The Official Pinoy Dota 2 community has reached thousands of members and is still rapidly growing.
As a veteran DotA player, I would recommend joining the Pinoy Dota 2 community online since the Philippines has one of the biggest DotA markets in the world - probably only 2nd to China.
Dota 2 is projected to become the most popular online game in the Philippines and the HUGE online Pinoy community surrounding the game is a testament to Dota 2's influence in the country.
If you like discussing strategies, finding out bugs and cheats, arranging scrimmages and joining the tournaments, joining the Filipino Dota 2 community is the way to go to get connected with the hundreds of thousands of Pinoy Dota 2 players.
P.S.
They're giving away free invites via their Facebook / Steam group. (Got mine from there.)
Useful Resources:
Website: http://www.dota2philippines.com/
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dota2phcommunity
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dota2ph
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dota2ph
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/dota2ph
So I recently got a Korean Starcraft 2 account thanks to RTS Dealer and it has been a blast.
Korean Starcraft 2 players generally have higher APMs and are really good at copying builds from the GSL / other major Korean Starcraft 2 pros.
Even the Silver league players play better than Platinum players in the US and SEA servers.
(Thanks Team Liquid)
From Najda:
The KR ladder is worth it a lot more for me because I respect my opponents a lot more and I don't auto assume I'm better than them, so therefore I play better and improve faster.From DoubleDouble:
Theres something about KR that brings out the best in you. you are forced to learn to micro very well, a lot of early game pressure, and a lot of butthole clenching in the early to mid game. gold league players are playing at 100+ apm almost every game. i played a game where 2 stalkers killed a ridiculous amount of my marines. i was shocked, watched replay/sc2gears and he had 300 effective apm during that battle. my marine micro, although not the best, is enough for any other toss my level in masters NA.From ReaperX:
i feel like KR is where the metagame shifts begin because most the strats are made there. i remember fighting ling/infestor into ultras against almost every single zerg on KR while every zerg on NA was stuck with their standard lingblingmuta tvz.
You will be so solid that no cheese on any other ladder will suffice, you will actually laugh your heart out at how badly and poorly executed some cheeses are. I'm serious.From scph:
Get a taiwanese account. It's worth playing on the taiwanese/korean server just because it helps expand your knowledge and improve your gaming mentality. Doesn't matter if you're bronze, silver, gold, plat or higher, don't listen to all this BS that lower level leagues all play the same. You grow up as an individual influenced by your environment, likewise, your growth in playing sc2 is directly influenced by who you play the game with. Play with koreans, play like the koreans.To start playing on the Korean Starcraft 2 ladder, my advice will be to contact RTSDealer via Team Liquid and he'll help you get one.
Helpful Guide:
Installing the Korean / Taiwanese SC2 client
Philippines - 2nd place at WCG 2011 Dota 2 Tournament
This is one of best finishes for the Philippines in an international Dota 2 tournament.
Valve has opened Dota 2 SEA servers in order to facilitate more Filipino Dota 2 players in the ongoing Dota 2 beta.
Pinoy players can connect with their countrymen via the official Dota 2 Philippines website:
http://www.dota2philippines.com
Source: Dota 2 (Philippines)
Pinoy Dota 2 community
While Mineski-Dota, the Philippines' representative at the 1st International Dota 2 tournament only won one game, the future of Dota 2 in the Philippines looks bright.
Thousands of Filipino HoN players disappointed with the new Garena HoN business model have started joining the Dota 2 PH community.
Join the thousands of Filipino Dota 2 gamers who have pledged to get Dota 2 and be competitive.
Dota2PH on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dota2ph
Professional Dota 2 in the Philippines will only take off once there is a good field of competition.
With Pinoy Starcraft 2 lagging behind, Pinoy Dota 2 can be where the Filipino gamer can gain recognition as a true word-class gamer.
Update:
Official Dota 2 Philippines website has been launched: http://www.dota2philippines.com
The Battle.net SEA and ANZ servers will be having a Free Play Starcraft 2 Weekend.
Starcraft 2 Free Play Date: November 19-21, 2010
Everyone can play Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty for FREE!
