Heroes of the Storm

So I got up this morning and saw all the fuss about Blizzard DOTA. People debating whether it would be better than DotA 2, who has the rights to the title, which heromodels are better and so forth.

I'm not going into which game will supposedly be better, it's too early for anyone to tell, although I do suspect that a full-fledged stand-alone title will win against (yet another) map/MOD.

My concern, however, is that this is not actually an attempt to compete with the other titles in this genre, be it DotA 2, HoN or LoL, but rather a slap in the face to the genre and all of its players, by Blizzard not fully acknowledging the game as worthy of its own stand-alone title.

Am I really the only one to get the feeling, when watching the trailer, that the sarcasm it uses in its presentation ("coming soon-ish - seriously") and the lack of a professional, serious approach to the game itself ("Two terrible gods, one red, one blue, to amuse themselves..."), is really just Blizzards way of once and for all saying: "This game is without interest to us, lets make fun of it".

I mean, come on. Even their title wreaks of selfrighteousness. "BLIZZARD DOTA". I don't think they could put it more bluntly: This genre would never have existed without us. As true as that might be, it would never have existed without the dedication and devotion from not only its developers, but more importantly the community as a whole. We have shown our support to the genre for years on end, gone through the hardships of not having a gamedeveloper to support the game officially (which Blizzard never opted to) and endured an old engine for god knows how long. And now, as one of the cornerstones in the creation of the genre, instead they decide to continue to ridicule it by yet again simply making it a MOD to an already existing title? Personally I think that it's downright disrespectful.

To me, this just goes to show that they still don't give a rats ass about neither DotA, the genre nor its community. This is just them, trying to salvage some of the players they'll be losing from when WC3 finally goes extinct due to DotA 1 no longer being played. It might be a fun game to play, once it's released, but I honestly doubt it'll receive the support and nurturing it needs to balance itself. It needs a devoted community and a guy like Icefrog. And I think they've gone elsewhere by then.