The Official Live On Three Thread - Page 26

On August 04 2011 10:05 Senx wrote:


Yeah, Guinso created dota allstars, icefrog made it good and popular (?))

On August 04 2011 10:36 deadjawa wrote:

I dispute that DotA was based on Aeon of Strife. Personally, I think thats what the mapmakers say or someone edited that in to wikipedia for some reason. Even before DotA there were many other popular, similar War3 addons that were hero vs. NPC type games (anyone remember G-L-A-D-I-A-T-O-R-S?). The fact is that DotA is basically just a big War3 5v5 game without macro or armies.

I also dispute that Icefrog popularized the game. Icefrog basically came around when the game was already really popular, and didn't really change it or develop it very much. Sure, it turned out to be really big in China, but thats mostly because it took a while for War3 to catch on in China.

The true innovators of DotA were the Blizzard developers who came up with the hero system of War3 and all the people who built up the features in their earlier addons. Icefrog is no John Carmack. In fact, a lot of the heroes & balance for DotA were taken directly from ideas on the forums. Therefore, I believe that Valve's DotA is bound to fail.