Dota 2 passes League of Legends as most played PC game in the West

[Funtime]

Booyah said:

Funtime said:
I'm actually a little surprised by this. LoL still seems far more popular on streaming sites like twitch.tv. Typically LoL doubles Dota 2 viewership on a regular basis.

While I Don't agree that DOTA 2 is larger than LoL seeing as how it is tecnically stil lin beta phase, the streaming will always be misleading because DOTA 2 has a much more refined spectator mode with all the features of watching a stream but doing it all in game.

What features does DOTA 2's spectator mode offer that LoL's doesn't? I'm curious as I haven't played DOTA 2 yet. I can't imagine it allows the players to interact with the viewers in any way, though, which is what draws a lot of people to streaming as opposed to spectating. Can you hear what the players on saying on their mics or anything like that in DOTA 2 spectator mode?