This is one of Blizzard Entertainment's attempts to boost the Starcraft 2 playerbase in the region.
To create a Battle.net account, you can go to:
https://sea.battle.net/account/creation/tos.html
Additional information about Starcraft II game cards:
To stimulate the relatively low number of Starcraft 2 players in the SEA region, Blizzard Entertainment has introduced the Starcraft 2 game cards.
Starcraft 2 Region Prices
Hong Kong and MacauYou can also check out this great alternative to Starcraft II called Heroes of Newerth.
8 HKD 3-day pass
16 HKD 7-day pass
55 HKD 30-day pass
30 HKD DVD Starter Kit With 7-day Pass
Indonesia
10,000 IDR 3-day pass
20,000 IDR 7-day pass
70,000 IDR 30-day pass
35,000 IDR DVD Starter Kit With 7-day Pass
Malaysia
3.50 MYR 3-day pass
7 MYR 7-day pass
25 MYR 30-day pass
12 MYR DVD Starter Kit With 7-day Pass
Philippines
50 PHP 3-day pass
100 PHP 7-day pass
350 PHP 30-day pass
170 PHP DVD Starter Kit With 7-day Pass
Singapore
1.50 SGD 3-day pass
3 SGD 7-day pass
10.50 SGD 30-day pass
5 SGD DVD Starter Kit With 7-day Pass
Thailand
35 THB 3-day pass
70 THB 7-day pass
250 THB 30-day pass
120 THB DVD Starter Kit With 7-day Pass
Garena HoN is a FREE to PLAY Action-RTS / Dota genre game from S2 Games.
FREE to PLAY HoN is limited to the SouthEast Asian region.
If you're looking for Garena HoN beta keys, you can try the HoN Philippines page on Facebook.
I would like to personally thank NeutralCreeps again on this one.
Source: Blizzard DOTA joins Dota genre wars
Activision Blizzard, one of the world's most popular video game companies has announced via Blizzcon, their entry to the Dota genre.
For those who have no idea what the Dota genre is, Wikipedia answers:
The Dota genre is a sub-genre of Real-time strategy video games, characterized by role-playing elements.Blizzard DOTA will be a Starcraft 2 mod officially endorsed by the developers behind Starcraft 2. It was announced that this will be FREE to those who already purchased Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. As an official Blizzard map, this wouldn't be just another one of those run-of-the-mill Starcraft 2 DotA clones like Storm of the Imperial Sanctum.
Watch Matt Gotcher (SC2 developer) as he talks about Starcraft 2 DotA.
I really think we are seeing a huge influx of Dota genre games lately.
Other games in the Dota genre:
Dota 2 (Valve)
Heroes of Newerth (S2 Games)
Dota, one of the biggest hits in Philippine gaming history will be remade.
Say Goodbye Starcraft 2! Hello Dota 2!
Morphling (DotA) saying bye bye to the Warcraft 3 engine.
The Dota based game genre is currently one of the most explosive genres to emerge in recent memory.
Quality games like Heroes of Newerth were made and fail games like Demi-god and League of Legends were done but DotA 2 is the impending king of the genre named after itself.
According to NeutralCreeps, DotA 2 will be developed by Icefrog (yes, that Icefrog)
And everything will be more or less the same with the original Defense of the Ancients.
Game Comparison: DotA 2 will be like Heroes of Newerth without the S2 originals.
Once this game is out, I'm sure it will attract millions of players to get Steam.
Successful mods converted to successful full-fledged games only come once in a while.
The last game to enjoy such super success was another Valve title... Counter-Strike.
Join the DotA 2 community on Facebook: DotA 2 Project Facebook
Great news Pinoy gamers!
The much awaited 2010 release, Heroes of Newerth is going to be FREE for Filipino gamers.
Yes, you've read that right. It's going to be FREE in the Philippines!
"Libre na ang HoN!"We have Garena Philippines to thank for this for bringing us this premium DotA based game into our shores.
Since HoN PH is essentially region-locked with other SEA countries, Philippine Heroes of Newerth players will be playing with gamers from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.
