Map won't host publicly but will privately

[Valtarian]

Hello, I recently just finished my map.

I've been hosting it privately on battle.net with some friends of mine for weeks now, and decided to release it tonight. However, it does not show up in the list of games when I try to host it publicly. It's in my file directory, it brings me to the game room-but when my friends are looking for it, it's not listed.

I listed it publicly on multiple servers, turned off my antivirus, and turned off my firewall. One person was able to join somehow, but it's still hidden.

Does anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Varine]

Are you sure you're not just missing it amid the mass of DotA?

 

[dracolich]

you have to have "white" ip.
google for definition if you dont know what is it

 

[Valtarian]

I can host every other game perfectly fine and have it be listed on Battle.net.

It must be something within the map... but what would cause that?

Interesting fact: when trying to put observers in the map during hosting, observers don't show up.