So the community is elitist? Mm that's quite a bit of a turn-off. I prefer playing games where I don't have to be insulted for not playing well.

The HON community is for the most part TERRIBLE. It took me 4-5 matches to NOT get kicked INSTANTLY for not being "pro" like them. Many times, this would happen on my first death, or sometimes in the lobby. Each player is assigned a mandatory skill rating, similar to an ELO, that is public and cannot be hidden. This leads to a lot of discrimination. I got pretty good pretty fast, at least learning how to play cautiously...because if your tema even suspects you will feed...you are kicked instantly most times.
HON to me feels like the "Major leagues". Wonderful engine though, and a really nice feature set (Disconnect protection RULES!!), though the item sorting in LOL sounds incredible. I found the standard DOTA-style item sorting method in HON to just be an absolute nightmare. Completely unintuitive.

Community has little impact on the game if you play with friends or force yourself to learn the game (like I did) despite the elitist snobs who actually get off your back after a few games. It is a game that rewards knowledge and good playing.
Had a positive K/D by the 10th game by reading up on the forums and asking for tips. What seems to drive those players up a wall is when you join the "noob only" (oh the irony as these usually have higher skilled players who if you don't listen or respond call you a noob) server and don't respond to them trying to help you or just being silent and proceeding to die time after time "feeding" the enemy team gold and XP.

Demigod v1.20 update released.
http://forums.impulsedriven.com/369521
Demon Assassin added