Why is Dota 2 such a popular game?
Initially, it was just one of the Warcraft maps, which eventually took on a life of its own and turned into a serious online competition. Now tournaments in this discipline are held all over the world, and millions of bettors bet on Dota 2 matches online. There are a lot of reasons why the game has become so popular, but the main ones are an entertaining plot and the opportunity to feel like a real wizard.
Built for esports
Dota 2 seems to have been created for esports: team-based, elementary in concept, yet unpredictable, variable and very emotionally charged (listen to how Dota 2 competitions are commented, this is not much different from some kind of World Cup final).
In the game, you can improve your gaming skills and study characters for many years, and still not master all its intricacies. Professional esports athletes train eight hours a day. At the same time, any player can feel emotional closeness with professional players. After all, hypothetically, he himself can become a professional.
Major tournaments
Dota 2 tournaments gather millions of viewers on various streaming platforms. Tournament organizers are always creative in their approach to holding championships. For example, the most memorable tournament was the Omega League, where WePlay! together with RuHub, they organized a tournament in the style of Greek mythology and forced analysts and commentators to comply with the appropriate dress code.
In addition, there are official tournaments sponsored by Valve. They are DPC leagues and majors (major), which give teams the opportunity to get to the main event of the year – The International.
In addition, do not forget that the amount of winnings in such tournaments is very large. The prize pool at The International 10 was just over $40 million.
Official events
As in many games, official events are held in Dota 2 in honor of some holidays. But Valve would not be Valve if these events were released on an ongoing basis.The quality of such events is always on top, and the player receives very interesting rewards for completing them. Those who have ever been to one of the events, such as “Diretide”, “Coldness” or “New Bloom”, will remember them forever. But it takes more than one year for players to wait for such events. For example, the Diretide event, which took place in 2012 and 2013, players waited 7 years to fight Roshan again in 2020.
Why doesn’t Dota 2 get boring?
Just imagine: there are 120 characters in the game. All are divided into three large groups depending on the superpower: strength, agility and intelligence. Each character has four basic skills and a number of important side parameters (for example, movement speed).
Basic skills can be upgraded as the game progresses. Some skills influence the development of others. All this forms the character of the character and how he behaves in battle. Conventionally, instead of 120 characters, we get 480, and each has its own variations.
Each time there are ten completely different heroes on the battlefield, the qualities of which will be revealed in different ways in the game, depending on the resources and items obtained. Imagine how many variables the outcome of a battle with so many inputs depends on! He is really unpredictable.
Dota 2’s closest competitor is the League of Legends, or, as it’s affectionately shortened, LoL. The games are similar both in essence and in the abundance of characters.
At the same time, League of Legends is more friendly to the player, it is easier to start playing it from scratch.
To get comfortable in Dota 2, a beginner only needs to play against the computer for 100 hours, and only then move on to playing with other people. But Dota 2 is loved precisely for this mixture: for its complexity and variability, for the skills of well-coordinated team play, the need to connect analytical thinking, to study characters. This mixture is addictive.