Official word from Pendragon Options

[Pendragon_]

DotA Community,

Some people may seem to be confused about the events that have taken place over the last 24 hours or so. Lots of misinformation is being spread around, and I just wanted to make an official statement.

First, I’d like to discuss my decision to mention League of Legends on the DotA forums, and to the DotA community. I have a strong passion for DotA, and the DotA community having worked with you all for 5 years now (even before IceFrog days!), and feel like there’s always been things that I’d like to do for either the community or the game that have been out of reach for whatever reason. My decision to join Riot and League of Legends is based on the desire to augment the entire game industry with an unprecedented level of community support and involvement, far more than the existing DotA, and far more than any existing game.

Some perceive this decision as one that could create a conflict of interest; I do not believe that to be the case. I feel like I can do good things for DotA, and good things for LoL, and the support and resources that I now have available to me due to my affiliation with Riot Games will help me make the biggest and best DotA Allstars Fansite ever.

While I’m not going to speculate regarding Icefrog’s decision to leave DotA-Allstars.com, I want to assure everyone that there’s no bad blood between me and Icefrog and we’ll likely work together on at least one project in the future. I have great respect for him, as I’m confident he does for me. The little details that lead to the decision aren’t nearly as important as where we go from here.

This to me is the end of one era and the dawn of another. Since competition drives innovation, Icefrog’s decision means that I’ll have to strive to improve the website to be successful without his endorsement. It puts pressure on me to deliver a new DotA-Allstars.com that surpasses expectations and keeps this site strong for years to come.

It’s an opportunity for me to retain my credibility by being the guy who does great things for DotA, and for the DotA community, instead of just being the “owner of the official website”. This is a win-win situation for DotA players, as it means both websites will need to constantly improve to compete for your attention. You guys mean everything to me and I hope to serve you loyally for years to come.


Sincerely,
Pendragon_

[13lack_1)ragoon]

Thank god you cleared this up.

[gd1]

I don't like LoL nor the idea of it being mentioned on these forums, but good luck with it and I hope you get a lot of players (not enough to make DotA a thing of the past but enough to keep your game running healthily). Unfortunately, I do plan to leave this site when IceFrog makes the new one (cept for the DotA rage thread).

Also: SEE NO BAD BLOOD.

[Deathlust_]

A sticky may prove useful to this thread. I'm glad nothing dramatic occurred, from what your text says. It would prove a bit immature if the speculations of what the general public were were actually true.

[Champl0o]

One question.

Are you working with Blizzard to make DotA its own seperate game aside from Warcarft 3?

That would be awesome

[DrDragun]

Thanks for the words, best of luck in your career, you run a kickass website and I'll be hangin around.

[13lack_1)ragoon]

I don't like LoL nor the idea of it being mentioned on these forums, but good luck with it and I hope you get a lot of players (not enough to make DotA a thing of the past but enough to keep your game running healthily). Unfortunately, I do plan to leave this site when IceFrog makes the new one (cept for the DotA rage thread).

Also: SEE NO BAD BLOOD.

By the way, he has given credit to Icefrog and DotA in the LoL trailer. If anything, it will make people more aware of DotA's existence and most likely make it more played than it already is.

[Hev]

Good luck on LoL, Pendragon, and also on keeping dota-allstars.com alive.
Also, good luck to IceFrog, we all know that he is very capable and that he will be a fierce competition to you now ;D
Edit: I plan on staying on both forums. Lol.

This post has been edited by Hev: May 15 2009, 12:25 PM

[Karsticles]

Thank you for posting this Pendragon_.

[hevida]

Im glad there was no "drama" involved.
This really cleared it up.
Thanks to both Pendragon_ and IceFrog for doing some much for DotA

P.S. Now we`ve got two games to choose between ^^

Im glad there was no "drama" involved.
This really cleared it up.
Thanks to both Pendragon_ and IceFrog for doing some much for DotA

P.S. Now we`ve got two games to choose between ^^

Edit: Wtf :S Epic dual post in one post -.-

This post has been edited by hevida: May 15 2009, 12:26 PM

[Millennium3]

Whats all this about. Did something happened between icefrog and pendragon?

[DarkMorrow]

Are you working with Blizzard to make DotA its own seperate game aside from Warcarft 3?

rofl

[Jesper2]

Thank you for the reply. I don't expect to get one on this post, but i think a lot of people disliked this phrase from your previous post (i know i disliked it):

"League of Legends itself borrows the most fun elements of DotA, and makes them much more accessible, and then wraps them in built-from-scratch multiplayer services and support, including matchmaking, stat tracking, teams & clans, etc."

The reason is quite simple While i'm following LoL development and i hope the best for it, this phrase just sound wrong on Dota Allstars forum.
Just my 2 cents.

[GoD_Tyr]

Tnx for the post, it`s appreciated. I hope you guys will cooperate in future, you have the necessary dedication and strengt to run on both DA and LoL, and that is admirable.

[cLimZ]

stick with the frog or follow the dragon?

[gd1]

Whats all this about. Did something happened between icefrog and pendragon?

A tactical decision for the best. They're splitting ways.

@Dark: More like LoL?

[Cyann]

By improving this site, are you going to expand it by adding a LoL forum? This sounds to me like IceFrog will make a DotA forum and you will make a LoL forum.

[cLimZ]

By improving this site, are you going to expand it by adding a LoL forum? This sounds to me like IceFrog will make a DotA forum and you will make a LoL forum.

exactly, but as i said people have the right too choose.

[Demigawd]

You guys mean everything to me and I hope to serve you loyally for years to come.

Lies. Lies and bootlicking.

[sirfoxdie]

no more e-drama about this plz