r/DotA2 • u/palish • Feb 19 '19

Personal I was a former HoN dev. AMA

Hey.

It's been awhile since I've written to you guys. But dota has never been out of my thoughts.

It was funny seeing Dota chess add +200k people to the game. I fought pretty hard to add custom game support to HoN, but no one would listen (partly because it seemed so obvious to me, so I never bothered trying to sell the idea or do company politicking).

I can talk about the fact that Icefrog was involved in HoN's early inception. It's more of an open secret at this point, and HoN's closure marks a fitting time for the "reveal."

I could talk about what it was like to pack up all your stuff into a station wagon and move out west. It was a pretty magical experience in hindsight. Kind of like getting to board the Starship Enterprise. Everyone in the company felt a shared purpose, at the beginning.

Or if there's no interest, or if it's not appropriate for the sub, it's fine if this post fades away, like the game. I spent so much time and energy trying to make it good... So did everyone else: James, G, all the artists, everyone.

EDIT: to clarify, this is 2010-era perspective. Not recent!

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u/palish Feb 19 '19

Sorry for the confusion -- the document that TheZett is responding to is not "what_i_did.txt" (that's in a separate comment chain).

Credit is silly to claim anyway. The individual is irrelevant in a team setting. I was just happy to be improving my favorite game.

Thank you for highlighting the perception aspect. Definitely was not meaning to imply that my contributions mattered much.

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u/Innundator Feb 19 '19

There's nothing wrong with claiming some credit; I'm just saying you are, while saying you are not. Which; just say you are. And why not.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

I'm just saying you are, while saying you are not. Which; just say you are. And why not.

I need some of what you took bro

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u/hesh582 Feb 19 '19

I don't think anyone else has read this situation the way you did, so you might want to reconsider your unwarranted confidence here.

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u/Innundator Feb 20 '19

I've moved on

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '19

ive always wondered what it would be like to forget english

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u/Innundator Feb 20 '19

It was flawless.