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Postby Peanut » Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:58 am

Valve announces DoTA 2

The rumors and speculation can cease. Valve is making Dota 2, we've played it, and it's already amazing even though it's not coming out until next year. And we haven't yet laid eyes on Dota 2's biggest innovation: a radical approach to integrating the game's community back into the gameplay itself.


...I know I shouldn't be surprised they didn't announce Half-Life 2 Episode 3 but that doesn't help my level of disappointment with Valve. Still, it's great news if you love DoTA or any of it's successors/clones.
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Postby Nate » Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:02 pm

Meanwhile, at Valve...

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Postby Peanut » Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:51 pm

Meanwhile, at Valve...

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Postby ich1990 » Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:03 am

I have recently taken up playing prodigious amounts of League of Legends, so I am interested in seeing how this could be an improvement over LoL. Also, I wonder if Valve will charge for the game, as DotA has a long history of being free.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Fri Oct 15, 2010 1:43 pm

Pfft I was hoping for Episode 3 news :(
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Postby Nate » Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:19 pm

Shao Feng-Li wrote:Pfft I was hoping for Episode 3 news :(

Well, you know what Gabe Newell says.

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Postby armeck » Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:54 pm

dota 2? basshunter will be so excited he'll pee his pants! XD
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Postby blkmage » Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:19 pm

ich1990 (post: 1431267) wrote:I have recently taken up playing prodigious amounts of League of Legends, so I am interested in seeing how this could be an improvement over LoL. Also, I wonder if Valve will charge for the game, as DotA has a long history of being free.


Valve has a much longer history of buying free mods and charging monies for them.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:17 am

Nate (post: 1431295) wrote:Well, you know what Gabe Newell says.

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Postby Etoh*the*Greato » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:41 am

blkmage (post: 1431346) wrote:Valve has a much longer history of buying free mods and charging monies for them.


Usually not without significant enhancement and update, nor without hiring the creators of the mods themselves and giving them a cut of said monies.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:59 am

I don't know what DoTA 2 is but I'm also awaiting Half-Life 2: Part 3. C'mon, dudes!
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Postby Peanut » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:08 am

Etoh*the*Greato (post: 1431424) wrote:Usually not without significant enhancement and update, nor without hiring the creators of the mods themselves and giving them a cut of said monies.


True, but that doesn't help the consumers who now have to pay for them.

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Postby blkmage » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:59 am

I don't know, people seem to be perfectly happy giving Valve money for Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and Team Fortress.
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Postby Peanut » Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:45 pm

blkmage (post: 1431438) wrote:I don't know, people seem to be perfectly happy giving Valve money for Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and Team Fortress.


True, but free doesn't hurt your wallet as much as not free does. But, then again, I'm not a fan of DoTA 2, so maybe they would be willing to pay money for it like I would be willing to pay money for one of several freeware games that has since been released with a price tag on it.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:16 pm

Meanwhile, at Valve...

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Postby Davidizer13 » Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:56 pm

Q: How many Valve employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Just one, but he announces that he's started to work on it five years after you ask him to do it, and the date for completion gets pushed back another couple years as he's working on it.
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Postby Mister Frodo » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:45 pm

Unless DOTA 2 has a small amount of content, like Valve's release of Alien Swarm, then they probably won't release it for free. I've never played DOTA, but I've never played a Valve game I didn't like, so I may look into DOTA 2.

And while all the images in this thread are making me ROFL, Valve has already said that Half-Life 2: Episode 3's release will be coincident with the Rapture, so it's not like they haven't announced a release date. :D

Also, is the thread's title intentionally "menwhile at Valve"?
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