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at 7:20 PM

Jackie Chan by shonechacko

Just FYI, Idejder tweeted that MM and the 2.0.32 patch are out, read the changelog here : http://bit.ly/jjEJ0d

and download the client directly in here : http://bit.ly/miOYME

Hello homies, and welcome to the dev blog for Drunken Master. This blog series will aim to give you guys a 100% transparent narration of how this hero was conceived, and how his creation process proceeds every step of the way. This is episode 1, and will detail how the concept of the Drunken Master came to be, and will feature his full, RAW design document, presented in segments. Please keep in mind this is exactly and 100% what we're working with atm, and concepts and numbers are ALL subject to change (so please don't get hung up on how OP or UP the hero sounds in its current form).

Concept:

Jackie Chan is a boss. He's one of my favorite actors because of the way he combines comedy and jaw-dropping maneuvers. I also remember being a little wee one growing up in China watching a movie about martial arts which involved little martial-arts-in-training kiddos getting "drunk" off of milk and tapping into their inner drunken brawler. I thought that was super cool. The concept of a drunken brawler really appeals to people because the combat style is so off-the-cuff and unpredictable, that it's at the same time dazzling and comedic. And so I set off on my quest to replicate the feel and appeal of the drunken brawler in Heroes of Newerth.

As I do with every hero concept, I started with what I pictured the feel and basic archetype of the hero to be:

at 6:33 AM

CONFIRMED It's Myrmidon AltAvt This Week

Thanks to Bloodseeker to find about this image, and im pretty sure its Myrmidon Alt.Avt, I visited the thread already but before Idejder post about this image.You guys can go to this thread here :
http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?p=13624761

S2Idejder : We were going to add one today, but we value stability and making sure things work over anything else. Now you get two and a hero next week!

This is what was planned for today :

at 1:53 AM

Version 2.0.32
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- Fixing the 0:00 Matchmaking interface
- Backend server improvements

Version 2.0.31
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- Fixing the auth issue this time. FOR REALZ.

Version 2.0.30.2
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- Trying to fix some auth issues
- Removing the 40$ Account offer

at 8:46 PM

We are pleased to announce that the prize pool for the Heroes of Newerth tournament at DreamHack Summer 2011 has been increased to 100 000 SEK!

The top 2 teams from the HoN BYOC tournament will advance to the playoffs and compete against Reason Gaming and TS-Gaming who have already qualified through the IOL LAN Finals. Registration is open so sign-up for the DreamHack BYOC tournament today for a chance to be part of the IOL Final 4!

HoN Free2Play at DreamHack only the beginning…

We announced earlier that during the DreamHack Summer event all attendees will be able to play HoN for FREE. MSI and S2 Games have teamed up to offer all attendees the chance to win lots of cash and hardware for playing HoN at the event!

‘Like’ the HoN at DreamHack facebook page for more information on how to participate, and be sure to fill out the DreamHack Cash & Prizes form with the correct information so you can take part in these exciting events.

Full details will be announced soon through the facebook page, so stay tuned!

Tournament information :

at 7:45 AM

Maliken by Kalong

Last night we had our system up and operating with activity as usual. At that time we were seeing hit and miss issues with stats submissions but everything else looked good.

Overnight, as many of the S2 staff working on this attempted to get some sleep, we began to see more issues. While stats were still spotty, the chatserver began to behave incorrectly. We are looking into this issue to get HoN operational again.

I understand that this entire situation has been a complete disaster. I am sure to many of you, this seems completely unacceptable and shows significant incompetence. I can assure you, that is not the case. The HoN system is anything but simple. In an attempt to protect the "wrong" kind of traffic from entering our system, it has caused us to change the way we do a number of things. This is causing the unforseen issues that crop up as we plug one hole, another pops up! Please accept my apologies and realize that we are more stressed about this situation than anyone. We are working as hard (and intelligently) as we can to remedy the issues.

Once things are operating as they should be, we will be running a 2X Coin Event to help ease the pain of the downtime.

[S2]Maliken

S2 Staff Member

at 4:22 AM

SandWraith by Hirooyuuki

S2Nome Dev Diary 26/05/2011 part 1 Read full post #1

So we have 2 images(teaser censored images)
1 was from S2Shippy and S2Nome and the other one was from S2ElementUser

I got nothing from the image above, trying to decensored it but cant find the post about how to decensored(found it few days ago but now its deleted, maybe someone can help me decensored it to find what lies behind this mask)lol

at 7:53 AM

Nomad by prolificpen

Read full article here

Tonight my friends, I shall tell the tale of the Nomad. I should add that this particular blog entry is a lot more personal than the others, as I am trying the convey the stream of consciousness-like design buildup that proceeded from the hero’s inception to its release. As such, there will be a lot of random crap that a lot of you probably don’t care about.

at 7:19 AM

Tremble by prolificpen

A good to read post by Tyyka while waiting for the server to get back again.I read this post few days ago, havent post it until now.Its a head to head from Tyyka with his opinion and S2Nome as S2Staff.
Good discussion, and we can get some good information here too.

