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[Pooya]

 

[ShallNoiseUpon]

You couldn't be bothered to write what DOTA means in either the Thread title or the OP?

The game isn't Defense of the Ancients 2. It is Dota2.

 

[VaLiancY]

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Seeing those characters rendered like that makes me so fucking happy

Although I always thought Bloodseeker would be a little more... piggish/beastly?

 

[CommieCaptorS]

Was this meant to be surprise #2? Each to their own I suppose,

 

[GregLombardi]

Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends are more fun to me than Starcraft 2, so anyone who thinks people won't move from Blizzard has another thing coming.

 

[JaseC]

Never played DotA before, but anything from Valve is an insta-buy. Colour me excited.

 

[derFeef]

Oh gosh. I am not sure I can go back to DotA but I LOVE their takes on improving the community.

Also artstyle :-o

 

[Pinko Marx]

Slightly disappointing. Was hoping for something new. Hopefully more will be announced closer to the game's release. I want new heroes, new maps, different game types, shit that will make it different.

 

[ultron87]

You couldn't be bothered to write what DOTA means in either the Thread title or the OP?

I think the OP was just following Valve's lead in not considering it as an acronym for anything. :lol

 

[Archie]

At intermediate and higher levels of play, having a poor player on your team who dies frequently is worse than fighting with a man down, as the opposite team gets gobs of gold for picking off the newbie. This has fostered a legendarily newbie-hostile attitude within large swaths of the DotA community. As fun and rewarding as the game is when you're in a match of appropriate skill level – and it can be one of the very best experiences in gaming, without exaggeration – finding those matches has always been a nightmare. It doesn't help that the game is so intense that Valve had to institute a "no talking about the match for an hour afterwards" rule for its internal playtests. The recent commercial titles that more or less cloned DotA have ameliorated this to some extent, but it is still often a huge problem.

Damn, sounds like they aren't dumbing it down to appeal to a larger audience. :lol

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

Will wait for price.

 

[fudgey_lumpkins]

The game isn't Defense of the Ancients 2. It is Dota2.

So Dota doesn't mean anything? I just assumed it was an acronym. My mistake.

 

[EviLore]

This is going to be huge.

 

[JaseC]

Was this meant to be surprise #2? Each to their own I suppose,

Surprise #3 is the first trailer for Episode Three following Portal 2's credits

Spoiler

Believe! ....

 

[Boonoo]

Well that's cute, but tell me about the hats that these heroes obtain and wear.

Sounds like someone needs to read between the lines!

"in-game rewards for participating in the Dota 2 community"
beautiful silken flowing glimmering majestic hats
"including improved global lighting and true cloth simulation"

 

[PillowKnight]

Most of the community related features are just the type of creative solutions that might make the "dota" community decent. We'll see if they have any effect though.

The only part that worries me is that there's no mention of dedicated servers.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

This is like my biggest fanboy dream come true right before my eyes. Jesus christ I can't take it.

 

[mr_nothin]

What the hell is Dota?

 

[Xater]

Slightly disappointing. Was hoping for something new. Hopefully more will be announced closer to the game's release. I want new heroes, new maps, different game types, shit that will make it different.

This is Valve, it will happen in the future of the title. Remember what TF2 looked like at launch?

 

[Draft]

The death of LoL and HoN?

I don't see why. It's not like TF2 dominated the FPS scene to the detriment of other FPS games.

 

[Smash88]

Valve + DoTA + I loved playing League of Legends for a bit = Must buy for me to satiate my ADD gaming appetite. :lol

 

[Pinko Marx]

So Dota doesn't mean anything? I just assumed it was an acronym. My mistake.

I was an acronym, but its become like KFC now, to where the acronym has more recognition than what it stands for, so the acronym becomes the name.

 

[ShallNoiseUpon]

So Dota doesn't mean anything? I just assumed it was an acronym. My mistake.

Yes. DOTA is Defense of the Ancients. I would assume Valve doesn't have rights to that name, so they're calling it Dota 2.

 

[duckroll]

What the hell is Dota?

Is it so hard to click on the link and read the first few paragraphs before posting?

 

[Pinko Marx]

This is Valve, it will happen in the future of the title. Remember what TF2 looked like at launch?

Sure don't.

 

[JaseC]

I was an acronym, but its become like KFC now, to where the acronym has more recognition than what it stands for, so the acronym becomes the name.

:lol

 

[zoku88]

I can't believe there are people who don't know what DOTA is, even if you have never played it.

