User blog comment:YurdleTheTurtle/LoL & DotA 2 - AMA and Information Blog/@comment-60764-20121121154514/@comment-4861674-20121122042240

I think I get Typhron's point, but I still agree with what anonymous said. Currently (that's the keyword - there's potential in the future just as Valve did with TF2), DotA 2 has no established background. Anti-Mage's tragic upbringing means nothing to us. We don't know the significance of the location he grew up in, nor the signifiance of events that occured to him. It's just a bunch of names and nouns right now.

On the other hand in LoL, thanks to the Journal of Justice, we have a lot of history and background info. So when we read, say, Skarner's lore, it means something to us. He was revived because of the fight going on between Demacia and Noxia, two factions that have a lot of history already - reading up on those brings you deeper into the lore. He has ties to actual gameplay (Dominion/Crystal Scar). When they mention locations like Odyn Valley and Kalamanda, we acutally know what they are and their signifiance. There's further connections to other champion's lore, etc.

I'm not saying DotA's lore is bad, but in comparison, it's lacking. Understandably because it's newer and hasn't had time to establish a lot of history/background yet.