Also, one thing that is often looked past is how Valve manages the game. Valve gives complete creative control to Icefrog meaning he does whatever crazy changes without any corporate entity peeking over his shoulder. Thus, a certain hero can be played across multiple roles, which not only is an achievement from a game design perspective, but also makes the competitive scene much more interesting. Teams come up with surprise strategies baiting the enemy team into thinking a certain hero will be playing a certain role, but as the draft progressed, it would be playing some other.
There are no other MOBAs where players will be seen cutting creep waves from tier 3 towers, changing the offlane role forever. This also led to DOTA 2 becoming a great spectator esport. The International had a record viewership of 1. Many theories and rumors emerged, some backed by circumstantial facts, some held up by sheer conjecture.
The distant urban legend of Icefrog did not form in a day. The mist around the name only grew thicker. There have been jokes on Twitter among different personalities about the identity of the Frog. It is known that the personalities and pro players who have attended The Internationals, at least quite a few of them, have met Icefrog in person.
He described Icefrog as an "awesome dude" and an "average guy. Icefrog did not introduced himself to Purge the first time they met. LaNm apparently went on his knees and cried in front of him when he knew it was the Frog whom he had met.
It can be guessed that other than these known figures, there must be a select few other pro players and DOTA 2 personalities who have met Icefrog. It also alleged how Icefrog was a difficult person to work with.
But later on, this blog post was dismissed as fake by some erstwhile current and ex-Valve employees. However, this did not, by any means, put a dent in the persona of Icefrog that was built through a decade. Riot bought Guinsoo's claim to the Dota copyright and sold it in turn to Blizzard. To avoid any clashes over the Dota name, Blizzard and Valve settled out of court in Valve would retain the rights to the name for standalone games like Dota 2 , while Blizzard could use it to refer to Warcraft and Starcraft mods specifically a project then called "Blizzard Dota" would eventually become Heroes of the Storm.
This history is getting hashed out in court because Valve and Blizzard are now suing mobile developers Lilith and uCool, whose respective games Dota Legends and Heroes Charge allegedly infringe on the Dota copyrights. In court, mobile developer uCool tried to argue that Dota All-stars is a collective work, because it "took the most popular Dota heroes and arranged them into a new game. Instead, Breyer determined that "the record contains ample evidence that Eul, Guinsoo, and IceFrog were the masterminds behind their respective versions of Dota and Dota All-stars.
In this way, the modders in question are much like a director or screenwriter who consults experts for help with a movie. But that's not the end of the case. For one, the original EULA for Warcraft III says mod-makers can't use the game's World Editor "for commercial purposes including, but not limited to, distribution of [mods] on a stand-alone basis or packaged with other software or hardware.
If that EULA had been written a bit differently, Blizzard could have taken easy ownership of what is now one of gaming's most valuable brands. The case could also take an interesting open source-based turn thanks to a September 23, forum post that could be seen as Eul giving up his claim on any rights to Dota. Or it might simply mean that Eul was just granting a "limited license" intended for other mod-makers, not for standalone games based on Dota.
Written by: Giuliano de Leon. Here's What Legal Documents Say. Facebook facebook Twitter twitter Reddit reddit Comment. Giuliano J. Do not reproduce without permission. In May , a California court was discussing the ownership of Dota and they mentioned the name of IceFrog Abdul Ismail , so it was confirmed by the California District court.
Additionally, they make reference to Icefrog working with and being employed by S2 Games. Dota 2 Wiki Explore. Main Page All Pages. Useful pages. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? History Talk February
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