Note :
Black and Blue is for Tyyka's opinion and Red is for S2Nome's answer

: Made worse with the changes, mines are a joke and his only major benefit to a team fight his ult got nerfed.

( Make turret aim like the old one but not effected by items, Lower cooldown and mana cost on mines by half but cut damage in half, bring back % damage dot of ult)

I agree is pretty bad right now. Gotta convince the others to buff him

at 6:11 AM

HoN Battle Scene by Erenarik

Hey guys!

While we all patiently wait for our servers to regain stability, I'd like to give you guys an opportunity to vote on the focus for a feature blog we'd like to do for you guys. A lot of you have given feedback on our latest heroes, commented on our hero production rate and process, and I think it's time we offered a fully detailed and entirely transparent behind the scenes dev blog on a hero and its development. This will show you guys how we go about our development process, what steps and evolutions a hero undergoes in its development process, and how far the end product comes from its beginning concept. We will conclude voting at the end of Sunday, and the winning hero will be chosen to begin development next week.

The candidates are:

Drunken Master: Melee Strength hero. Concept based on the stumbling, comical, and iconic fighting style of a drunken brawler. Features an alternate take on the mana resource- it will be more of a "drunk" bar than a mana bar. Drunken Master by Rogna
Harlequin: Melee Agility hero. Tricky and elusive fighter that literally causes enemies to spin in circles. Features an army of uncontrollable illusions and a mechanic that punishes enemies for ignoring you. Harlequin by S2Nome(forum)(DREAM)
Blade Dancer: Melee Agility hero. Extremely mobile and quick and capable of providing both burst and sustained physical damage. Features an arcadey/action feel that makes directional facing extremely important, making it feel like you're "dancing" while playing. Blade Dancer by Lenios

Cast your votes, and feel free to theorycraft about the candidates while we wait for HoN to be 100% up and running again!

Note: The results are hidden so that the current standings don't influence your vote. If you really want one of the heroes, get your friends to vote for it too!

[S2]DivA

S2 Staff Member

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at 8:46 PM

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So we got another DDOS attack, nothing about those silly indian attacks(read my post about it) and I cant help you guys but please read the latest update about it in this thread :

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=266632

at 8:37 PM

Yogscast - Martyr Hero Spotlight

And read about [EG]Yoda and [KD]Rexi Pro-Player Insight regarding Fayde Changes via GosuGamer

at 5:46 AM

Read about Martyr in PCGamer (link below)

Due to a patching issue, the Mac and Linux patches will be much larger than normal. We apologize for this ahead of time.

Version 2.0.30.1
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- Fixed Fayde being able to use items while in stealth
- Fixed the missing Account Icons
- Fixed Steamboots being able to toggle
- Fixed the Matchmaking interface

Version 2.0.30
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- 5 new icons

- Fixed recipes being able to combine using items from multiple players
- You can combine items properly using ownerless (i.e. dropped by a leaver) items now
- Fixed a crash during loading
- Touched up some of the Matchmaking UI
- Fixed Grimm's Crossing teleporters so that immobile gadgets can't use it to teleport
- Fixed lifesteal to not lifesteal on gadgets and chests. Also fixed lifesteal so it won't play a sound unless you validly lifesteal a unit. The following things are affected by this change:
* Dampeer's Bloodthirst
* Elder Parasite
* Hungry Spirit
* Symbol of Rage
* Whispering Helm

- Vulture Lord's Tornado now goes through trees and cliffs

== Items ==

Astrolabe
- Aura radius to 900
- Activation radius increased from 450 to 600

Barrier Idol
- Radius from 500 to 600

Elder Parasite
- Damage taken reduced from 20% to 15%

Frostfield Plate
- Aura radius from 1000 to 900

Logger's Hatchet

- Reworked slightly

* Activates to throw an axe at target enemy creep or neutral
* 600 Range, 30s cooldown
* Deals your attack damage to target on impact
* Can still target a tree to kill it and only has a 15 second cooldown if targeting a tree
- Retains passive

at 5:55 AM

Regarding about the latest hot topic in the forum about what lies behind that Blacksmith Censoring Image, I went to the forum and found many information, here they are :

As what you can see Idejder and MsPudding teased us in http://bit.ly/l96N0m and http://bit.ly/j9WEGk
MsPudding said they will not cover an alternative avatar with that BS icon, as what you guys can see in Nomad Hero Spotlight, Rosie Engineer didnt got censored.

