Research paper pt.

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History

League of Legends was not always this massive success of a game that everyone in the
gaming community either plays, has played in the past or is looking to try sometime in the
future. It started out as the dream of two friends that wanted to create a game. The idea for
the game came from the other similar game that existed at the time: Dota. Dota was at first
only a modification for the game Warcraft III, however it was quickly picked up by the
game’s community and this brought it to the attention of the game developers. Two groups
started creating games in the likes of Dota. One was the group behind the game that was
later named Dota 2 and the group behind League of Legends. The release date for the two
games were very close to each other and the deadlines were met. The two games were
launched in beta states at almost the same time and this is where our story begins. At first
the two games were very similar both quite eery and very simple. No complex combos and
only a handful of items to purchase in the game. And this went on till the end of the beta
testing but this is where Dota 2 fell behind and League of Legends started to gain grounds on
the forums. Although at first everyone predicted that the studio behind Dota 2 would
produce the better game, in the end the small group that started creating LoL, now known as
Riot games, managed to pull through and stun everyone with a game that was revolutionary
for its time. Hundreds of items, complex objectives along with 32 champions were added to
the game which far surpassed what Dota 2 had to offer at the time. The players who were
still unsure about what they wanted to play at the time, were won ove in an instant once the
game finished its beta stage, it quickly started getting attention.