Blame  onyxrend for this. Well, in part. It was something a long-time friend also played lots and recommended. Me, having never played in an MOBA before, but been interested in the concept due to how successful it was and how interesting it was, I took the game developer's plunge into it.

And holy crap. I can see why these games appeal so much. There's a form of tweaked real-time strategy involved, even if it's mostly automated for you with pre-built, pre-defined structures and auto-spawning minions.. but with you controlling a character who practically functions as if they belong in a top-down action RPG, complete with leveling and a set of hotkeyed skills that are fixed to character, and even a equipment/shop system in play. Mix that with plenty of other characters like you, set them in a map that requires collaboration in order to work, face them off against a team that's like yours, and... wow. I feel like I want to play it again and again, and even dig into related games like RTSes and action RPGs (two things I wanted to try as well)... AND get Overwatch too because of its inspiration from this genre and its own very, very good success.

So, uh.. I'm part of  LoLfurs now, I guess. Add me under the summoner name "CurusKeel", if you'd like.