dota-like :( :( :(

[Jacek]

http://www.gg-game.com/maps/?tid=0&mid=0&type=3#upload

OMG! they named their section Dota-like instead of AOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have to block their site asap! we must do something or dota will spread )(((

 

[Redeemer59]

lol @ lame attempt to mock dota haters

 

[Jacek]

u no understand it aos not dota!

 

[brad.dude03]

Well, it's the sad truth that more people are likely to understand the term 'dota-like' then 'aos' as many people that play dota are unaware of what an AOS even is.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Who cares. AOS maps suck. DotA is the only one mildly interesting.

 

[brad.dude03]

Battleships is an amazing AOS thank you and it sure as hell ain't dota

 

[Moontraveler]

Meh AotZ is the only good one in my opinion but it's still unbalenced.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I guess Battleships is an AoS with ships, just not as spell based and fast paced as other AoS maps. But yes, Battleships is fun Brad.

 

[Fulla]

AoS is a dieing relic of the past.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Its sad dota-like is becomming more known than AoS.

@Fulla: Yeah, but it was first of its type. Dota isnt a first....

 

[Belgarath]

Yeah. I remember the good TFT AOS's, the ones as triangles and the normal heroes. God, those were so good ...

 

[Jacek]

Its sad dota-like is becomming more known than AoS.

@Fulla: Yeah, but it was first of its type. Dota isnt a first....

ball-kicking question -> did you play the original AoS? I didn't.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

ball-kicking question -> did you play the original AoS? I didn't.

No, I havnt. But I dont play dota, either...

 

[brad.dude03]

Sad.

And yeah, ask anyone what an AOS is and they most likely wont know, but ask them what DotA is and there's no problem answering there.

 

[Jacek]

Sad.

And yeah, ask anyone what an AOS is and they most likely wont know, but ask them what DotA is and there's no problem answering there.

rather funny to talk about AoS without ever playing it...

ask anyone what Wolfenstein 3D is and they most likely wont know, but ask them what Counter-Strike is and there's no problem answering there.

(for more extreme example replace Wolfenstein 3D with Half-Life)

 

[Fulla]

I played the original Aeon of Strife on Starcraft quite alot back in the day.
So if the name AoS gets replaced with Dota so what?

Dota has pretty much earned it, with its overwhelming popularity.
The AoS maps are dead and never played anymore on the bnet.
When sc2 comes out im sure a new 'name' will appear and that will take over eventually.

Its mainly just the anti-dota haters who insist on it being called AoS.
Most ppl dont even know where the name originates from.

 

[brad.dude03]

Yeah, but Half Life wont work, because in order to get Counter Strike you need Half Life, so you have to have seen it at some point.

Wolfenstein 3D has become obscure though, so I bet there are a few people who don't know what it is

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I own CS and don't have HL. I bought it online.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Your mockery fails because it was exaggerated in a way that can be deemed too much even by hyperbolic standards.


The "did you ever play AoS" argument fails as well. Many things can be called a popsicle, but you could have never eaten an ice pop of that brand before.

Now, about AoS vs DotA, both seem rather kosher to me. DotA is at a level of fame in the genre of which it can easily be used as a generic term.
Ex: Tissue vs Kleenex, or Bandage vs Band-aid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark
The fact that the term AoS itself is a generic term as well simply cements this.

 

[brad.dude03]

I own CS and don't have HL. I bought it online.

You have HL2 and you just don't know it actually. In order to play Counter Strike in any form, you buy a Half Life game.

 

[PurplePoot]

ball-kicking question -> did you play the original AoS? I didn't.

It's fun, but the archon sucks =(