Defense of the Ancients
DOTA is a custom map (map-made) for the Blizzard-made computer game called Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, based on map "Aeon of Strife" game StarCraft. The main objective of this game is to destroy the "Ancient" enemy, a heavily guarded structures at the lower left corner or upper right (the one for the self and the other for the enemy). Both sides of the fight is The Sentinel (guards) and The Scourge (destroyer forces). The Sentinel guard named Ancient Tree of the World (the world tree) in the lower left corner, while The Ancient Scourge guard named Frozen Throne (frozen throne) in the upper right corner.Players can use a powerful figure called the "hero" (heroes), and assisted by allied heroes and men-fighter (creep) which is controlled by the AI. As in role playing (RPG), players can increase the level of their heroes and use gold to buy equipment during the game.
The game was developed using the World Editor of the game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, and changed with the release of The Frozen Throne. There are many basic concepts, the most popular is DotA Allstars, which has been maintained by several authors during development. Since its release, Allstars has appeared in several worldwide tournaments, including Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon and the Asian World Cyber Games, as well as league and CyberEvolution Cyberathlete Amateur.
Development
Warcraft III is the third game in the Warcraft series, developed by Blizzard Entertainment. As with Warcraft II, Blizzard included a "world editor" that allows players to make an artificial scenario (custom scenario) or "map" (maps) for games that can be played online with other players via Local Area Network Virtual Private Network or connect via Battle. net. artificial scenario could be making / changing terrain, which can be played like normal Warcraft games, or new scenario objectives, units, items and events that are different, Defense of the Ancients is one of them. The game is made by the makers of map (Mapmaker) named Eul. Defense of the Ancients is an artificial scenario in the game StarCraft scenario known as "Aeon of Strife", and better known than the other DotA variations .. After the release version of the expansion Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne which adds some new features in the World Editor, Eul did not continue the scenario.Various types of DotA is based on an early version, but a version that makes Allstars Defense of the Ancients popular; scenarios were developed by the makers of the folder with the name Guinsoo. After version 6.x, making another folder with the name IceFrog took over the development scenario. IceFrog fix bugs and add new features. Each version was released accompanied by a changelog. The game received strong support from the community via the official forums. Users can insert hero idea or new stuff, some will be added into the binder. Players had contributed to the icons and hero descriptions and create artwork that is displayed when the folder is loading, and a proposal to change the existing heroes or items taken seriously; IceFrog 've changed a new hero in less than two weeks after the new version was released map. Version scenario where enemy heroes run by artificial intelligences (AI) has also been released.
Game
The game is divided into 2 groups fighting each other, the Sentinel and the Scourge. Sentinel team player has headquarters located in the lower left corner, while the Scourge team player based on the top right corner of the green. Each headquarters protected by a tower (tower) and wave units that maintain the path to their headquarters. At the center of the headquarters of the two teams, there is "Ancient", a building that must be maintained by each team. When one team Ancient destroyed, the team was declared lost and the game ends.Each player controls a unit called Hero, a powerful unit with unique abilities. In Allstars, Hero can be selected total reaches 108 Hero (for dota v 6.74c), and each one has the ability, tactics, strengths and weaknesses are unique and different from each other. Teamwork is a top priority to bring victory; single player alone is difficult to bring the team menang.Meskipun so, there are some Hero-if played well and given enough time to improve the level-can significantly alter the course of the game alone. Defense of the Ancients can be played by ten players in a five to five and an additional two places to the jury and observers. [2]
Because this game relies on strengthening individual heroes, it is not necessary resource management and building game genre as in real-time computer-controlled unit strategy.Membunuh give players experience points, if enough experience, players can gain levels. Hero level up adds toughness and great damage that can be given, and let players improve their skills. In addition to their experience, players also get a resource: gold. How resource collection in Warcraft III is replaced with a system to get money through killing enemies. Hero earn gold by killing units, buildings and hero musuh.Dengan using gold, players can buy items to strengthen their hero and gain abilities. Some items can be combined with recipes to create more powerful items. Buying items that suit the hero is an important tactic in this game.
Allstars offers a variety of games that can be chosen by the host (the manufacturer) game at the start of the game. This type of game scenarios to determine the level of difficulty. These types of games can be combined (for example, an easy difficulty level and a random hero selection), so display more choices.
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