new vs old

DotA started with Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne. The at that time powerful map editor made it possible to create almost anything you wanted so there were over several hundred custom maps, both good and bad. The most popular was DotA. Short for Defence of the Ancients. Two teams, five player each, two CPU players with bases and units. There are three main routes to take, the CPUs use it with their units. The players get one hero and no units, unless summoned. The players then help their CPU player to destory the other CPU. The heros increase in strength as the game progress, if they are fighting. They can buy equipment to help them and find powerups.

This was the Warcraft version. It became so popular that game developers have made their own versions. From a Custom Map in one game, to it's own game(s). Valve, a popular game developer went so far as to hire the person behind DotA to make DotA 2, a retail game. That is how popular it became. A friend of mine told me about another version. Well, it's a little different but it's basicly the same. League of Legends is the latest version of the popular DotA. I tried it.

The game was not as good as the Custom Map, but as I've understood it's fairly new, so it would need some adjustments.

The fun thing was the players, most of them shouting at each other, and me of course. Even those who were last were shouting at those who were better. The gaming Community plus anonymity at it's best.