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'''''Defense of the Ancients''''' ('''DotA''') is a type of |
'''''Defense of the Ancients''''' ('''DotA''') is a type of gay map created for the game [[Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos|Warcraft III]] (by [[Blizzard Entertainment]]). DotA can be played as a [[multiplayer game]], either on [[Battle.net]], private servers or [[local area network]]s. The original map has spawned several variants, including [[DotA Allstars]]. DotA Allstars v5.84c was featured in the [[Malaysia|Malaysian]] and [[Singapore|Singaporean]] [[World Cyber Games]] [[2005]] national finals and the [[Cyberathlete Amateur League]] now runs both Open and Main divisions using DotA Allstars v6.37. <ref>[http://www.caleague.com/?division=wcdm Warcraft III DotA league news], Cyberathlete Amateur League - Accessed September 19, 2006</ref> |
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Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a type of gay map created for the game Warcraft III (by Blizzard Entertainment). DotA can be played as a multiplayer game, either on Battle.net, private servers or local area networks. The original map has spawned several variants, including DotA Allstars. DotA Allstars v5.84c was featured in the Malaysian and Singaporean World Cyber Games 2005 national finals and the Cyberathlete Amateur League now runs both Open and Main divisions using DotA Allstars v6.37. [1]
Gameplay
DotA pits two teams against each other. The object of each team is to destroy the opposing teams' main structure (the "Ancient"), thus giving rise to the game name. Each player has to choose a hero, with its own skills, strengths, and weaknesses to achieve this objective. Heroes can gain up to 25 levels in the newest and most played versions of DotA. Each hero has 3 abilities with 4 levels each, and an ultimate with 3 levels. Players gain their ultimate levels at level 6, 11, and 16. [citation needed] The heroes are divided into 3 groups which emphasize one of the 3 hero attributes: strength, agility, or intelligence.
Development
The original DotA map was created by a player named Eul.[2] [3] There is an item in the current DotA Allstars tributing Eul (Eul's Scepter of Divinity). Eul has since abandoned DotA, and his original map has inspired many variants, including the well known DotA Allstars. At one point Guinsoo (who is also tributed to in the item, "Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse") worked on it; however, later on another team member from Clan Kali, Buriza, worked on it as well (there exists an item, Buriza-do Kyanon, which refers to an item from Diablo II, in which the item description speaks of its imbalance). Currently IceFrog is the one who is leading the team of DotA Allstars. There has been controversy over Allstars concerning the extent to which it used the original map's contents and the changes it made to the map's game play. [4]
Defense of the Ancients variants
Throughout the history of the Defense of the Ancients map development, various DotA map titles were created by map developers. These include:
- DotA Allstars
- Gamebox DotA
- DotA Outland
- DotA Darkness Falls
- DotA Classic
- DotA Rumble
- A variant of DotA with only one lane (through the middle), with towers scattered throughout.
- DotA: Danite's Hell
- A variant of DotA in which each hero is missing its normal magic abilities. Instead, abilities are randomly assigned from the pool of all possible abilities for heroes on the team (that is, the Scourge or Sentinel).
- DotA SC (alternatively, DSC or AoS II) [citation needed]
- A Starcraft-themed variant of DotA, with the fantasy themed heroes of regular DotA variants replaced with heroes representative of units from Starcraft and its expansion. Heroes are easier to kill, games are finished quicker, and there is the use of "Comsat Buildings" to sweep for cloaked or camping players.
Controversy
There are Warcraft III players who oppose DotA, due to the number of DotA games on Battle.Net (often more than two-thirds or more of the custom games being played at any one time are DotA variants). In addition to the disgruntlement that many of these players do not play the regular Warcraft III games and therefore believe that DotA is destroying Warcraft III as a whole, several clans (groups of players who have joined to make a club) have been formed as anti-DotA clans. [5]
See also
References
- ^ Warcraft III DotA league news, Cyberathlete Amateur League - Accessed September 19, 2006
- ^ ["DotA map posting by Eul". warcraft.org. Retrieved Aug 23.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Hey Now, You're an All-Star..., starcade.com - mentions Eul as the original developer - Accessed August 23, 2006
- ^ The true history of "dota", thewarcenter.com - an example of controversy concerning Allstars and Eul's DotA - Accessed August 23, 2006
- ^ An example of an anti-DotA thread, worldofwar.net - Accessed September 28, 2006