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Also, let me just say for cosplay at PAX East ,LoL outnumbered Dota by like 20 to 1. In fact LoL cosplay pretty much dwarfed pretty much any other cosplay though Borderlands seemed to have a good turn out.
Whatever that means anymore
Invites are in abundance and they've been selling "early access" for about half a year now
Anyone who really wants to play dota 2 is playing dota 2.
Also, let me just say for cosplay at PAX East ,LoL outnumbered Dota by like 20 to 1. In fact LoL cosplay pretty much dwarfed pretty much any other cosplay though Borderlands seemed to have a good turn out.
In a perfect world, this would be true.
Yeah we get it. Bring it up the mods if it offends you so much. Bitching about it here does nothing but fill space.It means it gets to stay on the front page here at NeoGaf and not get relegated to community like LoL, apparently.
It means exactly what it says, you can't go on Steam and just download the game right now.
Totally agree.
League has millions, Dota 2 has 500k. Something doesn't add up.
It's a F2P game, you can't just go on Steam and download it at the moment.
Dota has ~3 Million unique players (There is a counter on their site for unique players this month, though a chunk is likely people with multiple accounts), and concurrent has peaked at 300k. Its big, but LoL is still the bigger game at the moment.
Also, let me just say for cosplay at PAX East ,LoL outnumbered Dota by like 20 to 1. In fact LoL cosplay pretty much dwarfed pretty much any other cosplay though Borderlands seemed to have a good turn out.
You can
You just have to pay money
Which is why I assume Valve is in no rush to "officially" release the game. People snap that shit up during steam sales
Game was supposed to have shipped ages ago. What are they doing now that League of Legends isn't in its official released state?
It's a free to play game with pay to play "beta" access
That's probably going to continue to be that way for a good long while
Beta access being 30 dollars is pretty criminal with how abundant invites are lol
Beta access being 30 dollars is pretty criminal with how abundant invites are lol
I'm guessing the main thing that's stopping them from releasing officially is that they were maybe waiting to have all the heroes implemented. Either way I have a hard time believing they make much money off of early access codes due to everyone on my friends list having about 10 spare passes, for the same reason I don't expect numbers to sky-rocket on release.
It's a free to play game with pay to play "beta" access
That's probably going to continue to be that way for a good long while
Beta access being 30 dollars is pretty criminal with how abundant invites are lol
Beta Access is $.02. The $30 is for a more publicized pack of Cosmetic Items that includes a key.
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/Dota 2
How can this shit be so popular when the game makes no effect to teach anyone how to play it?
How can this shit be so popular when the game makes no effect to teach anyone how to play it?
I hate this genre.
The MOBA stuff is making me feel old, I just don't get them at all. AT ALL.
I'm guessing the main thing that's stopping them from releasing officially is that they were maybe waiting to have all the heroes implemented. Either way I have a hard time believing they make much money off of early access codes due to everyone on my friends list having about 10 spare passes, for the same reason I don't expect numbers to sky-rocket on release.
How can this shit be so popular when the game makes no effect to teach anyone how to play it?
I hate this genre. Whatever it is.
How can this shit be so popular when the game makes no effect to teach anyone how to play it?
How can this shit be so popular when the game makes no effect to teach anyone how to play it?
I hate this genre.
Are you talking about the three second YouTube clips or is this actually useful?That is actually not true at all. They added the first part of the tutorial not too long ago and you now have guides in game.
Yeah, but Valve also sells the invites on their client for 2 cents each.Beta access being 30 dollars is pretty criminal with how abundant invites are lol
Are you talking about the three second YouTube clips or is this actually useful?
Are you talking about the three second YouTube clips or is this actually useful?
This was just a matter of time.
Riot's stats are from the same source btw, so if this is BS so are their claims of a billion accounts.
Are you talking about the three second YouTube clips or is this actually useful?
They added the first level of the tutorial that's going to be in the final game into the beta. I don't know if they are planning on adding the other levels or if they just wanted to get the framework and assets tested out and have the completed tutorial campaign in the final product though. Valve seems to be pretty serious about making Dota 2 accessible.
Proper?Based on Dota 2 lacking a proper window mode.
LoL trounces DotA 2 in popularity, concurrent users, time played, whatever metric you want to use. It's not close. And I also doubt the whole "Once DotA 2 opens up to the Asian region, look out folks! Millions will flock over!"... I doubt it. LoL is conquering the world. The Chinese teams that have played in the tournaments have been some of the best in the world. LoL will have the Asian region locked up as well. /lolfanboy
Unless Valve teams up with a Chinese company, Tencent is going to make sure Asia is locked down.
Proper?
What's proper window mode?
Unless Valve teams up with a Chinese company, Tencent is going to make sure Asia is locked down.
Valve is partnered with Perfect World, although Tencent is certainly trying to keep the competition down.
Yup, LoL can't be stopped. There will be no mythical "millions of Chinese/Asian DotA2 players" waiting in the wings for it to go live over there.
Unless Valve teams up with a Chinese company, Tencent is going to make sure Asia is locked down.
Hmm can't be that?Like a full window mode but with borders I guess?
I like this metric. It should be industry standard nowAlso, let me just say for cosplay at PAX East ,LoL outnumbered Dota by like 20 to 1. In fact LoL cosplay pretty much dwarfed pretty much any other cosplay though Borderlands seemed to have a good turn out.
Yup, LoL can't be stopped. There will be no mythical "millions of Chinese/Asian DotA2 players" waiting in the wings for it to go live over there.
They have, Perfect World:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_World_(company)
They even have a pretty cool looking site:
http://www.dota2.com.cn/
I don't believe in either of those claims and I find it funny people dismissing this article but believing blindly in the absurds numbers riot gave :O
they literally can say any number and people will believe and in both cases there's just as much reliable sourcesSpoilers: none