World Asylum

Kobe Bryant Scores 61 vs New York Knicks

2009-02-03T19:58:00.004+08:00

Kobe Bryant of Los Angeles Lakers scored 61 points including 3 assists and led his team defeat the New York Knicks, 126-117, last night in Madison Square Garden, New York. It was a very superb and electrifying performance again by last year's MVP. His 61 points broke an old record of Michael Jordan who scored 51 points and set a new one of most points scored by a player in Madison Square Garden in a single game.

Will he still be this season's MVP?

Memorable Quotes from Twilight Movie

2009-02-01T03:07:00.000+08:00

Edward Cullen: And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.
Isabella Swan: What a stupid lamb.
Edward Cullen: What a sick, masochistic lion.

Edward Cullen: Do I dazzle you?

Isabella Swan: I can't dance.
Edward Cullen. Um... Well, I could always make you.
Isabella Swan: I'm not scared of you.
Edward Cullen: Well you really shouldn't have said that.

Isabella Swan: How old are you?
Edward Cullen: Seventeen.
Isabella Swan: How long have you been seventeen?
Edward Cullen: A while.

Isabella Swan: Are you going to tell me how you stopped the van?
Edward Cullen: Yeah. Um... I had an adrenaline rush. It's very common. You can Google it.

Isabella Swan: You've got to give me some answers.
Edward Cullen: I'd rather hear your theories.
Isabella Swan: I have considered radioactive spiders and kryptonite.
Edward Cullen: That's all superhero stuff, right? What if I'm not the hero? What if I'm... the bad guy?
Isabella Swan: You're not.

Edward Cullen: I'm the worlds best predator aren't I? Everything about me invites you in--- my voice, my face, even my smell. As if I would need any of that! As if you could outrun me,--- As if you could fight me off,

Edward Cullen: I only said it would be better if we weren't friends, not that I didn't want to be.
Isabella Swan: What does that mean?
Edward Cullen: It means if you're smart... you'll stay away from me.

Edward Cullen: Are you afraid?
Isabella Swan: I'm only afraid of losing you.

Isabella Swan: I'd rather die than stay away from you.

Edward Cullen: You are my life now.

Top 10 Hottest Female 2008 Olympians

2009-02-01T00:32:00.002+08:00

1. Ana Ivanovic of Serbia - Tennis

2. Hope Solo of USA - Soccer

3. Maria Sharapova of Russia - Tennis

4. Jennie Finch of USA - Softball

5. Amanda Beard of USA - Swimming

6. Logan Tom of USA - Volleyball

7. Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia - Tennis

8. Natalie Coughlin of USA - Swimming

9. Leryn Franco of Paraguay - Javelin Throw Event

10. Branca Feres and Bia Feres of Brazil - Tennis Doubles

Definitely, these ladies are all very hot and sexy. Grrr. Oh! Man, wished I had watched their respective events last 2008 Summer Olympics and took some pictures. I can't help but think how did they have yield bodies-to-die-for and such pretty faces for the fact that they are athletes and have gone through rigorous trainings. Well, I guess some people are just fortunate and lucky enough to have such qualities.

On their rankings from Sports Crunch, I totally disagree on it. The Feres sisters should be on top and Daniela Hantuchova should be at second place. Ana Ivanovic should be on third place followed by Maria Sharapova then Logan Tom. And the others? Hmm. I couldn't care less. Besides, there were so many hotties last olympics that perhaps had been overlooked and weren't on the list.

How about you guys? Do you agree with the ranking?

Best Japanese Romance Movie Ever

2009-01-30T22:11:00.000+08:00

Sky Of Love (Koizora in Japanese) is a movie based from a cellular phone novel that moved many millions of people to tears. Uploaded to a cellular phone website, this tale of an average girl's three stormy years of high school, a saga of love, rape, pregnancy, miscarriage, parting, and reunion, is in fact a true story.

