Beta Invite Emails

On November 02 2011 07:30 IMABUNNEH wrote:
Yeah I have a problem.

Hotmail AUTOMATICALLY blocks this asshole with SmartScreen, and it refuses to let me add it to my safe sender list.

I'm going to miss out on beta.

What do I do? D=

On November 02 2011 07:31 Ack1027 wrote:
I got this email and filled it out with both steam accounts, though that might hurt my chances.

Hope this means we're in the first wave!
Some of those questions were hard to accurately answer without some dota league stat trackers lolll.

On November 02 2011 07:49 keV. wrote:
this seems like a scam email... its steampowered.net, not steampowered.com

On November 02 2011 07:40 Suffo wrote:


I'll hook you up if they give 2 beta keys to current beta testers like they said to invitees on the blog post should you not get an invite. I wonder how many ppl they are actually going to invite this week at least.

On November 02 2011 07:49 keV. wrote:
this seems like a scam email... its steampowered.net, not steampowered.com

On November 02 2011 07:56 Mordiford wrote:


It launches through Steam, I highly doubt it's a scam.

On November 02 2011 07:56 Mordiford wrote:


It launches through Steam, I highly doubt it's a scam.

On November 02 2011 07:58 LayZRR wrote:
i am afraid to open it...is it real or not? pls tell me fast cant wait

On November 02 2011 08:00 Tercotta wrote:

Exactly, how would a fake launch through steam to get your details.

On November 02 2011 08:11 Resilient wrote:
I wonder if adding heroes like Ezalor/Pitlord etc will increase your chances, given that a large percentage will probably choose Nevermore/Pudge/Mirana etc. Useless speculation

One thing everyone will tell you is that Dota is a game that’s more fun with friends. Because of that, we wanted to make sure everyone we invited could bring a couple of friends – so everyone who receives Dota 2 will be given two extra copies that they can hand out to whomever they’d like. You’ll find your extra copies in the Steam section of your Steam account’s item inventory, and you can use the Steam Trading feature to give them to your friends.

On November 02 2011 08:18 sinii wrote:
Isn't the survey anonymous? I see no reason to believe that it knows who submits or even tracks it, surely if they wanted to link the answers to individual users they would have made the survey using steam menu's?

Either way I answered it honestly, hope it doesn't negatively effect my chances.

On November 02 2011 08:32 YoonHo wrote:
I can't click on the link that I'm supposed to click. I have my steam on and I updated it. Anyone have a solution?

On November 02 2011 08:33 Rybka wrote:


Highlight it, copy and paste into the address bar on your browser... while Steam is open.

On November 02 2011 08:38 PepperoniPiZZa wrote:
This mail is for everyone, right? Everyone has it, right?

On November 02 2011 09:16 motbob wrote:
The survey is really interesting to fill out if you've never played a game of Dota

On November 02 2011 09:16 motbob wrote:
The survey is really interesting to fill out if you've never played a game of Dota

On November 02 2011 09:16 motbob wrote:
The survey is really interesting to fill out if you've never played a game of Dota

On November 02 2011 08:41 phanto wrote:

yup seems like it
everyone who signed up for beta that is.

On November 02 2011 09:25 Sfydjklm wrote:

i think thats silly from marketing standpoint since they already have DOTA people and they need to cater to LoL and HoN players more then anything else.

On November 02 2011 08:01 .Aar wrote:
Completed, wish me luck!

To those worrying if it's a scam / keylogger type of thing: check http://blog.dota2.com/ ; the link is on there. Also, go there if you can't open the link in your e-mail.

On November 02 2011 09:44 Arkless wrote:
For some reason my steam launches, but doesnt go tot he survey page, just the store page only. Anyone know how to fix this issue?

On November 02 2011 09:43 yorkey wrote:
I can't seem to get mine to open at all. Clicking the link does nothing. I've tried pasting the link into firefox and IE and IE tries to load it and fails and firefox tells me it can't open it as it can't associate steam with anything. Steam is open though. Any other ideas?

On November 02 2011 07:49 keV. wrote:
this seems like a scam email... its steampowered.net, not steampowered.com

On November 02 2011 09:46 V3ndx wrote:


Have you tried updating to the latest steam version? That's how it worked for me.

