User blog comment:YourPrivateNightmare/Reasons to quit this game/@comment-3087008-20150914002404

Of all the moba's I've played Dota and LoL the most. I've played only around 20 hours of Dota all up while I've played hundreds in league, but all my Dota hours outweigh my recent League play. Why? Because I bailed on League a year ago. Not because of being banned, but because I liked to play off meta things and I got flamed for it every other game. Dota just simply doesn't have that. I play support in Dota and in that game I feel like I am better rewarded for my actions not just with doing well in game but being thanked in game and feeling better for saving a team mate.

I've played with shit people in Dota as well as league, but in league they just cannot stop abusing each other, it doesn't matter if you mute and ignore them, they'll just find someone else to shout at but if someone is being a moron in dota they can, and do, use the voice chat, which leads to everyone muting them in response because none of them want to hear it either. And there is less punishment for carries being off on their own late in the game, because at that point they can fight off the enemy team on their own because of how the stats and items work. Strength and Agility carries building those stat items not only do more damage but are tougher to kill as well.

Sharing consumables and buffs also adds to the appeal of dota over lol, if I have an spare healing item and my carry doesn't I can give them one.