Icefrog plays hide & seek on getdota.com

WHO’S THAT POKEMON!?!?

So there’s been a teaser by icefrog, or at least that’s what it looks like on www.getdota.com, refreshing on it gives a pictures at time

What does this mean? Obviously that teaser video is legit with the Nightcrawler, but obviously there’s something else out there

Rant : HoN vs. DoTA vs. LoL vs. DoTA pt.II

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First of all these games are fucking AOS or Aeon of Strife based on the ORIGINAL game type that originated in Starcraft & not some shitty Multiple Online Battle Arena or MOBA, why? Cause MOBA sounds like some stupid ass group that is against some retarded cause which no one but a few try to enforce, OH WAIT THATS WHAT IT ALREADY IS.

DOTA (Defense of the Ancients)

Like pac-man, tetris, mario world & others, the classic version will always stick around regardless of what some shitty ass company tries to rip-off of it.  Why?  It’s been proven & tested to be balanced to a certain degree, moreso then it’s followers.  It has the originality and the benefit of the doubt of being original.  Why would you play a game that gives you eye candy BUT copies & pastes everything its predecessors do?  Is the eye candy worth $30? Are you not fucking content to playing the game without flashy icons going off & paying money for that or are you that thickminded & drawn into their stupid plan to take your money you mindless twit.  DOTA for all it’s flaws, which at the moment is probably that it takes so long to release a new version unless a bug is found, and the limitations of WAR3 Generator, has been arguably a breakthrough game of it’s kind with literally 80% of the WAR3 playerbase playing DOTA over the regular games provided.

HoN (Heroes of Newerth)

There’s talk in the beta of DOTA to make Dark Seer’s wall called “Wall of Newerth” and to make the description “Copies and pastes everything that passes through it”.  Why? It’s true.  Don’t even fucking try to defend it.  Every minuscule change that DOTA has done, HoN has followed suit.  So much for cutting edge & new & improved content eh?  I will admit they have introduced a few things that DOTA has yet to tread on, but they have done so WITHOUT looking at the balance issues, why the fuck do you call it an “orb effect” when all of the orb effects can work on ONE hero you dolts?  A hero comes out and everyone picks it, there’s a reason in HoN for why that hero utterly rapes, HELLOOOO BALANCE.  I mean do they just throw shit out there & expect it to be balanced without thoroughly thinking things through? BTW how’s that for alliteration.  There’s no reason for a new hero to go 30-0 on a pub who has a KDR of 0.43 & a W:L ratio of 0.539%.  That’s just fucking dumb, and it’s not that the other team is retarded, it’s just that the hero is retardedly overpowered.  So until HoN shows some balance, and some ACTUAL  beta testing for balance, and show some originality instead of being the copy/paste king it will always be overriden by DOTA except for kids who think they are on the “new & exciting cutting-edge gaming” bandwagon.

LoL (League of Legends)

The cute & “rpg” style of DOTA, whatever the fuck that means.  Made by riot games this release has been anything but a riot.  Pretty much it sucks shit IMHO.  It’s “cutsy” style of animation reminds me of the japanese depicting all of its anime with the >_<” and ^^ and all its fucking idiocy. I literally want to puke playing LoL not even joking.  On top of that is the fact it’s balanced WORSE than HoN, that’s right folks.  It’s like it has it’s own fucking Konami code of rape (up up down down left right left right a b a b for those of you who don’t know, and if you don’t then you aren’t a real gamer) where pretty much the same heroes are picked each game, and if you even THINK of picking any other hero you get shit on by your teammates and flamed to no end.  Summary : except for a select few hundred who enjoy the japanime style of this game & the imbalances, NO ONE will pay for this game except for the suckers who want to try it & realize how much of a piece of shit it is.

