@Flacracker: @MattBodega:
It's OK. Everyone who plays LoL first ends up hating Dota 2. Dota 2 requires you to manage your mana much more carefully and think a good deal more about what role you want to play (Most heroes in Dota don't really have "required" roles like they do in LoL). Hence, you can't spam your skills as often and there ends up being a lot more dancing around trying to get in or out of range, etc. To LoL players (the ones I've talked to at least) this gets interpreted as less "fun", to a Dota player it is more strategic. Apples and Oranges, I guess. I personally prefer the deeper mechanics and difficulty in Dota, but that's just me. I also find the matchmaking in Dota 2 to be FAR superior to the LoL matchmaking. There is no out of game leveling in Dota 2 (at least none that carries any in-game meaning), but some people like the CoD-style leveling and account progress.
Dota is the more difficult game (and IMO the best ESport title from this ARTS genre), but LoL has its place. LoL is free (though Dota 2 keys are EVERYWHERE these days), and the art style appeals to some people more than the Dota one does. People claim the Dota 2 community is worse, but honestly I found both to be pretty awful. However, it isn't much worse than Xbox Live in either case. Simply mute the offending party and continue on with life. I think LoL probably can run more easily on a lower spec computer, but I haven't tested extensively.
It all ends up about what you prefer. The games are different things to different people, and you can't deny that LoL has so many millions of players already. Dota 2 has hit a concurrent of around 180k playing recently, but I'm pretty sure LoL has FAR surpassed that long ago. Diff'rent strokes for Diff'rent folks. Though for my money/time Dota 2 is the better game.
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