Starcraft (A History in Two Acts)

Re:Starcraft (A History in Two Acts) by BiteCode_dev on Sunday July 07, 2024 @11:44AM (#40898427)

Tower defense was popularized by Starcraft mods.

Dota, and so LOL, is often thought of as something coming from Warcraft 3 Defense of the Ancient, but the concept really started as a starcraft mod as well.

Of lot of the gaming culture is born on the original Battle.net.

SC 1 was one of the most influential game ever created.

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Re:Starcraft (A History in Two Acts) by jhelphenstine on Sunday July 07, 2024 @01:34PM (#40899086)

I remember the map “V-TEC paintball” as a forerunner of the DotA and LOL styles - endless waves with you the (battlecruiser | marine | ghost) running around making the difference. HotS, LOL, DotA all seem to trace back to those “paintball” custom maps and the creators who made terrific use of the tools on offer.

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Re:Starcraft (A History in Two Acts) by seoulmetro on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:38AM (#40902867)

Yep DotA was just a port of AoS: https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Aeon_of_Strife_(map)

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Re:Starcraft (A History in Two Acts) by ccvannorman on Monday July 08, 2024 @02:00PM (#40907652)

Came here to comment the same. I was making fun of my housemates for being addicted to DOTA (a MOBA game), then during a "Use Map Settings" game of Starcraft I discovered and enjoyed playing a mod called "Aeon of Strife" and shared it with my housemates.

DOTA is a direct descendant of Aeon of Strife.

I had discovered the original DOTA, inside Starcraft.

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