The reason this game was created and this was even stated during the Beta was to have it based off of Defense of the Ancients. That was the whole inspiration behind it was to create a more modern version.

I'm glad they give kudos to DotA as inspiration. Not a big fan of the original, myself, but it seemed like it was too close for them not to give some credit. Too bad they gave credit to DotA, rather than the AoS mod type it was based on. Although, I don't think many other people who played the original don't play WoW, so I'm probably the only one to notice. Thank you for the clarification on the subject, it helps the game make much more sense.

im afraid spooky is right