Marc “Tryndamere” Merill and Brandon “Ryze” Beck were just roommates attending the University of South California when they decided to team up with Steve “Guinsoo” Feak, who was the creator of the popular Warcraft III mod, Defense of the Ancients, in order to startup their idea of creating their version of DotA. Thus, Riot Games and League of Legends were born.

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