I pleasantly enjoyed this weekend with the absolutely amazing WCG stream. High quality for free is pretty nice and don't get me started on the major e-sports games finals. WC3, SC & CS grand finals easily made me feel like I'm watching the Olympic 100m men final race. It's sad that they had to stop the CS stream but we have to understand that RTS is just on a completely different level for Asians (may I add, rightfully so) and nobody could anticipate that the first map would go into not less…  More

I've seen more and more dota blogs popping up recently, including a few hero guides, so I thought i'd contribute my own.  The following is a compilation of a few years playing my favorite hero (okay, Sand King is up there too), research done online, replays watched, and just general experience.  I mostly pub / TDA (whats the difference, right!) nowadays, but I used to play in a few leagues (mostly DXD) a while back.  I still loosely follow the competitive dota scene, so take this for what you wi…  More

There are two type of wards in-game:

A) Observer Wards
200g Limited stock, shop can hold maximum of 2 Stock has a 6 minute cooldown Lasts for 6 minutes Two charges per purchase. When planted, it grants large radius of vision.
B) Sentry wards
200g Unlimited stock Lasts for 3 minutes Two charges per purchase When planted, gives players ability to detect invisible units around the ward
Let me begin by saying that there are two types of warding: offensive warding, and defensive warding. …  More

This will be a two-part blog. The whole thing is actually finished.

I wanted to make it a one blog, but found it to be way too long. Not necessarily a bad thing, but who wants to read a wall of text? So, I'll be breaking it up in two parts.

I would say this is one of more in-depth analysis of the game.
It's not that it's not easy to figure out..but lot of things that are just taken for granted.

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Trivia: Abaddon(LoA) …  More

I am back.

I thank you for those who have patiently been waiting. And sorry for my lack of consistency. I've originally wanted to blog every day, or every two days. I realized fast how unrealistic that was for me. I will blog as much as possible but I've also realized that motivation is a key to writing blogs. On that note, as much as I dislike lot of bloggers on Gameriot, I can definitely applaud for their tenacity. Some people blog two, three times a day. That is simply amazing in my eyes even…  More

Gametrailers is back on the retrospective kick after ending their Star Wars retrospective a month or so ago.  Next on the menu is Warcraft, the history of the series and how the RTS games tie in to World of Warcraft, etc.  I imagine this all gearing up towards the release of Wrath of the Lich King.

I figured the Blizzard junkies and WoWheads around here would love this.  For me, someone who was really never big in to any of them, it is quite interesting as well.  Per usual it features some to…  More

Less than two years ago it was announced that millions would be invested into the UK gaming scene with the refurbishment of previous Omega Sektor venues and the construction of a new gaming venue in Birmingham. You may remember that the new  venue was labeled as the "Wembley Stadium of Gaming" by some of the press, however, after little more than a year of being open to the public, it has been announced that it will have to be shut down due to huge debts.

According to an article at Cadred.org, t…  More

Well, you asked for it. With over 3100 total 'Yes' votes, the βey drama is here for your viewing pleasure. You were forewarned - just as I said in my last article, the following might not be what you were expecting, and it's pretty damn outrageous any way you look at it, true or not. Just don't forget that I whole-heartedly warned you as to just how crazy this could be... 3100 total people wanted to read this, and 3100 people will, but you were again, warned. I sat for like 20 minutes hovering over the post button and I said many times that it's kind of ridiculous but oh well. The following is in no way, shape or form, the thoughts or opinions of myself, or has any affiliation with Gameriot staff whatsoever, rather the viewpoint of βey, the person of which I interviewed.  The beginning is mostly background info, drama in the second half.…  More

ALright, this is a srs post. Just want you to know that. Srs post inc.

Hey World of Warcraft players. If you are in the majority of ugly ass nerds that play wow please stop reading here. If you are a QT then keep reading.


Hello QT's. I am also very cute, and i am good at arena. I play a rogue. And i'm good at it. I am looking for a cute girl druid, girl mage, girl shadowpriest or girl warlock to create the most marketable wow duo ever. You must be good. I guess i would accept  a good looking …  More

The situation in WoW right now is pitiful at best. The number of people who currently play the game that are terrible is huge. I don't mean bad as in "can't even kill a level 70 mob alone", I mean bad as in, "keyboard turning clickers that can't stay out of a simple fire or blizzard in an extremely easy raid fight". WoW is full of these types of players, and although I have come to accept this fact, it continues to plague my thoughts and aspirations while playing the game.

Let's take a look at Ex…  More

MeetYourMakers' Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang is slated as the world's highest paid professional Warcraft III gamer in the world, although the exact figure is not known to the public. He has won many titles and is currently ranked #1 in the world by ZoneRank, albeit an organization plagued with rumors lately. He was even elected to carry the Olympic torch during its journey to Beijing!

(He features in this video from 2:00 - 2:15)



Jang, a Korean national. has recently donated $4300 of his winnings to the he…  More

Now I'm sure most of you have at some point experienced DOTA in Warcraft III. It has consumed the entire online mode of this great addition to battle.net.

Tonight we all took some time off of MMO's to kick back and enjoy some dota. It seems to be a great way to just plug away an hour, everybody can enjoy it and frankly it's really addictive. You scream on vent when you die, you cheer and gloat when you kill somebody, but it's a great example of a team oriented game that's well balanced (Save for…  More

Has WoW finally hits its peak? It's starting to look that way, at least for North America and Europe.  Take a look at the latest chart from MMOgchart.com:



Note that Asia has more subscribers than North America and Europe combined. That having been said, growth has definitely leveled off. 

Now this doesn't mean the game is in danger of shutting down or anything. Any MMO at this point would kill to have WoW's success at roughly 10 million subscribers.  But it may be that finally WoW …  More