DOTA Pt. II brought to you by Valve

So no upcoming name release, or really information but it has been brought to the gaming communities attention that Icefrog is to work with Valve to come up with a DOTA-like game.  Without the limitations that Warcraft 3 have because of it’s editor on the game & backed by a well-known company with alternative games which are hits (Team Fortress 2, CS 1.6/CS:Source, L4D/L4D2 etc.) as opposed to S2/Riot Games the potential for it’s flourishment is unparalleled.  What will happen? Time can only time

TL;DR — DOTA > HON > LoL

HoN heroes and their Dota equivalents

• Accursed: equivalent to Lord of Avernus
• Andromeda: equivalent to Vengeful Spirit
• Arachna: 50% Viper, 50% Drow (and ultimate is slightly changed from Viper’s)
• Armaddon: equivalent to Bristleback
• Balphagore: unique to HoN
• Behemoth: equivalent to Earthshaker
• Blacksmith: equivalent to Ogre Magi
• Blood Hunter: equivalent to Bloodseeker
• Chipper: unique to HoN
• Chronos: equivalent to Faceless Void
• Corrupted Disciple: equivalent to Razor
• Devourer: equivalent to Pudge
• Dark Lady: unique to HoN
• Deadwood: unique to HoN
• Defiler: equivalent to Death Prophet
• Demented Shaman: equivalent to Shadow Priest
• Electrician: unique to HoN, borrows Purge and Mana Shield from Medusa
• Engineer: unique to HoN
• Fayde: remix of Nerubian Assassin (all abilities somewhat different)
• Forsaken Archer: unique to HoN
• Gauntlet: unique to HoN
• Glacius: equivalent to Crystal Maiden
• Hammerstorm: equivalent to Rogueknight
• Hellbringer: analogous to Warlock (two new abilities and two abillities that are slightly different)
• Jeraziah: 75% equivalent to Omniknight (1 new ability Righteous Strike instead of Degen Aura)
• Keeper of the Forest: equivalent to Treant Protector
• Kraken: unique to HoN, borrows Degen Aura from Omniknight
• Legionnaire: equivalent to Axe
• Madman: unique to HoN, but borrows Nerubian Weaver’s Shukuchi ability
• Magebane: 50% equivalent to Anti-mage (Blink and Spell Shield have changed to similar abilities Flash and Master of the Mantra)
• Magmus: equivalent to Sand King
• Maliken: unique to HoN, Sword Throw similar to Puck’s Illusory Orb, ultimate similar to Terrorblade’s Metamorphosis
• Moon Queen: equivalent to Moon Rider
• Night Hound: equivalent to Stealth Assassin
• Nymphora: unique to HoN, but borrows Pit Lord’s ultimate
• Ophelia: equivalent to Chen
• Pandamonium: unique to HoN
• Pebbles: equivalent to Stone Giant
• Pestilence: equivalent to Slithereen Guard
• Pharoah: equivalent to Clockwerk Goblin
• Plague Rider: equivalent to Lich
• Pollywog Priest: equivalent to Shadow Shaman
• Predator: unique to HoN, analogous to N’aix
• Puppet Master: unique to HoN
• Pyromancer: equivalent to Slayer
• Rampage: equivalent to Spiritbreaker
• Sand Wraith: equivalent to Spectre
• Scout: analogous to Bounty Hunter, but all abilities are slightly different.  Ultimate is analogous to Sniper’s ultimate.
• Slither: equivalent to Venomancer
• Soul Reaper: equivalent to Necrolyte
• Soulstealer: equivalent to Shadow Fiend
• Succubus: equivalent to Bane Elemental
• Swiftblade: 75% equivalent to Juggernaut (one new ability Counterattack instead of Healing Ward)
• Tempest: equivalent to Enigma
• Thunderbringer: equivalent to Zeus
• Torturer: equivalent to Tortured Soul
• Tundra: equivalent to Beastmaster
• Valkyrie: equivalent to Priestess of the Moon
• Vindicator: equivalent to Silencer
• Voodoo Jester: 75% equivalent to Witch Doctor (one new ability Mojo instead of Voodoo Restoration)
• War Beast: equivalent to Lycanthrope
• Wildsoul: equivalent to Syllabear
• Witch Slayer: equivalent to Demon Witch
• Wretched Hag: equivalent to Queen of Pain
• Zephyr: unique to HoN