No it can be played with the original Warcraft 3 game, but you will most likely find absolutely no one on that version because everyone plays the expansion pack.
Eul was the maker of the first Defense of the Ancients map back before the Frozen Throne expansion came out. After the expansion was released Steve "Guinsoo" Feak took over.
You can play DotA on battle.net if you paid for your version of Frozen Throne. Illegal copies of Frozen Throne can make their way to Garena, an independent program that allows players to play a multitude of games, including Frozen Throne, and DotA. Garena is particularly popular in South East Asia.
You'll need to have Warcraft III: Frozen Throne in order to play DotA. DotA is just a user-made map for Frozen Throne, and you'll have to download the map from getdota.com to play it. Just transfer the map file over to you Frozen Throne map folder and play.
To play Dota: Frozen Throne, first ensure you have WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne installed on your computer. Launch the game and select "Custom Games" from the main menu. From there, you can browse and select various Dota maps, typically titled "Dota Allstars." Once you've chosen a map, create or join a game lobby to start playing.
You'll need to have Warcraft III and its expansion Frozen Throne installed on your computer first. Then you can get the map from getdota.com, and transfer it to the Map/Download (create that folder if you don't have one) folder in your Frozen Throne maps folder. You should be able to open up Frozen Throne and play it, then.
Yes, DotA is free to play. However, you'll need to have Warcraft III: Frozen Throne installed before you are able to play the game. This is because DotA is a user-made map for Frozen Throne.
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They invented Warcraft(III) which is now particularly Frozen Throne, but there is an improved version of Frozen Throne which is famously played by people all over the world and is called Dota Allstars.
Defense of the Ancients, commonly known as DotA, is an Aeon of Strife-style custom map created for the game Warcraft 3. Originally developed for Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos by Eul (US West), the map was later unofficially ported into the Warcraft 3 expansion pack, The Frozen Throne. Currently, several variants of the map exist under the name of DotA.
To play DotA one must simply own the game Warcraft 3 and the Frozen throne expansion. The user must open a battlenet account (ingame) and download the DotA map. Maps can be downloaded from getdota.com After downloading the map be sure to move the file into the Warcraft 3 maps folder. Do this by double-clicking "my computer" and navigating to the proper folder and then dragging the file in.
"Defense of the Ancients" cannot be installed, as it is simply a map file for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos/The Frozen Throne, like Hands of Sorrow Knight, Battletanks, etc. You require Warcraft III and its expansion installed first.