| Guinsoo | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Name: | Steve Feak |
| Birth date: | 1984-08-01 |
| Country: |  United States |
| Development | |
| First version: | Version 3.00d |
| Last version: | Version 6.01 |
| Social | |
| Twitter: | GuinsooDev |
Steve "Guinsoo" Feak is an American game designer, and was the previous designer of the popular Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne custom map Defense of the Ancients.[1]
Feak attracted the attention of the game industry and Riot Games, when his mod, known as Dota-Allstars, was played by 10 million gamers. He began this project while studying computer science at the University of Wisconsin. Feak has since been employed by Riot Games as a game designer for League of Legends, a video game inspired by his previous work.
Allstars
He started to develop this map from 2004 until 2005 (6.01). He recruited Icefrog--the current DotA and Dota 2 lead developer--to assist with programming in 2005. Later that year, he left the project and passed the lead developer position to Neichus, who continued to develop with IceFrog.