Guide to the DotA Community

This is the list of sites, media, etc. I've encountered that all relate to the DotA 2 community.
I'll keep updating this as I find more stuff. I still have some work left to do on this.

News

• joinDOTA
• ESFI World
• Team Liquid
• Next Level Gaming Series (NLG) (Formerly Go4DotA)
• Gosu Gamers
• Eclypsia
• It's Gosu
• DOTA Live 
• Live reports on matches

Team Sites

•  Natus Vincere (Na'Vi)

Shows / Media

Talkshows

• Talk DotA
• Much Ado About DotA (MAAD)
• Weekly talk show with Blitz, PAINTITGOLD, Aui_2000, Bulba, plus a guest.

Entertainment

• DotA Cinema
• Fails of the Week
• PyrionFlax

Educational

• PurgeGamers
• XVRogue
• DotA Cinema

Videos on Demand (VODs)

• Gosu Gamers Replays
• It's Gosu VODs
• joinDOTA VODs 

Podcasts

• Much Ado About DotA (MAAD)
• Weekly talk show with Blitz, PAINTITGOLD, Aui_2000, Bulba, plus a guest.
• DotA Insight
• DotA on Demand

Community / Forums

• Play DotA Forums
• Long time root of the community (after dota-allstars.com was taken down)
• IceFrog (head designer) interacts with the community here / takes suggestions
• Dota2 Dev Forums (DotA 2 Development Forums)
• Valve's community interaction site
• Team Liquid Forums
• Very good reputation (one of the core parts of SC2 community that opened a DotA 2 portion)
• Interaction with Professional Players
• Reddit's DotA 2 Community
• News, Discussions, etc.
• Some interaction with community figures (e.g. pro players, casters)
• NA DotA Forums
• News, Discussions, Rants, etc.
• Interaction with NA Pro Players
• joinDotA Forums
• Next Level Gaming Forums (Formerly Go4DotA)
• Gosu Gamers Forum

Livestreams

Sites

• Twitch
• Own3d

Tools

• FFSplit
• Streaming Suite
• Free
• XSplit
• Streaming Suite
• Free w/ Watermark
• DXTory
• Virtual Audio Cable (VAC)
• Tool to virtually split your audio (good for separating music, voice, game, etc. so your in-game mic doesn't pick up everything)
• Must Purchase

Amateur Tournaments, Leagues, Scrims, etc.

Tournaments / Events

• Sunday Evening Cup Series (SECS)
• Hosted by NADota
• 4 weekends of league play, 1 weekend of playoffs (top 8 teams)
•  MLG Game Battles
• Multiple weeks of league play (no schedule, just challenge other teams)
• Weekend of playoffs (top 64 teams)
• Alienware Arena Battlegrounds 
• Next Level Gaming Cups (Formerly Go4DotA Cup Events)
• EFlux Gaming Arena
• Teams are drafted
• Play 3 games per week on USW and US
• It's Gosu Arena
• joinDOTA Open 
• Dota Bro 
• Team League / Ladder w/ Prize Money

In House Leagues

• C9-DL
• IRC Based

Scrims

• Dota Clan Wars (CW) -- #dota2.cw
• IRC Base

Informational Resources

Game Information / Wikis

• Liquidpedia
• Hero information
• Item Information
• Tournaments / Teams / Players
• DotA 2 Wiki
• Hero Information
• Item Information
• Mechanics
• Play DotA
• Hero Information
• Item Information
• Mechanics

Statistics

• DOTABUFF
• Personal Matchmaking Stats
• Verified Player Stats (e.g. Pros, Casters)
• Statistical Analysis (e.g. item success rates on heroes, hero win rates)
• DotA Academy Stats
• Stats from Professional games (e.g. ban/pick rates, win rates, positional information)

Guides

• DOTA Fire
• Hero Builds, Strategy, etc.

Team Recruitment

• NA DOTA Team Recruitment
• Reddit Competitive DotA 2

Miscellaneous

Fun

• Dota Academy Fantasy League
• Fantasy League play (e.g. draft Pro players for your team and get points based on how they do; play against friends)
• Dota 2 Draft
• Drafting simulator
• Draft against a random person for practice

Utilities

• DotA Academy Lineup Tool
• Find matches where certain heroes played against each other
• Dota Academy Head-to-Head Tool
• Find matches where certain teams played against each other
• Dota 2 Layout 
• Create customized layouts for your in-game pick screen

Item Trading

•  Reddit's Dota 2 Trade