r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Axis251 • Feb 24 '26

Discussion A tweet that has me thinking.

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I don’t know if Riot can copy what valve has created with Deadlock. The atmosphere and setting so what I think makes deadlock so enjoyable. Yes the gameplay is amazing and the moba aspects are great but I just don’t think riot will even try to copy valve and make a deadlock clone. What is all y’all’s thoughts.

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u/Velstrom Apollo Feb 24 '26

Extremely funny the difference between riot fans (couldn't give two shits about any "rivalry") vs valve fans (absolute seething hatred towards riot and anybody who even suggests they had fun playing a riot game)

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u/X_Luci Mina Feb 24 '26

Because one side got massively fucked by an asshole called Pendragon so the hate is 100% justified.

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u/Velstrom Apollo Feb 24 '26

I do not believe a 15 year old incident is a valid excuse for the level of modern vitriol.

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u/Weaslelord Feb 24 '26

They also threatened a bunch of esports orgs and tournaments to not have anything Dota related. Definitely fucked with some livelihoods at the time.

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u/lumpfish202 Feb 24 '26

Riot also:

Helped Blizzard attempt to sue Valve (they lost)

Openly doxxed Icefrog despite him wanting to remain anonymous.

Openly told Tournaments they'd pull out if they hosted Dota as well leaving Tournament Organizers to create off-brands to host Dota tournaments to not make Riot mad.

Are just an overall shit company infamous for sexual misconduct.

Shit company, deserves the hate.

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u/PaviIsntDendi Feb 24 '26

I mean it's essentially someone you hate doing everything they can to fuck with your livelyhood. Imagine every single day you're gonna go to work and someone slashed your tires, 2 weeks in of slashing your tires they just take the entire car. A week after that the spot your car was in you now find an advertisement for a new shitty car you didn't ask for.

And this is just what happened at the start not accounting for the fact that they had illegal exclusivity deals not allowing dota to be streamed from the same venue as they would stream league tournaments, or the fact that they doxxed Icefrog(yoshi)

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u/8Lith8 Seven Feb 24 '26

"incident" is a very small word for what happened lol

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u/X_Luci Mina Feb 24 '26

If it was just a minor incident I would agree, but fuck Riot.

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u/Bspammer Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

If riot had changed as a company maybe. But they still have the same shitty balancing philosophy, they still make you pay for heroes, and they still just copy existing games rather than creating something original. Why would I change my opinion of them?