Movie Synopsis:

Love forces two carefree youngsters to grow up in a hurry in this bittersweet coming-of-age romance. Mika (Yui Aragaki) is a pretty but shy teenage girl who loses her cellphone and finds it a few dats later, only to begin receiving calls from a secret admirer. Mika and the mystery boy finally meet a few weeks later, and when she sets eyes on handsome and mysterious HiroHaruma Miura), she;s immediately smitten. The two quickly become a couple, but after MikaHiro, his former flame Saki (Asami Usada) decides to ruin her reputation at school, spreading lies about her past with other boys, and persuades three delinquents to sexually assault Mika. Hiro stands by Mika and displays a new willingness to show how he cares for here, but the young lovers face a new challenges when Mika discovers she's pregnant. Hiro is happy to marry Mika and raise a family, but their parents believe the teens are too young to deal with the responsibilities they now face, and their love is tested as they confront an uncertain future...

I have just watched this movie and it was really a very good but a sad one. The love story was very unlikely, heart-rending, and emotive. Acting-wise, the teen actors acted so true as if it was real that I shed tears while watching it. Haha. They also looked very good together that you can think that they are real couple off camera. Well, you better watch it also guys 'coz for me, this is the best romance movie ever. Take this advice, watch it with your special someone for more excitement and kilig. And oh, bring a hanky with you 'coz I'm certain that you will surely cry. Haha.

You can watch the movie here.

2009 NBA All-Star Game Starters

2009-01-23T18:06:00.000+08:00

With just three more weeks to go for the February 15, 2009 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, the starters for the Eastern and Western teams are announced with Dwight Howard of Orlando Magic setting the NBA All-Star voting record with more than three million votes.

East Starters

1. LeBron James of Cleveland Cavaliers (Forward)
2. Kevin Garnett of Boston Celtics (Forward)
3. Dwight Howard of Orlando Magic (Center)
4. Allen Iverson of Detroit Pistons (Guard)
5. Dwayne Wade of Miami Heat (Guard)

West Starters

1. Kobe Bryant of Los Angeles Lakers (Guard)
2. Chris Paul of New Orleans Hornets (Guard)
3. Yao Ming of Houston Rockets (Center)
4. Amare Stoudamire of Phoenix Suns (Forward)
5. Tim Duncan of San Antonio Spurs (Forward)

For more info, click here.

AskMen's Most Desirable Woman of 2009

2009-01-22T19:33:00.000+08:00

Eva Mendes is the most desirable woman of 2009. She ranked first in AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2009. The list is compiled by AM readers and staff annually ranking the famous females deemed to be the year's most alluring. The readers had been asked to look beyond sex appeal and beauty to pick women who have the characteristics they value in a very potential companion, like intelligence, humor, charisma, and ambition. The result is a list that acts as the definitive gauge for identifying what modern men desire most in their best female companions. And after a month-long voting period that saw more than 10 million votes cast, the ballots have closed, the tallying is complete, and the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2009 are revealed.

To view the complete list, click here.

High Paying Careers

2009-01-21T11:39:00.000+08:00

High Paying Careers / Occupations

Career / Occupations	Average Salary
Management Occupations	$96,150
Legal Occupations	$88,450
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$72,190
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$68,880
Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations	$65,020
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$62,410
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$62,020
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$48,410
Education, Training, and Library Occupations	$46,610
Total, all Occupations	$40,690
Construction and Extraction Occupations	$40,620
Community and Social Services Occupations	$40,540
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$39,930
Protective Service Occupations	$38,750
Sales and Related Occupations	$35,240
Production Occupations	$31,310
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	$31,200
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$30,680
Healthcare Support Occupations	$25,600
Personal Care and Service Occupations	$23,980
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations	$23,560
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	$22,640
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	$19,440

Top 10 Highest Paying Careers

Profession	Average Salary	% Change
Anesthesiologists	$192,780	4.6%
Surgeons	$191,410	3.9%
Orthodontists	$185,340	4.8%
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$183,600	3.1%
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$178,440	8.3%
Prosthodontists	$169,360	6.6%
Internists, General	$167,270	4.0%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	$155,150	9.1%
Family and General Practitioners	$153,640	2.5%
Chief Executives	$151,370	4.7%

Top 10 Highest Paying Non-Medical Professions

Profession	Average Salary	% Change
Chief Executives	$151,370	4.7%
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$148,810	6.0%
Lawyers	$118,280	4.1%
Engineering Managers	$115,610	5.1%
Petroleum Engineers	$113,890	12.1%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$113,880	6.2%
Marketing Managers	$113,400	5.4%
Natural Sciences Managers	$113,170	4.8%
Air Traffic Controllers	$107,780	-2.3%
Sales Managers	$106,790	4.0%