On November 02 2011 09:54 Endymion wrote:
lol i told them that i like to play invoker i hope that makes them think that i'm actually good so that they will send me an invite

On November 02 2011 09:40 Ruscour wrote:

Everyone that isn't a top tier player in the beta right now is anyone who's ever made a YouTube video about games ever with 1k+ views. They've got good numbers on people who are awful.

On November 02 2011 09:55 Ognam wrote:

Invoker is a relatively easy hero to play though....

On November 02 2011 09:16 motbob wrote:
The survey is really interesting to fill out if you've never played a game of Dota

On November 02 2011 10:44 publicenemies wrote:
does anyone already in the beta knows where I can find beta keys that icefrog sent? I looked in my inventory and I didn't see anything.

On November 02 2011 10:42 Spicy_Curry wrote:
The easiest way to open the steam link is to press

Open Steam

Windows key + R

Copy paste the link and go

hope this helps!

On November 02 2011 10:46 KillerSOS wrote:
I played HoN... they didn't ask HoN questions.

W/e I guessed

On November 02 2011 10:19 Diamond wrote:
Indeed, I made shit up. I hope hitting level 12 and getting 5,000 gold a game is good. Haven't played DoTA since like 2006-ish....

On November 02 2011 11:34 DDKz wrote:


Oh god if that's normal I was way off with my lying haha, I put average level: 23 and average gold per game: 22000 hahaha.

Anyway I hope it doesn't affect shit too much, I never played DotA, not even really a huge fan of watching it, I've put a lot of hours into HoN and more recently LoL.

On November 02 2011 11:57 Mordiford wrote:


Why didn't you just use your HoN stats, or do you somehow manage to farm 22000 gold in every game? You realize that would basically mean a maxed out inventory every game.

My actual average is a little over 9000 playing a full spectrum of heroes. 22000 is actually a ridiculous amount to put down.

On November 02 2011 07:55 InvalidID wrote:
Hopefully they upgrade the servers if this wave is legit. The servers seem already pushed to the point of near overload.

On November 02 2011 12:21 Zlasher wrote:
Lol everyone lying trying to get in. And I don't know if you have say 350 GPM (not unreasonable) for a 45 minute game then thats already over 15k gold earned per game...you don't get a maxed out inventory because of the constant money lost dying and spending on TP's

Real talk I hope that everyone who lied about their stats doesn't get in beta for that reason. Just let it play out. If you've NEVER played a dota game in your life then in all honesty you're just ruining the game for 4 others when you first hop in

On November 02 2011 12:29 TheWarbler wrote:


I complety agree with you, but I was honestly not sure about my AVG Gold Farmed a Game but I normally play carry s, so I went with 24,000 with an average level of 17, cause not all games make it into the end game. Can you call a estimated guess a lie?

On November 02 2011 12:35 Nspire wrote:


The thing is, to have 24000 gold, you would need to have 480 gpm if in a 50 minute game.

On November 02 2011 12:21 Zlasher wrote:
Lol everyone lying trying to get in. And I don't know if you have say 350 GPM (not unreasonable) for a 45 minute game then thats already over 15k gold earned per game...you don't get a maxed out inventory because of the constant money lost dying and spending on TP's

Real talk I hope that everyone who lied about their stats doesn't get in beta for that reason. Just let it play out. If you've NEVER played a dota game in your life then in all honesty you're just ruining the game for 4 others when you first hop in

On November 02 2011 14:51 Zlasher wrote:
Why am I hating on people filling out false information? Theres a difference between not knowing your gpm but there are people who are going to write "I'm a 9/10 in skill I average 15 kills and 4 deaths a game" then if they get in they're going to scrub up the matchmaking.

Theres a very good reason I should be directing my hate. I love Diamond, he's a great friend of mine, but he doesn't deserve to be in the beta for filling out false information when he says he hasnt played a game of Dota since 2006. If he fills out that he is a complete noob to the game and isn't highly skilled and gets in then that is reasonable in terms of helping out the data they want in the beta. But people are going to take away spots from people who should be getting into beta from that demographic.

Who knows, if they're distributing it evenly then odds are filling in that you're a 3/10 will give you a better chance to get in since everyone who IS bad is going to say they're fucking awesome.

On November 02 2011 14:51 Zlasher wrote:
Why am I hating on people filling out false information? Theres a difference between not knowing your gpm but there are people who are going to write "I'm a 9/10 in skill I average 15 kills and 4 deaths a game" then if they get in they're going to scrub up the matchmaking.

