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So Riot announced through facebook the prize pool for season 2.


*Insert drum roll here* 5 million dollars.

Season 1 was only 100k dollars.

Oh boy this season is going to have a billion teams participating

[Reiki]

That's what I thought when I saw that.

[Reirin]

so muchLOL

This post has been edited by Reirin: 16 August 2011 - 01:00 AM

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Reiki, on 15 August 2011 - 09:29 PM, said:

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That's what I thought when I saw that.

My thoughts exactly, I have no clue how their doing it. Guess dominion will play a big role

[Shienryu]

still doesnt beat dota2.

[SeoulHeart ♥]

Shienryu, on 15 August 2011 - 11:25 PM, said:

beats dota2.

Agreed! :D I can't wait for season 2 & dominion

[-NoctiS]

Imo this is a dying breath before dota2 kills the games competitive scene instantly.

[i2K]

So DotA2/Valve walks into a bar unexpectedly with 1 mirrion dorrahs... and then Riot comes out of the bathroom with 5 mirrion dorrahs...

What happens?

[Shienryu]

-NoctiS, on 16 August 2011 - 12:57 AM, said:

Imo this is a dying breath before dota2 kills the games competitive scene instantly.

The competitive scene was always weak imo. LoL buys themself into the competitive scene and their meta-game is very boring to watch as Flash and Ghost or whatever kills action early game to force them to have a farmfest. While Dota and HoN shifted their metagame to focus more on ganking because they believe their farm will be equally as strong to static farm when ganking.

Just two days to determine the life of every other MOBA game.

[-NoctiS]

Shienryu, on 16 August 2011 - 02:23 AM, said:

The competitive scene was always weak imo. LoL buys themself into the competitive scene and their meta-game is very boring to watch as Flash and Ghost or whatever kills action early game to force them to have a farmfest. While Dota and HoN shifted their metagame to focus more on ganking because they believe their farm will be equally as strong to static farm when ganking.

Just two days to determine the life of every other MOBA game.

Good thing I live in cologne and can visit the Gamescom live like a boss :)

[StyxNStones]

-NoctiS, on 16 August 2011 - 02:34 AM, said:

Good thing I live in cologne and can visit the Gamescom live like a boss :)

I envy your position. I would be there playing Guild Wars 2 and feasting on schnitzel if I could.

Shienryu, on 16 August 2011 - 02:23 AM, said:

The competitive scene was always weak imo. LoL buys themself into the competitive scene and their meta-game is very boring to watch as Flash and Ghost or whatever kills action early game to force them to have a farmfest. While Dota and HoN shifted their metagame to focus more on ganking because they believe their farm will be equally as strong to static farm when ganking.

I have no idea what you just said. I shouldn't be in this forum section.

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Shienryu, on 16 August 2011 - 02:23 AM, said:

The competitive scene was always weak imo. LoL buys themself into the competitive scene and their meta-game is very boring to watch as Flash and Ghost or whatever kills action early game to force them to have a farmfest. While Dota and HoN shifted their metagame to focus more on ganking because they believe their farm will be equally as strong to static farm when ganking.

Just two days to determine the life of every other MOBA game.

Not gonna argue since it just turns out into a big discussion always for no reason. To each their own but I like League of Legends more than the others. (I played DotA for a long time in Venezuela and I tried HoN when it became free now). Still prefer League.

[Shienryu]

Quit.exe, on 16 August 2011 - 04:40 AM, said:

Not gonna argue since it just turns out into a big discussion always for no reason. To each their own but I like League of Legends more than the others. (I played DotA for a long time in Venezuela and I tried HoN when it became free now). Still prefer League.

I guess LoL is fun casually but to people who play it competitively its a different story =P.

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Shienryu, on 16 August 2011 - 04:31 PM, said:

I guess LoL is fun casually but to people who play it competitively its a different story =P.

Like I said, to each their own opinion. Besides you cannot compare League of Legends and DotA completely as even though they are both MOBA games, their completely different from each other. Its like comparing two FPS shooters that have nothing to do with each other just that their both FPS shooters.

You might have found League not "competitive enough", but I can find it pretty competitive with the kind of matches I go to with my clan.

Just one last thing and I'm done :o. Back in Venezuela DotA was the least user-friendly game I ever played (Before I learned english), where I'm sure League would of been easier to understand.

[SeoulHeart ♥]

I carry mazen to victory thats why he likes League of legends :P

[aXygnus]

-NoctiS, on 16 August 2011 - 12:57 AM, said:

Imo this is a dying breath before dota2 kills the games competitive scene instantly.

sc2 will not die
we stand strong

[Shienryu]

SC2 is like the hardest competitive game in the world. Its perfect, MOBAs are just getting more popular, they are fun to watch too but Starcraft 2 really deserves a lot as well.

[aXygnus]

Shienryu, on 17 August 2011 - 12:29 AM, said:

SC2 is like the hardest competitive game in the world. Its perfect, MOBAs are just getting more popular, they are fun to watch too but Starcraft 2 really deserves a lot as well.

BW is a lot harder, but it's dying. SC2 still has some imbalances, but it can be worked out.

[NecroSan]

My one biggest problem with DotA and HoN is that the permanent meta I've seen is "get one character fed to the point where they can win by themselves". I'm not sure about you, but I don't prefer losing when the one person who didn't get completely shut down early on is the one champion that will carry their sorry asses later on in the game.

That and the community is completely abysmal. Easily 2-3x worse than LoL's.


Rant and pointless discussion aside, I don't see DotA 2 as much of a threat to LoL. The niche that LoL has is large enough that DotA 2 will have to do much more than simply copy the regular DotA to be able to do any damage to LoL's playerbase. From what I've seen of the stream today (the 10 minute segment before I fell asleep), it's not going to cut it.

I'm not worried.

[Shienryu]

NecroSan, on 17 August 2011 - 02:50 PM, said:

My one biggest problem with DotA and HoN is that the permanent meta I've seen is "get one character fed to the point where they can win by themselves". I'm not sure about you, but I don't prefer losing when the one person who didn't get completely shut down early on is the one champion that will carry their sorry asses later on in the game.

That and the community is completely abysmal. Easily 2-3x worse than LoL's.


Rant and pointless discussion aside, I don't see DotA 2 as much of a threat to LoL. The niche that LoL has is large enough that DotA 2 will have to do much more than simply copy the regular DotA to be able to do any damage to LoL's playerbase. From what I've seen of the stream today (the 10 minute segment before I fell asleep), it's not going to cut it.

I'm not worried.

Metagame has changed. Its not longer one hero farming to get fed. Its more focused on heavy ganking now, which seems to work very well and probably even better. =P