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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No? Dota is the father, not Dota 2

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

well Dota 2 is Dota just on a new engine for a good while they also had patch parity until Dota 2 moved past the limitations of the WC3 engine and so DotA was abandoned

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Technically it was already DotA 2 when Morello pulled his stunt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

What stunt?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

* WarCraft 3 DotA Map has entered the chat *

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

DotA Allstars has left the chat, sad that it has been forgotten after pendragon locked it down and stole everything to start riot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Damn right inolayed that similar shit then dota swoop that custom mini map

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't League of Legends just a WarCraft 3 without gathering resources, building buildings and training army? Basically just hero units fighting akwardly.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For some history, the original DOTA was a custom map in Warcraft 3. It pretty much defined the moba genre. From there lots of clones were created, and eventually some were made into full games. League of Legends is one of those, and became the most popular. So yes, they're all just Warcraft 3 with only the hero parts.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Isn't Aeon of Strife first? (SC Brood War map) or did it come out after dota 1?

[–] Naz 36 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It was Chaos War (SC) -> Hero Arena (WC3) -> Attack on the Light v0.1a (WC3) -> Defense of the Ancients v1.3 (WC3).

Source: I made Chaos War (SC1 Map).

A multi-billion dollar industry hinges on the fact that an eight year old figured out how to make a map trigger which spawned units with an attack-move command in a custom editor in an RTS.

P.S: (I've seen exactly $0 of DOTA "money". It was free and clear, for any and all, a source of happiness with no entry fee except Use Map Settings.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I really miss that era of warcraft 3 custom games. The old bnet screen gives me a lot of nostalgia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is my biggest reason for hating on WoW. After the release wc3 custom games were rather dead

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yea there was some pirate boat game I spent hours on in WC3. I loved that game. Haven't seen anything like it since.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Source: it was me, I was there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Where did Aeon of Strife come into play for the UMS era then?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, it's consistent with what the genre was called before it was shortened to MOBA. "Aeon of Strife Styled Fortress Assault Game Going On Two Sides". A.k.a. ASSremovedS

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But we're all forgetting the ultimate game mode, Life of a Peasant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Life of a Peasant

That's a core memory from out of the depths, thanks for the reminder.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I would say that was a strong influence but there were a lot of custom games with some of the elements of DOTA before it. I think DOTA defined the entire genre and how all the elements work first. Brood War just didn't even have the options to make a real MOBA.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Now I have to Google, but SC is so far before wc3......

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Tjhank you for the reminder you re right. And it transferee to wc3 and better

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Mmmmm Riot. When I want my games with a side of misogyny, softcore porn and diluted game mechanics.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And kernel level anticheat spyware

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Which locks me out because I refuse to use windows ever again. (And I invested quite generously into Valorant, time and money wise)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I hope they push that for league as well so I can finally be free of this game. I really can't quit otherwise and I hate it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Any CCP influence thanks to Tencent.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t know Jensen was in The Boys until the memes and now I’m immediately watching them all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Definitely worth a watch. Gen V is okay too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

They both suck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't this be reversed?

Idk I've never seen the show, only it's memes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Boys spoilers

The top frame features Homelander. The bottom has Soldier Boy. Soldier Boy is Homelander's biological father. They used his sperm. I don't remember if they altered it but it was definitely originally sperm from Soldier Boy.

Basically Homelander views himself as an upgrade of Soldier Boy but Soldier Boy views Homelander as a cheap knockoff of Soldier Boy.

If they changed DotA 2 to DotA then the meme would make more sense. DotA 2 and LoL are both successors to the original DotA map from WC3. If Homelander and Soldier Boy were brothers then it would make sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

If they changed DotA 2 to DotA then the meme would make more sense. DotA 2 and LoL are both successors to the original DotA map from WC3. If Homelander and Soldier Boy were brothers then it would make sense.

Thanks! Also, how do you do the spoiler?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Woah, did the evil superman really say that? 😯😯😯

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then Paragon is just one of the many dead supes they both nuked :x

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a game I hadn't thought of in a long time. I wanted that to be good so badly. It just wasn't though. Didn't run well, wasn't fun. Apparently someone has remade the game with the same name + the overprime. Wonder if they made it any better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

There’s another remake called Predecessor. It’s ok but it still has a way to go. It’s more similar to later Paragon (especially the map) but without the shitty card system. It’ll be free to play eventually with the option to grind to unlock characters or pay for immediate unlocks.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dota 2 was released 4 years after League.

And btw Defense of the Ancients ≠ Dota 2

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bro dota 2 and dota 1 were literally the exact same game until 6.84 lmfao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago