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The Dota Pro Circuit 2021-2022 Winter Tour Qualifiers



The year 2021 is winding down, but the next DPC season is just getting started.

The Dota Pro Circuit 2021-2022 Season will officially kick off on November 29th, but the Division II Open Qualifiers will take place beforehand to complete the team lineup for the Winter Tour. You can register for and watch the qualifiers at the links below:

Southeast Asia (SEA):
League/Tournament Organizer: Beyond The Summit

For SEA’s two open qualifier slots, Beyond The Summit will have two single-elimination Open Qualifier tournaments, with first place in each tournament claiming a spot in the DPC SEA’s Division II.

Schedule and Registration Links for Qualifiers: Broadcast Links:
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RU:
CN:
PT:
ES:
  • TBD


Western Europe (WEU):
League/Tournament Organizer: DreamHack

Teams hoping to join the DPC for the Winter Tour will join an Open Qualifier Tournament. First through third place will then play in a Closed Qualifier, with first and second place earning a spot in Division II for WEU.

Schedule and Registration Links for Qualifiers: Broadcast Links:
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Eastern Europe (EEU):
League/Tournament Organizer: Epic Esports Events

With the departure of EXTREMUM from Division II, there are three slots up for the taking in EEU. To select the three teams entering the DPC, Epic Esports Events will be hosting a double-elimination tournament, with first and second place taking a slot each, and a single elimination tournament giving the final slot to first place.

Schedule and Registration Links for Qualifiers: Broadcast Links:
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CN:
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North America (NA):
League/Tournament Organizer: ESL

North American teams will participate in an Open Qualifier Tournament, where the top 4 finishers will then play in a Closed Qualifier. First and second place in the Closed Qualifier will join the Division II ranks of the DPC NA Winter Tour for the 2021-2022 season.

Schedule and Registration Links for Qualifiers: Broadcast Links:
EN:


South America (SA):
League/Tournament Organizer: 4D Esports

Teams in the SA region will battle in two Open Qualifier Tournaments to qualify for the Closed Qualifier Tournament, where first and second place will claim one of the two spots available in Division II.

Schedule and Registration Links for Qualifiers: Broadcast Links:
EN:
RU:
CN:
  • TBD
PT:
ES:


China (CN):
League/Tournament Organizer: Perfect World

As we await the return of teams from Romania post-TI, both the Regional League and Division II Qualifiers for the CN region are pending further updates.

Information on Qualifiers: Broadcast Links:
All Languages (TBD):


Stay tuned for more news on the Winter Tour of the 2021-2022 DPC season next week, including the return of Team Support bundles, Player Cards and Fantasy League.

New Dota 2 update gives Monkey King even more mischief

Dota 2 hero Monkey King has plenty of neat tricks up his sleeves, the most entertaining of which is Mischief - the ability to transform into other items and surroundings to deceive his foes. The MOBA game's latest patch looks to extend and enhance this cheeky ability, which means you could see Monkey King turning into even more random things the next time you play.


As Valve has posted in this week's patch notes on Steam, Monkey King can now turn into nearby lane or neutral creeps. Essentially this means he has even more options for mischievous plays, with more different kinds of objects to turn into to slip by or surprise opponents, beyond the ability's existing offerings, like items, trees, and runes. With lane creeps being a common unit and pretty lucrative in terms of gold and experience, it's easy to see how Monkey King can use this added option to his advantage.


Alongside this change, Valve has introduced a health bar for when he's getting up to some of his Mischief - that is, for when the hero turns into a courier, Roshan, or creeps. Additionally, the notes explain that, as of the update, "drafting Wukong's Command grants Mischief (only Monkey King can turn into trees.)".


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Dota 2 Update - November 15th, 2021

[h3]Monkey King Mischief[/h3]
  • Monkey King can now turn into nearby lane or neutral creeps.
  • Added healthbar when Monkey King transforms into courier, Roshan or creeps.
  • Fixed a bug where a small percentage of the time Monkey King would transform into an invisible model.

[h3]Ability Draft[/h3]
  • Drafting Wukong's Command grants Mischief. (Only Monkey King can turn into trees.)
  • Call of the Wild default changed to Hawk. Boar can still be accessed by toggling auto-cast.
  • A number of previously unavailable Scepter/Shard abilities are now granted when drafting base abilities, abilities are accessed by toggling auto-cast on the base spell:
      Tree Volley granted with Tree Grab Torrent Storm granted with Torrent Terror Wave granted with Metamorphosis Death Seeker granted with Death Pulse Cold Blooded granted with Mystic Snake (Cold Blooded passive ability is hidden)
      Hairball granted with Quill Spray (Nasal Goo required for Goo in Hairball)
  • Shuffling player slots is now a lobby option for Ability Draft lobbies and works on hosted servers. Default is on.
  • Fixed Talent bug with Winter Wyvern and Wind Ranger.


[h3]Moving Dota Technology Forward[/h3]
Following up on our previous announcement about the future of Dota's technology, with this update we have:
  • Removed support for native XAudio support — the default audio system is now SDL.
  • Deprecated DirectX 9 support — as the penultimate step toward removing support for this render system, users who have been using DirectX 9 have been switched to DirectX 11. To facilitate reporting problems with DirectX 11, we've added a temporary command-line flag -deprecated_dx9 (which itself will be removed in the coming weeks).
  • Removed support for OpenGL on Windows. The optional DLC that previously contained the data required for OpenGL on Windows has been emptied and will be removed soon. Deprecation of OpenGL on macOS and Linux will be coming with a separate update.
  • Removed support for Dota on 32-bit systems.

Dota 2 Update - November 3rd, 2021

  • Fixed a bug with tower target selection when the tower's current target is very near the limit of a tower's attack range.

Dota 2 Update - November 3rd, 2021

- Fixed a bug with tower target selection when the tower's current target is very near the limit of a tower's attack range.