League of Legends

savanex · 5th March 2009, 19:32

http://www.leagueoflegends.com/

Made by the people who made DoTA, which is a popular Warcraft 3 Custom Mod if you didn't know. It's pretty much DoTA stand alone, graphics look a little better, but nothing worth noting really.

Could be pretty fun. I haven't touched DoTA in such a long time.

Ride · 8th March 2009, 11:51

Oh yes, yes.. LoL ! I’ve been waiting for that one since they announced it - could be great fun, or a total flop.. Used to play DotA the dotapickup.euro style, until I didn't play for like 3 months and my auth expired, meh..

You should also check out http://www.demigodthegame.com/ it does have similarities to dota, even tho they're not as close as LoL.

(Betasignup for LoL is up too)

Ravenwoods · 8th March 2009, 16:11

Well if it is advanced Dota with Persistand fully customised heroes then it can be real fun but balance might be an issue initially!

Loadafreak · 6th April 2009, 17:37

I've been watching both LoL and Demigod. It's hard to say which one will be funner.

Demigod has better graphics but less heroes to choose from, also there is only about 6 maps to play on right now (heard from beta testers.) and the maps themselves seem pretty basic and boring.

LoL has more heroes and the map variety looks better than Demigod at the moment. But it's a new company making it, and it also looks very cartoony(3 of the heroes look like children, which isn't appealing to me, but some might like it.).
LoL also seems to be going for a better multi-player experience as you can unlock costumes and stuff for your 'summoner' (guy who summons the heroes into the game... basically your avatar.) through competition.

We won't know which is better till both are out of course. But I am leaning towards LoL at the moment; it looks like it will be a more competitive game.

Guantanamoe · 2nd August 2009, 07:38

there isnt someone who got a key but dont like that game ? just missed the great giveaway

Lille · 18th August 2009, 14:58

Theres also Heroes of Newerth by S2Games if you're into DoTA. They have a huge beta, theres usually 6k+ people logged in. Heroes of Newerth is pretty much a carbon copy of DoTA with some added gameplay elements and better graphics. The company decided to make a stand alone DoTA game because they love DoTA but think that the WC3 engine is limiting the game. They have currently copied over half of dotas heroes into HoN and added some of their own. Theres also some new maps.

edit: oops, saw there was a HoN thread already.

Frog100 · 18th August 2009, 15:09

Demigod was terrible

BlindMonkey · 18th August 2009, 15:20

Hah, best acronym ever.

Will wait and see how the reviews turn out, but my interest is stirred.

Daniel Adler · 18th August 2009, 15:46

LoLCoF <3 =) Though Playing HoN as it is( and time allow)

BigStackOfBeef · 18th August 2009, 15:50

I played HON, Heroes of newerth and even if its a beta, i dont like it more then warcraft 3 and its a total copy. There was no point to make HON serioulsy.

I will buy LOL at release. If dota is good, i heard LOL will be a different game so it will be way better.

Spiderspy · 18th August 2009, 19:20

Woho want to play some maybe^^? we got a few in the valhalla channel that plays also i'm "spiderspy" in HoN >_> drop by our channel some time and maybe we can have a battle with or against :P

BigStackOfBeef · 20th August 2009, 04:18

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Originally Posted by Spiderspy

Woho want to play some maybe^^? we got a few in the valhalla channel that plays also i'm "spiderspy" in HoN >_> drop by our channel some time and maybe we can have a battle with or against :P

Well, i removed HON from my computer and i still play warcraft 3 dota. I just like it better for one reason, war3 dota is a complete game while HON is a beta and i dont want to support it while some stuff still broken with unbalanced class. I dont have enough perseverance to keep up.

Xieurs-srueiX · 26th August 2009, 01:53

I've been playing LoL and I looove it, brother turned me on to it. I never played DotA but I can tell why it was so popular!

