ID on DotA2 client?

[Burn]

Uhm, you don't need Valve's permission to do anything? You can simply use the Source SDK for Dota 2 (once it comes out) and make your own standalone (or requiring Dota 2 which is free anyway) game.

Oh cool, didn't know this was out already with SourceMod.js and other wrappers? Or what's http://d2ware.net ?

Edit: ah I see, whatever modding is available atm sucks

then Valve (or some other company) might consider making a stand-alone ID game

What's the point of stand-alone?

Stand-alone because WC3 costs money for CD-key. SC2ID is still pretty popular even with SC2 being pay to play and having a really bad world editor and being a terrible game in general. If ID is made into a DotA2 custom game or turned into a stand-alone ID game with a better world editor than WC3, then I can see ID going places.

ID is both competitive and has a high skill ceiling, which makes ID videos entertaining to watch, which of course is always good for a solid fan base. The only problem is that it also has a high skill floor and also being an extremely competitive game, can put off noobs from playing. Maybe turning the ID loading screen into a tutorial can help this. An example for a good loading screen tutorial can be the sc2id's loading screen.

-Burn

[Marked]

even if it ends up as a custom it's better than anything, certainly we could build a fanbase for ID again, lets start with an ENT tournament to get it going, it would interest new people in my eyes. ID could have a future.

[Burn]

WC3ID has no future just like WC3DotA is dying out on B.net, no-one is going to buy WC3 CD-keys any more, even though the Garena WC3DotA is continuously growing, since everyone there uses fake CD-keys.

Garena ID is officially dead. There are 4-5 ID hosts every month.

-Burn

[seacow]

yes, it is an excellent idea but who will commit the time and effort to this hypothetical project?

[seacow]

island defense fail on a larger platform( garena), we merely have large piece of niche market on wc3 that is ever shrinking,why is this so?
This is rather concern issue,i can think off when we start this , especially without valve support.

[Marked]

Valve support helps, anything we can get to help it, honestly this project only gets off the ground if people quit being lazy and commit, last I heard the stand alone was being produced by some Orcho fello? Idk but all it takes is dedication and people will fund it if someone takes it seriously, just need someone to do it.

[Burn]

Maybe there will be editors from sc2id/wc3id coming over to dota2id, Hypothetically.

-Burn

[Marked]

Well we would have to see if they're willing to first.