Prize Pool != Popularity. Not to mention Riot hosts continental qualifiers (eu, usa, brazil, china, korea, rest of asia) all year long with 200k prize pools many times, dwarfing the yearly total when compared to Dota2 to great extense.
Lol #1 e-sports, most played, most watched. Most popular. Dota fans are in denial because they expected that when Dota was finally released it would have dwarfed Lol's relevance, but it didn't even come close. That's why dota fanboys don't have a thread and insist on posting in this one.
Anyway, I'm still playing ocassionaly, (stopped playing daily after reaching Gold I in this Season), if anyone is around the same level or wants some advice add me: Trinity Fart (eu west only)