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I'm still just trying to figure out what "Dota" stands for. Is it an acronym? Neither the Valve website or Wikipedia clarify this!
by aorth 9y ago
I'm still just trying to figure out what "Dota" stands for. Is it an acronym? Neither the Valve website or Wikipedia clarify this!
- spaceseaman 9y agoDefenseOfTheAncients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- idle_processor 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients
- detaro 9y agoThe original Warcraft mod was called Defense of the Ancients, the Valve title Dota 2 as far as I know always has been just Dota
- natural219 9y agoFunny story. The original term "DOTA" was an acronym, for "Defense of the Ancients", which was the original Warcraft 3 mod of which the later game, "Dota 2", was based. Since the original DOTA was a community mod using assets from a commercial (IE, trademarked) Blizzard property, it was in sort of a gray area in regards to re-commercialization of what was essentially the same gameplay and characters. To avoid further standing for Blizzard to reclaim its trademarked properties, Valve registered the trademark "Dota" specifically as a word that doesn't refer to anything, officially eliminating the acronym from the name and somehow distancing the new engine from trouble with the trademark.