The future of... umm... Ideaist?

Cosmetics items are one thing, new heroes that influence the meta and gameplay are another. Do not want it to sound offensive(sorry if it did), but to create a balanced, well-rounded hero that has its role requires much more work than simply write down his skills and lore. Skills must be balanced, relevant, same with stats. Not to mention Valve will have to make a new model, draw skill icons, voice that heroes, and even then - Valve actually makes good money from simply accepting what others did, but they won't make any from heroes unless they make us pay for them(which totally sucks) while it would require them much more work(they port a hero - port, not even create from scratch - like 4-6 months). So, yeah, creating new heroes is lots of fun, but it's not the same like creating a cosmetic item, requiring much more work/money for both Valve and the creators. Shall Valve support it? I don't think so.

Well, so Valve will make their own hero from scratch? If not, Dota 2 will just be memories.