>/vg/'s Dota 2 Readme
If you have any questions such as "What hero I should play if I'm new?" or "How do I start playing?" - the answers are in here, just read and watch, don't go asking them in generals. Even if you ask, the answers you'll get will either be vague or outright trolling, they might also completely ignore you. So, do yourself a favor and just look it up in here.
And to people that are coming from LoL and wondering what's is the difference between two games - the difference is obvious once you know the basics, so, make sure to check out the learning section.
Official
http://blog.dota2.com - Blog
http://dev.dota2.com - Dev forums
http://store.steampowered.com/news/?...tes&appids=570 - Patch notes
News and tournaments
http://joindota.com - Your daily dose of beard calming and passion
http://gosugamers.net/dota2 - Competitive scene news
http://esfiworld.com/dota2 - More news
How to get in
http://store.steampowered.com/app/570 - Click "Dota 2 Survey" and fill out the survey
http://playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=549077 - Playdota.com giveaway, requires an account created before 02/12/2012
Learning for new
- Basics
http://welcometodota2.blogspot.com/2...noobs-aka.html - General overview of the game, a must read if you're new
http://playdota.com/learn - Another overview of DotA
http://playdota.com/guides/simple-wa...rove-your-game - Simple ways to improve your game
http://playdota.com/mechanics - Mechanics
http://dota2wiki.com/wiki/Glossary - Glossary of terms
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2i0439JaMYA - Roles
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R9-qHJGIUvU - Item summary
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8k6XM4MlYts - How to spend your starting gold
http://youtube.com/watch?v=54g5ej4NAek - Lanes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-WTvUuvm00 - Trilanes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HFwJqcga7V0 - Creep stacking and pulling
http://team-dignitas.net/articles/bl...de-to-Drafting - A beginners guide to drafting
http://team-dignitas.net/articles/bl...-newer-players - Hard carry for newer players
- Learning with Lumi
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-w2Rxy9F7Hc - Lich
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pp4lv45N3Bg - Enigma
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4PD5XNpJU4E - Identifying Item Choices
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v2Wr0eMilYI - Invoker FPVOD
- Learning with Purge
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL934090DC8D556FB4 - Coaching sessions
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5A258C5A549BABD3 - Purge casts a pub
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL793ED6B6CB7F26A4 - Gameplay commentaries
- Wards
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgNHEEUmQYI - Basic Warding by Dota Cinema
http://youtube.com/watch?v=siNh3PI4p3A - Basic vision and warding guide
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NVzx2nwGvRo - Continuation of warding guide
http://www.team-dignitas.net/article...ng-The-Basics/ - Another guide about wards
- Hero overview
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86E04995E07F6BA8 - Short video introductions to all heroes, watch the remastered versions if available
Learning for intermediate
- Tips
http://youtube.com/watch?v=93ijlzunzmA - Tips and tricks
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pW7Z2AnYzn8 - Dota 2 did you know? #1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ggMVj5G6BQ - Dota 2 did you know? #2
- Guides
http://playdota.com/guides - DotA guides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvPMQ...next=1&list=SL - Video guides by Dota Cinema
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL21F7E607CFC5CA82 - More video guides
http://playdota.com/guides/vals-guide-to-every-hero - Tl;dr guides for every hero, somewhat outdated
http://gosugamers.net/dota/members/Wilco - More tl;dr hero guides
http://playdota.com/guides/drafting-...r-intermediate - Drafting in cm for intermediate
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QXne3KrQ1Ng - Dendi talks solo mid
- Learning from streams
http://team-dignitas.net/articles/bl...n-from-Streams - Part 1
http://team-dignitas.net/articles/bl...Streams-Part-2 - Part 2
Useful resources
http://playdota.com - Official DotA website, all of the information still applies to Dota 2
http://dota2wiki.com/wiki/Dota_2_Wiki - Dota 2 Wiki
http://dotacinema.com - Dota Cinema videos
http://cyborgmatt.com - Content analysis for the most recent updates
http://dota2reference.com - A handy summary for heroes and items
http://welcometodota2.blogspot.com- Some how-to and other useful stuff
Streams
http://streamdota2.com - A list of all popular streams
http://twitch.tv/directory/Dota%202 - Twitch Dota 2 Streams
http://own3d.tv/game/Dota+2 - Own3d Dota 2 Streams
Tweaks and config
http://freetexthost.com/23w4mxauy3 - My autoexec.cfg, messes with legacy keys or if you're using numpad for anything
http://freetexthost.com/evoibrfm1m - How to create autoexec.cfg
http://reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/n...version_script - A script that replaces DotA icons with their Dota 2 counterparts on playdota.com, requires greasemonkey and works with Firefox and Chrome
http://youtube.com/watch?v=294_VafYEQQ - How to change in-game cursor