I have 2 free beta keys to give away !!
Give me a PM and I'll pick 2 people depending on how nice you've been to me on these forums

kio1992 · 30th August 2009, 14:08

well i was in the Heroes of Newerth beta before i got the LoL invite, and to be honest, i like Hon much more.

the heroes in LoL are cool but the animations are horrible, the characters look 2d and the hero selection is quite fast and confusing for noobs.

so much, that when i was clearing my harddrive for space i uninstalled it.

think i'll keep with Hon :s

WestSideR · 7th September 2009, 21:53

I got into LoL CB, shh dont tell anyone. It's pretty fun.. I never really got addicted to Dota, i just dont see the point of doing the same crap over and over.. it just gets boring after a while..

It's not a bad game but I got bored after about a week. However, I pwned so much.. like most games i'd be 9+ kills 0-2 deaths.

sawyerj66 · 11th September 2009, 21:53

I heard that you don't get full access to all the heroes in LoL? Something about your summoner needing to be a certain level before some of the heroes are made available to you? If so, meh.

Anyway, I like HoN a lot. I never played DotA, but my friends did, and now they're addicted to HoN. Yeah, it's a ripoff, but it's supposed to be.

Reinholt · 29th September 2009, 14:48

I prefer Demigod, but like DotA im sure even LoL is going to have an very elitist community. You get so much dirt thrown at you from every direction in all 3 games if you jump into a game without knowing what you´re doing and what you should not do.

Dimez · 3rd October 2009, 18:29

LoL's learning curve is less steep, If you know even the basics of Dota (Ganking, Juking, Harrasing, Farming etc) then you will be fine, I wasnt a hardcore Dota player i didnt play it often and when i did i wasnt the best, I played HoN and it sucked its a CC of Dota, LoL has new features to bring to the table, New terrain, New Maps, Skills, Chars, and Runes.

Beta is awesome

Xieurs-srueiX · 8th October 2009, 07:23

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Originally Posted by Dimez

LoL's learning curve is less steep, If you know even the basics of Dota (Ganking, Juking, Harrasing, Farming etc) then you will be fine, I wasnt a hardcore Dota player i didnt play it often and when i did i wasnt the best, I played HoN and it sucked its a CC of Dota, LoL has new features to bring to the table, New terrain, New Maps, Skills, Chars, and Runes.

Beta is awesome

For tha truth. I love beta even more so now. I have become pretty good at it. It it has a huge learning curve if you're like me and have _never_ played dota. But it's very fun when you get a good group.

Dimez · 8th October 2009, 19:00

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Originally Posted by Xieurs-srueiX

For tha truth. I love beta even more so now. I have become pretty good at it. It it has a huge learning curve if you're like me and have _never_ played dota. But it's very fun when you get a good group.

I dont think its that huge, If you read the guides they have on the beta site even for noobs its not hard to figure it out, But for Dota there isnt a learning curve its a cliff

Supanova · 9th October 2009, 16:43

I was seriously into dota wc3 (seriously into - played since 2003 along with HvO - played for england at many LAN events and competitions) and I think HoN is fantastic. It's a great interpretation of dota executed with the most intuitive and phenomenal interface I have ever seen on any game.

For me, LoL is not dota. It's a crap game based on the concept of dota with the most ridiculous hero models and animations I have ever seen. Dota has matured over several years and it's like LoL has chucked most of that out the window. It is not pretty and it has deviated too far from dota for me. HoN is like DotA 2.0 - it's superb and is achieving everything it set out to achieve.

In other news, Icefrog now has a team at Valve so watch that space.

Dimez · 9th October 2009, 19:46

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Originally Posted by Supanova

I was seriously into dota wc3 (seriously into - played since 2003 along with HvO - played for england at many LAN events and competitions) and I think HoN is fantastic. It's a great interpretation of dota executed with the most intuitive and phenomenal interface I have ever seen on any game.

For me, LoL is not dota. It's a crap game based on the concept of dota with the most ridiculous hero models and animations I have ever seen. Dota has matured over several years and it's like LoL has chucked most of that out the window. It is not pretty and it has deviated too far from dota for me. HoN is like DotA 2.0 - it's superb and is achieving everything it set out to achieve.

In other news, Icefrog now has a team at Valve so watch that space.

