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The franchise name, "Dota", is derived from the original map's acronym, DotA. [2] Dota 2 , its standalone installment, was released as a free-to-play sequel in July 2013. [ 3 ] The first spin-off, a digital collectible card game called Artifact , was released in November 2018. [ 4 ]
Valve adopted the word "Dota", derived from the original mod's acronym, as the name for its newly acquired franchise. Johnson argued that the word referred to a concept, and was not an acronym. [50] Shortly after the announcement of Dota 2, Valve filed a trademark claim to the Dota name. [53]
[11] [14] Other mapmakers produced Defense of the Ancients spinoffs that added new heroes, items, and features. Among the DotA variants created in the wake of Eul's map was DotA Allstars, originally created and developed by custom map makers Meian and Ragn0r, who took the most popular heroes and compiled them into one map. [11]
Topias Miikka Taavitsainen (born 14 April 1998), [1] [2] better known as Topson, is a Finnish former professional Dota 2 player. [3] As a member of OG, he won The International 2018 and The International 2019 .
Sumail was born on 13 February 1999, in Karachi, Pakistan. [2] [3] He has a brother, Yawar Hassan, who also plays professional Dota 2. [4]Sumail first started playing Dota when he was eight years old.
Clement Ivanov (born 6 March 1990), [1] better known as Puppey, is an Estonian professional Dota 2 player for Team Secret.He is the founding member of Team Secret. [2] Together with Natus Vincere, Puppey won The International 2011 in August 2011 for a one million dollar first place prize. [3]
Kuro Salehi Takhasomi (Persian: کورو صالحی تخاصمی; born 28 October 1992), better known as KuroKy, is a German and Iranian professional Dota 2 player for Nigma Galaxy. He was a member of Team Liquid that won The International 2017.
Miracle- started playing Dota 2 as a "pubstar", meaning he did not play competitively, but was ranked highly in public matches. Miracle-'s first entry into the professional scene was with the Balkan Bears in early 2015, although he did not participate in any major tournament and left the team after only four months.