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I found all the discussions about Dota pretty amusing. I had no idea it was such a big thing for them early on.
by VectorLock 2y ago
I found all the discussions about Dota pretty amusing. I had no idea it was such a big thing for them early on.
- bee_rider 2y agoIf I’m replaced by a DOTA bot I'm going to be pissed. At least it could be a bot for a good game, like StarCraft or something.
- VectorLock 2y agoI'm curious why they ended up focusing on DOTA. Prize money? Valve make the game particular amenable to machine interface?
- bee_rider 2y agoNot sure. Off the cuff, as someone who only played MOBAs when they were Warcraft 3 maps, * limited choices for actual commands to make, but still lots decision to make. * a very active competitive community * easy to evaluate win conditions and (I think?) somewhat easy to evaluate “am I doing well” conditions (like if you fall behind on experience you are doing poorly I think) So maybe it is a convenient genre.