LoL

League of Legends and DOTA2 are rival games of sorts. They're both MOBAs and some people tend to think one is superior to the other, although neither party can argue such a thing without resorting to "Fuck you it's better than your game."

watch this video:
www.youtube(dot)com/watch?v=B2qjrKRH2Q8

His points are all valid and unbiased. But even what he says implies that DotA 2 is better. Or at least more in depth and intricate.

DotA 2 fans usually have a few reasons why DotA is betetr. LoL fans rarely ever have a good reason.

I'm not trying to piss off LoL fans. I play LoL sometimes with my friends. But as a player of both games, I have to objectively say that DotA 2 is better.

I have yet to try DOTA2. I can barely handle LoL.

DotA 2 is admittedly a harder game to get into. You'll feel discouraged because it's confusing. It's quite complicated and the spells are very diverse. I remember hating DotA when I first started playing because I sucked so badly.

But my friends kept encouraging me to play, and eventually I got the hang of it. Now I have to say that DotA is better than LoL.

I have a few DotA 2 keys to give away. If you would like one, add me on steam and I'll send you it :)

My experience is that LoL can be for both casuals and more serious gaming, whilst Dota 2 isn't that great for casuals. Personally I like the LoL design better, but that's a matter of opinion. The LoL servers and client is more buggy, but that's probably because of the number of players. I haven't played Dota in over a month, but as far as I know, you can do much more in LoL and it's much more fun to play with friends. If you play solo, I think DotA would be slightly better, if you get enough into it.

Bottom line: LoL is great for casuals and for playing with friends, while both are good when you get higher up. If you want to get into MOBA games or wanna play casual, I strongly recommend LoL. It's much better to get into if you play with friends or pre-mades.

For DotA 2 keys, add me on steam. If you wanna start playing LoL on either of the EU servers, use this: signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=4ff72ec4e6593939135566 and message me.

Can i have one?

sure add me on Steam "guitarguise"

I like both games. But because I am arguing that DotA 2 is better, and some people are arguing against it, I have to reassert and reiterated my points. The more people discuss with me, the more of a DotA 2 fanboy I will look like because I'm defending my view.

If guitarguise doesn't give you a Dota 2 key pm me your steam name. I've more dota 2 invites than I can shake a stick at.

If you got a spare key, I'll suck your di......I mean I'll take it off your hands. I just got my first PC in around 5 years so I'm lacking in games and I've wanted to try Dota for a while. I'm in the middle of midterms now but after I finish I should be free if you ever need some help (Although I can't promise I won't be terrible in the beginning). I'm steamcommunity.com/id/CaptainFALCONN if you are wiling to part with a key. Even if you aren't, I'm still CaptainFALCONN.

the inherent problem with dota2 is that its is far to intricate to just pick up and learn. the heroes are complicated (not to mention the sheer number) and it doesn't do a good job of teaching you the core mechanics before just tossing you in.

on the other had LoL is quite simple by comparison. and while many "dedicated" gamers consider that to be its downfall that is actually what makes it a better game. simpler mechanics make for a more competitive enviornment, and also allow for casual gamers to still master the core mechanics without having to dedicate weeks to learning them.

TL;DR complexity for the sake of complexity is dota's downfall. LoL took a working model and made it accessible and for both casual and hardcore audiences.

DotA was never complex for complexity's sake. It just doesn't insult the gamer's intelligence. You're gonna lose when you're a scrub, but it's fair game because everyone is a scrub at some point.

DotA came first after all, and it didn't have anyone else to compete with. Each hero could be extremely versatile due to the possible item builds and complexity of his spells. Like themathguy said, in LoL everything is too uniformed. Each champion is either an AP build or an AD build. And while early game is pretty diverse (top, mid, jungling) it's no more diverse than DotA. Actually, in DotA you can do more early game - denying, blocking creeps, pulling creeps with neutral creeps, etc. The problem with LoL is late game where everyone just blurs together and it's all the same. The fights have little to do with the items and/or abilities, and just ganking formula.

Just because LoL is more successful as a game doesn't mean it's a better game. Just like McDonald's being a more successful restaurant doesn't mean that it's better than TGI Fridays. It's just more accessible and easier to order from.

I didn't want to bring graphics into this, because I know graphics doesn't make a game necessarily better, but cmon... DotA 2's graphics are much better than LoL's. Again, that alone doesn't make DotA 2 better, but it's definitely a plus.

-Comparing fast food restaurant with a sit-down restaurant isn't a both biased and flawed comparison in the slightest.
-The graphics for DotA 2 are built on a 8 1/2 year old engine. I don't see how you can make such claims and call them fact, even when it's an opinion piece to boot.

And you started off by saying you're not a DotA 2 fanboy.

fast food and sit down restaurants are different but both are restaurants. They differ in quality and speed. LoL is like a fast food restaurant because it is widely accessible, cheap, and easy to use. DotA is more like TGI Fridays because the quality of the food is better, but you have to wait longer for it and pay more for it.

It was quite a fair analogy in my opinion. Unless you're arguing that LoL and DotA AREN'T different, then you'll have to take that up with the rest of the LoL community who claims that it is different.

And I'm sorry I didn't do explicit research on which engine is better. I truly am. But if DotA 2 LOOKS better than LoL, and it's running an inferior engine, that says more about LoL than about DotA. Careful about your arguments, man. All I was saying was that from an aesthetic standpoint, LoL has worse graphics (and by that I mean more cartoony). People would say that Borderlands 2 has worse graphics than Skyrim (Creation Engine), but Borderlands 2 (Unreal Engine 3) is running on a newer engine. So watch your words. You're being biased because you think that just because I think DotA 2 is better that I'm a DotA 2 fanboy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2qjrKRH2Q8
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Never played DoTa 2. I'm always on League with friends and I love it. It's the game that's more fun.

better =/= fun

>Never played DotA 2
>LoL is more fun

right.

