Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is
a multiplayer online battle arena mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of
Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the
"Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft. The objective of the scenario is
for each team to destroy the opponents' Ancient, heavily guarded structures at
opposing corners of the map. Players use powerful units known as heroes, and are
assisted by allied heroes and AI-controlled fighters. As in role-playing games,
players level up their heroes and use gold to buy equipment during the
mission.
The scenario was developed with
the "World Editor" of Reign of Chaos, and was updated upon the release
of its expansion, The Frozen Throne. There have been many variations of the
original concept; the most popular being DotA Allstars, which eventually was
simplified to DotA with the release of version 6.68. This specific scenario
has been maintained by several authors during development, the latest of whom
being the anonymous developer known as "IceFrog" developing the game
since 2005.
Since its original release, DotA
has become a feature at several worldwide tournaments, including Blizzard
Entertainment's BlizzCon and the Asian World Cyber Games, as well as the
Cyberathlete Amateur and CyberEvolution leagues; in a 2008 article of video
game industry website Gamasutra, the article's author claimed that "DotA
is likely the most popular and most-discussed free, non-supported game mod in
the world".DotA is largely attributed to being the most significant
inspiration for the multiplayer online battle arena genre.Valve Corporation
acquired the intellectual property rights to DotA to develop and release a
stand-alone sequel, Dota 2.
source from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients
source from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients
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