Exploited Web » Network Gaming http://blog.exploitedweb.com Arbiter between Virtuality and Reality Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:07:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 DotA: Defense of the Ancients http://blog.exploitedweb.com/network-gaming/dota-defense-of-the-ancients/ http://blog.exploitedweb.com/network-gaming/dota-defense-of-the-ancients/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:14:42 +0000 Jonathan Discipulo http://blog.exploitedweb.com/?p=95 DotA is one of the most played, online, team-based, strategy games up to present. Defense of the Ancients also known as DotA is a custom map running on WarCraft III engine. DotA is founded by IceFrog. The current map runs on WarCraft III: Frozen Throne 1.24 client.

You can get updated DotA maps from getdota.com and if you want to learn or share strategies from the community then you may find good stuffs from playdota.com.

Here’s a complete step for you to be able to play DotA:

  • Download and install WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos
  • Download and install WarCraft III: Frozen Throne
  • Download and install the latest patch for Frozen Throne and install it

To play it locally on LAN:

  • Download and copy the latest DotA map to the Maps folder

To play it alone with AI heroes:

  • Download and copy the latest DotA AI map to Maps folder

That’s it! I will be updating this post whenever possible. Have fun and enjoy playing DotA!

]]> http://blog.exploitedweb.com/network-gaming/dota-defense-of-the-ancients/feed/ 0 I got hooked into Tribal Wars http://blog.exploitedweb.com/network-gaming/i-got-hooked-into-tribal-wars/ http://blog.exploitedweb.com/network-gaming/i-got-hooked-into-tribal-wars/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:21:33 +0000 Jonathan Discipulo http://blog.exploitedweb.com/?p=7 Tribal Wars is a free web-based strategy game that is comprised of individual players in different tribes. Every individual is entitled of a single and small village at the start of the game. Here is the actual image of a fully upgraded Tribal Wars village as well as the map of one  sector in a single continent:

Tribal Wars Full Village Tribal Wars Map

The player must grow that village until he is able to defend his own village and conquer another. He must balance the resources, train defensive and offensive troops, form his own tribe or join another, find allies and conquer other tribes.

During the period of MMORPG, browser-based games started to pop out. At first, I thought I won’t be playing Tribal Wars for long due to its poor GUI and not being real-time. But guess what, this is my fifth month playing Tribal Wars and I’m still enjoying it.

The images are good as well as the interface. They have a Premium Account program which a player could purchase that gives more advanced and easy-to-use buttons and links. I haven’t purchased a premium account since I’m already satisfied with the standard interface.

You might want to try it and see if you will also get hooked to it.

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