Highest Paying IT Jobs

IT Jobs / Professions	Average Salary	% Change
Computer and Information Scientists, Research	$100,640	4.4%
Actuaries	$95,420	3.9%
Mathematicians	$90,930	4.8%
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software	$90,780	4.0%
Computer Software Engineers, Applications	$85,660	4.5%
Computer Systems Analysts	$75,890	5.1%
Computer Specialists, All Other	$72,310	4.2%
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$72,190	4.3%
Statisticians	$72,150	4.4%
Computer Programmers	$72,010	3.6%
Operations Research Analysts	$71,640	3.7%
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts	$70,760	4.9%
Database Administrators	$70,260	4.2%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$67,850	4.0%
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other	$61,100	-5.9%
Mathematical Technicians	$48,490	5.4%
Computer Support Specialists	$45,300	2.1%

For more information, click here.

Asia's Most-Visited Tourist Sites

2009-01-20T23:47:00.000+08:00

1. Tokyo Disneyland

2. Great Wall of China

3. Temple Heaven

Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo, Japan ranks first in Forbes Asia's Most-Visited Tourist Sites that recorded 25.9 million visitors. Great Wall of China ranks second with 14 million visitors. Third on the ranking is the Temple Heaven in Beijing, China with 12 million visitors.

For more information, click here.

World's Most Expensive Desktop PC

2009-01-20T18:48:00.000+08:00

Have you got £375,000 to spare? Do you love standing out from the crowd? Well, you’ll be the King, or Queen, of hi-tech nerd bling with one Japanese manufacturer’s platinum and jewel-encrusted PC.

Dubbed Jupiter, the desktop PC’s case is solid platinum with diamonds that have been arranged to mimic astrological constellations. It would be a pretty rough deal to pay all that money and get no working innards though, so Zeus, the manufacturer, also chucks in Intel’s 3GHz E6850 Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB of DDR 2 memory and a whopping 1TB hard drive.

Zeus clearly hasn’t made its mind up over which format will win the HD war, so it includes a dual Blu-ray/HD DVD drive. The PC runs on Windows Vista, Ultimate edition of course, and ships with a 24in 1920 x 1200 resolution monitor.

If you haven't got quite as much cash to splash, then you could always settle for the gold model. It still has diamonds in its case and the same tech spec for $ 561, 540.

Both PCS are available now in Japan where it can be purchased for $748, 720 USD. As of this posting, US $1 = Philippine Peso 47.500 so the platinum pc is P35,564,200. Oh my God! Would you buy one for that price?.

The World's Largest Man-Made Island

2009-01-19T16:45:00.000+08:00

Perhaps no structure on this list more embodies the original impulse behind the tall building — pure human hubris — than Dubai’s Palm Islands. Composed of three separate islands, Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira, the entire construction will add nearly 330 miles of beach front to the city of Dubai. Parts of Palm Jumeirah are currently open for development, with the remaining islands to be completed in the next 10-15 years. When finished, the three islands will contain over 100 luxury hotels while Palm Deira itself will be almost as large as Paris.

For more info, click here.

DoTA 6.58b Map Released

2009-01-19T10:41:00.000+08:00

DoTA 6.58b map has been released for some updates and bug fixes on DoTA 6.58 map. Here is the full changelog of DoTA 6.58b:

* Fixed a rare bug introduced last version with Nevermore's ultimate
* Fixed a bug with Cranium Basher
* Fixed a suicide bug with Heartstopper
* Fixed a bug with Overload
* Various tool tip fixes
* Fixed some rare glitches that could cause some abilities to malfunction
* Fixed various -switch related bugs
* Switch now works if all but one player votes for it, instead of requiring 100%
* Fixed true sight on The Frozen Throne
* Decreased Undying's model size a bit
* Fixed conflicts between Viper Strike and Venomous Gale
* Fixed Soul Rip targetting problems on Tombstone
* Fixed -mo/-ro in -gameinfo
* Fixed a bug when picking up invisibility rune while under the Phase effect from Phase Boots
* Fixed -mr failing to be recognized as a game mode
* Fixed Rapier damage values when being carried by a non-owning player

Download the new DoTA 6.58b map here.

