ECAC Dota 2

  Esports Event this Friday Buffalo State Esports is hosting its next event this Friday, April 21, from 7-9:45 p.m. at the assembly hall in the Campbell Student Union. The event is the third tournament this year hosted by the Esports Club and a return to the selected title of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Any Buffalo State Student is welcome to attend. It is advised to RSVP in the Buff State Esports discord via the Google forms link provided here https://forms.gle/vKVa64i1RNd9Bjvs7 or message league administrators in the discord with any questions related to attendance. Buffalo State Esports had just started hosting in-person events in Spring of 2022. Club Administrator KJ Zielezinski said when we had talked before the St. Patricks Day event. “Due to covid, all of our in-house, Buff State-only tournaments were held online, traditionally (...), to get local tournaments going and expand to titles like Madden and Mario Kart.”  When choosing a title, KJ mentions that S...

       A tale as old as time. Two long standing rivals dominating a subset of an industry. The only other real competition being each other. Dota 2 vs League of Legends. The grandfather of a genre, facing off against the most recognizable MOBA of all time.  The games have been compared in every way since they had both been released. Original Dota being a mod created for Blizzard’s World of Warcraft created in 2003.  It laid the foundation for the MOBA genre that we know today. The launch from developer Valve in 2013, Dota 2 has consistently placed in the top five of all Steam platform games per Steamcharts.com. On the other hand, developer Riot Games launched their flagship title in 2009. From Twinfinte.net, League of Legends ranked fifth in player base among all games in 2022. Steadily increasing in monthly average players in these first 2023 months, League dominates the Moba community. Trends from esports.net show both games on diverging paths. Early 20...