Dota 2

Dota 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in July 2013, following a Windows-only public beta testing phase that began in 2011, and is the stand-alone sequel to Defense of the Ancients (DotA), a mod for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion pack, The Frozen Throne. Dota 2 is one of the most actively played games on Steam, with maximum peaks of over a million concurrent players.

Dota 2 is played in matches between two five-player teams, each of which occupies a stronghold in a corner of the playing field. A team wins by destroying the other side's "Ancient" building, located within the opposing stronghold. Each player controls one of 111 playable "Hero" characters that feature unique powers and styles of play. During a match, the player collects gold, items, and experience points for their Hero, while combating Heroes of the opposite team.

Zotac

Zotac International Limited is a computer hardware company based in Macau producing consumer electronics in the form of motherboards (primarily in mini-ITX and mini-DTX form factors), mini PCs, nettops, and Nvidia based graphics cards. The company is part of the PC Partner Ltd group and employs over 6,000 people worldwide with its headquarters situated in Macau and 44 surface mount technology (SMT) manufacturing facilities in mainland China.

Mag and Zbox series mini-PCs

Zotac's "Zbox" and "Mag" series of small mini-PCs are mostly Nvidia Ion- or Intel GMA-based nettops, and they are all sold as both complete ready-to-use computers and as barebone computers (without memory and harddrive).

Mag series

The Mag series was Zotac's first attempt at Nvidia Ion based nettops. It comes with standard with a VESA FDMI (Flat Display Mounting Interface) mount bracket that allows for the Mag to be attached on the back of most flat panel monitors and HDTV sets.

Zbox series

The Zbox ID33 and Zbox ID34 are specifically marketed towards the HTPC market, where Zbox ID33 is the barebone model and the Zbox ID34 comes with 2GB RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. Both models include a slot-loading Blu-ray Disc optical disc drive, however neither come with a remote control or operating system.

Defense of the Ancients

Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a multiplayer online battle arena mod for the 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 scenario objective is for each team to destroy the opponents' Ancient, heavily guarded structures at opposing corners of the map. Players use powerful units known as heroes, and are assisted by allied heroes and AI-controlled fighters. As in role-playing games, players level up their heroes and use gold to buy equipment during the mission.

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. This specific scenario has been maintained by several authors during development, the latest of whom is the anonymous developer known as "IceFrog" who has developed the game since 2005.

1080

Year 1080 (MLXXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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