That whole post made me lol, HoN isnt Dota 2.0, It fucking is Dota but with a long download speed, Worse matchmaking and confusing shops. LoL has tried to make a new game not just copy everything over from Dota. In HoN on the beta forums someone even managed to get the pics of all the items in the Shops from Dota and all the items in the shops from HoN and match them up. Its just a terrible rip off of Dota, I would rather play Dota on WC3 then play HoN

Also with that last part, Yeah what did it set out to achieve, Make an absolute copy of Dota rename the heroes, skills and items and make it as a game to try and make a quick buck,

Supanova · 9th October 2009, 20:33

In my (frankly expert) opinion, you are completely wrong and the way you posted that was pointlessly rude.

It also sounds like you have not been on for a while, the download speed for the game is extremely fast, the loading time is 3 times shorter than it was a couple of months ago and the servers are extremely responsive and lag free. Considering the game is still in mid-beta, it functions extraordinarily well.

The shop system takes about 5 or 6 games to get the hang of but it is far better than the DotA shop system once you are used to it. If you think DotA isn't just as confusing for new players then you are deluded.

And as for it being "a rip off of DotA", that's almost exactly what it is supposed to be. An updated version of DotA with modern graphics in a standalone application with a suitable interface and all the 3rd party tools people use in DotA. I imagine the only reason they have changed the name of everything is to protect themselves against Blizzard, who own the copyright on all warcraft3 custom maps including DotA.

The matchmaking system in HoN is an updated system almost directly taken from Dota-League, where I have been a headadmin for years. It's a fantastic system which caused dota-league to grow to the largest dota organisation and competition hosting website in the world with 200,000+ users. I think it's great S2games have incorporated all the best bits of DotA they can find into one game and I think it's a shame more developers don't try to revamp old games.

Incidentally that is exactly what MO is doing - revamping and old game and bringing it to the modern market. Frankly young sir, you are a fool and ought not to be tolerated.

Dimez · 9th October 2009, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supanova

In my (frankly expert) opinion, you are completely wrong and the way you posted that was pointlessly rude.

It also sounds like you have not been on for a while, the download speed for the game is extremely fast, the loading time is 3 times shorter than it was a couple of months ago and the servers are extremely responsive and lag free. Considering the game is still in mid-beta, it functions extraordinarily well.

The shop system takes about 5 or 6 games to get the hang of but it is far better than the DotA shop system once you are used to it. If you think DotA isn't just as confusing for new players then you are deluded.

And as for it being "a rip off of DotA", that's almost exactly what it is supposed to be. An updated version of DotA with modern graphics in a standalone application with a suitable interface and all the 3rd party tools people use in DotA. I imagine the only reason they have changed the name of everything is to protect themselves against Blizzard, who own the copyright on all warcraft3 custom maps including DotA.

The matchmaking system in HoN is an updated system almost directly taken from Dota-League, where I have been a headadmin for years. It's a fantastic system which caused dota-league to grow to the largest dota organisation and competition hosting website in the world with 200,000+ users. I think it's great S2games have incorporated all the best bits of DotA they can find into one game and I think it's a shame more developers don't try to revamp old games.

Incidentally that is exactly what MO is doing - revamping and old game and bringing it to the modern market. Frankly young sir, you are a fool and ought not to be tolerated.

Play Dota then if its so Amazing, Im sure most Dota players will stay playing Dota because whats the point in getting a new one learning all the new names for items and skills when they can carry on being good at Dota and also playing other WC3 custom maps instead of an excact copy of a game they all ready bought and paid for.

sawyerj66 · 9th October 2009, 20:55

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Originally Posted by Dimez

That whole post made me lol, HoN isnt Dota 2.0, It fucking is Dota but with a long download speed, Worse matchmaking and confusing shops. LoL has tried to make a new game not just copy everything over from Dota. In HoN on the beta forums someone even managed to get the pics of all the items in the Shops from Dota and all the items in the shops from HoN and match them up. Its just a terrible rip off of Dota, I would rather play Dota on WC3 then play HoN

Also with that last part, Yeah what did it set out to achieve, Make an absolute copy of Dota rename the heroes, skills and items and make it as a game to try and make a quick buck,

How is it a terrible ripoff? Yeah, it's a copy. It's supposed to be. That's what they were aiming for -- to bring DotA to a wider audience. They asked IceFrog for permission. So it being a copy isn't a bad thing. It's an intended feature. Then again, with little snippets like "confusing shops" and "worse matchmaking", I guess you're just talking out of your ass.

