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[B]Growth of joinDOTA in 2012[/B] (Monthly visits)Starting off in January with roughly 1,35 millon visits per month, the joinDOTA website grew to just under 6 mio visits in December, which equals a growth of over! 850,000 unique users visit us every month today and we are still growing.[B]joinDOTA in numbers, 2012[/B]Since coming out of beta, the joinDOTA website had an incredible growth thanks to Dota 2 and of course our loyal fans. We collected some stats and numbers for you from all different parts of the website or our video production:[B]Tournaments we hosted in 2012[/B]Just at the end of 2011 we started our very first large professional and prominent tournament, "The Defense", ending in March 2012 with a colossal grand final.Providing a place for a broader audience, the joinDOTA OPEN was created with up to 512 teams to sign up and play in a burst of short tournaments. We created the joinDOTA Masters along with it to provide a tournament home for the professional teams while we prepared the next seasons of The Defense. This way we provided a lot of content to play and watch for anyone from the community throughout the whole year.Here is the list of our tournaments:- (02.11.2011-04.03.2012) Link - (21.06.-12.08.2012) Link - (04.12.-not finished yet) Link (21.-22.03.2012) Link - (23.-24.03.2012) Link - (25.-26.03.2012) Link - (28.-29.03.2012) Link - (31.03.-01.04.2012) Link - (04.-06.05.2012) Link - (18.-10.05.2012) Link - (02.-04.06.2012) Link - (23.-24.06. 2012) Link - (29.06.-01.07.2012) Link - (13.-14.08.2012) Link - (07.-09.11.2012) Link - (11.-12.05.2012) Link - (25.-26.05.2012) Link - (29.-30.06.2012) Link - (13.-15.07.2012) Link - (20.-21.07.2012) Link [B]Tournaments we broadcasted in 2012[/B]In addition to our own tournaments, we have been very busy covering and broadcasting as many tournaments as possible throughout the year. Below you can find all the tournaments we attended and/or broadcasted:- (28.-29.01.2012) Link - (04.01.-03.02. 2012) Link - (15.01.-03.02.2012) Link - (15.01.-19.02.2012) Link - (19.-20.07.2012) Link - (16.-19.06.2012) Link - (22.-25.11.2012) Link - (06.-13.06.2012) Link - (26.08.-02.09.2012) Link - (14.04.2012) Link - (12.-15.11.2012) Link - (05.-07.10. 2012) Link - (03.-04.11.2012) Link - (12.03.-29.04.2012) Link - (14.05.-15.07.2012) Link - (17.09.-21.10.2012) Link - (12.11.-23.12.2012) Link - (10.-11.11.2012) Link - (29.11-02.12.2012) Link - (13.-16.12.2012) Link - (24.12.2012 - still running) Link - (22.-23.12.2012) Link [B]A word from Moose, reflecting on 2012[/B] (Project Manager, joinDOTA)[B]Outlook for 2013 and "Thank you, Community!"[/B]It is because of you that we were able to become the great project we are today and that is why we will especially improve community features on joinDOTA.com already in the beginning of the year to give you more of what you need.Features like "Anti-spoiler" to show result-free headlines in the news, hide results and make sure you won´t find out from the VOD count, an improved front-page and news layout showing more of everything around the tournaments and matches that are currently live, comprehensive info on who´s streaming as well as a detailed search function to finally find all the data that is hidden within joinDOTA´s website and couldn´t be found due to a lack of usability are only a few features we are about to finish and release.joinDOTA thanks you, the community, for supporting us greatly, for criticising and messaging us, for giving us feedback and ideas, for giving us props, hope, thanks and hints. We even thank the haters who sometimes made us aware of what we could do better. We have learned a lot last year and that is what we want to show to you in 2013!