Guess That Hero!

My friends and I have this weekly thing with DotA 2 in which we guess which hero Valve will add to the roster next. If you've never played DotA or Defense of the Ancients before, well it's not quite like any other game. After all, it was one of the first of it's kind. Although there are many of it, none can match the unqiue playstyle of the game. I'm sure most people have heard of League of Legends and Heroes of Newerth, and with those the coining of the phrase MOBA or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. Originally and sometimes these games are still called "DotA-likes" in which I'd have to agree. Many games have entered the new genre, but still none can stand up to the elegance and diversity that DotA offers, and even more shockingly, this game was a mod of Warcraft III and based from something similar to another mod from Starcraft. It's garnished millions of players and a cult following and even to today, the original DotA mod is still being played fiercely.

As a matter of fact, DotA is so popular that it's hosted thousands of tournaments with the most recent and biggest one being The International tournament with a grand prize of one million dollars. Although DotA2 is technically still in closed beta, it's still hugely popular and widely played across the world. Although it's popular, that doesn't mean it's newb friendly. As a matter of fact, most players get turned off from the game because it can be difficult to learn (if you don't have a teacher or a brain) and the DotA community can be... hostile at times. What I mean by hostile is generally being rude, blaming their faults on others, and much more yet you learn to deal with it. I would say it's a fifty-fifty chance you'll come across a helpful player or a hurtful one, but as I said before, try not to let that turn you away from the game. The real difficulty with the game is trying to choose which hero will be your favorite and with one-hundred and ten to choose from (personally I'm the best with SandKing). Every hero plays differently, each have unique spells and abilities and each their own personality. If you've never played a Valve game, then you wouldn't know just how amazing they are with giving characters in games amazing personalities with top notch voiceacting. They've even given alliance and rivalry lines to heroes as well and lets not forget the long list of so horrible puns they're actually funny.

Although DotA2 is in a closed beta currently, they're working incredbly hard on getting it ready for release and even more impressive, they're making it completely free to play with an item shop on the side. Of course this item shop is specifically for visual changes, there aren't any items that would buff characters that would make a team have an unfair advantage. It's strictly to change the looks of your favorite heroes.

You can sign up for the closed beta and hope to fecieve a beta key or wait till Valve finalizes the release either the end of the year or earily next year. Although this post is over, the goodies aren't. I've added a few wallpapers below that are DotA2 releated. Enjoy!