Defence of the Ancients was an instant classic, something that's been around since late Starcraft, and early Warcraft 3. I remember playing it back in the day, not fully understanding what I was getting myself into. I didn't get the game, and would try to rush towers, and end up dying fustratingly.

Que 4 years later, and the release of the closed beta of HON. A friend of mine invited me to join in with him into this cool, DOTA type of game, which I played for a few years. Upon the announcement from Valve for Dota 2, I was utterly thrilled.

Dota 2 highly beats out HON, LOL, Smite or any of the similar MOBA games with incredible graphics, and a longer lasting team focused play, where some of the others miss out on. Dota 2 builds on the community with a very strong market system, which enables the users to buy as well as sell items they can get from drops in game. Most every item is attainable, without having to buy, if you have the patience to wait or trade for it.///

Dota 2 is a game which gives incredible highs, and smash your keyboard lows. There's an intense learning curve that seems nearly unending, but the feeling from winning after such a close game is an amazing high, which is easily addictable.

After the recent patch Dota 2 has shown that it's very much an alive game. Icefrog isn't scared to mix things up and change characters, meta game, and the way the future game develops, which makes the future of Dota 2 such an exciting game to look forward and continue playing.