Syph Medwes
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It's still growing faster than dota? That's crazy if indeed true.
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It's still growing faster than dota? That's crazy if indeed true.
Wok
Member
The figures are not public, so nobody can tell. Judging by the quality of the wikipedia page, Dota 2 is far less popular in Europe than LoL though.
I want a Rubick announcer pack.
The enemy bottom tower is uh... how did that go again?
The enemy bottom tower is uh... how did that go again?
Syph Medwes
Member
That was actually going to be my next question, demographics.
I'm reading this breakdown right now and it's shedding some light on viewership.
shira
Member
"We could see people still watching Dota 2 and LoL in 30 to 40 years."
LOLOLOL, can't take that seriously at all
Yeah wtf? How do you project something out 30 - 40 years!?
LoL is easier to get into, so it attracts more people. Simple as that.lies[/SPOILER]
Syph Medwes
Member
Yeah obviously that part was suspect haha
I meant the article was good as an aggregate of stats.
well you can tell because dota is barely growing right now
if something doesnt happen, heroes of the storm might even be popular than dota, which is pre sad yo
manfestival
Member
Ogre magi and timbersaw announcer packs would be legit
balladofwindfishes
Member
Oh hey, they threw in missing lane lines for clockwerk, how kind of them
Syph Medwes
Member
I can't tell if you're being serious or not lol
I'm basically trying to figure out if I should switch to Dota 2 or just stick with LoL if the former won't be sustainable.
lol
Dota is fine. One of the biggest games in the world and the second largest esport.
LoL is just in a different league altogether.
balladofwindfishes
Member
So the missing lane lines they added for clockwerk aren't actually used...
Oh well, maybe next patch
Oh well, maybe next patch
If you are worried that playing Dota isn't good long term cus the community will not be there don't worry. As Archie says, comparing to league makes things seem worse than they are because League is just so far ahead of every other game out there. Dota 2 is still the most played game on steam by far. It has a huge fanbase and is perfectly healthy.
Addressing a couple of other things, from what I remember, Dota was growing faster when you look at percentages, but a smaller percentage of a larger number can still create a larger number so League is still growing faster in raw numbers. Lies, damn lies and statistics, really. That said, that was a while ago and Dota growth has stagnated a little as Boken pointed out, but again its just about which stats you look at. Each year Dota has stopped growing during the October through April/May months, then boomed nearer the summer when the typical demographic has more time to play. Not to mention the publicity the International generates. Year over Year growth is honestly the best thing to look at and I don't have those stats on me.
Addressing a couple of other things, from what I remember, Dota was growing faster when you look at percentages, but a smaller percentage of a larger number can still create a larger number so League is still growing faster in raw numbers. Lies, damn lies and statistics, really. That said, that was a while ago and Dota growth has stagnated a little as Boken pointed out, but again its just about which stats you look at. Each year Dota has stopped growing during the October through April/May months, then boomed nearer the summer when the typical demographic has more time to play. Not to mention the publicity the International generates. Year over Year growth is honestly the best thing to look at and I don't have those stats on me.
dota is sustainable, dont worry, its not getting smaller for a long time
lol is just huge and keeps getting bigger
just wait bro
ill happily eat my words
I very much doubt the game is going to receive the substantial overhauls and rebalancing that both LoL and Dota get, Blizzard'll polish it up to a satisfactory point and then just keep tacking on additional heroes and minor balance updates from then on out.
manfestival
Member
Seriously, why even have abandons if you get LOSSES for them anyways
www.twitch.tv/jwongismyhero
stacking in ranked cm with whitebeard/kvh/fluffnstuff, come watch me suck because i hardly play ranked
stacking in ranked cm with whitebeard/kvh/fluffnstuff, come watch me suck because i hardly play ranked
Popularity is a given, but I'm talking about the game being competitive with its genre counterparts. More given to believing it'll languish under the SC2 model of support.
Sigismundo
Member
But surely you don't need a different thought process than the usual tryhard thought process.
HotS is stillborn. It's launching waaaaay to late. Dota got burned hard launching late and HotS is going to be even worse.
I'm rooting for WWWWWWWWWWWWWW
edit: What kind of dog?
I'm rooting for WWWWWWWWWWWWWW
edit: What kind of dog?
shira
Member
OMG mute fluff plz, I feel so sad listening to him
Sigismundo
Member
That Dark Seer is Fucked.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Workshop contributors, valve wants feedback on the contributor area of the international
http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=131151
http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=131151
shira
Member
reported vs
I really don't get what is up with the loading screen. It's in the files, it randomly shows up at times, but they haven't formally given it out yet.
Am I allowed to comment if my submission hadn't been accepted? I mean, I have contributed, one of the items is almost good even, Vlat did the texture!
OldAsUrSock
Banned
When you die IO says, "beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeeeeeeeeeeeeeep." The sound of a heart rate monitor going dead.
Hearthstone isn't trying to shove into an incredibly crowded and established genre.
HotS has the Blizzard name, it'll do well enough regardless of quality.
just to clarify, i just meant that hots will have more players than dota = more popular
who cares if ur late if ur people have been waiting to play with beloved blizzard franchises this whole time?
they have some of the 3 biggest PC IPs in the world. + theres still people who think things like items+last hitting is too hard/boring
shira
Member
I was a huge blizzard fan, but deciding not to keep dota was probably the biggest video game fuck up since Nintendo and Sony split.
hmmmm to buy or not to buy
dave is ok
aztek is ok
HotS is an ugly game with no skill requirement and a horrible F2P model. It will never do Dota numbers.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
The cogs are nice, but the announcer pack is the worst in the game
balladofwindfishes
Member
I have 3 tf2 items in, that has to count, right?
Sigismundo
Member
I don't think doing extremely rough concept art counts, ned.
Also where's your Dazolator, ellen?
SteveWinwood
Member
I'm curious to see how Hearthstone and HotS develop after release and how much a competitive component of the games plays in their sustainability and longevity. From the looks of it, I'm sceptical either will have as great a competitive following as LoL, Dota 2 or Starcraft.
I'm not even sure what sort of numbers Starcraft II pulls anymore.
Yep. Not taking advantage of the IP and then trying to capitalize on it yearssss later was a massive, massive mistake.
Blizzard could be raking in Volvo money on top of WoW money right now, but nope.
i am really glad they didn't handle dota
Purple Cheeto
Member
Do people really care about Techies that much or is just one of those meme things? Techies seems like a hero that the majority of people will never be able to play properly and likely won't show up in pro games much for the same reason Meepo doesn't, the rewards aren't worth the risk.
I'd love to be proven wrong though because I like seeing more off the wall mechanics and heroes.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/593406884
A case of "do the dumbest lanes and somehow win because your Tinker is snowballing and you have a Terrorblade for late game." I have no idea why my teammates thought it was appropriate for AA and SB to go in the offlane and leave me solo against Omni and Clinkz, but I was helpless and got less than 20 CS by 10 minutes and dived endlessly by those assholes. I asked for AA to help me, and he wouldn't. Somehow we won.
A case of "do the dumbest lanes and somehow win because your Tinker is snowballing and you have a Terrorblade for late game." I have no idea why my teammates thought it was appropriate for AA and SB to go in the offlane and leave me solo against Omni and Clinkz, but I was helpless and got less than 20 CS by 10 minutes and dived endlessly by those assholes. I asked for AA to help me, and he wouldn't. Somehow we won.
i think you misspelled tusk
I think you misspelled NBA jam
Storm announcer + NBA Jam for kills = ultimate combo.