hahahah i have to agree with H@H@ on this, this is epic... hahaha...

well from what i know, Dota is a mod alright, most WC3 mods comes in the form of "custom map" that allows the creator to impose special rules of the map. well if you consider all the special rules and stuff for it to be a game, it is a game of its own.

well CS has many maps, mister TeckPeow.... it's also a mod, just that it's made "official" by a distributor.
Dota isnt official, coz there isnt a need to. that marks the difference.
maybe you'd even make some arguements on that one, but think about this:
if blizzard decides OFFICIALLY supporting Dota and OFFICIALLY merchandise Dota, would you still support it in the way you are now, if you have to PAY to BUY and play an OFFICIAL Dota and continue your support for it to make it an OFFICIAL game in tourneys?

i'm not shooting dota, i'm just pointing it out.
i hope it makes sense since my english is kinda bad.

just my 2 cents =)

This post has been edited by MasterAlvin: Nov 26 2007, 02:34 PM

well i stopped playing Garry's mod after they made it cost-money-to-play.

how about you?

well watching dota is very different with watching baseball and cricket.

there are a lot of mind games and situational tactics for baseball and cricket which only people who understands the game will understand and actually enjoy it.

i.e. 3S and 2B and 3 bases loaded and 2 runs at stake with a power batter batting, in the 9th bottom inning. there's a lot going on between the pitcher and the catcher.

watching dota in spectator mode is surely boring, since you cant see what the players are doing. but watching the finger work and the mouse work along side a player can be interesting too.

what's different of dota and other games and sports, is that it has no predictable length. since it's very difficult to organise, and the schedule, both jhcj and Rtp|DEV has quite a point there.

that's the thing... dota doesnt have that many engagements.
troops that actually matters dun die that often, so the shifting in dominance happens quite late in the game and quite slowly.
that's why it kills the spectatorship.

the original WC3 is different. once the first engagement starts, fights are often and shift of dominance happens constantly until the game ends.
now that's why they have lots of downloads.

was there a forum roll back or something?

oh the posts came back.