SearchCaptains Draft Mode in 6.60
Posted by Hakim "Toma" Razak 2 years ago
Icefrog has again revealed in his personal blog that there will be a new mode named Captains Draft in the upcoming version of DotA 6.60. It is basically a new mode, which is a mix of the current modes in DotA, Captains Mode (CM) and Random Draft (RD). Similar to the Captains Mode, each team will have a captain who is responsible for the drafting phase. The captain can only choose the heroes from a draft of 22 heroes, which is presented in a circle, same as in the Random Draft mode. After the drafting phase is over, the players can choose their heroes, which are placed on the starting area. Icefrog stated that, the reason he invented Captains Draft is for the players who prefer playing with a small hero selection and at the same time, they can enjoy the drafting experience same as in the competitive games.As for now, Icefrog still has not decided the exact size of the heroes pool and he is looking forward to hear any suggestions from the players about the new mode.
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| Icefrog.com - Source |
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| cool....makes things intersting 1st :) |
| i think its just the same concept as -cm but i think it would not be utilize this mode.... |
| yeah that's great... |
Hehe looks like captains mode for pubs  Dont think it will be popular  |
| would love to play this in pubs, but i doubt it'll be popular |
| i hope this mode will become the replacement for the current -cm , it will benefit teams that can adapt their strategies and gameplay in a really short amount of time. (after watching the pool) |
-CM mode is quite hard to master with picks an antipicks. This is like -rd but a little less random. I like it.  |
| #6 not going to happened cuz of balance system...I wish too, its boring to see always same heroes, but still not going to happened... |
| dont think thats this mode will very popular. |
| this mode was tested as an alternative to -apxl (before -cm was implemented) by mouz... good to see IceFrog is giving a shot to Drayich's idea :) |
| I think this mode will be used in IDEC pubs |
| I like it! |
| nice |
| teh old |
| old idea from IHL leagues should be added as mode long long time ago. |
Nice kk  |
| great for startgames in league play, such as IDEC, NA-IHL etc. |
| nice ! |
| I like this this will make game more interesting Make players play diff heros in CW Make MYM pick other heros then potm,sk,axe,zeus,puck,chen |
| agree with #19 |
| it wont happen i guess haha |
| not a big deal imo... |
| Imho nice - pretty good for inhouse games with random players. Also could be nice to see some tournament with it. As #6 stated, it would be about adapting your strategy - I like that way more than -ap style^^ |
| +1 #23 |
| i like that mode |
| I hope it is not used in tournaments quite useless  |
| it's what drayich was talking about few months ago. i think dota will be much better w/ this, finally we'll se different picks |
| It will not be used in cw coz -cm is better and it will not be used in pubs coz who wants some man to pick u hero in it? |
| It's quite an interesting concept, but I'm thinking it would definitely not be used on any major event/tournament. Yeah, maybe it will be used in pub games but as #28 said. Who would want some unknown man to pick heroes for you? Maybe in some just-for-fun games where you know most/all the players, like in IDEC. |
| It's much more interesting than -cm for league matches, however there will be too many people crying "imbalanced" when outpicked, which is something that will happen way more often in -cd. As said though, will be great for inhouse lan games and the like. |
| This way of game is interesting, but to play in tilts not serious better than the cm |
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| nice |
a nice game mode.  |
| ds sounds interesting. ill be looking forward on this mode gj froggy! |
It will be the best reasonable-random playing.... I'll love it !  |
| Nice ^^ |
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