D2D #1 - What will happen to DotA 1?

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As you already know, Dota 2 will be a F2P (free-to-play) game once it comes out from the "closed" beta phase. What do you think, what will happen to DotA 1 once the Dota 2 is out? Will it slowly die out or last forever with a small community? What will happen to the platforms like RGC (Ranked Gaming Client)? Share your thoughts in the comment section bellow!

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Back to the original topic - What do you think, what will happen to the DotA 1, once the Dota 2 is out??

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Well honestly, in my opinion, i still think ice frog will develop on Dota 1 but focusing more on Dota 2. But when the full Dota 2 project comes out, it makes you think if Ice Frog will keep developing Dota 1. With the recent updates Ice frog added new heroes to Dota 1 (which names i do not know), i think hes going to keep working on both games because of how everyone in the community does not like dota 2 and prefer their OG dota. Just my 2 cents.

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I've played DotA 1 for like a few years. Even though War 3 engine had some crazy limitations, I was never completely irritated by them. It was and still is one epic game on one epic engine. DotA is still a most played game on our local LAN parties and will be for a long time. But "unfortunately", Valve is an amazing company. Dota 2 has, even though it is a "copy-paste" of the original, a much better gameplay and Steam options are here to give a + to a 5 grade. I will eventually transfer myself completely to Dota 2, as soon as all of my friends get access. I might play DotA from time to time, but that won't be nowhere near the past times. Sorry DotA 1

I came back here cuz i seen the words "free" and "items" on the steam group but i have an headache now and i will come back with a more constructive response. + im pretty brain dead atm to think of something clever. So i will comment now just for the lulz to take a spot on the first page (hopfeully)

Yea, just as Rachel said (welcome back btw ), if most of your friends have access to Dota 2, there is no point in coming back to DotA 1. We will certainly play it for some time till D2 gets some LAN options, but once it does I am sure that will be a final bb from me.

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I came back here cuz i seen the words "free" and "items" on the steam group but i have an headache now and i will come back with a more constructive response. + im pretty brain dead atm to think of something clever. So i will comment now just for the lulz to take a spot on the first page (hopfeully)

Haha, see you later then.

The dota2 continues dota, dota will become a classic ！

Once everything from DotA 1 has been ported over to Dota2, making improvements on DotA 1 will just increase the lag time between when we see the cool new things on a better engine (DotA 2). In fact, I think IceFrog should just apply all of his updates to DotA 2 since they will end up there anyways. Wc3 is becoming obsolete, and while DotA2 has a ways to go, it is the future of DotA as we all know it.

Well, Blizzard isn't going to increase the map size cap and I figure that DotA 1 will eventually fade away like the sands of time. Well, because DotA 1 is going to be behind DOTA 2 in terms of hero count. Graphics, which isn't the most vital thing in every game but it is still important will keep new peeps from playing DotA 1 but instead go to DOTA 2.

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As you already know, Dota 2 will be a F2P (free-to-play) game once it comes out from the "closed" beta phase. What do you think, what will happen to DotA 1 once the Dota 2 is out? Will it slowly die out or last forever with a small community? What will happen to the platforms like RGC (Ranked Gaming Client)? Share your thoughts in the comment section bellow!

i think dota 1 will still continue, since there is still a lot of people here in my country(indonesia), playing dota 1, and not wanting to UPDATE dota 2 every week because of the 'slow' internet connection here
and icefrog ever promised that he will continue updating dota 1

Noobs will continue with Dota.... :bounce:

^i will not commect on the person's response ..to much...

You certanly are one of the noobs if you say that and most certanly you have never played dota 1 to feel a true difference between them.

The most part that difference dota 1 from dota 2 is the engine and the graphic size-over-things-matter.

In dota 1 everything looked more bigger more easyer to approach and more raw as the parts of graphics,while on dota 2 everything is supposed to be smoothly and very small.

For experienced players they know what i am sayng there is a big difference from the view of dota 1 and the view of dota 2 nor the controlls or the animations aren't even more different.

To summ it up and end it dota 1 will not die because of it's assive mechanism and sustainer called w3 engine,where people grew up on it and bearly after that started playng dota ,furthurmore it is in my opinion easyer to train on an low graphics game rather then the new dota 2.

I will always continue to use dota 1 because it is part of my soul,this doesn't mean the upgrade to dota 2 isnt awsome even more,but il pay tribute to dota 1 every time i'l have the possibility and to w3 engine aswell.

Best Regardz.
Blood4u.

P.S. : Truth be said i eagrly await the fucntion in dota 2 to stop sharing my little pwny courier with the other butchers on the map .

I actually think that dota 1 is gonna become like on of these games or things, only known to "hipsters". I don't know how large the dota 1 community was/is, but if we assume that Dota 2's is gonna be bigger once the beta is closed up, i don't thik the newcomers are gonna care about the "ugly" thing before the 2.
There are for sure gonna be guys (and i'm gonna be the first in lane probably) saying "y'know kids, i played dota before it was cool, ho ho ho".
It should, for its honors, end in a museum ; Dota 1 should have something like an aegiss of the immortal iG recieved this year, writtend "Dota 1" on it, or something. Y'know.

Plus, from what i remember when i was in the subject, LoL and HoN players always mocked Dota 1 on its graphics. Well, it's changed in the 2nd. So why bother an play a game that's actually far behind from teh graphic point of view? At some point, i agree a lot with the sir above, Blood4u.

My first game at Dota 2 was awful. I couldn't last hit for three minutes. The shopping system seemed awkward. Not to mention that the movement speed seemed way slower than in w3 machine. Took some time to readapt. Some people say that it's better to learn acoustic guitar first, then go on the electronic. Well, I don't think it's the case, though I first learnt the acoustic. Same goes for Dota I guess : why bother to play a game that requires just as much skill to earn ?

I guess there are always gonna be people playing dota 1 ; I'm even sure of it. My friends and I often play it when drunk as heck, and we laugh when one of us can't buy a chicken for 1 minute. "These hotkeys not working man, I swear to God! ". Highly doubt any competitive plays will remain though. Be it tournaments or just gaming clients, they will all forget about dota 1.
I've played it for over 5 years now, I guess. 5 great years with loads of noobs, loads of QQing, ragequiting, farming, learning, thinking, trolling. I still enjoy playing against bots, when i'm bored with dota 2 community, which still has to grow up to reach dota 1's level.

GoSuJinZ wrote:

Well, Blizzard isn't going to increase the map size cap and I figure that DotA 1 will eventually fade away like the sands of time.

Pretty much this. I believe that DotA 1 (worldwide) will still be here but dying... slowly. And because Dota 2 will be free I doubt that DotA 1 will be gaining much more people then were it's at now.

Also Blizzard most likely doesn't want to continue to support DotA 1, they are creating Blizzard DOTA, they might even go as far as pulling the plug on DotA 1.

Edit: This is pretty much how I imagine DotA 1 dying.

Bahahahahahaha, that's really THE worst death ever.

Well , I think dota 1 will slowly disappear after dota 2 will reach the same number of heroes and open the official game. But the legacy will continue

Well were i see dota going No-where from @least in India n China...
N it Feels good 2 be back........ 2 the forum