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[โ€“] kameecoding@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the main maintainer of DotA at the time IceFrog works with Valve and is behind Dota 2.

so yes, LoL is a knockoff.

https://youtu.be/JBI9NlPqRi0?si=9T7DBYB2MOfQKo4N

[โ€“] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

No. Icefrog was the assistant dev. Guinsoo was the main dev and left dota to start LoL, leaving icefrog in charge of the project.