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    Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Jul 09, 2013

    The official free-to-play sequel to the Warcraft III custom scenario that originally popularized the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena sub-genre.

    Is Valve STEALING character designs for Dota 2?

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    LordXavierBritish

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    #1  Edited By LordXavierBritish

    Honestly, and I can say this from the bottom of my heart, I'm shocked, appalled even. I thought we were over this, I thought people had learned by now. And to see this from such a well respected developer, Valve of all people.

    Sickening is the only word to describe it, and even that isn't sufficient to truly tell this tale of human depravity and an absolute lack of any moral or professional fiber behind this most heinous of acts.

    My friends, Valve Software, creators of Portal and Garry's Mod, have stolen character designs for their upcoming beta, Dota 2, from none other than the biggest video game publisher in the world, Activision Blizzard.

    If you're going to just so blatantly rip something off Vavle, at least try to steal from someone who can't sue your ass into the ground. My only guess as to why this hasn't come up in the news yet is the heads of Activision are hard at work writing up the most devastating law suit they possibly can as we speak.

    But as I've already said, words just aren't enough. Pictures are the only thing capable or shedding the truth on this most awful and unspeakable of atrocities. Look here friends, look and see true evil at its finest.

    Tidehunter Hero vs Original
    Goblin Techies Hero vs Original
    Skeleton King Hero vs Original
    Treant Protector Hero vs Original
    Tiny Hero vs Original
    Zeus Hero vs Original
    Clinkz Hero vs Original
    Bounty Hunter Hero vs Original
    Broodmother Hero vs Original

    Witch Doctor Hero vs Original

    And this is just the tip of the iceberg friends. I encourage you all to find and post more comparisons like these, there are dozens, and spread the word so these crimes against creativity can come to light.

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    #2  Edited By EXTomar

    They are archtypes because it is based upon the mod for Warcraft 3. How many different ways can you present a skeletal monster? I suppose in tribute of April 1st I would recommend one put a pink bow on its head to be complete different.

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    @extomar said:

    They are archtypes because it is based upon the mod for Warcraft 3. How many different ways can you present a skeletal monster? I suppose in tribute of April 1st I would recommend one put a pink bow on its head to be complete different.

    That's just hippie nonsense. If they wanted to use the same exact characters they should have asked permission like normal people.

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    actually there's about a 60% you can copyright another character design. This is more common practice with comic book, toys and animation characters and there is still law suits which have gone on for decades. Like for example HeMan is in this weird state of who created it, even when originally was suppose to be toy line for Conan the Barbarian movie.

    When you deal with people trying to create their own stuff, they barrow a lot.

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    #5  Edited By Kidavenger

    The only way this makes sense is if you live in Hawaii

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    Oh, right.

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    OH KNO GABEN WHY YO CRUMBLE THE FORTUNE YO STELIN FROM COWADOODIE

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    Bravo, bravo.

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    Have I ever stated how much I hate the art direction on DOTA 2 and Heroes of Newerth? I still feel like League of Legends is about 100 times more original.

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    #10  Edited By OfficeGamer

    Garry made Garry's Mod

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    Jrinswand

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    April Fools?

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    FOLLOW THE MONEY

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    #13  Edited By Subjugation

    Pretty sure this is where we say "April fools!", otherwise this thread is pretty dumb.

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    APRIL TROLLLLS

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    LordXavierBritish

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    Garry made Garry's Mod

    Wow I thought Valve made it.

    This goes deeper than I even though, how much shit have they just blatantly ripped off?

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    #17  Edited By Slaegar

    Valve can give back their Dota characters after Blizzard gives Games Workshop back almost all of Warcraft and Starcraft.

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    #18  Edited By abendlaender

    I guess this is supposed to be a joke.

    @officegamer said:

    Garry made Garry's Mod

    Wow I thought Valve made it.

    This goes deeper than I even though, how much shit have they just blatantly ripped off?

    Well, they didn't make Counterstrike and Tam Fortress. Portal started as a different game I believe and isn't Left4Dead based on a Mod? So there you go

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    @slaegar said:

    Valve can give back their Dota characters after Blizzard gives Games Workshop back almost all of Warcraft and Starcraft.

    Blizzard can give Games Workshop back Starcraft once Games Workshop returns Zerg, I whoops I mean tyranid.

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    #20  Edited By Slaegar

    @llamaegg said:

    @slaegar said:

    Valve can give back their Dota characters after Blizzard gives Games Workshop back almost all of Warcraft and Starcraft.

    Blizzard can give Games Workshop back Starcraft once Games Workshop returns Zerg, I whoops I mean tyranid.

    "Tyranids were first mentioned under the heading Tyranids and the Hive Fleets in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader"

    "Second Edition Warhammer 40,000, released in 1993, featured the Tyranids in the supplemental books Wargear and Codex Imperialis, and then later in their own devoted army Codex. An extensive model range was released, representing most of the units described in these publications. The army was, however, very different from the factions previously seen in the game.[5]

    The Tyranid player now had access to a range of unit types roughly equivalent to that of the other factions, including the Hive Tyrant, Termagants, Hormagaunts, the main adversary in Space Hulk Genestealers, Gargoyles previously seen in Epic 40,000, Tyranid Warriors, the Carnifex, Zoanthropes (a Tyranid psyker in addition to the Hive Tyrant), Lictors, and the Biovore."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_cruise

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_balls

    "StarCraft is a military science fictionreal-time strategyvideo game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows on March 31, 1998."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_trek

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    #21  Edited By DonPixel

    Has Valve do other than Half Life!?.. everything they've done is buy popular mods. Maybe its just me but I don't associate Valve with creativity, they excellent doing business thou.

