Blizzard's Biggest Mistake - A Brief History of DotA and League of Legends

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • It could easily be hailed as one of the biggest mistakes in their companies history and surely one they regret even more. Blizzard looked the other way when a sleeping giant in the MOBA genre of video game was sleeping in their own house. Instead of captializing on it they drove them out. I took a small dive into the history and rise of DotA and League of Legends as a video game and everything Blizzard missed out on in this short video essay.
    Please forgive my voice, I am getting over a cold!
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    Music used:
    Potsu x Lando! - Breakfast
    Matt Quentin - Waves
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Komentáře • 63

  • @steevan
    @steevan Před 4 lety +16

    I am here again because of the controvery of Warcraft3:REFUNDED

  • @Kunfuxu
    @Kunfuxu Před 6 lety +11

    Guinsoo didn't give up Dota development because he started working at Riot in 2005, he did so because he was addicted to WoW and basically wasn't updating the mod anymore. Plus, he was horrible at balancing heroes.

    • @midnighthobbyt5161
      @midnighthobbyt5161 Před 3 lety +8

      Because they planned to leave DotA and steal the ideas of DotA Players and use it on their game

    • @netijhen
      @netijhen Před 2 lety

      @@midnighthobbyt5161 steal what? They make a new think in lol

    • @midnighthobbyt5161
      @midnighthobbyt5161 Před 2 lety

      @@netijhen Everything

    • @midnighthobbyt5161
      @midnighthobbyt5161 Před 2 lety

      @@netijhen czcams.com/video/5DWTPqMVYd0/video.html
      That's the first video

    • @rossmaceda8061
      @rossmaceda8061 Před 2 lety +1

      Re watch the vid, i think you're missing something

  • @yezzadezza
    @yezzadezza Před 4 lety +3

    That diamond in the rough segue was so cheesy but still brilliant 😅.
    Also, your sick voice was just fine. Great video 👍👍

  • @HafifSyukra
    @HafifSyukra Před 3 lety +7

    Maybe it's too late, but you didn't mention how Valve won the term "Dota" legally against Blizzard, how both Riot and Valve, hell even S2 games with HoN capitalized the genre bcs Blizzard too busy doing shit

    • @midnighthobbyt5161
      @midnighthobbyt5161 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah. It was sold by Pendragon and Guinsoo in the first place anyway which belongs to the DotA Community. It's not their property. It was a combination of different ideas and creativity by different players and developers

  • @tnightwolf
    @tnightwolf Před 6 lety +21

    This is a great video man! Keep it up! Also Dota players (myself included) begged for years to Blizzard make Dota a stand-alone title. Guess it served them right in the end, and Valve+Icefrog made a great job with game, so i think it all turned out for the best in the end...specially for us the players =)

  • @greenlamp9219
    @greenlamp9219 Před 5 lety +11

    dude this video was awesome the amount of views it has does not justfy the level of effort that has gone in to making it kind of disappointing its worked out that way man
    edit: btw im your 100th sub man. and proud of it, just thought u should know

  • @Mr4420937
    @Mr4420937 Před 2 měsíci

    I remember the day League of Legends was introduced to us. My friends and I were all at a friends house just waking up for another Dota and other mods gaming session. It's been about a month or 2 since League's release and I asked if they wanted to try it out. Since it was it's own client we had to dowload it for the day then create a "clan tag" as we did in Dota. The only servers at the time was NA, EUW and EU Nordic East. What a time to be alive back then. Till this day we switch from Dota to League every now and then.

  • @Dongyuuu
    @Dongyuuu Před 2 lety +5

    When you realize the Creator of Dota is the Creator of LoL. Guinsoo Created LOL, Icefrog created HoN then Dota 2.

    • @paquibotlouis2002
      @paquibotlouis2002 Před 2 lety

      ice frog is also implemented League of legends. back in early days when lol is a thing yet.

    • @g33k_Tech
      @g33k_Tech Před 2 lety

      guinsoo created first buggy dota first but icefrog continued the buggy game wiht lot of improvement

    • @paquibotlouis2002
      @paquibotlouis2002 Před 2 lety

      @@g33k_Tech Its Eul the creator of dota.

    • @Gdg195
      @Gdg195 Před 11 měsíci

      lmfao guinsoo was not the one who created the dota, EUL is the one that was creating the dota NOT GUINSOO, ah i guess league player iq is so low they cant even research a simple one and make that up to shove that proudness in stealing someone work as always just like valulrant

  • @koketsok1513
    @koketsok1513 Před 4 lety +2

    When i see the money lost,I can see why they wont let any possible breakout maps that can possibly make them money go,this video deserves more views

  • @pamangenshin497
    @pamangenshin497 Před rokem

    nice video man, you deserve more spotlight in youtube algorithm

  • @hicobra
    @hicobra Před 4 lety +4

    like the chrono trigger sound track

  • @DsgSleazy
    @DsgSleazy Před 4 lety +4

    I think it was better for everyone that blizzard didn't buy these two games considering their recent shenanigans

  • @KengCheong
    @KengCheong Před 7 měsíci

    I think the decision of not going ahead with DotA is only what it is in hindsight, so the criticism doesn’t lie with the decision itself, it was the thought process that leads to it that shows shortsightedness of the company, alongside its arrogance in a way.
    Riot, even though has their own annoying problems, still produces games that are fun to play, free to play and a constant stream of update keeping all of us coming back to it time and time again.
    The culture and attitude between the two companies really shows when we look at the decisions that they made. Money grabbing is fine, a company gonna make money to stay afloat, it’s how they do it that either piss off players or entice players .

