League of Legends hits 5 million peak concurrent players.
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Dreams-Visions
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....oh wow.
Well it's true, Valve needs to implement more stripper poles.
Certainly. Starting with being an official, released product.
Canis lupus
Member
Woah thats as much as Steam on its peak moments.
Compare it to Call of Duty vs Counter Strike/Quake/UT. One is the far more popular shooter, but people all over the world will (rightfully?) shit on it for being dumbed down in comparison to the shooters of yore.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Goddamn right. I want a stripper pole too, damn it. $19.99 in Dota2 store would buy.
lazorexplosion
Member
Come on guys! The shitty boring heroes are a feature because playing with, as or against boring heroes is variety! Imagine if it was all interesting heroes, it would be so uninteresting!
I have no idea why DoTA 2 players make this kind of argument but it really doesn't convince me that skeleton king is actually a master work of hero design.
You fell for his trap card so hard.
He's not. It's just that the average dota hero is ten times more interesting than the best riot designs.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Of the 100+ heroes that are available...we're focusing like a laser on Skeleton King because why? Did someone suppose he is a "master work"?
actually, interesting hero designs are the main reasons why i play LoL
lee sin, jarvan 4th, orianna, draven, etc etc are some really cool designs
(favorite dota heroes are invoker, rude dick, beastmaster, storm spirit, batrider)
Same reason the LoL focus cherry picks things.
It's dumb for both sides, to be honest.
All I have to say so far from my DotA2 experience is Windrunner's laugh is infectious and Storm Spirit may have the best lines to ever exist in games.
PUDDIN' POP.
Pureauthor
Member
Look. Absolutely no one denies that Skeleton King is anything other than a right click hero who has a pretty simple playstyle even with item actives.
The thing is, and I want to stress this fact, is that sometimes people want to hop into a brain and shut their brain off and rightclick shit to death (*Roleplaying the KING OF BONES in allchat optional), and they can do that. And the next day they're more on their game and want to do some GLORIOUS INVOCATION and guess what? They can do that too!
Ain't that keen?
league champs are right up your alley
Whoosh.
No need to be defensive. I'm glad League of Legends players have a lot of people to play with, that will hopefully sustain the game so they can enjoy it for years to come. It's just way too inelegant for me.
lazorexplosion
Member
I'm not. He's the worst, but look at him Sven, and Dragon Knight. How many right clickers with a bunch of passives and a non-skillshot stun does the game need? And Alchemist, Chaos Knight, those guys are more interesting variations on that kit but the fact that there are already so many other variation detracts from them. Ursa zzzz. Or Drow Ranger and Viper. Soporific.
you are the most kind and compassionate gamer ever
We dump a lot of it into eSports. Also, like most evolving games, the majority of development is on unannounced features.
you guys should bring back journal of justice or ionia vs noxus type events
...i really liked the lore from back in the day :3
Jazzy Network
Member
Yo everyone should be playing Smite. You can play GODS!
aphrodite waifu
did you read quinn's journal on frejlord? I think theyre bringing back lore
skillshots
brush
skeleton king
skill cap
35$ hat
I'd like to see the player count broken down by region. Gotta wonder how much just The Americas and Euro/Aust have compared to Asia.
Dota 2 Zeus is the best god.
Dota 2 Zeus is the best god.
they need to put it on the front page similar to how they used to update JoJ back in the day. there's a lot of players that miss out on the hype because they don't browse LoL GD or the news collecting fan sites
Indeed. DOTA had a lot of popularity before it was even made to a proper game, you'd think that would been an indication.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
MOBA is the biggest success of Riots propoganda department
Lore is coming back in a big way. In fact, the entire company just had a mandatory meeting about it. We've got so many people at the Santa Monica office now that we have to hold these things at a large movie theatre
I think we're sticking to that "just cuz". I don't like the term myself. I don't like action RTS either--Dawn of War is an action RTS. I like RPRTS... role-playing RTS... but that's rather unwieldy.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Silence. We will have no more badgering of the true king!
Bow before him you unworthy peasants.
Bow before him you unworthy peasants.
TharpDaddy
Member
I think that pales in comparison to S2's JohnnyUtah blatantly insulting a player on the forums who tries to criticize the game. .
Lore is coming back in a big way. In fact, the entire company just had a mandatory meeting about it. We've got so many people at the Santa Monica office now that we have to hold these things at a large movie theatre
I think the way champion reveals are slowly ramped up recently with Zac/Quinn is a great move. Considering the Howling Abyss reveal, I suspect we will get more like that in the future.
Unrelated to lore, but I really enjoy the current Twisted Treelines as well, I have almost completely moved away from SR due to how much more fun I consider 3v3. I understand you are in charge of that, so great job!
Silence. We will have no more badgering of the true king!
Bow before him you unworthy peasants.
Baller King only need his fire balls and mighty sword crits to kill peasants. Bow in front of the king.
Thanks
It's funny, when SK started getting popular in DotA 1 competitive play for the first time (ever), a lot of people tried to argue that he was one of the most skilled heroes in the game due to increased need for timing and mana management on that sole "crutch". There's some truth to it; obviously when resources are more scarce, decisions matter more. But yeah, he's still just a right-clicker. I don't really see anything wrong with that though; a lot of the champions I designed in HoN had a heavy focus on passive abilities. A lot of people enjoy that--me included obviously.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
That's not the issue. You could buy Dota 2 for next to nothing right now if you wanted
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/Dota 2
It is an issue because that one extra step of buying an invite for $0.02 is more than enough of an obstacle for the more casual crowd, the people who would make up the majority of the player base, to not get into the game.
That and the marketing won't go into full gear until the game is released.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
it's not like there's any chance in hell of Dota 2 going to LoL numbers. It's just late too the party, not the mention less accessible.
Freakinchair
Member
Dota2 is a better game in almost every way possible than League of Legends. The only thing League has going for it is its ranking system and its hook (winning games - getting points - unlocking shit).
It has -
Worse art direction
Worse graphics
Worse sound/sound effects/limited sound clips
Worse Hero Variety
Worse Meta (which will never change)
Worse strategic options in matches (No tp supporting/ganking as long as wards are up)
Worse Competitive Scene (there are about 15 competitive heroes in League as of right now)
Worse hero balance (you can straight counter pick enemy heroes at top/mid/jungle lanes)
With that last one; Sure there are bad matchups in dota2 as well but League puts an emphasis on getting gold over levels which means a bad matchup in League is REALLY bad. A bad matchup in Dota2 can be overcome by skill/ganking/tp support with your extra levels.
But you know - congrats on 5 mil concurrent.
It has -
Worse art direction
Worse graphics
Worse sound/sound effects/limited sound clips
Worse Hero Variety
Worse Meta (which will never change)
Worse strategic options in matches (No tp supporting/ganking as long as wards are up)
Worse Competitive Scene (there are about 15 competitive heroes in League as of right now)
Worse hero balance (you can straight counter pick enemy heroes at top/mid/jungle lanes)
With that last one; Sure there are bad matchups in dota2 as well but League puts an emphasis on getting gold over levels which means a bad matchup in League is REALLY bad. A bad matchup in Dota2 can be overcome by skill/ganking/tp support with your extra levels.
But you know - congrats on 5 mil concurrent.
Dota and League shouldn't fight. We should rejoice together for crushing SC2 and HotS.
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