Yes warcraft III is based on rts but dota is not.

DotA has more strategy than any genre?Thats bullshit.Since when you need strategy,DotA depends more on timing of an action than strategy.

I'll agree with you if you say DotA needs more team work than any other genre.

DMC and God of War are RPGs?

1997 called. They want their genre definitions back. Those were the times where pretty much EVERYTHING was considered an RPG simply because you took on a role. This was why the mass media labelled Quake and Command & Conquer as both RPGs.

DMC and GoW are 3rd person Action Platformers. They have some minor RPG elements, but the kicker is that the combat is more reliant on personal skill rather than stats. This is very unlike DotA (Which some often confuse). True enough that you need skill to be good in DotA, but if you're level 5 and the enemy's level 20, its very unlikely you'll beat them, unlike in DMC or GoW. So, your definition is sort of correct.

But... you bring this up:
Warcraft 3 is an RTS therefore DotA is one by default.

So, mods are automatically assumed to be in the same genre as their source game... Pretty narrow thinking now dontcha think?
Alien Swarm is a mod for UT2004 (An FPS) , but it bears more in resemblance to Geometry Wars than that.
Unwheel is a mod for UT2004 but it plays more like Need for Speed rather than a shooter.
Counter-strike is a mod for Half-Life (A pseudo futuristic shooter) but they are technically in different sub-genres. HL is more fast paced action oriented while CS is more tactical squad based.
If it doesn't matter, why are you here?

And this is the Internet baby... If you don't have the balls to defend what you're posting, just shut up and don't post squat.

You post something stupid here, you better damn well be sure I'm going to reply to it (Instead of leaving it there unattended and thus boost your ego thinking you've won or something).
Strategy... I'll bite:
Civilization 4 - Its all strategy but definitely not an RTS (Not real-time)

Dynasty Warriors 5 - The strategy is in making sure you manage the battle properly so your defense lines don't get broken.

Devil May Cry - The strategy is in deciding when strike a boss or dodge attacks. Yeap, last I checked, that counts as a "strategy"

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 - Picking the formations, players and tactics all counts as team strategy.

Now, can you buggers stop using literal definitions of an RTS to argue that DotA is one? There's more to an RTS than just the existence of "strategy" in the game, because plainly put, ALL games will require some "strategy" on your part so this point is moot.

At least TeokPeow argued that it had some aspects of an RTS in it... You're just basing it on the fact that the source game is an RTS and that it contains "strategy".

Repeat what? My point was strategy can be found in just about every game. Quote me the place where I said teamwork isn't part of strategy.

Ok, please tell the reasons why you think Warcraft 3 and Dota deserve to be in the same genre. We're not mind readers.

Nice... Trying to discredit my views by making me look like I have no experience?

I'll bite:
I can't remember exactly when I played my first RPG (like it matters). I will however, tell you what I've played:
Final Fantasy 6 -8
Fire Emblem
Fallout 1 & 2
Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2
Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2
Might & Magic 6 (Hated it, but heh)
Elder Scrolls 3 & 4
Deus Ex
Planescape: Torment
Diablo
Revenant
Silver
Icewind Dale
Sudeki
Fable
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Temple of Elemental Evil
Lionheart (Utter rubbish)
Silent Storm (sorta an RPG)
Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate
Dungeon Siege 1 & 2
Guild Wars
That's all I can remember off the top of my head.

So, really it doesn't matter how long you've been playing a genre... Its the quantity. Reason? You could've been playing nothing but stupid RPGs since 1997 and that wouldn't make your knowledge of the genre any better. Same reason why the selection of games you've played in the genre should be broad enough so that you can tell what's good and what isn't.

As for DotA... I was playing it when it was originally called "DotA" only (For Reign of Chaos). The core concept and gameplay remains the same so it doesn't really matter when I started now does it? Again does it matter?
/character assassination failed

Happy?

So, really it doesn't matter how long you've been playing a genre... Its the quantity. Reason? You could've been playing nothing but stupid RPGs since 1997 and that wouldn't make your knowledge of the genre any better. Same reason why the selection of games you've played in the genre should be broad enough so that you can tell what's good and what isn't.