Sinulog Festival 2009

2009-01-18T16:20:00.000+08:00

The country’s biggest, grandest and most anticipated festival is set to take center stage once again this year —the Sinulog Festival 2009. Sinulog festival is the country’s biggest pageantry of sights, sounds and colors as it honors and pays homage to the patron saint of Cebu , the child Jesus — Sr. Sto. Niño. Aside from the main spectacle which is the Sinulog Grand parade, there are also other activities lined up by the Cebu City Government and the Sinulog Foundation until the grand highlights of the festival from January 9-18, 2009.

Other highlights for the upcoming Sinulog Festival are Sinulog Photo Exhibits in Mactan Airport, Ayala, SM City and Emal (Jan. 5), Sinulog sa Kabataan—Lalawigan (Jan. 10), Sinulog sa Kabataan—Dakbayan (Jan. 11), Sinulog Festival Queen (Jan. 16), nightly programs like Cultural Shows and Street Party bands at Fuente Osmeña.

Sinulog Foundation assures all foreigners, balikbayans, and locals to anticipate all the activities that Cebu City Government has prepared this year, most especially during the Sinulog Grand Parade on January 18.

As of now, there are already 45 contingents from various cities and provinces who confirmed that they will be participating in this Sinulog Grand Parade. Four contingents coming from Leyte (Alikaraw Festival of Hilongos Leyte, Buyugan Festival of Abuyog, Leyte, Sangyaw Festival of Tacloban City and also in Dulag, Leyte), four contingents also from Negros (Pintaflores of San Carlos City, Jimalalud de Sinulog, Sta Catalina, Negros Orienteal and Bais City), three contingents from Mindanao (Cabadbaran City, Tangub City and Lanao Del Norte) are set to showcase their prowess in Sinulog dancing.

For the first time, a contingent from Placer, Masbate in Bicol Region is expected to perform in this year Sinulog Grand Parade.

Marian Rivera Boobs Slip

2009-01-16T20:52:00.001+08:00

Marian Rivera's boobs have slipped while dancing her hit "Sabay Sabay Tayo" in SOP. Enjoy! :)

Download the video here

DoTA 6.58 Map

2009-01-16T17:25:00.000+08:00

IceFrog has released another map of DoTA, DoTA 6.58 to fix bugs, and balance the items and heroes.

Download the new map here.

Changelog for DoTA 6.58

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## Highlight ##
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* Remade Storm Spirit (see details below)
* Remade Dirge (see details below)
* Rewrote many different parts of the core game code to improve the usual performance drop that happens later in the game
* Added a new experimental command -switch to switch player slots with other players or leavers (requires player agreement, see details below)

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## Items ##
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* Blademail: Remade (see details below)
* Cranium Basher: Remade (see details below)
* Heart: Changed the regen mechanism, it now gives 1% non-stacking passive HP regen
* Javelin: Cost increased from 1400 to 1500 gold and damage from 16 to 21
* Demon Edge: Cost reduced from 2600 to 2400 gold
* Buriza: Recipe cost increased from 1000 to 1200 gold
* Monkey King Bar: Improved damage from 75 to 80 and chance from 30->35%
* Rapier: Now requires Demon Edge and Sacred Relic only and provides 200 damage instead of 250
* Eul's Scepter of Divinity: Recipe cost reduced from 800 to 600 gold
* Mask of Madness: Amplified damage is now applied at the end instead of within the duration
* Mask of Madness: Cooldown reduction from 30 to 25 seconds
* Diffusal Blade: Lowered the Agility bonus from 25 to 22
* Diffusal Blade: The purge now lasts the same on non-hero units like Spirit Bear as it does on heroes (15->4 seconds)
* Sentry Wards: True sight range increased by 100
* Illusion Rune: Now creates 2 images instead of 1, images deal a little less damage

