint(-ai)/-allstr(-as)
* Spirit Breaker starting str from 25 to 23. Netherstrike cooldown from 40 to 75 and casting
range from 700/800/900 to 400/550/700 (he may need another nerf, but i want to take it one
step at a time with him as he is easily made useless)* Mana cost increase for level 2 and 3 of Guardian Angel (125/150/200 to 125/175/250)
* Sange and Yasha recipe from 900 to 1000
* Aphotic Shield range improved
* Aegis removed from -dm
* Fixed the LM mode to spawn the neutral creeps at the same time offset as the other modes
* Abaddon starting agility from 13 to 17
* Fixed wrong player number display on circle of power
* Neutral Ancients can no longer attack towers (abuse precaution)
* Cleaner game end dialog and somewhat smoother exit
* Fixed a bug with DMAR that allowed repicking and screwing up the hero count.
* Dagon upgrades give an extra 2 int per level
* Pugna’s Scepter Life Drain improved
* Weaver starting str from 14 to 15
* Lina movespeed from 280 to 290
* Lycan Wolf Form has proper melee attack, not missle based
* Scythe changes unit to a sheep instead of a chicken, like it says. All stats still same
* TB base hp accidentally 50 lower due to a typo, so his base hp was increased by 50 but str
reduced by 2 to keep it similar
* Many typos fixed
* Test of Faith mana cost from 140 to 175
* The game now says random or repicked instead of just “chosen” when a hero enters.
* Fixed a bug with Bloodlust multicast where it wouldn’t pick Ogre Magi as a potential target
* Smokescreen typo
* PA/SA blink stike bug where you could target yourself is fixed
* Dragon Slave AOE increased slightly
* Chen’s movement speed from 300 to 295
* Fixed Naix’s Poison Sting and Viper’s Poison Attack buff icons
* Watchers are now spell immune
* Diffusion aura from 300->350
* Radiance AOE from 400 to 550
* Desolator recipe from 1580 to 1500
* Timewalk slow reduced a bit
* Fixed a bunch of learn hotkey conflicts
* TDA specific game rules updated
* Fixed a typo on the spirit bear’s entangleNotes:
====* This version was going to be released in 2 weeks but with recent abuses on morphling/necro,
i decided to just release it now. This doesn’t have as much new content as i had planned,
however, you can expect new content to flow in at a steady rate.* Lord of Avernus will be looked into in the next few versions to make him less boring.
Morphling adapt will probably get reworked in the near future as well.* Thanks to the beta testers for their help; switch and minotaar for icons; Terrorblaze for hero
descriptions. Special thanks to mercurial for the new 100% hand drawn loading screen art. He
worked on it for over a month. We almost couldn’t use it, we spent all of thursday evening trying
to properly compress it due to blizzard format issues. A desktop wallpaper version of it is
available at mercurialxen.deviantart.com
You can download DotA 6.28 HERE!
MPAA Files Lawsuits Against Torrent Sites
The MPAA filed lawsuits against Torrentspy, Isohunt, Torrentbox, Niteshadow and Bthub. This could have a huge impact on the Bittorrent community since Torrentspy and Isohunt are two of the most frequently visited torrent sites.
According to the MPAA, these sites provide illegal access to tens of thousands of copyrighted works, and facilitate millions of illegal downloads. “In the past year, the MPAA has shut down about 75 separate Torrent and eDonkey sites. Last week, they successfully toppled the Razorback2 eDonkey server, which was one of the largest in the world with over 1 million simultaneous users at any given time. The MPAA’s approach is clear: target the front-ends if the backend network is untouchable.” If the MPAA is successful in shutting down Torrentbox, Torrentspy, and Isohunt, it will not only impact users wishing to pirate movies, but also individuals seeking advance music albums, which is a concern that the RIAA should litigate, or even a no-cd patch for a game that they have bought legally.
Intelligent design; the evolution of Link
In honor of The Legend of Zelda’s twentieth anniversary, here’s an evolutionary diagram of Link over the years, culminating with Twilight Princess’s Link on the right. This is just begging to be put on a t-shirt.
Bonus points* for anyone who can rattle ‘em all off. Double bonus points for anyone who can figure out which Link is (sort of) missing.
See also:
Old school Zelda rap commercial
Happy Birthday Zelda! 20 years old today
*current exchange rate: 1 Bonus Point™ = $0.00
Castlevania Double Pack [GBA]
Konami’s Castlevania Double Pack for the GBA boasts the legendary titles Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow on a single cartridge cartridge. Here’s what the critics are saying:
GameDaily 90% – “Now we have another definitive Castlevania release, combining two of the best adventures ever produced on one cartridge. It would’ve been nice to see some new areas or items added, but, as is, you’ll still find lots of action and exploring that carries forth the license with greatness.”
Maxim Online 70% – “Take this Castlevania collection, which pairs Harmony of Dissonance (in which you fight vampires with your trusty whip) with Aria of Sorrow (in which you are a vampire with a trusty sword). While these side-scrolling action games are still addictive and challenging, it’s hard to get nostalgic over games with release dates from 2002 and 2003, respectively.”
Double the gothic adventure, double the fun. And you can get it from Amazon.com for only $30!
Fight Night 3 Screenshots in 720p
EA has released 16 delectable screen-shots of the various location we’ll trade blows in when Fight Night Round 3 is released for the Xbox 360 later this month. The shots are rendered in a stunning 720p resolution. Let’s get ready to rumble!