    Actually DOTA 2 looks so Blizzard I personally find it kind of lame.. but hey Valve gets a free pass because gaben and steam sales right!?

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    @slaegar said:

    @llamaegg said:

    @slaegar said:

    Valve can give back their Dota characters after Blizzard gives Games Workshop back almost all of Warcraft and Starcraft.

    Blizzard can give Games Workshop back Starcraft once Games Workshop returns Zerg, I whoops I mean tyranid.

    "Tyranids were first mentioned under the heading Tyranids and the Hive Fleets in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader"

    "blahblahblah

    Yes, they existed before Starcraft, but the Warhammer model changed after Starcraft came out, making them look closer to what Starcraft had to offer.

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    This is dumb.

    You're dumb.

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    The Broodmother comparison leads me to believe that he is trolling.

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    #26  Edited By Chibithor

    The Broodmother comparison leads me to believe that he is trolling.

    There's also Zeus, where the 'original' is just an unoriginal Zeus design that doesn't really look like the Dota 2 one. I thought it was funny in any case

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    #27  Edited By pr1mus

    I know the thread is a joke but i didn't find it funny. Not even close.

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    @pr1mus: Your input is appreciated.

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    Games Workshop gon' be so mad.

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    #30  Edited By psylah
    @jrinswand said:

    April Fools?

    This whole thread is an April Fools Joke! Haha!

    Speaking of April Fools, remember when Penny Arcade's Karapyss the Crabomancer was teased as being added to Rise of Immortals on April 1st last year?

    And they actually did it?

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    Do people still not see the name LordXavierBritish and realise it's not a serious topic? I've not even been here a whole bunch of time and I know that.

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    #33  Edited By TAFAE

    @jakob187 LoL art always felt really soulless to me, like badly drawn anime. Not quite as bad as something like BlazBlue, but I never really liked it. Dota2 has a sort of fairy quality that really appeals to me. To each his own I guess. I agree on HoN though, that game looks turrible, both technically and artistically.

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    #34  Edited By bremmy

    Coincidence? I don't think so.

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    #35  Edited By casper_

    i don't know about you guys but i will not stand for this.

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    Where is my fucking GabeN hero that specializes in blades and is a awesome looking bearded polo-shirted model absolutely covered with all sorts of knives?

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    At first I was confused as fuck, but then I got it.

    Nicely done.

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    Normally I'd think this was some dumb April fools gag gone awry, but coming from you, I honestly am not sure.

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    #39  Edited By Sooty

    @donpixel said:

    Actually DOTA 2 looks so Blizzard I personally find it kind of lame.. but hey Valve gets a free pass because gaben and steam sales right!?

    What do you mean it looks so Blizzard?

    BLIZZARD. DID. NOT. MAKE. DOTA.

    Some of the people that were behind for the original Dota are working on Dota 2. It's great they are part of it.

    You best be trolling sonny.

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    #40  Edited By ll_Exile_ll

    Maybe it's just me, but I always thought the key component to a good joke is that it is actually funny, shows what I know.

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    #41  Edited By DonPixel

    @sooty said:

    @donpixel said:

    Actually DOTA 2 looks so Blizzard I personally find it kind of lame.. but hey Valve gets a free pass because gaben and steam sales right!?

    What do you mean it looks so Blizzard?

    BLIZZARD. DID. NOT. MAKE. DOTA.

    Some of the people that were behind for the original Dota are working on Dota 2. It's great they are part of it.

    You best be trolling sonny.

    I KNOW BLIZZARD DID NOT MAKE DOTA, I played dota in WC3, I play aeon of storms and Hero Attack in SC2... NO NEED to be a douche.

    I'm just saying for the visual style I would expect a World Class company such as Valve to come out with something a bit more imaginative than a WC3 art style rip off for DOTA 2

    As for creative merit goes I think what League of Legends did was far more imaginative and clever than what Valve did with DOTA 2, numbers don't lie. They updated the core design behind DOTA to become arguably the most popular videogame in the world, While Valve just did DOTA (again) with rip off art on the source engine. BTW some of the people behind DOTA are also working on LOL.

    Disclaimer: I don't hate valve, I don't hate gaben, I think they provide a great service with steam.. but as for videogames they have do nothing but rip off / buyout the most popular mods out there.

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    Oh LXB, what we do without you?

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    #44  Edited By Slag

    This a Konspiracy that goes all the way up the president

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    I think this would've been actually funny if you had posted it not on April 1st.

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    Oh, you mean all of those entities that have existed in many other forms over the years? It's like saying they stole the idea of goblins (which is one of your examples). Also, they didn't steal assets, so this is a pointless post. Also, April fools troll?

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    #48  Edited By kpaadet

    Valve is like Blizzard in that they both do not possess a shred of creativity, they both do however know how to make well polished games.

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    #49  Edited By zenmastah

    I'll get me pitchforks and stat the fires up.

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    I'll bring the Party Cannon, let's burn those motherfuckers down, yeah!

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