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## Heroes ##
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* Storm Spirit: Remade (see details below)
* Dirge: Remade (see details below)
* Venomancer: Reworked Shadow Strike (see details below)
* Vengeful Spirit: Reworked Terror (see details below)
* Bane: Changed how Fiend's Grip works a little (see details below)
* Silencer: Curse of the Silent is now an AOE effect
* Necrolyte: Now has Heartstopper instead of Diffusion Aura
* Windrunner: Removed attack count limit on Focus Fire
* Rooftrellen: Living Armor is now castable on structures
* Bone Fletcher: Death Pact can now be used on any non-hero unit, not just allied units.
* Spirit Breaker: Charge of Darkness' buff indicator on the enemy is now visible to the enemy only when you are 2500 units or closer
* Spirit Breaker: Has magic immunity when he reaches maximum speed in Charge of Darkness
* Spirit Breaker: Empowering Haste bonus damage is now implemented as +damage visible on your interface
* Furion: Sprout can now be directly cast on yourself
* Morphling: Morph now gives him a passive +2/4/6/8 Agility and Strength bonus when leveling it up
* Pudge: Flesh Heap bonus strength gained from heroes is improved from 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2 to 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8
* Axe: Counter Helix cooldown now scales from 0.6 seconds to 0.7/0.65/0.60/0.55 (245761)
* Lucifer: Lvl? Death bonus damage is now reduced by magic resistance only rather than both magic resistance and armor
* Lucifer: Reduced Doom's cooldown by 20 seconds
* Lucifer: Devour' cast range increased a little from 150 to 300
* Bloodseeker: Improved base strength from 18 to 23
* Bloodseeker: Reduced Rupture's cooldown from 100 to 70 seconds
* Sven: Improved God's Strength's cooldown from 120 to 80 seconds
* Enchantress: Improved base damage by 10
* Drow Ranger: Improved Marksmanship by 3 Agility each level
* Viper: Viper Strike's cooldown reduced from 80 to 80/50/30 seconds
* Rhasta: Increased cast range on Mass Serpent Ward
* Templar Assassin: Improved turn rate
* Huskar: Life Break now properly slows magic immune units
* Enigma: Reduced Eidolons' bounty
* Enigma: Reduced manacost on Midnight Pulse from 135/150/165/180 to 95/110/125/140
* Lone Druid: Improved Spirit Bear's Entangle from 16 to 20% and cooldown from 6 to 5 seconds
* Ursa: Enrage bonus damage is now implemented as +damage visible on your interface
* Pugna: Reduced Scepter upgraded Life Drain cooldown dramatically
* Venomancer: Improved Plague Ward cast range and vision radius
* venomancer: Poison Sting damage type is now lethal
* Bane: Fiend's Grip now wakes a unit up from Nightmare
* Bane: Removed the life degen and enemy suicide mechanism from Enfeeble
* Witch Doctor: Voodoo Restoration no longer triggers Essence Aura
* Stealth Assassin: Removed ministun and tree destruction on smokescreen
* Stealth Assassin: Backstab damage type is now Physical
* Proudmoore: Reduced Captain CoCo's Rum movement bonus (30%->10%)
* Proudmoore: Ghost Ship cooldown increased from 100/80/60 to a constant 100
* Spectre: Haunt now ends whenever you use Reality
* Keeper of the Light: Rescaled Mana Leak cast range (1200->550/700/850/1000)
* Naix: Increased Open Wounds manacost from 70/80/90/100 to a constant 110 mana
* Visage: Rebalanced Raise Revenants (5/6/7 Max to 4/5/6 Max, Sight radius reduced by 50%, 29/39/49 damage to 40/46/52)
* Meepo: Earthbind no longer works on magic immune units
* Meepo: Rebalanced Poof (40/80/120/160 -> 60/80/100/120)

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## Modes & Commands ##
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* Changed -vr (-VoteRandom) to make your hero pools include 1 of each Intelligence/Agility/Strength/Melee/Range
* Added a new mode -mo(-MeleeOnly)
* Added a new mode -ro(-RangeOnly)
* Changed -mr(-moderandom) it now picks between RD/SD/VR/ARAI
* Added a new command -mines to count the mines placed (250362)
* Added a new global command -mc to show multicast rate of any Ogre Magi on the map (194526)
* Adjusted -ha (hookaccuracy) to count only enemy hooks

