Hello. Dear Administrators and users of this platform

My story begins from the distant 2005-2006 .. On an ordinary autumn, Saturday day.  My best friend and I went to school :) We studied then either in the 4th or 5th grade.  But we didn't really like to go to school on Saturdays) We usually spent Saturday afternoon in the game library and played PlayStation 2

But neither of them had much money, two or three times less than we usually had on Saturdays..

After consulting with each other, we realized that we wouldn’t have enough to play as usual (4-5 hours), and the rest of the time we didn’t really want to walk .. All the same, it’s autumn, it’s a bit cold ..

We decided to go to a computer club.  We didn’t have computers at home, but sometimes we went to the net to play Gta or Counter Strike :) After three hours of dormancy in counter we decided to play something new.

All the games that were there simply did not cause a desire to play them, except for one .. It was the Frozen Throne icon.  We launched the game, went into the local area and just stalled on choosing a map

There were so many of them that we simply did not know which one to launch.. Then the guys from the net whispered to us to launch Dota Allstars 6.27

Of course they gave us -wtf, -gold 999999, lvl up25, etc.)) In short, a full pack of all kinds of codes

I thought for a long time which hero to choose, I read everyone who he is, what he is, but then I absolutely didn’t understand a damn thing

My choice was Bane Elemental, WOW IT'S POWER, I thought.  Having collected 6 rapiers, he just brought down everyone in a row :) Destroyed all sorts of turrets, monsters, etc.) After 30 minutes of persistent pushing of buildings, we won. But this was not enough for us, we decided to delve into the game in more detail and without codes.

A new game, they only asked for all the heroes to be :) we were introduced -ap, again for 5 minutes we chose heroes with a friend) decided to stop and utter a word to Yurnero, a bunch of incomprehensible garbage just haunted us) Where to get money, a tree (which was needed for purchase  aegis) at least we thought so

Of course, for an hour of our sweaty game, we did not do anything .. We only died from towers .. At this point, the time came to 2 o'clock in the afternoon.  We needed to fly back home.  We had about an hour left in the net and we gladly gave it to the watching kids.

Arriving home, having received hit from my mother for absenteeism, I still didn’t leave the thought that it was the most wonderful game that I never figured out.  The next Sunday, we called a friend early in the morning and flew off to net, we didn’t care about all the games except Frozen Throna, we played all day We started to understand the game a little, the next day we skipped school again and played again, and so on  throughout the week.  We just didn't leave the net. It was the most amazing game we've ever played.

Over the years, our skills have grown and grown.  We started playing against the clock with older players.  (then we were already in 7-8 grade).

Unfortunately, any of our networks closed. And we went in search of a new one.. We went to one and asked them "Do you have the Frozen Throne game?"  , we were answered "Yes, of course there is!".  We sat down and looked for it on the desktop for about 5 minutes .. We never found it. We asked the administrator to open our holy game for us!  But he opened something very, very strange, asked us to register, come up with a nickname and password, enter our mail, and only then we can play .. We were shocked.  But what can you do for the sake of your favorite game.  We did everything as requested by the Admin.  and told us that now we can play against players like us, we didn’t even understand what he was talking about. He explained to us that now we can play with everyone in our favorite DOTKU.  It was so mesmerizing, we were just speechless. With new players, new heroes, etc.  After another 2 years, WE OPENED THE WAY OF ICCUP,  PLACE WHERE THE MOST ELITE PLAYERS WERE, we were simply taken to pieces, but we were not discouraged, we played and will continue to play! Do I regret getting involved with DotA?  My answer is no.  It was DotA that gave the brightest moments.  I only regret that I skipped school and But anyway, I studied well, entered, graduated and now I work at an excellent job.

The advantage of this game is that you can spend time completely unnoticed.  This is an interesting, exciting game that made my childhood happy.

The downside, it seems to me, is that sometimes a little nerve is wasted)).

Thank you all for your attention.