Theres a very good reason I should be directing my hate. I love Diamond, he's a great friend of mine, but he doesn't deserve to be in the beta for filling out false information when he says he hasnt played a game of Dota since 2006. If he fills out that he is a complete noob to the game and isn't highly skilled and gets in then that is reasonable in terms of helping out the data they want in the beta. But people are going to take away spots from people who should be getting into beta from that demographic.

Who knows, if they're distributing it evenly then odds are filling in that you're a 3/10 will give you a better chance to get in since everyone who IS bad is going to say they're fucking awesome.

On November 02 2011 15:14 Kiante wrote:

i really doubt they'll be inviting people cuz they picked good stats on a survey. Really. For example, someone who always plays supports is probably going to have a shitty KD:R and bad gold/level but could easily be a better player. Theres just no real way for them to choose based on it

On November 02 2011 15:28 NGrNecris wrote:


But the survey asks for your top 5 most played heroes. Which is pretty funny if someone randoms their top 5 to be mostly supports and put down getting an average 800gpm with 15 kills per game. Actually the top 5 most played is pretty bad if you play the game at a high level and tend to play every hero and all roles non-exclusively

On November 02 2011 15:31 esotericc wrote:
I Really doubt they will even read the stats, just something for people to fill out so they have to do something. Do people honestly think valve has the time to sit down and read 100000+ surveys?

On November 02 2011 15:31 esotericc wrote:
I Really doubt they will even read the stats, just something for people to fill out so they have to do something. Do people honestly think valve has the time to sit down and read 100000+ surveys?

On November 02 2011 15:30 Kiante wrote:

do you really think they're going to put that much effort into analysing the results? How do they classify people who lie (high gpm and mostly play supports) and stuff like that, where are the cutoffs, I think they'll just be looking for realistic numbers to prove you know SOMETHING about dota rather than going through each one induvidually and reality testing the numbers.

On November 02 2011 17:02 NGrNecris wrote:


Well the whole point of the survey from what I gather is to place you into the correct games that fit your skill level when using matchmaking. They will probably look at the results and give beta keys to people on every skill level to make the population balanced like a normal probability distribution. That being said, they will probably put high weighting on the question where you place yourself between 1 and 10. As for the other answers like average kills and levels, you are probably right about using the answers to support the fact you know something about the game to justify you giving yourself the number between 1 and 10. To classify whether or not people are lying about their results, I guess you can compare results with some kind of benchmark for each role at a certain skill level (carry, support at skill level 6 etc.) with some kind of margin of error. Also it doesn't take as much effort as you think to analyse data with the correct techniques and software.

On November 02 2011 14:51 Zlasher wrote:
Why am I hating on people filling out false information? Theres a difference between not knowing your gpm but there are people who are going to write "I'm a 9/10 in skill I average 15 kills and 4 deaths a game" then if they get in they're going to scrub up the matchmaking.

Theres a very good reason I should be directing my hate. I love Diamond, he's a great friend of mine, but he doesn't deserve to be in the beta for filling out false information when he says he hasnt played a game of Dota since 2006. If he fills out that he is a complete noob to the game and isn't highly skilled and gets in then that is reasonable in terms of helping out the data they want in the beta. But people are going to take away spots from people who should be getting into beta from that demographic.

Who knows, if they're distributing it evenly then odds are filling in that you're a 3/10 will give you a better chance to get in since everyone who IS bad is going to say they're fucking awesome.

On November 02 2011 17:56 yorkey wrote:
is there any info on when to expect the keys to start rolling out? or is it from now until whenever...?

We’ve just finished our first significant expansion of Dota 2 server capacity around the world, and that means it’s time to kick this thing up a notch. Starting this week, we’ll be handing out Dota 2 in increasing volumes.

On November 02 2011 18:19 Imbajoe wrote:


The latest blog post on http://blog.dota2.com/ says:



So with any luck, we should start to seeing the beta keys for people who signed up for it anytime now =>

On November 02 2011 18:09 Kiante wrote:

so what if someone picks 3 supports and 2 carries in their favourite heroes, their skill level at a 7. What should their average level at the end of the game and gold earned be? The answer is you cant know. Seriously. I couldn't even answer that properly about myself, let alone imagine that theres some kind of metric. Dota is a team game, you could just have bad team mates, play support and finish every game with 8k earned and lvl 14. BUt what if you had a really good team, and you push really hard in every game, and just finish the games really fast. Honestly, if you're imagining that valve is putting some super secret formula to those survey results and picking people based on it, you're delusional.

