Recently some of us have been discussing ways to increase activity on the site or create a more populated community. I've been brainstorming a few ideas myself and wanted to know what you, the users, think about these ideas and if you'd be willing to participate.

My first idea consists of creating a more abundant amount of responses by adding notifications. Such as if someone rep'd you, commented on your guide, or quoted you. I feel like this will quicken the response time between users and allow them to see who is interacting with them.

Another idea I had to create more communication between users is to change the Off-topic sub-section to something more inviting. Something that has been done on sites like GaiaOnline (iE; the Chatterbox), and create something where users that are close within the Dotafire community can just blab between each other about whatever.

Most likely the most impactful of my ideas; create rewards for the active members of the community. By creating forum com…
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Prerequisites:

• Dotafire Account
• Speak/Read/Write basic English
• Working microphone
• At least 100 completed games
• Share match history enabled (For the 100 games completion verification)

Entry: _{(Post in the entry thread filling in the said requirements.)}

• Steam Username
• Dotabuff Report
• Skype Username (Optional)

Regulations:

• 10 persons
• 5 versus 5
• Captains Mode
• Randomized user teams
• Team elimination rounds

Prizes: _{(Prizes consist of a single redeemable ticket. Tickets can be redeemed based on quantity)}

• 1 Ticket = 1 Common of choice from DoTA2 in-game stor

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