DotA Consumes my Soul

[Velour Kitten]

And then, as you are on the very verge of once again deciding "No, this game is bad for me", one of those ninety-minute epic games crops up where you end up with 3v3 and somehow still manage to win in spite of their Razor having three Divine Rapiers and two Aegis. I'm hooked. Helpless. Hopeless.

[Faust]

... glad to see your back Velour

Come join us on ts!

[Florp Incarnate]

The new loading screen...

[Faust]

heh... Crystal Maiden's boobs seem more proportionate in this image... maybe the loading screen for the map is too bright

[Feyd Rautha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y

[Anonymoose]

OK, I've followed this thread since it was created, tried doing various Google searches, and stretched the expanses of my nerd-dom, but what the hell is DoTA?

All I've found is this:

What is DotA? (Defense of the Ancients)
The first thing to remember about DotA is that it is a map, not a game. DotA runs off the Warcraft III engine, which is produced and maintained by Blizzard Entertainment.
I'm not going to go into the elaborate history of DotA and where is came from, but the current map developer is "IceFrog".
DotA is not a single-player game and is designed to be played by 2 teams of 5 players each. As such, DotA is often played on the internet, as well as at your local LAN venue.

This to me doesn't sound like a whole lot. Can someone go further into the appeal of this? Is it just 1 map that people play over and over?

[St0nkingByte]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y

That's amusing but that song is like a song with only a chorus, teh lamzorz

[Feyd Rautha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y

That's amusing but that song is like a song with only a chorus, teh lamzorz

Oh man, I find you a song, with a beat, about DOTA of all things. And... and .. with HOT babes, and you want substance?!!!!one

I'm gonna go sulk.

[Gimp]

what the hell is DoTA?

Official site: http://www.dota-allstars.com/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients
Dota allstars Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DotA_Allstars

We play allstars by the way but it is similar to the original in basic gameplay mechanics

You play on a map like this in teams of 5 each, where you control one hero. Units for both teams spawn and move down the three paths, where they meet with the other team's units and fight. Along the paths are defensive buildings to stop them from reaching the enemy's base. Using normal game rules the team whose base falls first loses. Without any player's support, the game is just a standstill; you are needed to break this with your firepower. Expert micromanagement of your hero is key, as if your hero dies, you lose money, which goes to your assassin. Money is used to buy items which augment your hero in many different ways.

[Faust]

I think some of the huge draws to this map is the large amount of heroes and items to purchase -- think 79 different heros (With nearly all of them having completely unique skill sets), with about 10 different item shops, which equals pretty much a different game experience each time!

It has a large learning curve (which you may have already guessed)as well as lots of patience (In the beginning, you will suck horribly with strong feelings of dumbfoundedness). Its definitely a game you want to learn with others teaching you. We generally play on TS every night, however.. there has been a severe damper on ts dota recently... well a severe damper on people count on ts overall, which I would partially blame on school.

EDIT: nice post FEYD Incredibly corny, but some of the scenery was nice

[Anonymoose]

Ah, well that makes more sense. Thanks. I may have to pick up TFT is I ever see it for cheap.

[Florp Incarnate]

DotA is extremely complicated, and has a steep learning curve... but is sooo worth it. Very rich gameplay, rediculous amounts of replay value.

Oh, and the song is *hilarious* ....

And St0nking.... welcome to electronic music... it's not just that one song that's like that :P

[Faust]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y

I was exploring the artist's website, and I found another music video he did decicated to his IRC bot!

http://basshunter.m0o.eu/anna/index_en.php

I like the part when he tells off the bouncer

[Florp Incarnate]

WOE!

Woe is Florp... for all the DotA players have vanished, leaving him out in the cold, shivering like an early ice age mammalian ancestor.

How Florp yearns for the hell-fires of Lucifer and the macropyres of Jakiro...

Hop on Darwin's vent and have a game!

[Faust]

Ahh... my apologies Florp, for Deus Ex has consumed my soul... On the Bright side, i beat it this past weekend, however I started playing 'Invisble War' yesterday...