On November 02 2011 16:30 skipgamer wrote:
was honest, and put like 2 kills and 4 deaths per game average... Even though i end up with 15+ assists every game >.<

i play like 100% support, so the last thing I want to do is get last hits on hero kills.

I hope this is taken in to account in the survey, and they don't just bring in people that rate themself a 10 and reckon they have an average 20-2 kd. (rated myself a 6 personally)



I'm assuming it all gets put in to a database, and they will pull people who's survey results are in line with what they need. For example if one hero isn't getting played as much as another I assume they will bring in a bunch of players who put that as their #1 played hero in dota. Or they might need someone who has a specific video card so they can test compatibility with it so they'll use the hardware survey results... etc etc etc.

On November 02 2011 19:49 CROrens wrote:
lol i put bristle first, cuz its the truth

On November 02 2011 20:10 .Trex wrote:


I did the same :p I loved my SnY bristle

On November 02 2011 20:46 cabarkapa wrote:
I just wrote words in the questions asking for average numbers, because I found it would be more honest than trying to make up numbers.

It seems like the survey is just there to have a lower number of possible invites, and to see who is more dedicated in trying to get a key, since I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't care enough about DotA2 to fill out a survey. Additionally, the more important thing to them is probably the hardware information.

I am hoping they would add Meepo, but I doubt that they will anytime soon. Definitely put him at #1 played.

On November 02 2011 20:55 Aelip wrote:


Why should words be more honest than numbers? I mean they just ask you to estimate your average, it's not like they'll hunt you down if you write a bit above or below your actual average.

On November 02 2011 21:09 cabarkapa wrote:

Just because I would have absolutely no way of knowing given that I haven't played a game of DotA in years, at least since HoN beta came out. Sure the boxes are small, but it'll fit enough text to just put a comment relating to the question. If not honest, it was just easier for me at least.

Not to mention the questions asking for averages are quite pointless, as those types of stats can depend on many different variables based on each game. This can result in a very wide range of stats every game. Also these stats are probably not very accurate in trying to determine things about a player.

The questions about overall experience and top 5 heroes would be more useful however, and I feel they were good questions to put on a survey.

On November 02 2011 23:27 floor exercise wrote:
I don't remember answering a kills question, just an average number of deaths. Did I miss it completely? Or was the question what is your average kills to death?

On November 03 2011 00:59 Zlasher wrote:
HoN gpm tends to be higher than Dota just a heads up.

On November 03 2011 00:38 Ognam wrote:
Unless you're Chinese or played high level IHL(In which case you already have the beta) you shouldn't put 9-10 as your skill level. If you're that good you already have the beta. Anyone putting 9-10 on this survey is full of shit. Also I'm pretty sure your answers for K/D, gold, and heroes will have almost no effect on who gets invites seeing as people can easily lie about that.

Filling in the 500+ games bubble and 104 heroes played was pretty depressing though.

On November 02 2011 09:25 FliedLice wrote:
those questions are fucking weird :|

On November 03 2011 01:49 crms wrote:
question: Should we feel special at all for getting to this point? The point of receiving a survey? Or did everyone who opt-in get this email?


I felt special at first, but now I'm not so sure. -,-

On November 03 2011 00:57 floor exercise wrote:
I think even that is debatable. Being in masters league puts you in like the 95th percentile of SC2 players if not higher. Same with being like 1700+ in HoN. So in that sense being a 9/10 is justifiable and not that ridiculous

I doubt they are going to meticulously pick apart survey answers anyway.

On November 03 2011 00:57 floor exercise wrote:
I think even that is debatable. Being in masters league puts you in like the 95th percentile of SC2 players if not higher. Same with being like 1700+ in HoN. So in that sense being a 9/10 is justifiable and not that ridiculous

I doubt they are going to meticulously pick apart survey answers anyway.

On November 03 2011 01:03 babishh wrote:


i guess because of the different way to reward assists, amirite?

