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What is the most famous custom map of all time?

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I was wondering what you have found to be the most famous custom game mode/map for Warcraft 3. Is it true that Dota was the ruler in terms of it being the most popular? If so what came after. I'd like to know the most famous, maybe put into a top 10 list.
 
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Thinking back since 2005, the following are some of the ones I remember as being very commonly hosted during their time ( I would consider these the legends or the games that spawned better versions of them).
There were so many good maps that people still draw inspiration from when creating new maps.

DotA as much as I hate it, is probably the most popular Warcraft 3 Custom game of all time, and there have been several variations of it.

Legion TD Mega is another current popular map.

There was a time however when the following maps could all be commonly found and played within seconds WITHOUT bots:

Vampirism - Still somewhat popular, peaked with Vampirism Fire Vampirism Beast And Crazy's Vampirism.

Island Defense - Can still be played but was extremely popular during its first few years of release.

Sheep Tag - While simple, Sheep tag was incredibly popular back in the day

Footmen Frenzy - Rarely Played today but in it's golden age was probably the DotA of it's time. (Until DotA was created)

Tech Wars - Was pretty popular

Civilization Wars - A tech war spinoff that was proabably more popular overall.

Werewolf Transylvania

Fortress Survival Alpha

***EDIT Thought of more:

YouTD was popular while it was commonly updated.

Uther Party was pretty Popular

Pyramid Escape
 
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UPDATE: New thread here Top 10 Maps in Warcraft 3 / Top 100
Old list is outdated / inaccurate.


This is a list in what I think are the most popular maps. I don't know much about extremely early maps, though. I could do a bunch of ties as well. Just know that higher usually means more popular on the list.

This is frequently edited!

1. DotA - AoS
2. Legion TD - Misc / TD
3. Wintermaul Wars / Warcraft Maul - TD
4. Footies / Footmen Frenzy / Wars - Strat / Misc
5. Enfo's (old map) - Hero Defense
6. Green TD / Circle - TD
7. Life of a Peasant Gold / etc - RP / Misc
8. Castle Fight - Offense
9. Vampirism Fire / Beast - Tag
10. X-Hero Siege - Hero Defense
11. Uther Party - Minigame
12. Azeroth Wars - Strategy
13. Risk Devo / Next Gen - Strategy
14. The Black Road RPG - RPG
15. Middle Earth Risk - Strategy
15. Troll and Elves - Tag
16. Twilight's Eve ORPG - RPG
18. Area of Ice Escape - Escape / Slide / Minigame
19. Element TD - TD
20. Run Kitty Run / Slide Ninja Slide - Escape / Slide / Minigame
21. King Leopold's: Broken Alliances / War of the 12 Kingdoms / War of the lost Kingdoms - Strategy
22. Civ Wars / Tech Wars - Offense
23. Protect the Guy - TD
24. Coming of the Horde - Strategy
25. Tree Tag - Tag
26. Island Defense - Tag
27. D3fi4nce's Open RPG - RPG
28. Titan / God's Land - Role Play
29. Pudge Wars - Arena
30. Sheep Tag -Tag
31. Battle For Middle Earth / War of the Ring - Strategy
32. RoTRP - Role Play
33. Angel Arena (old map) - Arena
34. Dark Ages of Warcraft - Strategy
35. Line Tower Wars (old map) - TD
36. Pyramid Escape - Minigame
37. Fortress Survival Alpha - Survival
38. Founders of the North - RPG / Survival / Strategy
39. Warlock - Arena
40. Hero Line Wars - Hero Defense
41. Jurassic Park Survival - Survival
42. Battle Tanks - AoS
45. Cruiser Command - Misc
46. Undead Assault II - RPG
47. SWAT the Aftermath - RPG
48. Solar Conquest - Strategy
49. Metastasis - Misc
50. Hungry Hungry Fel Hounds - Minigame
51. Missile War - Offense
52. Helms Deep / Minas Tirith maps - Strategy
53. TKoK - Eastern Kingdom - RPG
54. Gaias Retaliation ORPG - RPG
55. WoW Risk - Strategy
56. The Scourge of Lordaeron / Lordaeron Tactics - Strategy
57. Battleships / Crossfire - AoS
58. Lordaeron the Aftermath - Strategy
59. A Song of Ice and Fire - Strategy
60. Video Game RPG - RPG
61. Hero Push - AoS
62. Naruto vs Bleach - AoS
63. Survival - Survival
64. DBZ Tribute - RPG / Arena
65. Ultimate Dragonball - RPG / Arena
66. Legendary Monsters ORPG - RPG
67. Daemonic Sword ORPG - RPG
68. Europe at War / EaW Zombies - Strat / RP / Surv
69. Eras Zombies - Survival / Strat
70. Protect the House - Survival
71. Kodo Tag - Tag
72. Rabbits vs Sheep - Survial / Arena
73. Werewolf Transylvania - RPG / Misc
74. Hero Wars - AoS
75. Upadaro TD - TD
76. Warhammer: The Old World - Strategy
77. 10 Hero Siege - Survival / Defense
78. Glory of the Horde - Strategy
79. Battle Stadium DOM - AoS
80. Pictionary - Minigame
81. Defend the Lich King - Offense
82. AoRP - Role Play
83. Warcraft Soccer / Banjoball - Minigame
84. 8 Hero Siege - Survival / Defense
85. Against the Darkness - RPG
86. Lazerus TD - TD
87. Zombie Assault Force - RPG
88. Heroes and Empires - RPG / Strategy
89. Troy - Strategy
90. Burbenog TD - TD
91. Wilderness Survival CO-OP - Survival
92. Lords of Europe - Strategy
93. Blood Tournament TD - Misc
94. WoW Arena - Arena
95. Final Fantasy RPG - RPG
96. Alternative Future - RP / Strategy
97. Are You a Lucker? - Misc / Minigame
98. Dark Invasion II - RPG
99. Masin RPG - RPG
100. Roguelike - RPG
 
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In the very early days (~2003) Maze TD and Arkguil TD where the stars of custom maps.

