{"id":9736,"date":"2019-07-04T11:43:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T15:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=9736"},"modified":"2019-07-04T11:43:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T15:43:19","slug":"dota-2-changing-the-game-again-with-auto-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2019\/07\/04\/dota-2-changing-the-game-again-with-auto-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Dota 2 Changing the Game again with Auto Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The original Defence of the Ancients (Dota) was released as\na mod for Warcraft III back in 2003. This mod soon found itself arguably more\npopular than the base game and went on to inspire a whole new genre. Referred\nto as Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas (MOBAs), this genre eventually became\none of the biggest in gaming, both in terms of players and winnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcharts.com\/app\/570\">Steam\ncharts<\/a>, the current incarnation of Dota 2 averages around 500,000\nconcurrent players at any one time. Combine this with the largest prize pool in\ngaming, with tournaments giving out over $181 million so far, and the progress\nthis genre has made is undeniable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aiding in this success is\u00a0Dota&#8217;s surrounding infrastructure. Websites dedicated to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/win.gg\/dota2\">Dota 2 news<\/a> keep players and fans updated on the direct side of things, including all the recent patch and eSports developments. Now also reaching major mainstream attention is Dota Auto Chess, which acts a mod for Dota 2 similar to the original\u2019s treatment of Warcraft III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FAf2swvQaW8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>For those unaware of this phenomenon, Auto Chess is not\nactually chess, though it does borrow a similar checkerboard playing field and\nsome terminology. Instead, it a semi-automated strategy game which borrows\ncharacters and concepts from the base Dota 2. Players select a team, level up,\nchoose where to spend cash, and upgrade their party in order to be the last of\nthe two teams standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This mod was released on January 4&nbsp;2019&nbsp;and has\nhit over 9 million players a mere 6 months later. Public attention and\nrecognition for Auto Chess mark it as a coming force in new gaming genres, much\nas MOBAs, and&nbsp;more recently, battle royale&nbsp;games, have done before.\nAuto Chess has proven so popular, in fact, that Valve has released their own\nversion titled Dota Underlords to compete with the unofficial but entirely\nlegal original mod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An exciting idea here is that this new genre offers opportunities for other games to develop similar spinoffs. As Auto Chess relies heavily on the use of a widely available roster and hero units, it would not be suited for some, but there are certain hit games which we feel would be perfect fits as spinoffs. Overwatch is the first which comes to mind here. Launching in May of 2016, Overwatch started with a roster of 21 characters. As of July 2017, this roster <a href=\"https:\/\/playoverwatch.com\/en-us\/heroes\">has reached 30<\/a> and is still growing. Combined with established lore to draw from\u00a0and there is no doubt that Blizzard will be looking to explore this option.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blizzard doesn&#39;t think the Overwatch roster is big enough for a pick\/ban system&#8230; yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NO9uDouusq\">https:\/\/t.co\/NO9uDouusq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gn1ri1Jeic\">pic.twitter.com\/gn1ri1Jeic<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IGN (@IGN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IGN\/status\/1109146036126273536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, Blizzard isn&#8217;t as open to modding as Valve\nis, so if Auto Chess does come to Overwatch then the game will have to be an\nofficial release. History has shown a few standout cases of game mods leading\nto a revolution among mainstream developers. Half-Life\u2019s Counter-Strike mod did\nthis, as did Team Fortress. Auto Chess could be a world first, however;&nbsp;an\nindustry-changing mod born from a game which itself started as an\nindustry-changing mod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, which established series will be the next to find\nthemselves with Auto Chess spinoffs, and which are you hoping for the most?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aiding in this success is Dota&#8217;s surrounding infrastructure. Websites dedicated to Dota 2 news keep players and fans updated on the direct side of things, including all the recent patch and eSports developments. 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