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Interesting, I definitely didn't consider League coming into this topic but OP makes a good case for it.

Especially if we are considering "game of the decade" to mean the game having had the largest impact on the whole decade and not just the best game released in this decade.

LoL might end up being the most influential game in history if e-sports continue to grow like they have (even if its not LoL itself being the top e-sport going forward).

thanks!

Yea I thought about this topic for awhile. Even though League has died off in terms of popularity as of late 2018, I think it's impact on the culture has been that great.

It also introduced the idea of games constantly updating through patches. The game is truly never complete, and actually evolves with the times. That concept came about thanks to League. I mean, it wasn't the first ever game with a patch, but it certainly was the most influential one.(you could argue for Wow)

Also, just the pure numbers. From 2018 data:

"The most recent figures show that League of Legends has an active player base of over 80 million monthly players. Or over 27 million players every single day."

Compare this to other candidates for GotD:

Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 7.0 million in Japan and 5.01 million units overseas, 12 million total
Persona 5: 2.2 Million
Spec Ops: The Line: under 1 million copies
GTA 5: Over 95 Million Copies.

Amongst these, only GTA 5 has a competition with League, with more total sales. Yet how many people still play GTA 5 in late 2018? Probably not many.

Amongst other online games:

Overwatch: As of May 2018, Overwatch had 40 million players worldwide.
Fortnite: Fortnite has 78.3 million monthly players, according to Epic.(Oct 2018 data)

These are other serious contenders for Game of the Decade.
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Advokaiser