I think it's less about Dota vs LoL, and more about Dota 2 vs HoN. While LoL appeals to a large amount of players who don't enjoy how hard the original DotA wa

I think it's less about Dota vs LoL, and more about Dota 2 vs HoN. While LoL appeals to a large amount of players who don't enjoy how hard the original DotA was, the competitive scene isn't there (for many reasons, but amongst them it's just doesn't require the same level of skill as HoN or DotA). Dota 2 needs to capture this competitive scene for it to be taken seriously. Dota 2 is also competing with the original DotA which still has a large following of people that haven't moved onto LoL because it's a different type of game, and haven't moved onto HoN because it isn't DotA. I'm very confident that Dota 2 will nail the competitive aspect, and that the loyal DotA fans will finally make the move, as will many HoN players. As I mentioned before, LoL is a very different game, catered for a more casual audience and I honestly wouldn't be surprised to find them co-existing. I'm also very glad that Valve have decided to skip the bullshit micro transactions for heroes that both Riot and S2 have implemented.