For GarenaHoN announcements and updates, you can like GarenaHoN on Facebook.
*As of this writing Garena HoN (GHoN) is currently under intensive closed beta testing. You can get Garena Heroes of Newerth beta key giveaway updates by adding HoN Philippines on Facebook.
Kita Kits sa Newerth!
Garena is now offering Garena repaid cards for Philippine gamers!
The times when asking around where to buy Garena Shells is over.
You can easily get the Garena card from net cafes and prepaid card shops in your area.
Garena prepaid card uses:
-Purchase Garena Items (Gold memberships, name changers, etc.)
-Purchase in-game stuff for Garena-published games
*Gold members will also get a free beta key for Garena Heroes of Newerth.
Garena Prepaid cards are currently available in the following peso denominations:
*20 PHP
*50 PHP
*100 PHP
*300 PHP
Useful Facebook pages:
Garena Philippines - Latest Garena Philippines news
Heroes of Newerth Updates - Latest Heroes of Newerth updates
Heroes of Newerth Philippines - Tagalog HoN Facebook page
Useful Twitter users:
garenahon - Garena Heroes of Newerth Twitter Page
garenaonline - Official Garena Twitter Page
Touted as one of the best upcoming games of 2010, Heroes of Newerth takes the
DotA Based Game genre to another level by vastly improving on the Warcraft III fan favorite map. For those clueless about the online gaming habits of Filipinos: thousands of Pinoys are already in the beta. And what's a better way to satisfy the materialistic gamer in your family in the spirit of commercialism... er... I meant Christmas than to give him/her a paid HoN account!
For 30 US Dollars or roughly 1500 pesos, Heroes of Newerth is considered a steal in granting the typical Pinoy teen's wishlist.
Warning: HoN needs an internet connection to download the game and it can get pretty addicting.
How do buy the game as a gift for someone or for yourself?
Go to http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/gift
P.S.
I'm thinking about holding a contest for my hundreds of loyal readers. And it goes along the lines of giving away a paid HoN account. No more begging for HoN beta keys at the Newerth Facebook for you! hehe...
For related information about this great gift idea, you can view the Skiverz article about
Heroes of Newerth.
For those unaware of what the young adults are playing in the LAN centers/internet cafes around the country, this article will be something educational for you.
DotA All-Stars was one of the most played game in the Philippines after the Counter-Strike fad died out. Basically, DotA is a modification of Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. The official DotA maps can have 10 players playing at the same time and 5v5 DotA matches can last between 40 minutes to over an hour.
So basically, what the players do is to control a certain hero and try to "push" all the way to the enemy base. Simple concept, yes. But the game itself has a very steep learning curve.
Millions of gamers around the world have played DotA and it was only a matter of time before game developers took notice. There's a market out there for games like this but the question is... How can you make money from it?
Enter S2 Games.
S2 Games is a small-time game development outfit that has released good games that can be played not just on the Windows operating system but can also be played natively on Linux distros and Macs as well.
So basically what they have done is to take the DotA All-Stars concept popularized by Icefrog and port it over to their own K2 engine. Change the character names and the look of the game a bit and you get DotA 2.0.
Heroes of Newerth is DotA 2.0
An example of an in-game screenshot. Please click to zoom in.
It is the HON version of EarthShaker (a DotA hero) using Fissure (a hero skill).
You can also see a Sentinel catapult and the green things called creeps that help you "push" towards the enemy base.
Heroes of Newerth (HON) is currently on the closed beta testing stage.
If you want to get in the Heroes of Newerth beta, you can try your luck at the
Heroes of Newerth fan blog.
If you play DotA, I'd like to hear your views about this DotA clone.
Hamachi, Zion, PldtPlay, BattleNet, UCPro are so yesterday.
Garena - the worldwide leading gaming platform has embraced the Filipino gaming community much more with the launch of their Philippine Garena community.
By serving the thousands of Filipinos who play DotA, Fufu Ninja, Elimination Tournament, Left4Dead, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Starcraft (and just about any LAN game I could think of), Garena has now made it's mark on Philippine gaming history.
Come join our kababayans at http://ph.garena.com
