Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends are two games that are based on almost word for word or inspired by (respectively) DotA.

DotA is a custom Warcraft 3 map, fully named Defense of the Ancients. That map is based on a custom map from Starcraft called Aeon of Strife, but that is another story.

( To anyone who has not played DotA, HoN, or LoL, this thread will mean absolutely nothing. )

I ask this question because of Ryan's mentioning him playing HoN in his intro post: Which do you like better, and why?

I personally have been a long time DotA player (4 years), have played both successors, and I have to say I like LoL by far out of the three.

I was initially afraid of the game because of its cell shaded animation style, but ultimately I think it plays very well into keeping everything clear and definitive for the players.

I dislike DotA primarily because of its community. I'd say that without any possibility of argument DotA has the worst gaming community known to man. That could be an exaggeration, so a more accurate statement would be "I've never seen anything even close to that bad". It seems that DotA has a way of making even normal people turn into complete dicks while playing. I assume this is because of the team-based nature of the game, but nonetheless it is far too much for me to tolerate.

My problems with HoN are the same. The community is so egregious I had to spend a few minutes thinking up a word that sufficiently describes how disgusting it is to me.

So, what are your thoughts?
Which game do you like most?
Which game do you think will last the longest? (Many speculate that DotA will die off as HoN&LoL come out of closed beta. I disagree with this, though I think it will take a pretty big hit nonetheless.)