EPTNASL adds Heroes of Newerth - Page 9
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lyrlian
Netherlands257 Posts
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AusBox
Australia214 Posts
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Vul
United States685 Posts
On September 07 2011 08:55 Ruscour wrote: There hasn't been a LoL tournament not sponsored by Riot and I'm sure you're aware of what happened at Dreamhack (or was it Gamescom, I forget now) and MLG. HoN's numbers are increasing, it's getting added to MLG and IPL, and it's where every decent player (at least in NA) is playing right now. Dota2 isn't a factor because it isn't released. HoN is the best choice right now. It's a promotional title, which means that the HoN people are paying NASL to do this. I would assume that's their motivation. | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
On September 07 2011 08:58 lyrlian wrote: Why HON instead of LoL? It's like chosing red alert 3 tournament over SC2. LoL is more popular, has more players, has more EVERYTHING!! HoN Must have given NASL a shit ton of money or something. No, that's not what it's like at all. LoL doesn't have everything, unless you really think popularity is everything. | ||
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Benjef
United Kingdom6921 Posts
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MichaelDonovan
United States1453 Posts
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rob.au
1087 Posts
We're just seeing more of them at tournaments now because they have to worry about losing market share to dota2 as well as the fact that Riot has been so much more successful business wise that they can basically go for the kill on hon. | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On September 07 2011 09:19 MichaelDonovan wrote: A "Starleague" airing a boring non-spectator-sport game called heroes of newerth? Heroes of Newerth American Starleague? What is this nonsense? I dunno, personally I enjoy watching HoN more than SC2 much of the time. I think it's a great fit for an eSport, and hyped as I was for DotA 2, I went right back to playing/watching HoN along w/ SC2. | ||
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Ignight
United States14 Posts
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TerraTron
Canada137 Posts
On September 07 2011 09:23 Pokebunny wrote: I dunno, personally I enjoy watching HoN more than SC2 much of the time. I think it's a great fit for an eSport, and hyped as I was for DotA 2, I went right back to playing/watching HoN along w/ SC2. I agree, DotA 2 seems to be a worse spectator sport when I was watching the stream for the tourny, didnt feel interesting even though I knew the heroes and what they did from Dota1. I don't see people saying it should incorporate LoL though, as I see lots of Sc2 players enjoying HoN more then LoL. | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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Vonstroke
5 Posts
On September 07 2011 09:33 Telcontar wrote: So, I'm not very into the MOBA scene, but which one has the better future in ESPORTS? HoN? DotA 2? LoL? From what I've seen, the latter 2 draws in a lot of viewers, but I have no clue on HoN. Which do you think has the brightest future, and is it possible for all 3 or even 2 to co-exist without dividing the viewers and being in direct competition? The only game that has a real future in eSports is Dota 2. Reason being is that Dota 2 champions will always be considered to have more skill than the top LoL team. Case closed. | ||
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Ryuu314
United States12679 Posts
Every other post is a HoN v. DotA v. LoL fanboy flame post regardless of how subtle they try to be. Kinda like the post above me. This is good news for S2 and HoN. I've played HoN during beta and it was a pretty fun game. Although whether or not this is a smart long-term move by NASL will have to be seen. A lot of people are already saying that DotA2 will spell the end for HoN because the two games are too similar. Whether or not that's true will be seen in the next year, but good luck to NASL I suppose. | ||
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ReturnStroke
United States801 Posts
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Tarias
Netherlands480 Posts
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
On September 07 2011 03:48 Risen wrote: Holy shit that's crazy :O Still, I hope they swap from hon to dota2 when it comes out. This. I feel like HoN is on its last leg. I'm anticipating a lot of HoN players switching to dota 2 when it comes out, and even some LoL players. I don't see much of a future for hon  | ||
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kslghost
246 Posts
Anyways, having 40k go to a tourney versus some crappy online ads is something we should support in eSports. | ||
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CubEdIn
Romania5359 Posts
On September 07 2011 08:34 Aurdon wrote: NASL makes strange choices. They should solidify they're SC2 brand before they move into new titles. They had a very shaky season one and season two had so much drama before the season even started. I would hope they smoothed over everything before branching out. Then to choose HoN(which doesn't have the numbers or hype that LoL or Dota2) is a questionable choice for your next title. I don't understand their motivations for this. Well, even though LoL is more popular, HoN is more skill-based, at least in comparison to Dota. Dota2 is simply not out yet, and we don't know WHEN it will be, so you can't really jump on it until valve goes with the official release, OR if they had a contract with valve bla bla, too complicated IMO. So between Dota(1), LoL and HoN, HoN seems like the appropriate choice, due to the fact that it's a new-er game than dota, and more competitive than LoL. And yes, I played LoL as well. It's good, but it's the minor differences that make it more newb-friendly that also make it more e-sports unworthy. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
On September 07 2011 08:58 lyrlian wrote: Why HON instead of LoL? It's like chosing red alert 3 tournament over SC2. LoL is more popular, has more players, has more EVERYTHING!! HoN Must have given NASL a shit ton of money or something. Why choose SC2 over Call of Duty? CoD is more popular, has more players, and has more EVERYTHING! NASL should probably drop SC2 in favor of CoD as well because it's obviously way better of a game. | ||
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RaiKageRyu
Canada4773 Posts
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