Starcraft II's DoTa!!

[ForrestDeath]

I found this on Thursday and have logged 30 hours playing this mod for Starcraft 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBbVqR3Euf4

6 vs 6 Capital Ship Battle. No respawn(you lose yoour ship you are out).
Some idiots, but if you can micro you will love it!

 

[Tupolev]

Personally, from what I've seen, I think I'd label it more along the lines of a descendant of WCIII's naval combat maps than of DotA, though that would still place it in the AoS genre (or MOBA if you like horrible acronyms).

Anyway, looks like it might be decent. Maybe when I have reliable access to a functioning connection (ie not this horrible dorm network) and a decent computer I'll be compelled to get ahold of SCII; I'm seeing good custom content pop up.

 

[The Madman]

It's a very fun mod and I'm glad it's getting so much attention... not really sure what else to say about it except that if you own Starcraft 2 it's at least worth a shot. Damned fun little mod, and it keeps track of your progress across multiple games too which is neat.

 

[TerranReaper]

It's very fun but I find that there isn't very much challenge right now, since everyone is just finding out what is good and what is bad. Void Rays often seem like the selection of a lot of new players and don't really seem that useful in the late game.

Also, a recommendation to anyone that is starting out, start out with 5 lasers/tentacles/whatever, 2 speed, and wait a little bit for blink (The teleport ability). It is a solid opening, allows you to farm more minerals for upgrades, allows you to get away with speed upgrades, and blink is insanely useful to have on you.

 

[Iron Lightning]

Looks kinda neat, I'll be sure to pick it up if I ever get Starcraft II.

 

[shreedder]

TotalHalibut has done a few videos on these
first one http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut#p/c/D083D25DC680FF18/35/bBbVqR3Euf4

second http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut#p/c/D083D25DC680FF18/33/ytvt-sitRvA

third http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut#p/c/D083D25DC680FF18/32/glcoxvrUUWg

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Personally, from what I've seen, I think I'd label it more along the lines of a descendant of WCIII's naval combat maps than of DotA, though that would still place it in the AoS genre (or MOBA if you like horrible acronyms).

Anyway, looks like it might be decent. Maybe when I have reliable access to a functioning connection (ie not this horrible dorm network) and a decent computer I'll be compelled to get ahold of SCII; I'm seeing good custom content pop up.

MOBA is a really dumb acronym "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena" describes any multiplayer game with combat that is restricted to maps (in other words, all of them). That's why I generally call DotA-like games Tower Push games.

TL;DR

I know right?

 

[Lyri]

This is their DoTA?

This is not what I expected at all, I was hoping for actual heroes.

PS: Totalbuscuit is Useless at this game, disregard everything he says.

 

[Fenring]

It's okay, but as soon as any ship goes down, it's pretty much over. It's like halfway between what Relic games do where you need to micro a lot and SCII where once you start loosing there's almost no way to come from behind and pull through.