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Future Of DotA And Its Trend
Apr 26th
Google has a great tool to determine a certain trend:
This graph shows that DotA is not only getting the same amount of publicity, but it is also gaining in popularity.
There are a few milestones marked on the graph:
A: Lead Dev On DotA: Allstars Joins Valve
B: Valve Trademarks ‘DOTA’
C: (Unimportant non-dota mark)
D: Valve Announces Dota 2
It will be quite interesting to monitor these statistics through the upcoming years. Changes will surely come, when DotA 2 is released but only time will tell.
DotA 2 is also getting some attention:
The rapid growth on announcement is common (marked with A).
Do you believe that gamers will still be interested in DotA or will it lose its players due to the release of DotA 2 somewhere in late 2011?
Q/A From Official Dota 2 Website
Nov 16th
The game’s release date is hopefully soon to be known. Some questions were answered for us who can not wait much longer. Here is a quick summary:
- when a person is offline due to any reason a special algorithm will automatically substitute him with a player with similar skill-set
- its all about community and you will have no problem playing vs people from the other side of the world
- Valve’s infrastructure is being updated to keep lag delay at minimum
- minimum specifications are not known yet but we predict they will be moderate due to the effective source engine
- bot support will be incorporated, player will have the power to change how bot’s will act
- valve is putting a lot of effort to the match replays, they will be stored on Valve’s servers
- gameplay will be the same or improved and will not suffer due to graphic upgrade
- you will be able to disable many mechanic tricks
- all the stuff about the beta testing will soon be revealed
- new players: “Things like tutorials, matchmaking, AI bots, identity, coaching, and community contribution will go a long way to making it easier for new players to fit in.”
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