Blizzard to Valve: Stop stealing the mod we're trying to take credit for - by june gloom
june gloom on 25/10/2010 at 15:40
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/10/25/blizzard-square-off-with-valve-over-dota/) According to RPS, anyway.
It's hilarious, really. Everyone knew what icefrog was doing when he got hired by Valve- at least, once everyone knew what DOTA actually fucking stood for, since most people who knew what it was were curiously reluctant to actually explain the acronym for a while. Blizzard ignored DotA for years until Valve announces a standalone version of it, and now Blizzard decides the mod is theirs?
One thing though: If this turns into a Valve/Actiblizzard fight, it could get ugly. Really ugly.
Sulphur on 25/10/2010 at 15:44
Well, why not. Two juggernauts of the industry fighting it out over one guy's IP? Gotta spend that money on something.
DDL on 25/10/2010 at 15:53
Quote:
“Valve is usually so pro mod community. It’s such a community company that it just seems like a really strange move to us… I really don’t understand why [they would do it], to be honest.”
"I mean, I thought
we were the arseholes of the gaming world..I feel so betrayed!"
EvaUnit02 on 25/10/2010 at 16:13
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Well, why not. Two juggernauts of the industry fighting it out over one guy's IP? Gotta spend that money on
something.
One guy's IP? He's just the latest maintainer of mod, having taken over from the League of Legends guys. Even then DotA-Allstars was just the most popular version of the map, one of many permutations made by dozens of authors.
Sulphur on 25/10/2010 at 16:16
To be frank, I have no idea what the history of DoTA was. I'm pretty sure the concept started off in one guy's head, though.
Xenith on 25/10/2010 at 16:57
Maybe if the companies fuck each other hard enough, Gordon Freeman will be the only character class in Diablo 3 and Episode 3 will have Warcraft graphics.
Sssssssssweet!
Nameless Voice on 26/10/2010 at 17:17
Sounds more like Blizzard are worried Valve could sue them for making a mod called DOTA for SC2.
gunsmoke on 26/10/2010 at 20:30
Chew with your GODDAMNED mouth closed! God...