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## Gameplay & Performance ##
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* Rewrote camera system so it no longer moves the camera when you respawn if you are in the middle of controlling another unit
* Rewrote many different parts of the core game code to improve the usual performance drop that happens later in the game
* Dramatically improved performance during Epicenter
* Disabled some item manipulation code that is specific to warcraft 1.20e from running on 1.21 and above (this is mechanism that affected droppability of items as soon as you used them until you issue a new command)
* Hero selection is now automatically restored when you revive from Aegis
* Dramatically improved performance during Echoslam
* Rewrote Macropyre for some improved performance
* Rewrote Morphling's Waveform. It no longer causes you to lose control
* Minor Scorched Earth effect optimization
* Rewrote Shadow Word, fixing some minor performance issues and fixing the buff icon to be more responsive to the current state of the effect
* Rupture buff icon timing now more accurately represents the status

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## Replay Data ##
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* Added lots of new replay data features for game parsers (see details below)
* Endgame replay data actions now automatically done a few seconds after 3 players leave
* Fixed some bugs with replay data when host leaves the game

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## Cosmetic & Misc ##
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* Added a new visual effect for Chronosphere (PGRU-Unexpected)
* Added a new visual effect for Sentinel Fortify and Scourge Fortify (PGRU-Unexpected)
* Couriers now spawn 175 units infront of the hero rather than ontop of the hero
* Glyph no longer refreshes in -wtf mode
* Randomized the second -test warning message time to prevent some abuses
* Techies plays a special fun kill sound when he kills someone with Remote Mines and when he does suicide command near the destination point
* Added a new icon for Venomancer's Shadow Strike (236027)
* Added a new Alchemist win animation (234249)
* Added a new projectile for Lion's attack (Infrisios)
* Added a sound to Tidehunter's attack
* Added compressed Invoker Skin (241826)
* Added a visual effect for Devour
* Added a new visual effect for Lucent Beam/Eclipse (PGRU-Unexpected)
* Added a new visual effect for Test of Faith when cast on allies (PGRU-Unexpected)
* Added a visual effect for the LVL? Death bonus damage
* Swapped Penitence and Purification icons (255729)
* Added an optimized version of the effect used by Macropyre (PGRU-Unexpected)
* Added color coding to the different modes of Ring of Basilius
* Changed LVL? Death icon (150665)
* Changed Panda's Thunder Clap icon (160613)
* Dark Ritual and Death Pact now show the amount they restored with text overhead (258956)
* Techies' name now includes the third goblin (77704)
* Improved Roshan's Turn Rate
* Changed Faerie Dragon's hotkey because of a recent conflict
* Changed Undying's hero hotkey to fix an issue with accidentally leveling up attribute bonus level 1

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## Bugs ##
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* Fixed some unintended sideeffects to sharing control in SD
* Fixed a bug with mode entering and -cm
* Fixed a bug that allowed you to deny an ally being healed by Shadow Word
* Fixed a bug with avalanche hitting a Tossed allied hero
* Fixed a minor bug with dummy units interaction with items
* Fixed a minor coding bug with Toss
* Fixed a very minor bug with Backstab angle calculation
* Put a practical limit to prevent mass -roll spams
* Temporarily disabled the click disassemble on Perseverance because of some problems. You can still use Courier or Circle of Power to disassemble it
* Fixed a minor minimap glitch at taverns area for Scourge Players
* Fixed a visual bug when swapping heroes with Kunkka
* Fixed an area where you could get stuck while using TP Scroll
* Fixed incorrect Gem of Truesight AOE in recent versions
* Fixed -omsc
* Fixed Phase Boots dispelling Curse of the Silent
* Fixed Proudmoore's name/class
* Fixed Razor's Tavern Hotkey
* Fixed Shadow Wave not bouncing the correct number of times
* Fixed some bugs possible when using couriers
* Fixed some minor bugs that could cause units to retain control after the game was over
* Fixed some minor bugs with Illuminate caster units
* Fixed some small inconsistencies between Towers
* Fixed the slow duration on Torrent lasting a little longer than intended
* Fixed Wall of Replica not working on Magic Immune units
* Fixed a few other minor bugs

New French and German translations are nearing completion. Other languages are in the works as well.

