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It's not full scale DotA (limited hero pool makes a huge difference imo) but it's still incredible.

Obviously, this limited rule set is not pure DotA, and so the humans we're at a slight disadvantage.

The results of letting anyone play against it will be the huge test - AI often fails to "cheese" strategies, and this will be a good test of whether any exist. I'm excited to see the results.

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They told they didn’t choose all heroes as the AI was already much better at micromanaging the creeps. Limiting the selection apparently gave humans a better chance to win.

(edited for more info) That's incorrect. Each team has strategies and preferred heroes and OG won the international ( a sort of world championship ) by ignoring trends and sticking to a limited preferred hero pool. Since then, they've been consistent at underperforming vs. other human team.

So by limiting the amount of heroes, humans are clearly at a disadvantage. In the last international, from the hero pool, 110 heroes were picked and 98 were banned.

The micromanagement claim seems fair when it comes to illusions.

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