Some people will argue that first BS icon censoring in Flux Hero Spotlight was Vigilante Vindicator, but remember, S2Games always use "placeholder" for a new hero(means temporary model), and we believe that hero was the first version of Martyr.

And in Martyr Hero Spotlight, we got another BS icon censored hero, there are so many thread, speculation and discussion about this, some said its a new alt.avt and the rest said its a new hero(me too).

Directly to the point, i went on this thread : http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=262633 and got some good information(I will keep you guys updated)

at 9:10 PM

Check out the splash page of HON website : http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/splashpage.php and you will see this video :

I think its not as good as the HON 2.0, Legion and Hellbourne Trailer videos, so what is your opinion about the video?
And by the way just added small stuff from the forum : http://bit.ly/mNd0AF , are we going to have it?

at 5:52 PM

Another Blacksmith censored teaser, and I think its the new Fayde after rework, using a DoomBringer Scorched Earth like skill, creating burning ground around her, another prove is that hero attack using scythe.Lets wait until Friday.

Another speculation, we will have 2 new heroes this week, as what you can see Idejder and MsPudding teased us in http://bit.ly/l96N0m and http://bit.ly/j9WEGk
or not 2 heroes this week but as what you guys already see in Flux HS, we have another BScensored teaser, some people in the forum argued that BScensored teaser is a uncompleted Martyr, but some said its Vigilante Vindicator (TL DR : It will be the next upcoming hero after Martyr)

at 1:47 AM

Im 90% sure he's an INT Legion Hero.And sorry for late posting, this update came 5 mins before I went outside town and go swimming.

Martyr - he gives you wings.

This Friday, Heroes of Newerth will gain another support hero, the Martyr. The Martyr can both protect and heal his allies, making him a welcome teammate in any situation. His usefulness extends beyond the defensive; the Martyr brings with him a game of brinksmanship, excelling in quickly creating surprise health swings in combat. And like any self-respecting Martyr, his death helps the cause.

And Ms.Pudding said, his hero spotlight will be release on Wednesday, so stay tune !

at 6:55 PM

" Well, the next hero is going to be a Ranged Str. - done

A new Announcer pack is coming up. -coming up next I think

New and flashy things for both new and old players on their anniversary on the 13th May. - done

They are going to change Fayde, Vindi, Keeper of the forest a bit. (i dunno how much, they just mentioned it)

Custom Icons available to submit for allowance. -coming up next I think

at 9:03 PM

at 7:50 PM

So I found a good thread about the new shop, In my opinion, most of the old player dislike the new shop and prefer the old one, many threads about this already and useless to keep complaining.But this thread is diffrent like others, this guy, Fleiva wrote about his opinion and give us a screenshots about his "shop project", visit him here : http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=259530

Below is his shop project preview :

Upper part is the default view and Bottom part is the extended view, nice one I think.Hope he will make it into a mod.Feel free to discuss

Another shop mod by Bangerz, not sure about it, but Revan_xp gave me about that via twitter, no link to the thread just picture, just for comparison(by the way S2 are remaking the new shop)

at 7:02 PM

Steam Flux by S2Aaron

" For everyone complaining about its just a "normal patch" keep in mind these changes to the UI are very time consuming and have taken us months to do correctly and iterate them.

The system is MUCH larger than it appears with every item, hero, and ability tooltip in the game being re-written by us (by hand); hero guides for every hero in the game that you can sort, favorite, and rate; two modes for icon only or descriptions; ability to auto-levelup abilities for you; ability to change recommended items per hero per match per guide; syncing with the website so you can browse there or ingame; new art tooltip style; and the best alt avatar ever. Armadon.

We have a lot of balance fixes and two reworks in the pipeline along with several heroes, but those take time and competitor feedback. These are not things we are going to just push out there, so they take time. We will put them live when we can and feel confident about them. " - S2Idejder

So I think I know 1 of the hero that got reworked, but the other one let me speculate.Discuss, also just want to ask, how is your opinion about the new shop?

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at 6:09 PM

Read the HON #9 Newsletter Now
*download old/new shop switcher mod below

Version 2.0.29.1
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- Fixed the tutorial breaking the ingame shop
- Fixed the trial accounts not seeing the upgrade button

Version 2.0.29
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- Added a new Alt Avatar: Winston Charmadon
- Added a new Alt Avatar: Thor Thunderbringer

- Fixed Silhouette stacking neutrals when using a homecoming stone *watch Silhouette Hero Guide by DotallyRad Peachz and Moon

- Fixed the Tutorial and removed the "Shop" section of it for now

at 9:19 AM

Heroes of Newerth is marking its first anniversary with several enhancements and updates. And if you haven't yet checked out the multiplayer-based PC RPG, developer S2 Games is starting an 11-day free-to-play session today.

