NTRODUCTION Brief Overview Defense of the Ancients (commonly known as DotA) is a custom scenario for the real time

strate!y vi"eo !ame #arcraft III$ Rei!n of Chaos an" its e%&ansion' #arcraft III$ The (ro)en Throne' *ase" on the +Aeon of ,trife+ ma& for ,tarCraft- The o*.ective of the scenario is for each team to "estroy the o&&onents/ Ancients' heavily !uar"e" structures at o&&osin! corners of the ma&- 0layers use &owerful units known as heroes' an" are assiste" *y allie" heroes an" AI controlle" fi!hters calle" +cree&s+- As in role &layin! !ames' &layerslevel u& their heroes an" use !ol" to *uy e1ui&ment "urin! the mission (www-wiki&e"ia-com-&h) Defense of the Ancients &its two teams of &layers a!ainst each other$ the ,entinel an" the ,cour!e- 0layers on the ,entinel team are *ase" at the southwest corner of the ma&' an" those on the ,cour!e team are *ase" at the northeast corner- 2ach *ase is "efen"e" *y towers an" waves of units which !uar" the main &aths lea"in! to their *ase- In the center of each *ase is the +Ancient+' a *uil"in! that must *e "estroye" to win the !ame- (www-fanaticnetworks-com) 2ach human &layer controls one 3ero' a &owerful unit with uni1ue a*ilities- In Allstars' &layers on each si"e choose one of ninety seven heroes' each with "ifferent a*ilities an" tactical a"vanta!es over other heroes- The scenario is hi!hly team oriente"4 it is "ifficult for one &layer to carry the team to victory alone- Nevertheless' some heroes' !iven enou!h time' can chan!e the outcome sin!le han"e"ly' while counterin! the o&&osin! team/s heroes- Defense of the Ancients allows u& to ten &layers in a five versus five format an" an a""itional two slots for-

0layin! !ames is a natural &art of !rowin!- It5s one way that ki"s learn to sociali)e' com&ete' to fulfill their cravin! e!o' to entertain' to have fun an" sometimes to esca&e from "e&ressionCom&uter an" online !ames' in most instances' are no more "an!erous than other !ames that ki"s &lay out"oors- But sometimes' com&uter an" online !ames with the touch of mo"ern technolo!y' it *ecome more than .ust &lay- They *ecome an a""iction- An" when they *ecame an a""iction' it will *e har" for the &arents an" to them to en" what has *een starte"Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) is a custom scenario for #arcraft III' *ase" on the +Aeon of ,trife+ ma& for ,tarCraft- It is a team strate!y !ame- The o*.ective of the scenario is to "estroy the o&&onents +Ancient+- The two teams/ ancients are heavily !uar"e" structures at o&&osin! corners of the ma&- 0layers use &owerful units known as heroes' an" are assiste" *y allie" heroes an" AI controlle" fi!hters calle" +cree&s+- As in role &layin! !ames' &layers level u& their hero an" use !ol" to *uy e1ui&ment "urin! the mission- DOTA was ori!inally "evelo&e" *y a ma& maker name" 2ul- There were "ifferent DOTA variations that time- The most &o&ular one is 6Dota All ,tars7 which was "evelo&e" *y 8uinsoo- #hen 8uinsoo retire"' Ice(ro! took over as the main &ro!rammer for the ma&- DOTA is more on strate!y than in"ivi"ual &lay- 2ven thou!h &layers have their own heroes' it is their teamwork that is very im&ortant to win the !ame- Althou!h factors like in"ivi"ual skills also matter' a very !oo" &layer with team mates that "oesn5t care a lot a*out the team can5t .ust win *y himself a!ainst all his o&&onents (unless of course he5s far too !oo" an" his o&&onents are new to the !ame)-

Good and Bad Effects of Playing DOTA

Submitted by Hotshot35 on February 04th, 2013 Flag this news as inappropriate Category: Gaming Good Effects 1.You can meet many people and you can be friends with them 2.You can learn how to interact with people you meet 3.You will de elop your critical thin!ing because your going to ma!e or plan some strategies to win the game ".You will de elop your self confident because you are going to do your best to win the game 5.You will win money in case you ha e a betting game. #.You can de elop your leadership because you will command your comrades and thin! on how to win the game. $.You feel happy e ery time you win the game or !ill all you enemies. %.&e eloping your sportsmanship e en you lose the game. '.You can be famous and ha e fame in playing &ota 1(.)astly* you en+oy playing &ota with your friends. ,ad Effects 1.You will learn how to tal! trash or simply !nown -..- when you get !illed by your enemy or +ust by losing the game 2.You cannot focus on your study because you always thin! &/.0. 3.1nstead you sleep %21( hours a day* you only sleeps 325 hours or sometimes does not sleep because of your addiction with the game. ".3hen you ha e betting game* and you lose it* you waste the money that your parents ga e to you. 5.4ometimes you don5t attend some class in your school because of your addiction on &ota. #.You don5t properly eat your brea!fast because your e6cited you play &ota. $.You become thin because of lac! of sleep. %.You feel to sleepy when you go to school because of lac! of sleep. '.You don5t ha e some time to spend your family because you too busy playing. 1(.3hen you tal! to other people* you always tal! about &ota and that5s nonsense. 11.You feel angry when you lose the game. 12.4ometimes you can bring some bad attitudes and beha ior from &ota to your house li!e being angry or moody. 13.&ota is a gambling game for other people. 1".3hen you got famous in playing &ota* sometimes your getting hard2headed or o erconfident 15.4ometimes you don5t respect other people. .here are too many bad effects of &ota than the good one. 0nd my ad ice for those who are really addicts in playing it* be a responsible player and don5t focus you entire time in playing &ota but ha e time your self*family*friends*study and lastly to G/&.