JerrytheBullfrog said:
Let me just start by saying I didn't read your response. Frankly, I just don't care. You come off as a pretentious, self-entitled little prick who's sole purpose here is to hate on Valve, hate on anyone that doesn't love Blizzard, and simply insult and demean anyone that doesn't agree with you. Your apparent lack of logical thinking is astounding. You bash Valve for doing things that Blizzard has been doing for years.
Why are you even here? Shouldn't you be bitching and whining on some Blizzard or Valve forum about how "DotA is my game because I play it! You can't touch it!"? How arrogant can one be to think that because they play a game, and suggest some things that could be added to said game, that it somehow belongs to them and the rest of the community?
It's not your game. It's not the communities game. It's not Blizzards game. And, quite honestly, it's no longer the original modders game. They left the project and cut almost all ties with it to create their own (blatant) copies under different names. If they really cared about DotA or had any rights to the brand then LoL or HoN would have been named DotA, instead of their respective titles.
I also love the misguided idea that, because Valve will have the name trademarked, that somehow it will magically kill both the modding and gaming community built up around the game. As if, for whatever illogical reason, Valve will decide that, for the first time in their entire history, they won't support the modding community. The apparent lack of thinking on the part of those whining over this is staggering.
In the end, however, I just don't care. I really don't. As I said before, I was never that big into DotA. Primarily because the community (that thing you hold so dear) that played the game was obnoxious and downright cruel. New players were reviled, hated, and insulted to no end. It's hard to grow a community when said community acts like jerks to anyone new that might join in. Seeing as Valve wants to address that, I'd think you'd be happy they're taking over the project. In any case, this whole debacle is getting out of hand and people like you give me a headache. So, I'm just going to be apathetic towards the whole thing until things calm down and people stop going crazy.
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[edit] On a side note, to anyone who, apparently, doesn't quite "get it". Just because Valve may have the name "DotA 2" trademarked (and that's just DotA 2, not DotA, so wise up) it doesn't mean you can't mod it. Ignoring the fact that Valve plans on building the game to have a dedicated modding community, with support, you can still mod as you please. The only stipulations would be the following:
1: You'd have to acknowledge what aspects of your mod are taken from the original source material. I.E. Attributing the engine and whatever art/model/sound assets you used to Valve or whoever made them. Something anyone that understands plagiarism should know.
2: You could not sell the mod for profit without asking Valve to use their assets in such a venture. Seeing as many of those who are griping about this whole thing because say DotA is free, this aspect of the deal shouldn't be of concern. Unless, of course, your lying and plan to make your own DotA game for profit.
I have to add as well, that had Blizzard announced their plan to trademark the name, you and many of the others bitching about this wouldn't have said a word beyond, "Cool."
