From today fragster.de serves with a new and comfortable solution for all DotA players and leagues to get their necessary hero-picking done. "Fragster DotA Helper" (FDH) is a free tool developed by the fragster staff that shall help not only to reduce the administrative effort that needs to be made in before every competitive DotA match, but also offers more possibilities of customization, transparency and safety, than the newly introduced –cm mode or any website based solution can.

The FDH-Login

"We found out that there is a certain demand within the DotA scene to pick and ban DotA heroes faster, easier and with stricter rules", says Gerriet Ohls, CEO of EGM eSport & Gaming Media GmbH, the company that runs fragster. “We are proud to present the new Fragster DotA Helper as a comfortable solution to all DotA fans.” Every FDH user is able to open his own pick room in which he can adjust the rules for picking and banning, e.g. the time each team is allowed to take for the picking process. All picking and banning activities are live displayed on fragster.de and interested partner sites. This means, with FDH every DotA fan from now on can watch the pros while they are making their crucial decisions. FDH will be published in English, because of the international community.

The pick-lobby overview

Within a short time our CTO Hannes Tismer was able to realize an impressive and well running program. With this, we hope that we can help the DotA community to make a further step into the direction of professional gaming.
Hannes Tismer explains his intention, "By developing the FDH I hope to upgrade DotA's professionalism in terms of discipline. The possible ways of extending the FDH client are countless, on top of my feature list is a collaborative host search to counter one of DotA's most time-consuming problems."

A pick-room in action

Fragster DotA Helper’s Features:

• Free adjustable pick and ban times
• Live-Coverage of ban and pick process on the internet
• Comfortable pause-function
• FDH-link enables fast instant join of the right pick room right out
of IRC/Webbrowser or Windows Explorer
• Detailed logs ensure a high degree of transparency
• Security measures and secure connection (SSLv23) ensure
high data integrity
• Spamming or flooding leads to auto-kick and –ban
• Full rights for Pick Master, admin decides
• Comprehensive live-view of all active pick rooms on fragster.de
and partner websites
• Possibility to integrate full room logs and lists on league and
tournament websites

The sight of the pick master

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Further information/download can be found at fragster.de/fdh/