DotA 2 is Coming!

Dota 2 is Coming!

A friend of mine posted this video on Facebook. Wow, my 2nd favorite game (after Ragnarok Online) has an upgrade! Yes, it’s the sequel to the popular WarCraft III map called Defense of the Ancients (DotA).

According to it’s YouTube video description, DotA 2 is “the new game coming from Valve for the PC and Mac! DotA 2 promises to take the unique blend of online RTS and RPG action that has made DotA popular with tens of millions of gamers around the world.”

Valve is the same software company that created the popular Counter-Strike. The lead designer of DotA 2 is also the same person who is responsible for the latest maps, known to the whole DotA community as “IceFrog”. I’m a fan of IceFrog because of his passion and dedication to the DotA map development. I’m expecting a great deal from this upcoming game.

Are you also a DotA fanatic?

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DotA 6.72b Released

The most popular online game in the country right now, Defense of the Ancients (DotA) just released version 6.72b. I’ve included some of the changes in the game (called changelog) in this post. Thanks to IceFrog for his dedication to this game by releasing patches or updates.

Click here to get the latest patch.

• Living Armor now regenerates buildings only in a 900 aoe
• Leech Seed cooldown rescaled from 12 to 18/16/14/12
• Treant Protector base armor reduced by 1
• Essence Shift no longer permanently steals attributes
• Restored Shadowraze's original visual effect
• Recolored Spiritbreaker during Charge of Darkness to make it clear that he is no longer magic immune since 6.72
• Fixed a PPC Mac only bug that caused crashes on map selection

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DotA by kunkka

If you have played the War Craft III-inspired game "Defense of the Ancients" a.k.a. DotA, you probably seen the loading screens multiple times. The common thing about these loading screens is the artist behind it -- kunkka. His works for DotA and other works of art are posted on his Deviant Art website. You'll be very surprise on how talented kunkka is.

The current developer of DotA, IceFrog, acknowledge kunkka's contribution to the popularity of this game and made a character (a Hero) named after him. The character of kunkka, I believe, is inspired by a pirate. I haven't played kunkka though.

Regarding DotA, I started playing this game in the 6.22 version (the latest one is 6.70c). Right now, my favorite hero is Lich and Gyrocopter. I try to play as often as I can and improve my DotA skill (so to speak).

I'm looking forward to playing this game with Oreo. I sure hope he'll like it as well. And like all DotA players out there, our aim is to be BEYOND GODLIKE.