Site The artwork is from The site was cropped or was nt included in the loading page screenshot Preceding unsigned comment added by Editted information in development Please get your facts right It was only after icefrog took over that dota began its exponential growth as well as truly became the game it is today Beforehand it was simply an unbalancable and biased creation with hardly any regard for teamplay and coordination As well he is not as reclusive as you may think While it seems he remains anonymous to the public he has opened a blog detailing major developments as well as given dota league an impressive interview UTDC Justin Preceding unsigned comment added by Mod or Map I ve noticed that the article says that DotA is a mod DotA if I m not mistaken is a map and not a mod since it doesn t change the underlying game at all From the wikipedia article on mods Mods are made by the general public or a developer and can be entirely new games in themselves but mods are not standalone software and require the user to have the original release in order to run They can include new items weapons characters enemies models textures levels story lines music and game modes DotA features custom content new items weapons heroes et al It s not the greatest comparison as Warcraft 3 allows for these modifications but it s still technically a mod it s called a custom scenario and map in the article body as it s a more accurate term in context Reception If you add reception study it properly seriously on Battle net all non dota players think that the community is assholes weak jackasses and think that it is repetitive gameplay Lol and you know its right that s why its view source oh and my username is just so i can change the reception bit to include what non dota players think of it I m well aware that there are many on Battle net who dislike DotA I don t play it that much anymore But we are interested in verifiability not truth Just because it s true doesn t mean we add it to the article we need reliable sources that state those facts in order for them to be included If you find such a source I would be happy to add it in You like pretend sources or sources over truth Wow this proves how corrupt biased and stupid Wikipedia is Ooh Dead Rising is Survival Horror because you can take on thousands of zombies with your own fists but we want the false source from the website which claims it is survival Also Wikipedia has false information This is an idiotic take sources over truth Who cares if your admins freak out about this just get them to BUY the game fix any story mistakes they have made They find that Ricardo Irving and UMBRELLA What Umbrella They are long gone is planning to etc through Africa wait has anyone played the game and actually remembers what happens and then through the world If you re admins are happy I d be satisfied to send them some sources of websites which hate wikipedia and some discussion forum threads I ll do that now for you And also because you know that people want to say the truth you block pages from those who have not registered Editted information in development Please get your facts right It was only after icefrog took over that dota began its exponential growth as well as truly became the game it is today Beforehand it was simply an unbalancable and biased creation with hardly any r