I've played both, and HoN definitely improves on it. Also? No maphacks. At least, not right now. They existed for a while, but a patch disabled sending clients information about heroes they couldn't see. All the maphacks disappeared. That was about two months ago now. That alone makes HoN a better version of DotA. I'm sure people will still stay and play DotA to be all hardcore the same way people are still playing CS 1.6, but HoN is definitely succeeding in making a fun game that actually feels polished.

Katana622 · 14th October 2009, 22:33

LoL has more agressive gameplay then HoN, and the LoL heroes are much more unique.

I have some lol beta invites just email me saying you want a invite.

Reinholt · 15th October 2009, 01:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katana622

LoL has more agressive gameplay then HoN, and the LoL heroes are much more unique.

I have some lol beta invites just email me saying you want a invite.

I wouldnt mind having one.

Still got any?

Aeterne · 22nd October 2009, 14:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katana622

LoL has more agressive gameplay then HoN, and the LoL heroes are much more unique.

I have some lol beta invites just email me saying you want a invite.

That's so damn true. Had this been some other forum, I'd have quoted that.

Kamisama · 22nd October 2009, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katana622

LoL has more agressive gameplay then HoN, and the LoL heroes are much more unique.

I have some lol beta invites just email me saying you want a invite.

very true, LoL is very good and requires much more teamplay too (and the bushes is an awesome feature)

BigStackOfBeef · 22nd October 2009, 15:59

I would play HON instead of LOL because 1st of all, i heard something about LOL that just didnt interst me and its the lvl system. Lvling in game, i enjoy to do it everyday in dota, but in LOL, they did a ranking system that will make you be stronger at the beggining of each match. This is a no for me and it sound unfair.

HON in other side, exacly like dota with better graphics and more serious then LOL, but the reason why i dont play the beta anymore is because its not complete yet and terribly unbalanced, but once it will be complete, i will desinstall war 3 from my com and play HON for ever.

Dimez · 25th October 2009, 23:01

LoL is now in Open Beta and they have just released a new map, A new two lane one. Download it and see for yourselves!

Aeterne · 26th October 2009, 00:05

The Twisted Treeline is not my kind of map. When someone are going to 3-man-gank you, it should require some effort on their part. In TT-map, it's just catered to noobs. Don't get me started.

But anyway I'm dying already to see this game unleashed upon the masses. It has this great competitive balance and focus on teamwork that DOTA does not.

Psyknx · 26th October 2009, 07:59

LoL plays like an easy version of HoN and doesnt look half as good.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimez

That whole post made me lol, HoN isnt Dota 2.0, It fucking is Dota but with a long download speed, Worse matchmaking and confusing shops. LoL has tried to make a new game not just copy everything over from Dota. In HoN on the beta forums someone even managed to get the pics of all the items in the Shops from Dota and all the items in the shops from HoN and match them up. Its just a terrible rip off of Dota, I would rather play Dota on WC3 then play HoN

Also with that last part, Yeah what did it set out to achieve, Make an absolute copy of Dota rename the heroes, skills and items and make it as a game to try and make a quick buck,

Most retarded post ever.
You just explained what every FPS game does.

HoN doesnt even have matchmaking. Have youe played this game?

Dimez · 27th October 2009, 00:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyknx

LoL plays like an easy version of HoN and doesnt look half as good.

Most retarded post ever.
You just explained what every FPS game does.

HoN doesnt even have matchmaking. Have youe played this game?

Yes, And i hated every second of it

BlindMonkey · 27th October 2009, 09:15

I think they both suck. AND I HAVEN'T PLAYED EITHER!

Mwahahahahahah!

Devilhate · 28th October 2009, 23:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlindMonkey

I think they both suck. AND I HAVEN'T PLAYED EITHER!

Mwahahahahahah!

You all got served..

I'm personally trying LoL its a bit hard to get into since its a bit different but im quite intrigued by reward for the games etc as with the summoner system.

