DotA

[Toxicman007]

Hey all WarCraft fans!

I started playing DotA on Iccup last week, it's actually a lot of fun.
Anyone else who plays DotA?

Anyone who hates DotA? If yes, EXPLAIN WHY OR I KILL YOU. Seriously. I'm not kidding.

I also found the song DotA by Basshunter. It OWNS.

[Dayoh]

You only just started playing DotA? Also that song is just a tad old lol

Anyone who hates DotA? If yes, EXPLAIN WHY OR I KILL YOU. Seriously. I'm not kidding.

Is this a trick question, alot of people dislike DotA although that was when i was very active so i'm not sure on everyone stance now.
Here's a few reasons why I dislike it (well how i felt about it like a year ago).
- Its been killing the mapping community
- As talked up as it is, its pretty unbalanced
- Way too repetitive for my tastes
- Very aggresive community following, more so than games like Counter Strike. I dont mean that in a good way, very newb unfriendly and most players are douchebags
The whole thing is just way overhyped, well it was (when i was active lol)

[Jaxander]

Call me crazy, but what is DotA? (Shows how much I've been out of the community!)

[HangingDeath]

Originally Posted by Jaxander

Call me crazy, but what is DotA? (Shows how much I've been out of the community!)

Defense of the Ancients. It's like Temple Siege, but WC3 version. Very big community, and apparently, it is even considered a form of game. (Like tower defense, first person shooter, RPG, that thing.)

[Dayoh]

Call me crazy, but what is DotA?

Thats easy . "Defence Of The Ancients", its a custom map for WC3, originally started on Starcraft as "Aeon Of Strife" due to its unique gameplay (the spawning creeps, controlling a hero) gave birth to the "AoS" genre.

DotA has passed hands many times sometimes without permission of the original mapper, the current and most popular generation of DotA is the "Allstars" gen.

All that and no wiki!

[Jaxander]

Wow. Amazing. I'm never on Battle.Net, mainly because A.) I'd much rather map, and B.) in my experience, the players on BNet aren't the most, uhm, mature? So I rarely even test unless it's via LAN.

[Toxicman007]

Defense of the Ancients, Dawn of the Apocalypse, Eve of the Apocalypse (EotA)...

All have the same basic idea.

[Arkane]

Originally Posted by Toxicman007

I also found the song DotA by Basshunter. It OWNS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqvQxq5iIQ

Lyrics
http://www.lyricstime.com/devil-s-ur...se-lyrics.html

[Ling666]

I agree with Dayoh on reasons against it.

The map can be fun when you play with friends, but it's not something that's very fun outside of that, at least for me.