Do you guys just not play any PC games? (Although, if you don't, I would wonder why you were in a Valve thread.)

 

[dark_inferno]

A Dota game by Valve... not interested.

Duke Nukem Forever comes out. HL E3 not. XD

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Dota stands for "Defense of the Ancients," the Warcraft III mod that this game is based on. Defense of the Ancients is almost exclusively called "Dota" though, so instead of Valve calling this sequel "Defense of the Ancients 2," they just named it "Dota 2."

 

[Mr Cola]

i wonder what the new tf2 hat will be

 

[Archie]

If I recall correctly, there are two different trademarks. One for 'Defense of the Ancients' and one for 'DOTA'. Valve applied for the later.

I don't see why. It's not like TF2 dominated the FPS scene to the detriment of other FPS games.

League of Legends will live on by virtue of being free to play and playing differently. HoN on the otherhand is dead as a doornail. I feel bad for S2 since HoN is a really polished game.

Also guys Jon St. John (aka DUKE NUKEM) is doing voicework for this game.

 

[Kusagari]

STEAM just won the war.

 

[shintoki]

Honestly, I find it pretty disappointing. That is seems to be more DOTA Source + Social Site. Than some interesting new take on it.

 

[Pinko Marx]

I don't see why. It's not like TF2 dominated the FPS scene to the detriment of other FPS games.

The analogy doesn't carry over. FPS is a wide and varied genre, to story-driven games like Half-Life, to competitive arena games like Quake. HoN, LoL, and DotA, on the other hand are all direct competitors in the same genre.

 

[DirtRiver]

Hope it's free. Or really really cheap.

Any ingame screens released?

 

[luka]

Amazing news but

I want to know more specifics about any anti-douche implements being put in place.

this is the only thing I actually care about. It doesn't matter how much better this game is, only whether I can actually play this one without contending with a hive of raging cunts.

 

[Duran]

The reason for DotA2 instead of Defense of the Ancients 2 might have something to do with Blizzard.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I don't see why. It's not like TF2 dominated the FPS scene to the detriment of other FPS games.

Yeah but it killed Fortress Forever and any other attempt to replicate Team Fortress Classic in a modern form, which is essentially what LoL and HoN were trying to do with the original DOTA.

 

[Archie]

Hope it's free. Or really really cheap.

Any ingame screens released?

It will probably not be free. I foresee it as a fully fledged $50 game.

And only CG art was revealed.

 

[rsam87]

I never played Dota and only dabbled in HoN during its beta period. But I will get into this.

 

[JaseC]

It will probably not be free. I foresee it as a fully fledged $50 game.

Valve isn't Activision. Unless there's a boatload of stuff we don't know about, the justification simply isn't there.

 

[dark_inferno]

It will probably not be free. I foresee it as a fully fledged $50 game.

And only CG art was revealed.

50$?
League of Legends is free.

Valve isn't Activision.

Ehm.. L4D2?

 

[Decado]

I take it this game is essentially an online RTS?

 

[Shadowmancer]

Only one question: Valve, where and when do I get to give you money for this?

 

[DirtRiver]

It will probably not be free. I foresee it as a fully fledged $50 game.

And only CG art was revealed.

But when you have League of Legends for free, and this being a full fledged clone of the original game, can you really charge 50 bucks for it?

It's not like there will be an enormous amount of people that are going to buy it day one, except hardcore DoTA fans and Valve fans. And in a game like this, it is really important to appeal to the newcomers because lets face it, DoTA can be pretty fucking brutal.

Probably gonna do the same thing I am gonna do with Portal 2: Buy them in sales

 

[Draft]

The analogy doesn't carry over. FPS is a wide and varied genre, to story-driven games like Half-Life, to competitive arena games like Quake. HoN, LoL, and DotA, on the other hand are all direct competitors in the same genre.

Yeah, I guess that is true.

 

[duckroll]

There are a few ways I see Valve selling this:

a) Bundle deal with Portal 2 for PC.

b) 5-packs at a much lower price, like L4D2 and Borderlands 4-packs.

c) Free fully featured demo release with limited maps and heroes, with an unlock to the full version whenever you want while retaining all stats and characters.

 

[Archie]

50$?
League of Legends is free*.

*If you want to grind thousands of matches to unlock all the heroes.

 

[Danne-Danger]

Yeah but it killed Fortress Forever and any other attempt to replicate Team Fortress Classic in a modern form

Aye, a sad day it was.

But if they add hats to DotA...