  • @Hot_Hard_Cowboy
    @Hot_Hard_Cowboy Před 3 lety +4

    Damn I hope those devs that created dota and the precursors got paid like they deserved, but I imagine the companies just stole their hard work and ideas and left them out to dry

    • @midnighthobbyt5161
      @midnighthobbyt5161 Před 3 lety

      It's actually Guinsoo and mainly pendragon who stole the hardwork of many players and their ideas. Check out jinzoo

    • @paquibotlouis2002
      @paquibotlouis2002 Před 2 lety

      @@midnighthobbyt5161 yeh Pendragon is an asshole

  • @Zigarius1123
    @Zigarius1123 Před rokem +1

    I've been wondering this for a little while now that's how I stumbled upon your video. However as a original starcraft player tower defense is already there

  • @ukiyo5601
    @ukiyo5601 Před 2 lety +1

    Good video. Missed plying dota1. Now I'm more of a league player since dota 2 couldn't reach my expectations i switch to league. Dota 2 was just different.
    Anyway, what was that music at the opening of the video? That was nice tunes. Can you tell me the title?

    • @KolyaUrtz
      @KolyaUrtz Před 10 měsíci +3

      how did dota 2 not reach your expectations but shit called league of legends did???? THAT MAKES 0 SENSE

    • @KitsuneFaroe
      @KitsuneFaroe Před 2 měsíci

      Dota 2 was literally Dota 1 ported into its own engine. They were literally the same Game, it was not different, but better. That wasn't the reason you jumped to League and "miss" Dota 1.

  • @mikomiko993
    @mikomiko993 Před 4 lety +4

    It turns out
    You guys actually do have a phone.

  • @tonysuthechineseguy
    @tonysuthechineseguy Před 5 lety +3

    anyone remmeber demi god

  • @Infernal_Elf
    @Infernal_Elf Před 5 lety +7

    Huge mistanke by Blizzard indeed. And they prooved it without dont when they released heroes of the Storm. Moba was the next big thing after Mmo's but then again you gotta admire Blizzards excellent map editors that they provide included in all their rts. And they dont Even force u to sign off your rights to them.

    • @Harinjo916
      @Harinjo916 Před 4 lety +10

      That changed as of wc3 rf release :D

    • @DsgSleazy
      @DsgSleazy Před 4 lety +1

      @@Harinjo916 ong

  • @zelm157
    @zelm157 Před 6 lety +3

    sweet intro

    • @supertrihard6439
      @supertrihard6439  Před 6 lety

      Thanks! I think the audio is much better this time around. Let me know your feedback!

  • @FadeMorningstar
    @FadeMorningstar Před 5 lety +2

    why does this video has 300 views only?!!!!

  • @valletas
    @valletas Před rokem

    The original wolf 3d didnt have multplayer

  • @zes3813
    @zes3813 Před rokem

    no such thing as wrong or mistake or etc

  • @sedokunn8950
    @sedokunn8950 Před 3 lety

    Both games are hard for mobile moba players like me im starting to play LoL and its frickin hard for me cuz im used to MLBB

    • @pharnstv4818
      @pharnstv4818 Před 3 lety

      i hate Mobile legends, its shit.ty game.. this youngsters today doesnt know mobile legends is just a copycat concepts of Dota. but mobile legends is shi.t theres no anti of any hero or item. example theres a hero in mobile legends that disapper like Rikimaru in Dota. but in Mobile legends there is no gem to buy to see him.. such a stupid game.

    • @corpchannel2523
      @corpchannel2523 Před 3 lety

      @@pharnstv4818 lol dota will not exist if there is no warcraft 3

    • @yukumoblood6292
      @yukumoblood6292 Před rokem

      If u already used to play mlbb, you'll have good start to play Dota or even LoL. For me back then Dota was my first MOBA, no idea what to do, spend 30minutes in mid but turret still clean, get lost, gave up on tutorial, then play LoL, get used to it and back to play Dota again.

  • @bar7381
    @bar7381 Před 3 lety

    Honestly this video wasn't good you explained the origin of the mod well but you didn't mention anything about how valve got the rights and how lol and dota 2 grew or about hots

  • @Cynidecia
    @Cynidecia Před 3 lety +6

    Now league is such a terrible game they shut down a free legacy server project that's just an older version of the game.

  • @DatMilu2K
    @DatMilu2K Před rokem

    Please i need the song name of the very first soundtrack playing please =(

  • @franc8023
    @franc8023 Před 2 lety

    if i had one thing to hate about this game and overwatch, is that utherly digusting pr0n fanbase like a pillar of the game

  • @RingMyDingDong
    @RingMyDingDong Před 4 lety +3

    So everybody agrees MOBA is the best genre in gaming history?

    • @danilopablo9848
      @danilopablo9848 Před 4 lety +3

      nope.

    • @Madkklown
      @Madkklown Před 4 lety +1

      To me RPG's always comes first.
      Coz RPG's to me turns you to that someone who you wanna be ingame.
      And 2nd is MOBA it makes you competitive ☺️

    • @GintokiHatake
      @GintokiHatake Před 4 lety

      @@Madkklown i agree with you bud

    • @archravenineteenseventeen
      @archravenineteenseventeen Před 3 lety +1

      No. If anything, it's for die hard game wannabees who originally pissing off real video gamers to be part of the so called trend

    • @jamon6768
      @jamon6768 Před 5 měsíci

      the best genre of competitive scene i guess. because it feels how sports should look like.

  • @grumpypaladincc7535
    @grumpypaladincc7535 Před 2 lety +2

    Meanwhile, in an alternative universe:
    "Blizzard dominates the gaming industry with " DotA 4"