maybe never; the original author has been developing his v2 for quite a while and im assuming it will hit rather soon. when that update hits the current version will be delegated to the custom lobby with ebf2 taking over the current branch. Thus my motivation for continuing development has dwindled and gone to different projects

Mind sharing those different projects? I think you're a pretty good developer. :)

Pity. Hopefully his v2 is decent.

feel free to still post any suggestions, as I might still touch some mechanics/heroes/items up until v2 hits, it's just that ebf has become less of a priority for updating and I'm currently quite busy irl as well so my time is limited as is

Any way the v1 map could be made open source and maybe republished under a different name (and possibly with another developer if you dont want to continue houthakker)once v2 comes out?
It would be a shame to see this mod vanish from the custom lobby list.
Its one of the oler and one of the most succesful mods for dota 2 so far - it was in the top 5 played maps all the time.

Yeah i love this custom game, it's basically the only one i play.

the game will still exist, the custom lobby version will become the official v1 version

Issue is, relying on a random to host is quite a nightmare, so unless the custom lobby ver ends up with a steam server hosting, it'll probably be flooded by people complaining about lag, disconnects caused by host leaving and such.

if enough people play it valve will grant it servers, that'll be a temporary issue (if anyone will still play ebf1 at all)