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nOia.pod
Hungary263 Posts
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
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chongu
Malaysia2593 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On October 23 2010 17:51 Mimus wrote: As a long time DotA player I think this is a completely selfish move by Blizzard. To step in and try to hijack a series that IceFrog has put SOOOOO many hours into and is just coming to fruition in the form of DotA2 (by valve) is ludicrous and rude. There is no doubt that the hard core community will stick with ice frog but I fear this will split the soft core community and hurt the DotA scene as a whole. Boo you blizzard. That's like saying anyone who makes a fantasy world is ripping off Tolkien. It's a genre of games, not to mention HoN is already out as a newer competitive version of DotA. | ||
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
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lazerwizz
Hungary53 Posts
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SimpleReally
15 Posts
On October 23 2010 23:27 EchOne wrote: I don't know much about the DotA scene, but is it still vibrant at the moment or has it been supplanted by LoL and HoN? download garena and you'll see it's still pretty big | ||
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clickrush
Switzerland3257 Posts
On October 23 2010 23:27 EchOne wrote: I don't know much about the DotA scene, but is it still vibrant at the moment or has it been supplanted by LoL and HoN? iam pretty sure there are about 5times more dota players than hon and lol players together. or even more. last time I checked it was about 7mio players. a big part of the whole playerbase switched from public games to inhouse leagues/communities a long time ago. (like iccup vs bnet) | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On October 23 2010 22:41 Mothxal wrote: It's not like DotA itself was tremendously original. There were similar maps in SC:BW already. Now, adding heroes that could learn spells and level-up, with the same interface and gameplay as warcraft 3 itself, wasn't that big of a leap of imagination. It's also not as if IceFrog created DotA, he just maintained it these last few years. When there is already HoN, LoL, Valve's DOTA, to then act as if when Blizzard is creating a similar map it is evil seems silly. Originality means very little; whoever does it best is all that really matters in the end because that's where the players will end up. | ||
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myopia
United States2928 Posts
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Varth
United States426 Posts
That being said, I'm super excited over this, because even though it may not be as polished as DOTA 2, this will still be a welcome distraction when im exhaused from 1v1 play and want to screw around. | ||
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matko5
Croatia385 Posts
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Lumin
United States217 Posts
On October 24 2010 00:55 Varth wrote: Icefrog, while he did a pretty good job, certainly wasnt a great example of balancing. For many many years there was a clear tier of heroes, the best being pretty much AOE stun teams, along with blink daggers and such. He made a few heroes that were so badly balanced that teams didn't even have to waste a ban on the hero, because the tournament just made that hero unavailable. That being said, I'm super excited over this, because even though it may not be as polished as DOTA 2, this will still be a welcome distraction when im exhaused from 1v1 play and want to screw around. Do you understand the term, "Metagame" | ||
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OPSavioR
Sweden1465 Posts
On October 23 2010 17:51 Mimus wrote: As a long time DotA player I think this is a completely selfish move by Blizzard. To step in and try to hijack a series that IceFrog has put SOOOOO many hours into and is just coming to fruition in the form of DotA2 (by valve) is ludicrous and rude. There is no doubt that the hard core community will stick with ice frog but I fear this will split the soft core community and hurt the DotA scene as a whole. Boo you blizzard. HoN and LoL already split it sadly enough ![]() | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17630 Posts
Battle Tanks! ![]() ![]() ![]() BT even utilised some marine and firebat models. | ||
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BlueBird.
United States3889 Posts
On October 24 2010 02:18 Manit0u wrote: Instead of making DotA, they should go for something more suiting and still great. Battle Tanks! ![]() ![]() ![]() BT even utilised some marine and firebat models. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-auqHqV8FCw that looks pretty cool :D... what people do with map editors never ceases to amaze me | ||
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Garnet
Vietnam9033 Posts
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DreXxiN
United States494 Posts
I'm not the person you're quoting...but I sure do, and guess what! YOU AND MANY OTHERS ARE FUCKING USING IT WRONG. | ||
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cocosoft
Sweden1068 Posts
Left 2 Die and Blizzard DOTA lol! :D Well Blizzard DotA looks really promising for me, as an old DotA veteran... 6 spells makes me a bit worried however. | ||
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