I just got dota 2 on steam from the invite. I applied for the invite months ago.
I cant seem to play it (after the download has finished) game starts normally and i can join chat

My problem :

Players online indicates 0
Loading lasts forever (In which i cant play the game)
But i can use dota tv
Specs :
Windows 7 ultimate service pack 1 x64
4gb ram ddr3
core2duo @ 2.53 mhz
nvidia 9800 gt (nvidia geforce driver v301.42)

This is very frustrating..
I just registered to tell u, there is no problem with dota 2 check if ur steam is set to online and make sure u got the latest updates of dota 2 coz steam is very buggy. if this thing keep happening check that u got steam cloud sync enabled.

Anyway gz for the invite i guess i was more lucky :DDD had dota 2 for 8 months now and already gave 7 dota 2 invite gifts :P

Edit: i think there was 2 small updates one was 8mb other was less then 1 mb it might be the problem
Anyways it always shows 0 players online but will eventually find games.
3 months later
geekevo wroteAnyways it always shows 0 players online but will eventually find games.
if you get used to DOTA2.. then HoN is "THRASH"! notting beats the old skool game!