DOTA Defense of the Ancients (commonly known as DotA) is a mod for the real-time strategy video game Warcraft

III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion,Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft. The objective of the scenario is for each team to destroy the opponents' Ancients, heavily guarded structures at opposing corners of the map. Players use powerful units known as heroes, and are assisted by allied heroes andAI-controlled fighters. As in role-playing games, players level up their heroes and use gold to buy equipment during the mission.[2] The scenario was developed with the "World Editor" of Reign of Chaos, and was updated upon the release of its expansion, The Frozen Throne. There have been many variations of the original concept; the most popular being DotA Allstars, which eventually was simplified to DotA with the release of version 6.68.[3] This specific scenario has been maintained by several authors during development, the latest of whom being the anonymous developer known as "IceFrog" developing the game since 2005. Since its original release, DotA has become a feature at several worldwide tournaments, including Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon and the AsianWorld Cyber Games, as well as the Cyberathlete Amateur and CyberEvolution leagues; in a 2008 article of video game industry website Gamasutra, the article's author claimed that "DotA is likely the most popular and most-discussed free, non-supported game mod in the world".[4] Valve Corporation is currently developing a sequel, Dota 2. The Effects Of Playing Dota

There are many students and even some young professional are addicted to Defense of the Ancients or DotA. This is a kind of computer games that can be played by many players and is one of the most popular games to young students. Many students get addicted to this game and they even long hours inside the computer shop just playing this kind of game. There are studies that getting addicted in playing computer games affects their studies and this is the cause why they are lying to their parents that they need extra money for their

school project but the truth is they are just using the money to rent a computer where they can play DotA with their classmates. Sometimes in order to make the game exciting, they have a deal to pay those who won the game so it becomes already a form of gambling.

When time spent on the computer, playing DotA games or cruising the internet reaches a point that it harms a childs or adults family and social relationships, or disrupts school or work life, that person maybe caught in a cycle of addiction. Like other addictions, DotA game has replaced friends and family as the source of a person, emotional life. Increasingly, to feel good, the addicted person spends more time playing video games or searching the internet.

When a person spends up to ten hours a day or more rearranging or sending files, playing games, surfing the net, visiting chat rooms, instant messaging, and reading emails. That easily can reach up to seventy to eighty hours a week online with the computer. Major social, school or work disruptions will result.

Background of the Study

Computers, video games, and the internet have become entrenched features of our daily lives. Computer use has reached beyond work and is now a major source of fun and entertainment for many people. For most people, computer use a video game play is integrated into their lives in a balanced...

====ANOTHER ONE ====== The youth nowadays are so in to those computer games. They are losing their interests in playing physical and traditional games like tumbang preso, luksong baka, patintero, syato, and many more. They are now playing Counter-Strike, Plants vs. Zombies, and most especially, DotA. Defense of the Ancients (commonly known as DotA) is a real-time online or LAN strategy games composing of two to ten or twelve players where you can choose from over ninety unique characters (commonly known as heroes) you can play on. It requires focus, strategy, quick hands and quick thinking when you are in difficult situations. According to Guinsoo, the creator and the first head developer of Icefrog, he and his men (including BuffMePlz who had retired a few months ago) created DotA in 2003 as a customized game in Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos created by Blizzard Entertainment. Dota is popular not only here in the Philippines but also in other countries like Germany, United States of America, Canada, Slovenia and England. This phenomenal PC game had released many versions, and the latest version of DotA is DotA Allstars 6.70. Most of its players are males, for about 94%, and the remaining players are females. From elementary, high school, college, out of school youth and even adults, DotA dominates the gaming life of most gamers.

As DotA arises, many issues also arise. It may be about on relationships, peers, foes, and most especially, education. This introductory message will begin to tackle the effects of playing

Defense of the Ancients in academic performance among male freshmen college students of freshmen in academic year of 2010-2011.

Problem and Purpose Playing DotA among male students became a major problem when it comes in academic performances among them. They are often chosen to play DotA rather doing their assignments, reviewing their past lessons, doing their projects and other academic-related...