City Gamer Learns DotA in the Province
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
That gamer is no other than yours truly. I’m several days removed from my five-day vacation in Kalibo, Aklan (my clan’s home province), and I’m still savoring the experience. That experience includes, lo and behold, a foray into the sumptuously addicting DotA. And just when I thought I would be leaving all tech- and game-related stuff in the metro!
For the uninitiated, DotA (Defense of the Ancients) is a free mod for the game Warcraft III. In the Philippines, it has become an addiction, rivaling the famous MMORPGs around. Having evolved into this generation’s Counter-Strike (remember it?), you can even consider DotA as a “sub-game” of Warcraft III — packs of gamers troop to Net cafes not to play “Warcraft”, but rather “DotA”. (more…)
