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Dota 2 finally gets forfeit feature, but only for five-stacks

Dota 2 players have maintained a proud history of never surrendering - unless, of course, they're getting absolutely trounced and open mid. The popular MOBA game's rigorous comeback mechanics mean that pretty much any game is winnable, no matter how doomed the position. However, developer Valve is now implementing an in-game forfeit mechanic, but only for five-stacks who really just want to go next.

As part of the latest matchmaking update, full parties can now all chat 'gg' to surrender a game. The mechanic can only be activated after the 30 minute mark, and when the surrender is called the same ten second countdown and cancel UI seen in pro games will pop up. Should the surrender go through, the game will naturally be scored as a loss.

But this isn't the only change being made for full parties, which will now no longer be restrained to matching against other five-stacks in ranked. Valve has subsequently tweaked its matchmaking system "to make finding a game as a full party faster".

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Dota 2 Update - 7/6/2022

We think Dota is best played as a group with friends. To encourage this style of play we're introducing a few experimental changes with the patch today to improve overall match quality for these kinds of games:
- Full parties are now permitted to match against any valid opposing team, and are no longer required to match against a full party in ranked.
- Adjusted matchmaking tuning to make finding a game as a full party faster.
- Full parties may now all chat "gg" to surrender a match after 30 minutes of game time with the same 10 second countdown and cancel UI as in pro games. This is scored as a loss.

Dota 2 Update 6/30/2022

- Activated the Jungle Colosseum weekend spotlight mode.

Dota 2 Update 6/29/2022

- During Windranger's Focus Fire, the focus fired unit is prioritized for target selection in all cases, even when illusions are created.
- During Windranger's Focus Fire, after stopping / holding, it is possible to target a different target than the focus fired unit if directly clicked on.
- Fixed a networking issue when relaying popular matches to many spectators.

Dota 2 Update 6/28/2022

- Changed Focus Fire auto-target logic so that when illusions are spawned, the auto-target of focus fire is disabled. Attacking the focus fire target once again will restart the auto-target and fire while moving logic.
- Fixed the interaction of Arc Warden's Clone and Helm of the Dominator, to require the Arc Warden original to own a Helm for the active to work.
- Crimson Gates of Nothl item for Dazzle can now be equipped correctly for effects.
- The Darkclaw Emissary item for Dazzle has had an animation fix applied.