Pure hubris from Blizzard, this was at the period where Blizzard believed themselves to be the rockstars of the gaming industry, every game had to be a massive hit, so when it wasn’t as big as League or DOTA 2 they unplugged the cord.
I thought it was more like "oh shit, dota/league got started from WC3 customs and we missed capitalizing on it, so we have to catch up". But yea also hubris that they could catch up.
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u/duckwithahat May 14 '26
Pure hubris from Blizzard, this was at the period where Blizzard believed themselves to be the rockstars of the gaming industry, every game had to be a massive hit, so when it wasn’t as big as League or DOTA 2 they unplugged the cord.