I'm an optimist. I'm overjoyed by the fact that Valve have been so successful they can beaver away quietly on HL3 and whatever other projects they have on the b

I'm an optimist. I'm overjoyed by the fact that Valve have been so successful they can beaver away quietly on HL3 and whatever other projects they have on the boil, funded by the incredible success of not only their own games but riding on the back of simply, hands down, the best online content purchasing system. As has been seen time and time again, with complete freedom over when to release a game generally comes greatness (given the caveat that they developers actually have a clue, and by golly Valve staff are clearly among the best). ps: I can understand your comment of "Dota 2 exists, I guess" if you're measuring it against LoL. Take a broader view of it in the entire online market and it is a massive success: http://store.steampowered.com/stats/ http://store.steampowered.com/stats/