Sorry if I just never felt to get DoTa 2. No one I know plays it, and there's nothing I know about it. Of course LoL is more fun. I don't play DoTa 2, so obviously LoL is more fun to me. It's your personal preference. I can't decide what I find fun.

haha you made me laugh. Alright man. I don't have a problem with people playing LoL, and I do play it sometimes, too.

It just justles my romnies when LoL players say that LoL is better as a game, and then cannot give good reasons at all.

Thanks man, I would try DoTa 2 if my friends would stop jacking off over League 24/7.

I thought DOTA 2 is ARTS

Dota 2 is not a MOBA game.
For a new player it will be much harder to play dota 2 since it is more difficult while LoL is much more "noob-friendly" even tho both community sucks and flames..

Anyone still needs keys? I have a shit ton of Dota 2 invites. PM me if you want one.

mfw reading about some of the DotA heroes' abilities after only playing league

Same with me, for both games

been playing for roughly a month and i still have no idea what the fuck i'm doing

**ahoi rolled a random image posted in comment #2646269 at FJ RPG ** MFW playing LoL the first time

Same with me when my friend tried to show me HoN.

Draven alone is enough to make LoL GLOOOORIOUS

Draven cancer its all about master race SVEN!

Go play the original DotA on wc3 if you want to learn without being yelled at. We're a lot more friendly there.

That is not true at all I still play dota 1 with my friends that refuse to move on to dota 2. The dota 1 community is filled with people who have been playing dota 1 for years and are all really good. So when a new player plays and dies 3 times in the first 5 minutes, his whole team rages much harder than those in dota 2.

Really? I've never seen a guy who wants to learn without getting a newer MOBA get raged at, ofc that's assuming he clarifies he wants to learn I suppose.

From my experience in the past 2 years, when someone says they are new in a pub game, someone says "gg afk" or just leaves. I feel the community has gotten better if you are an experienced player, a lot of the flamers have moved on. But I also feel it is a lot less accepting of new players. I have actually seen people telling new players to go play LoL or Dota 2 instead.

too bad this pic supposed to be Traxex/Drow Ranger from DotA/DotA 2 :/

the "mask" next to her head is the symbol for beeing silenced in DotA2 + she can silence... maybe you are just trolling, well done then :D


pic related, Drow Ranger

Aye, that's the Joke
Ashe is the champion
Trax is the hero
and you call them gods only in Smite.

Well played... just wanted to make things clear since a lot of FJ'ers won't understand your joke unless they play both of these games...

pic related, how i feel right now after i fell for your 'trolling' :(

Who cares if everyone understands it, it's fine for those who get it ^^

That's not Ashe, that's Lee Sin, the woman who cannot hear.

Oh my god... does this post mean that people are actually starting to know about smite now? hell yeah, smite ftw! (although it was better before hi-rez took out the side jungles and added the fucking focus bullshit).

indeed, this focus is unecessary but what does this mean, people starting to know. there are probably a lot of people knowing or playing smite here, there's just nothing about it ^^

fuck traxex, ruins every fucking game. damn russians

wut?

By favorite god, I think he was trying to pul off one of those, "This is squirtle, he's my favorite digimon."
Because in the new rip-off MOBA, people play as gods, rather than champions or heroes.

new rip off moba? you mean smite? its not a rip off, its really fun and the 3rd person perspective is great too.

If I want to start playing this, where do I go?

high rez studios i believe are the makers sorry for the delayed reply

Yeah my bad, not sure why I said rip off.

I think almost anyone who has DoTA has several keys to give.

They gave me 13 copies to give people.

I woke up one morning, and suddenly I had like 10, yeah...
oh valve <333

i have 30 :D

Care to share one? Steam name is TheDLT

add me on steam: networking96

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add me on steam: networking96

k sowwy, they're all gone now :(

now get out of here, damn scavengers

may i have one good sir royaldoyles

which is my steam name :D

I would actualy wanted to try Dota 2 :D

How long do they last?

they're basically permanent copies of the game

I'd support that.

yeah, no way in hell shadow demon

Well fuck you then >:v

Why in the name of Nyx do you even have that image?!

It seems that I am no match for your superior reaction-images. I tip my hat towards you, havockwzy. I SAID GOOD DAY SIR.

CELEBRATION SPIN!

gg axtinguisher was fun

Well, it was fun while it lasted, ggwp you awesome bastard.

sweet dreams

Seriously?

fuck you chen

DOTA 2 THREEEAAD!

No.

Dota 2 in a nutshell

Yeaaaa, if you want to go ahead and keep that on english... that would be great

It's a song btw.

I feel you man

i'm sry but i don't know the text and i'm too lazy to look for it but i get it at least

Wait, did you reply to yourself with the feel picture?

I didnt trust the rest of fj to complete the joke, and judging by the first reply, i was right

Now feeling myself, that's a feel i can relate to

I always thought he said " Wir sitzen hier in ventrilo (program) "

Your realization is adorable :D

Almost as adorable as that scarf :p

dont worry i cant get fun with all the russians arround

Помните, никакой английский язык.

how it feels sometimes

I know the feeling.

it hurts.... it hurts to watch

When I first heard the guy shouting that it sounded like leroy niggins

It's really surprising honestly. It upsets me, but I guess you can't expect much from a bunch of twelve year olds.