- 1In Dota 2, open Settings → Options and turn on “Expose Public Match Data”. This lets OpenDota (and us) see your match history.
- 2Your Steam sign-in verifies the Dota account shown on your profile. Check it once so we can match you in games.
- 3When teams lock, a captain asks the lobby bot to host the game, with the ticket already set. It invites the ten; take a slot on your side, since the bot moves anyone on the wrong side back to unassigned and may post in lobby chat who goes where. If the bot is down, the host must be one of the league's ticket admins, since only they can select the Under 5K In-House League ticket in Lobby Settings. Without it, the private game will not appear on OpenDota.
- 4Play your inhouse. A game the lobby bot hosts is marked over by itself when Dota shows its end; then press Join queue to queue again. Otherwise, when it ends, press Game over — queue again to play the next one straight away. The result is fetched from OpenDota by itself (usually 10 to 30 minutes after the game), or anyone in the game can paste the match ID.
Not everyone needs this on — a few players per side is enough — but the more the better. It only exposes games played after you enable it, and OpenDota can take a few minutes to index a finished game.