An alleged Valve employee seeking to air grievances with his employer and one specific employee has taken to an anonymous blog titled " The Truth About IceFrog ." In it, the person -- supposedly working on "an unrelated project" from "IceFrog" -- describes not just a poor working environment with the Defense of the Ancients co-developer (whose real name is said to be Abdul Ismail), but also details "something fishy" regarding his past.
DotA 6.79 Beta - is a "public test version of 6.79" that has been officially released by Icefrog "to help increase bug testing coverage before the official version is published". Icefrog also said that "Certain bugs can be discovered in single player games while others will require full 5v5 games."
HIGHLIGHTS - Added Disruptor and Undying! - Enabled Rubick, Wisp, and Luna in Captain's Mode. - Fixed a number of issues that caused effects to be delayed and in some cases not show up while watching Tournament games. - You can now select your favorite hero and gear to showcase in your profile. - Tournaments you have passes for are now shown in your profile.