On November 03 2011 00:38 Ognam wrote:
Unless you're Chinese or played high level IHL(In which case you already have the beta) you shouldn't put 9-10 as your skill level. If you're that good you already have the beta. Anyone putting 9-10 on this survey is full of shit. Also I'm pretty sure your answers for K/D, gold, and heroes will have almost no effect on who gets invites seeing as people can easily lie about that.

Filling in the 500+ games bubble and 104 heroes played was pretty depressing though.

On November 03 2011 03:03 Cel.erity wrote:


I played in NAIHL and I don't have the beta. Most high skill players do not have the beta, unless they were in the DotA1 beta or are connected to a sponsored team. Anyway the rating is pretty subjective; I'm low masters/high diamond in SC2 and if you asked me to rate my SC2 ability I'd probably say 5/10 because I think I'm trash. In either case, who cares, it's all arbitrary. The same debate has raged on endlessly in DotA1 about what can be considered high skill and ninja skill and gosu skill and fml.

And obviously the answers have an impact on who gets in, otherwise they wouldn't make a survey.

On November 03 2011 00:31 babishh wrote:
i'm dumb, i filled the earnt gold question with the gpm value instead of the total gold gained :<

On November 03 2011 03:33 R3m3mb3rM3 wrote:
im dumb aswell i filled avg kills at end of game with avg creepkills at the end of game xD do you think they will believe the 200kills number? ^^

On November 03 2011 02:24 Zlasher wrote:


I don't know it exactly but if I have a great game with Magmus my GPM will be much much higher than it was with equal score etc. on Sand King. I don't think I've seen any games in Dota 2 where someone gets over 550 GPM (and that'll be with like 25 kills 3 deaths 400 CS), whereas in HoN you'll see people ricing a la testie or chu or something and get 750-1000 GPM.

On November 03 2011 04:38 Torte de Lini wrote:
Shit, I put 8,750 ):

On November 03 2011 04:38 Torte de Lini wrote:
Shit, I put 8,750 ):

On November 03 2011 04:49 Torte de Lini wrote:
I assume they'll use parameters to dictate who should get an invite. If I put I got 9 kills, 7 deaths and then put a number that logically doesn't correlate with the k/d (or the hero that can attain those kinds of numbers), then I am less likely to get an invite.

On November 03 2011 04:36 Yoshi- wrote:
10k-30k

Also basher is no orb effect, it is a bash

On November 02 2011 07:40 Suffo wrote:


I'll hook you up if they give 2 beta keys to current beta testers like they said to invitees on the blog post should you not get an invite. I wonder how many ppl they are actually going to invite this week at least.

One thing everyone will tell you is that Dota is a game that’s more fun with friends. Because of that, we wanted to make sure everyone we invited could bring a couple of friends – so everyone who receives Dota 2 will be given two extra copies that they can hand out to whomever they’d like. You’ll find your extra copies in the Steam section of your Steam account’s item inventory, and you can use the Steam Trading feature to give them to your friends.

On November 03 2011 03:12 s1dd wrote:


I played in NAIHL and DXDi/DXDin and I was what I would consider decent...however, I havent played since DXDi dissolved, and I feel like I'm terrible now, so I gave myself a 7. I don't think the answers have an impact on who gets in; I think they're just there so that as long as you answer the survey, you are given a key, since a lot of people signed up for the Dota 2 Beta, but don't want to go through the survey-filling process.

Anyone know when they're actually sending out the first wave of keys?

On November 03 2011 04:49 Torte de Lini wrote:
I assume they'll use parameters to dictate who should get an invite. If I put I got 9 kills, 7 deaths and then put a number that logically doesn't correlate with the k/d (or the hero that can attain those kinds of numbers), then I am less likely to get an invite.

On November 03 2011 13:15 FunkQue wrote:
Ugh, seems like the wave is over.

/wrists

We’d also like to welcome the new folks who received Dota 2 invites yesterday. If you weren’t one of the lucky folks, you’ll be happy to know we’ll be pushing out new invites every couple of days.

On November 04 2011 13:32 Spiffeh wrote:
Anyone have a spare key by chance? Been wanting to test out the game for the longest time lol.

On November 02 2011 15:31 esotericc wrote:
I Really doubt they will even read the stats, just something for people to fill out so they have to do something. Do people honestly think valve has the time to sit down and read 100000+ surveys?