“The HoN community has been instrumental in the success of the game, helping us to make tremendous strides since last year’s launch,” said S2 Games CEO and co-founder Marc DeForest. “In just the last month, our players enjoyed over 650 million minutes of HoN! We have an average of 30,000 people playing at any given time and daily concurrent peaks of over 50,000 players. We’re looking forward to increasing these numbers by continuing to add game updates and reward systems like the HoNiversary F2P session that keep existing players engaged, and encourage new players to join.”

A patch for the game is going live tonight, which is designed to streamline the game's store and interface to attract those new players. It adds tooltips designed to clarify what various items do, as well as speeding up the amount of time that it takes to purchase items from the store. In addition, avatars Winston Charmadon and Thor Thunderbringer have been added.

Once the 11-day free-to-play session is over, players will have to fork over $30 to download the game and create an account. That is, unless you grab one of the codes below (first come, first served):

66ungeb0nep0meneqq
1d0sp2igy0j8stbzuu
i7jsqqi1puj6n0we19
jyry1g3ufxifoaxbpd
ov33uo6vezpph563gx

Here's how to use 'em
1.       Go to: https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/create_account.php
2.       Create an account and set up a nickname.
3.       On the second page it will ask for payment information, but there is a spot to enter a code so use one of the below codes.

If you missed out, don't worry. We'll be giving away five more throughout the day via Twitter.
For more information on the game, visit the official HoN site.

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at 5:32 AM

Download it Now !

at 7:13 AM

White Lotus Silhouette by S2Ari

This week, on May 12th is the 1 year anniversary of Heroes of Newerth, just read about it in Reddit, go to the post here : http://bit.ly/k5agy7

And if you guys read about what S2Nome tweeted about something big and cant wait to share it, I think this week is the time, but what is that big stuff?
Come and discuss it, regarding what i got from leaked information in other site(I cant post or say anything about it) I think I know something, and its good you know.

So just hope and wait for this week, free coins maybe, and also maybe the Thor coming this week in store?or maybe new map (look at the end of the video where Scout play his banjo)?official release of Map Editor maybe?last is Serqet/Geomancer coming this week?!

" Always expect more " - S2Maliken

Update Below

at 6:55 AM

Just posting about video series called TnEK(Things not Everybody Know) by Baumi, pretty cool and useful for anyone who dont know about some little trick ingame, and for those who doesnt realized about it.

TnEK V1

at 8:47 PM

at 7:33 PM

Tempest by S2Los

So this is what S2Nigma tweeted 8 hours ago : " And yes, HoN is/was under a DDOS attack. Apparently the servers are coming back up, I just logged in. "

And another statement S2Nergal made in this thread :

Quote:

Was any important information stolen (ie. cc info, user info, email address)?

A) We don't store credit card information anywhere. That all gets handled through our merchant gateways we do business with.
B) No, it was a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. Essentially an effort on their part to bring us offline (Deny Service) by forcing a ton of traffic at us, and keep us that way, thus making our clients (you) unable to use the service we are providing.

at 7:15 PM

Who want it?Just went to the forum and see someone asking for Thor Hammerstorm Alt.Avt. , then S2Bruce came with picture like this :

Is it going to be Hammerstorm another alt.avt or maybe Blacksmith/Thunderbringer? I think it will be another premium items, too bad its him Blacksmith...

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at 7:41 AM

Forum is back seems like Thor is raging

Version 2.0.28

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Tournament rules changes

- Pauses can last for 10 minutes

- Enemy team can't unpause for 90 seconds

- Only one vote is required to pause

- Alchemist's Bones now gain charges even when not on a hero

- Fixed a server crash

- Rolled back the last of the April Fools stuff (Vindicator ult and "lets get it on")

- Nullfire Blade blue effects now play on the illusion even if they take no mana

- Fixed the Legionnaire double-stuffed Charge bug

== Heroes ==

- Added new Strength hero: Flux

- Added new Alt Avatar: Vigilante Vindicator

- Added new Alt Avatar: Steam Flux

- Added 4 new account icons

at 7:03 PM

This Friday, S2 Games is releasing the next hero for Heroes of Newerth. He goes by the name of Flux, and is a massive metal golem. He's the first ranged Strength hero to be added and fits the role of initiator flawlessly, letting him start a group fight or pick out and separate the highest threat with minimal risk to himself or his allies.

Flux's abilities are all designed to allow you or your allies chase down an enemy or prevent them from chasing you. His ultimate, which either pulls or pushes all enemies (regardless of where they are on the map) a certain distance is going to be especially effective at nabbing those pesky runners.

See the big metal man in action for yourself below.

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