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## Extra Details ##
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Old Blade Mail
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Blades of Attack (500)
Chainmail (550)
Recipe (500)
Total: 1550

+15 Damage
+5 Armor
Passive: 20% melee attack damage (calculated before reductions) returned as magical damage

New Blade Mail
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Broadsword (1200)
Chainmail (550)
Robe of the Magi (450)
Total: 2200

+22 Damage
+5 Armor
+10 Intelligence
Active: 100% all damage (calculated after reductions) returned as magical damage
Duration: 4 seconds
Cooldown: 15
Manacost 25
Has visual effect to show when it is active

Extra Note: Since people regularly misunderstand how this works, the damage returned is reduced twice, first when you get the damage and then again when you deal it back. For example, a 300 damage nuke gets reduced by 25% because of hero resistance, then it gets dealt back as magical damage, being reduced by another 25% (or whatever magical resistance the enemy has).

Old Basher:
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Mithril Hammer (1610)
Gauntlets of Strength (150)
Recipe (1460)
Total: 3220

+30 Damage
+3 Strength
15% Bash (10% ranged) for 1.1 seconds
Cooldown: 0
Stacks Diminishingly

New Basher:
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Javelin (1500)
Gauntlets of Strength (150)
Recipe (1450)
Total: 3100

+30 Damage
+3 Strength
25% Bash (10% ranged) for 1.1 seconds
Cooldown: 2 seconds
Does not stack with itself or other bash passives

Old Fiend's Grip
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100/175/250 Manacost
40/60/80 Mana and HP cost per second
Lasts 5 seconds

120 Cooldown
100/155/215 DPS

New Fiend's Grip
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200/300/400 Manacost
No HP or MP cost per second
Lasts 5 seconds

120 Cooldown
100/155/215 DPS

Transfers 5% of enemies max MP per second to you

Old Shadow Strike:
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Decay Damage 10/20/40/50
Initial Damage: 50/70/70/100
Movement Modifier: 50%
Decay Power: 3
Interval: 3
Duration 15

Cast Range: 400
Cooldown: 22
Manacost 90/105/120/135

Venomous Gale:
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Releases a Venomous Gale which poisons enemy units it comes in contact with. Units that are hit by it get a slow/dps like his previous shadow strike

AoE: 125
Cast Range/Distance: 800
Cooldown: 22
Manacost 90/105/120/135

Old Terror:
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Reduces damage and armor of units in an area around you.

AoE: 700
Cooldown: 15
Duration: 20

Damage Reduction: 5/10/15/20%
Armor Reduction: 2/3/4/5

Wave of Terror:
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Releases a wave of terror moving forward that reduces enemy units armor and damage. You have vision over the wave as it moves forward.

Wave Distance: 1400
AoE: 350
Cooldown: 15
Duration: 20

Damage Reduction: 5/10/15/20%
Armor Reduction: 2/3/4/5

Dirge:
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Attack Range: 100
Strength: 25 + 2.1
Agility: 10 + 0.8
Intelligence: 27 + 2.8
Movement Speed 310

Cast Point 0.45
Hero Class: Strength

Decay
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Dirge saps away the strength of enemy heroes and retains it for a period of time.

Steals 4 Strength from each hero for 21/24/27/30 seconds
Deals 30/60/90/120 Magical Damage

Manacost 70/90/110/130
Cooldown 11/9/7/5
Cast Range 625
AOE: 300

Note: Often missed, note the cooldown

Soul Rip
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Redirects the flow of living energy through a target friend or foe, damaging them or healing them depending on how many units are near it. 25 for each unit.
This does not hurt zombies below since they are magic immune.
This can target your tombstone.

Unit Cap: 5/10/15/20
Cooldown: 25/20/15/10
Manacost: 50/75/100/125

Tombstone
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Unholy powers summon a cursed tombstone. Zombies will frequently spawn near each enemy unit and attack them. Zombies have a passive that additively slow their target by 7%. Zombies cannot be controlled.

Spawn area: 400/600/800/1000
Frequency: 3
Slow Duration: 2.5 seconds

Zombie Stats:
HP: 30
Armor: 0
Armor Type: Unarmored
Magic Resistance: Immune
Damage: 37-45
Attack Type: Pierce
Attack Speed: 1.6
Movement Speed: 375
Bounty: 5-7

Deathlust: If the target the zombie is attacking is below 100/200/300/400 hit points, it gains 50% movement and attack speed bonus.

