They all started out as mods to games. DotA specifically was a Warcraft 3 mod and ended up making Blizzard change their stance on such things because they lost such a massive IP to a different company. PUBG started as an Arma 2 mod and TF was a Quake mod. All the mendioned games effectively have their origins in mods for other games and likely wouldn't exist (at least in the form they are today) if that weren't for that, is what they presumably were indicating.

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charcircuit 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Having gameplay originate in a mod is different from a hit game being a mod.

	▲	nrdvana 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It was a "hit game" while it was still a mod. They were able to find investment to graduate to a standalone game because they already had a player base in the tens of thousands.
	▲	somewhatgoated 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Just semantics - DotA 2 and LoL like 90% the same game as the wc3 dota “mod” ( we called them funmaps or custom maps)
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