DotA blog Posted:

I have some really awesome news I’d like to share with you guys. I am now leading a team at Valve! I finally have all the resources needed to do some very exciting stuff that you guys will love. I look forward to revealing more specific details when the time is right.

My goal and top priority in the future is to solve the surrounding issues that affect the DotA experience in order to allow it to reach new heights. Addressing these issues will enable us to further enjoy aspects of DotA such as the gameplay, mechanics, and in-game feel that currently work well and ought to be maintained. As I’ve said many times in the past and especially after today’s developments, I am very excited about DotA’s future!

With regards to the 6.64 patch, the focus will be primarily on more balance improvements. It is moving along very smoothly and I expect to have it ready soon. Once those refinements are done, I’ll be working on some fun new content such as heroes or remakes for the 6.65 version. If there are specific things, big or small, you want me to consider for patches that follow, let me know.

People praise DotA for being one of the best AoS. They can’t accept the truth that the game does not rely on skill, it relys on who can get their best items the fastest, most people who play DotA end up rage qutting on maps like Desert of Sorrow(I know the name must be wrong, but it’s been forever since I play WC3) where they are NO items other than heal over time potions.

Valve hired someone who created a popular custom map for a Blizzard game? I smell something fishy. Maybe they’ll get the guy to work for them all day and DotA will eventually die.