Katana622 · 29th October 2009, 17:36

LoL is now released and in pre-season. (its free if someone wasn't aware)

rage.against · 1st November 2009, 17:56

For me it was actually easier to get into Dota than HoN, because there were these "famous heroes" that you could remember that everyone knew, and the interface was WC3, something I was very familiar with. With LoL there's a new interface I have to get used to. HoN is faster than Dota, as in people move faster and such.

I've been in LoL beta since june, and actually its really addictive but I don't know of my final opinion about it. They took out clickable items but added summoner abilities, which make the early game very aggressive but make the late game less complex than dota. Its definately more of a team game though, its not about you just doing your own thing like an fps and racking in those kills, its about working like a team to get a win.

BigStackOfBeef · 2nd November 2009, 16:19

League of legends sux. I thought it was better then HON, but hell no. LOL is so slow and death penality is lacking. Creeps soldiers are really lame and graphics are horrible. Gameplay before graphics, i know, but they ddint deliver to the gameplay too so there is a problem. HON is just way better then LOL and i already desinstalll it. Only noobs and newbs should play LOL.

Reinholt · 5th November 2009, 17:55

I actually liked LoL, havent tried HoN yet so i cant say anything about that. Twitch for the win!

I heard community is better in LoL, so i might not even try HoN becouse of all the elitist jerks stacked there, but thats only what i heard.

5th March 2009, 19:32	#1 (permalink)
savanex Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circle I, Hell Posts: 211 Rep Power: 0	League of Legends http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ Made by the people who made DoTA, which is a popular Warcraft 3 Custom Mod if you didn't know. It's pretty much DoTA stand alone, graphics look a little better, but nothing worth noting really. Could be pretty fun. I haven't touched DoTA in such a long time. __________________ "The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity, and now you strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive." -Nietzsche

8th March 2009, 16:11	#3 (permalink)
Ravenwoods Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Downunder Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Well if it is advanced Dota with Persistand fully customised heroes then it can be real fun but balance might be an issue initially! __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bCEUmYHBrw

6th April 2009, 17:37	#4 (permalink)
Loadafreak Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 140 Rep Power: 0	I've been watching both LoL and Demigod. It's hard to say which one will be funner. Demigod has better graphics but less heroes to choose from, also there is only about 6 maps to play on right now (heard from beta testers.) and the maps themselves seem pretty basic and boring. LoL has more heroes and the map variety looks better than Demigod at the moment. But it's a new company making it, and it also looks very cartoony(3 of the heroes look like children, which isn't appealing to me, but some might like it.). LoL also seems to be going for a better multi-player experience as you can unlock costumes and stuff for your 'summoner' (guy who summons the heroes into the game... basically your avatar.) through competition. We won't know which is better till both are out of course. But I am leaning towards LoL at the moment; it looks like it will be a more competitive game. __________________ The Primagen's in his lightship, All's right with the world.

18th August 2009, 15:20	#8 (permalink)
BlindMonkey Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cambridge (UK) Guild: Hybrid Age: 25 Posts: 2,418 Rep Power: 0	Hah, best acronym ever. Will wait and see how the reviews turn out, but my interest is stirred. __________________ I'm currently AFK. See you in July!

18th August 2009, 15:46	#9 (permalink)
Daniel Adler Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 428 Rep Power: 0	LoLCoF <3 =) Though Playing HoN as it is( and time allow) __________________ ::08/06/10::

8th March 2009, 11:51	#2 (permalink)
Ride Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Salzburg, Austria Age: 25 Posts: 212 Rep Power: 0	Oh yes, yes.. LoL ! I’ve been waiting for that one since they announced it - could be great fun, or a total flop.. Used to play DotA the dotapickup.euro style, until I didn't play for like 3 months and my auth expired, meh.. You should also check out http://www.demigodthegame.com/ it does have similarities to dota, even tho they're not as close as LoL. (Betasignup for LoL is up too)

2nd August 2009, 07:38	#5 (permalink)
Guantanamoe Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	there isnt someone who got a key but dont like that game ? just missed the great giveaway

18th August 2009, 14:58	#6 (permalink)
Lille Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 77 Rep Power: 0	Theres also Heroes of Newerth by S2Games if you're into DoTA. They have a huge beta, theres usually 6k+ people logged in. Heroes of Newerth is pretty much a carbon copy of DoTA with some added gameplay elements and better graphics. The company decided to make a stand alone DoTA game because they love DoTA but think that the WC3 engine is limiting the game. They have currently copied over half of dotas heroes into HoN and added some of their own. Theres also some new maps. edit: oops, saw there was a HoN thread already.