StoPCampinGn00b your list certainly misses Preschool Showdown, Balins Tomb, Tomb of Jarahcon, Fuza's Team Survival, Spellcraft, Rabbits vs Sheep, Geldteilen TD, Upadoro TD, 4 Way Hero Siege, 8 Hero Siege, 10 Hero Siege (Northrend/etc/etc), Aeon of Six Gods, Pictionary, all the Dragonball maps foremost DBZ Ultra, Defend the Lich King, Element TD, Pudge Wars, Run Kitty Run, The Great Strategy, Wow Arena and probably maaaaaany more.


Ah ye, getting back to the topic, without question DotA is the most famous map of all time.
 
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In the very early days (~2003) Maze TD and Arkguil TD where the stars of custom maps.

StoPCampinGn00b your list certainly misses Preschool Showdown, Balins Tomb, Tomb of Jarahcon, Fuza's Team Survival, Spellcraft, Rabbits vs Sheep, Geldteilen TD, Upadoro TD, 4 Way Hero Siege, 8 Hero Siege, 10 Hero Siege (Northrend/etc/etc), Aeon of Six Gods, Pictionary, all the Dragonball maps foremost DBZ Ultra, Defend the Lich King, Element TD, Pudge Wars, Run Kitty Run, The Great Strategy, Wow Arena and probably maaaaaany more.
Hmm. I know half of those. Thanks!

EDIT: Adding 10 hero siege, pictionary, pudge wars, RKR, DBZ maps, Upadaro, RvS, and one we both forgot, Pimp My Peon. Numbers are off atm.
 
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Any other classics I missed? Also, any criticism on the order?

I need a place to add tree tag.
EDIT: And pudge wars
Defiance ORPG was an extremely popular RPG for a long time back when WC3 was still young... but eventually the standards for RPGs skyrocketed with later patches.


What really amazes me is the sheer difference in map quality (from a technical perspective) on your list. Lots of the maps in the top 50 are really sloppy programmed and have terrible balance... and yet they are so incredibly popular. This shows that basicly everyone, regardless of skill can create a popular map, as long as he has a good idea.

It hurts to see Wintermaul so high on the list... :p
Then again, I fucking love that game. And I don't even know why. It's horribly balanced, the terrain is non-existant, the tooltips are fucked, the towers are unoriginal, ... why the fuck is it so addictive?!
 
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Defiance ORPG was an extremely popular RPG for a long time back when WC3 was still young... but eventually the standards for RPGs skyrocketed with later patches.


What really amazes me is the sheer difference in map quality (from a technical perspective) on your list. Lots of the maps in the top 50 are really sloppy programmed and have terrible balance... and yet they are so incredibly popular. This shows that basicly everyone, regardless of skill can create a popular map, as long as he has a good idea.

It hurts to see Wintermaul so high on the list... :p
Then again, I fucking love that game. And I don't even know why. It's horribly balanced, the terrain is non-existant, the tooltips are fucked, the towers are unoriginal, ... why the fuck is it so addictive?!
I knew in my gut I was missing one more huge RPG. Thanks.

I actually hate wintermaul and line tower wars. Some of my cousins are addicted to those two and it gets in the way of trying new, innovative maps. That being said, I agree with you on it being imba and extremely unoriginal!

The list isn't finished yet btw. Oh and at OP, I know you said top 10 but I figured top 100 would be better :)
 

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For f**k sake, can people forget about DotA at least one second?! In my point of view the best maps are these 3 :
-Rise of Winterchill(have you played it full house?!? It is amazing)
-Legion TD(best TD game ever)
-Minotaur's Labyrinth(really good)
 

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Can someone leave out Dota for some sec?

Alterned Melee:
1:Sunreaver's Maps, Warr69(or something?) maps
2:Unmodern Warfare
3: Ujimasa's maps

Campaigns:
1:Rowan the Wise
2: Legends of Arkain.
3: Not decided yet.
 
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Awesome list! I can't wait to try them all

As a side note? Should I give starcraft 2 custom maps a try or I should not bother.
If yes where can I find a great list like this one
 

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Balance?! You call balance in gameplay with heroes like Drow Ranger , Spirit Breaker, Axe, Butcher?
 

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Lol you all forgot about LoD (Legends of dota)
One of the best maps after dota
That's still DotA just with different systems like choosing which spells you want on your hero. -_- This thread should be closed, since 80% of the replies are only "DotA" -_-
 

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This thread should be closed, since 80% of the replies are only "DotA" -_-
No reason to do so imho.
Most famous means most well-known. Even by hearing about it only.

The first one to draw my attention in the 2010s was DotA iirc. It was widely popular and talked about, even outside of the Warcraft 3 community.

Later in 2015 I downloaded and played:
- DotA v6.78c - AI 1.4e
- DotA v6.81b - AI 1.2.0 Rev 3

I generally hardly play custom maps.
 
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