After going back to playing LoL after playing a lot of Dota 2, I've come to agree with what you said at the end of the blog: They are similar very very different games, and LoL is actually quite enjoyable.

I started my MOBA playing with LoL quite a while ago (Orianna was the newest hero) and played until Talon was released. Got to about lvl 18 summoner level then quit because I pretty much hated it. Played with a lot of friends but there was so much rage and annoyance. Winning was fun, losing was TERRIBLE. Quite a while later, I got a dota 2 invite and started playing it myself. None of my friends got the beta and when they eventually did, they didn't want to play it. I have now about 350 hours logged in dota 2 and decided that I wanted to fucking play MOBAs with my friends, so I got LoL again, and it's SO much more enjoyable with the experience I have from Dota 2 and how much better I got at MOBAs.

Thing is, Dota 2 is without a doubt a much deeper game, this is ridiculously clear once you've played both games a lot. However, a game doesn't have to be extremely deep to be fun. LoL is still definitely skillbased and has quite a bit of depth, and just like Dota 2, you absolutely feel like you improve all the time. One can compare the games in various ways and find flaws with both, but I think it's far more interesting to look at the differences which make both games good.

Since you're now a player of both games and enjoy both, I hope your future blogs will bring up such aspects.

OopsOopsBaby

Singapore3425 Posts

November 10 2012 10:36 GMT

#26

On November 10 2012 13:52 JFKWT wrote:
Nice post =). Am I the only one who saw that Centaur bought 2x boots...

there are 3 boots.

vectorix108

United States4633 Posts

November 10 2012 10:42 GMT

#27

Glad to see you playing Dota! Just don't give up man. Dota's pretty hard but it'll be much easier the more you play.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

November 10 2012 10:49 GMT

#28

dota is incredibly annoying to learn, mostly the very convoluted game design which has a lot to do with the map history with lots of heroes and lots of items you have to intake in from the very start. however once you actually do become experienced this is one of the more interesting aspects about the game since you have a ton of choices on how to go about playing your hero whether it is standard or non standard / non optimal or just plain joke build.

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

November 10 2012 10:51 GMT

#29

On November 10 2012 18:43 rabidch wrote:
Ogre Magi takes a lot of skill to play, same with other heroes with hard skillshots like Chaos Knight and Phantom Assassin

Xboct is quite skilled at Chaos Knight.

Low MMR has some hilarious item builds.

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

November 10 2012 11:00 GMT

#30

Oops double.

Qbek

Poland12923 Posts

November 10 2012 11:14 GMT

#31

Is enjoying reading peoples' experiences in learning dota considered schadenfreude?

KadaverBB

Germany25657 Posts

November 10 2012 13:36 GMT

#32

I love gheed blogs! :D Please do more about your experiences in lol and dota

Enzymatic

Canada1301 Posts

November 10 2012 15:32 GMT

#33

As someone else said... On a new account as a new player you're basically starting out in the "boonies" mmr range... Meaning your mmr is going to be very low.. Low to the point where the majority of your games are going to contain a lot of bad-mannered idiots, along with leavers, and generally people that just don't care. (Basically, the type of people that end up at the bottom of the mmr barrel; or the dota2 "slums" if you will).

Once you up your mmr a bit, you will begin to find that you rarely encounter leavers.. And you will find that the majority of people care about the outcome and what is going on (as opposed to people that go "... Damn, started off 0-2.. Well, next game!".

I play in the High/Very high bracket right now, and I don't think I've had a leaver in any of my games for 20+ games now.

NeonFlare

Finland1307 Posts

November 10 2012 15:55 GMT

#34

Very nice read, reminds me a bit when I started back in some old version at wc3... I think I played Venomancer because of Hydralisk model and made Soul Booster because fuck yeah lots of health and mana.

Btw those looking to get into the game, with recent influx of keys it should be rather easy to get one, even the great trade thread for dispensing had people just asking to PM them for key, I tried to drop mine off there too, but after few days of not using the key (sent via email to one guy) I just passed it on to a friend of a friend.

I also suggest partying up with other new players from TL, that way you can ensure less leavers and it will slightly increase the quality of opponents too (as it puts some extra into team's matchmaking rating depending on how large group is queuing).

SnipedSoul

Canada2158 Posts

November 10 2012 18:09 GMT

#35

On November 10 2012 16:39 Nabes wrote:
This blog has convinced me to try dota 2 when it goes free to play. I remember playing dota a long time ago and just trying to bait people into mines with goblin techies haha.

I have six invites if you or anyone else is interested. PM me if you are.

lifeisgood99

Canada915 Posts

November 10 2012 18:49 GMT

#36

You got it right. Ogre best hero ever. 4x that bitch!

Kanaz

Denmark658 Posts

November 10 2012 19:03 GMT

#37

I laughed the whole time reading this. Seriously, i can imagine how you thought WTF are russians doing on us servers.
Nobody knows.
Anyways, after some games you will eventually leave the MMR hell with constant leavers / feeders etc. They will come less frequently as you play, and your games will be awesome!
GL with dota, great game, great blog !

Darkren

Canada1841 Posts

November 10 2012 19:33 GMT

#38

On November 10 2012 14:19 Sinensis wrote:

Show nested quote +

Two pairs for all four hoofs! Makes sense.