18th August 2009, 15:09	#7 (permalink)
Frog100 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 125 Rep Power: 0	Demigod was terrible

18th August 2009, 15:50	#10 (permalink)
BigStackOfBeef Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Quebec Posts: 1,645 Rep Power: 0	I played HON, Heroes of newerth and even if its a beta, i dont like it more then warcraft 3 and its a total copy. There was no point to make HON serioulsy. I will buy LOL at release. If dota is good, i heard LOL will be a different game so it will be way better.

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Spiderspy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sweden Age: 20 Posts: 2,383 Rep Power: 0	Woho want to play some maybe^^? we got a few in the valhalla channel that plays also i'm "spiderspy" in HoN >_> drop by our channel some time and maybe we can have a battle with or against :P __________________ Official /facepalm for you all from now on 2009 july 25. Please do not ruin my thread its made out of delicate spywebb.

26th August 2009, 01:53	#13 (permalink)
Xieurs-srueiX Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 354 Rep Power: 0	I've been playing LoL and I looove it, brother turned me on to it. I never played DotA but I can tell why it was so popular! I have 2 free beta keys to give away !! Give me a PM and I'll pick 2 people depending on how nice you've been to me on these forums __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbobsdrqec

30th August 2009, 14:08	#14 (permalink)
kio1992 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Egypt Age: 19 Posts: 4,537 Rep Power: 0	well i was in the Heroes of Newerth beta before i got the LoL invite, and to be honest, i like Hon much more. the heroes in LoL are cool but the animations are horrible, the characters look 2d and the hero selection is quite fast and confusing for noobs. so much, that when i was clearing my harddrive for space i uninstalled it. think i'll keep with Hon :s __________________ In Egypt, Eating Humans.

7th September 2009, 21:53	#15 (permalink)
WestSideR Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	I got into LoL CB, shh dont tell anyone. It's pretty fun.. I never really got addicted to Dota, i just dont see the point of doing the same crap over and over.. it just gets boring after a while.. It's not a bad game but I got bored after about a week. However, I pwned so much.. like most games i'd be 9+ kills 0-2 deaths.

11th September 2009, 21:53	#16 (permalink)
sawyerj66 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 416 Rep Power: 0	I heard that you don't get full access to all the heroes in LoL? Something about your summoner needing to be a certain level before some of the heroes are made available to you? If so, meh. Anyway, I like HoN a lot. I never played DotA, but my friends did, and now they're addicted to HoN. Yeah, it's a ripoff, but it's supposed to be.

29th September 2009, 14:48	#17 (permalink)
Reinholt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4,580 Rep Power: 0	I prefer Demigod, but like DotA im sure even LoL is going to have an very elitist community. You get so much dirt thrown at you from every direction in all 3 games if you jump into a game without knowing what you´re doing and what you should not do. __________________ Life is a game. The only thing that matters is whether you´re a pawn or a player.

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Supanova Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkshire, UK Age: 23 Posts: 68 Rep Power: 0	I was seriously into dota wc3 (seriously into - played since 2003 along with HvO - played for england at many LAN events and competitions) and I think HoN is fantastic. It's a great interpretation of dota executed with the most intuitive and phenomenal interface I have ever seen on any game. For me, LoL is not dota. It's a crap game based on the concept of dota with the most ridiculous hero models and animations I have ever seen. Dota has matured over several years and it's like LoL has chucked most of that out the window. It is not pretty and it has deviated too far from dota for me. HoN is like DotA 2.0 - it's superb and is achieving everything it set out to achieve. In other news, Icefrog now has a team at Valve so watch that space.