Tombstone Duration: 15/20/25/30
Tombstone HP: 150/300/450/600
Tombstone Armor: 10
Tombstone Armor Type: Medium
Tombstone Other Stats: Magic Immune, No regen.
Tombstone Bounty: 70/90/110/130

Cooldown: 60
Cast Range: 250

Manacost: 120/130/140/150

Flesh Golem
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Dirge's hatred for all living beings allows him to transform into a monster. While he's transformed he carries a plague that affects nearby enemy units. Strength of the plague depends on how close the enemy is. Amplifies damage enemy units receive and reduces their movement speed (7%). When a plagued unit dies, its essence is transferred back to the Undying.

Cooldown: 90
Duration: 30
Manacost: 100

Plague Aura Damage Amplification: (old plague was 20/25/30%)
at max distance (700): 5/10/15%
at closest distance (150): 20/25/30%
In between is just an even spread between the numbers

Units that die under plague release their energy to you. Creeps heal you for 3% and Heroes for 12% of your Max HP.

Storm Spirit:
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Attack Range: 500
Strength: 17 + 1.5
Agility: 22 + 1.8
Intelligence: 23 + 2.6
Movement Speed 295

Static Remnant
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Raijin creates a remnant of himself containing his essence. The Static Remnant will release its stored energy whenever an enemy units comes near it. Lasts up to 12 seconds.

Damage: 140/180/220/260
Trigger AOE: 210
Damage AOE: 260
Cooldown: 4
Manacost: 70/80/90/100

Takes 1 second to create after cast. This is not channeling, just time delayed.

Electric Vortex
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Storm focuses his energy to rip open a vortex drawing an enemy to it. This process slows the Storm Spirit down for a brief period.

Pulls 100/150/200/250 units over 1/1.5/2/2.5 seconds.
Your movement is reduced by 50% for 3 seconds.

Cast Range: 300
Manacost: 100
Cooldown: 20

Overload
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Storm Spirit becomes overloaded with electrical energy whenever he casts a spell. The charge is released on his next attack as an electrical burst, dealing damage and slowing nearby units.

Slow: 50% as 80% ms Lasts 0.6 seconds (Same stats as old overload)
Bonus damage: 30/45/60/75
AOE: 275

Ball Lightning
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Storm Spirit becomes enveloped with energy, losing his physical form, and travels until he depletes his mana or chooses to stop. While in this form, he deals damage to nearby units based on how far his electrical form has traversed. Damage, speed and area of effect improves per level.

Stops traveling whenever you run out of mana. Deals damage in a small area around you based on distance traveled.

Damage: 8/12/16 per 100 units traveled
Manacost: (15 + 7% of total manabase) + mana based on distance traveled (10+1% per 100 units)
Cast Range: Global
Cooldown: 0

Travel speed and damage AoE improves per level.
You can cast spells like Static Remnant during your roll if you are quick enough.
Specific interactions with spells/projectiles follow the same rules as Waveform does.

Replay Data Specs:
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- "Ban",playerid,heroid: is sent for each time a hero is banned in cm/xl
- "id" packets are sent after the mode phase (supports -sp)
- "GameStart",1: synced to time 0 ingame (creep spawn time)
- "9" packets are now sent each time a hero is picked

Switch:
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If someone wants to switch player slots with an enemy player or leaver, he
types -switch . If he types -switch without the slot it lists the possible numbers that can be used. After a player uses this command, no one else can attempt a switch for 60 seconds, to prevent confusion. All players are then presented with a command to enter to accept, something like "-switch accept" or "-ok". If 100% of all player agree , then you take the slot of the player you swapped with and both heroes swap positions. Players have until the 60 seconds are over to accept the offer.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-16T16:05:00.000+08:00

It's a new year, a new chapter for all of us. Reminiscing the past year, I can't help but regret the things I should have and haven't done, especially those things that conceived a huge rift from someone you really used to be with and loved, and those that made me what I have become today.

To some people, the past year had been so bad for them but good to many. Some have been so lucky but some were just unfortunate. What a cruel world, isn't it? Is life really fair? :(

Oh well, everything happens for a reason so all of us should cheer up and live on. It's not yet too late. It's not yet our time to shine, dudes. Maybe this year might be our year. Who knows, right? So in order to make this year favorable to us, we should start the year right away with all eagerness and gusto to the endeavors that we are about to step in. If we fail, at least we have tried. :)

So, God bless us all this Year of the Ox!

Welcome to World Asylum!

2009-01-16T15:04:00.000+08:00

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