9th October 2009, 20:33	#23 (permalink)
Supanova Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkshire, UK Age: 23 Posts: 68 Rep Power: 0	In my (frankly expert) opinion, you are completely wrong and the way you posted that was pointlessly rude. It also sounds like you have not been on for a while, the download speed for the game is extremely fast, the loading time is 3 times shorter than it was a couple of months ago and the servers are extremely responsive and lag free. Considering the game is still in mid-beta, it functions extraordinarily well. The shop system takes about 5 or 6 games to get the hang of but it is far better than the DotA shop system once you are used to it. If you think DotA isn't just as confusing for new players then you are deluded. And as for it being "a rip off of DotA", that's almost exactly what it is supposed to be. An updated version of DotA with modern graphics in a standalone application with a suitable interface and all the 3rd party tools people use in DotA. I imagine the only reason they have changed the name of everything is to protect themselves against Blizzard, who own the copyright on all warcraft3 custom maps including DotA. The matchmaking system in HoN is an updated system almost directly taken from Dota-League, where I have been a headadmin for years. It's a fantastic system which caused dota-league to grow to the largest dota organisation and competition hosting website in the world with 200,000+ users. I think it's great S2games have incorporated all the best bits of DotA they can find into one game and I think it's a shame more developers don't try to revamp old games. Incidentally that is exactly what MO is doing - revamping and old game and bringing it to the modern market. Frankly young sir, you are a fool and ought not to be tolerated.

14th October 2009, 22:33	#26 (permalink)
Katana622 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,192 Rep Power: 0	LoL has more agressive gameplay then HoN, and the LoL heroes are much more unique. I have some lol beta invites just email me saying you want a invite.

22nd October 2009, 15:59	#30 (permalink)
BigStackOfBeef Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Quebec Posts: 1,645 Rep Power: 0	I would play HON instead of LOL because 1st of all, i heard something about LOL that just didnt interst me and its the lvl system. Lvling in game, i enjoy to do it everyday in dota, but in LOL, they did a ranking system that will make you be stronger at the beggining of each match. This is a no for me and it sound unfair. HON in other side, exacly like dota with better graphics and more serious then LOL, but the reason why i dont play the beta anymore is because its not complete yet and terribly unbalanced, but once it will be complete, i will desinstall war 3 from my com and play HON for ever.

26th October 2009, 00:05	#32 (permalink)
Aeterne Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Loophole Posts: 1,266 Rep Power: 0	The Twisted Treeline is not my kind of map. When someone are going to 3-man-gank you, it should require some effort on their part. In TT-map, it's just catered to noobs. Don't get me started. But anyway I'm dying already to see this game unleashed upon the masses. It has this great competitive balance and focus on teamwork that DOTA does not. __________________ Formerly known as yXXe; name changes are cool, yo. "Sensual excess drives out pity in man, - Marquis de Sade

27th October 2009, 09:15	#35 (permalink)
BlindMonkey Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cambridge (UK) Guild: Hybrid Age: 25 Posts: 2,418 Rep Power: 0	I think they both suck. AND I HAVEN'T PLAYED EITHER! Mwahahahahahah! __________________ I'm currently AFK. See you in July!

29th October 2009, 17:36	#37 (permalink)
Katana622 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,192 Rep Power: 0	LoL is now released and in pre-season. (its free if someone wasn't aware)

2nd November 2009, 16:19	#39 (permalink)
BigStackOfBeef Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Quebec Posts: 1,645 Rep Power: 0	League of legends sux. I thought it was better then HON, but hell no. LOL is so slow and death penality is lacking. Creeps soldiers are really lame and graphics are horrible. Gameplay before graphics, i know, but they ddint deliver to the gameplay too so there is a problem. HON is just way better then LOL and i already desinstalll it. Only noobs and newbs should play LOL. __________________

5th November 2009, 17:55	#40 (permalink)
Reinholt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4,580 Rep Power: 0	I actually liked LoL, havent tried HoN yet so i cant say anything about that. Twitch for the win! I heard community is better in LoL, so i might not even try HoN becouse of all the elitist jerks stacked there, but thats only what i heard. __________________ Life is a game. The only thing that matters is whether you´re a pawn or a player.

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