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A term only "wins" when you let it. I don't like the breadth of the term "MOBA;" I think ASSFAGGOTS better describes the specific subgenre that includes LoL, Do
by Kapura 13y ago
A term only "wins" when you let it. I don't like the breadth of the term "MOBA;" I think ASSFAGGOTS better describes the specific subgenre that includes LoL, Dota, HoN, and Smite. To me, the separation is similar to using the term "backstroke" over the term "swimming."
- saraid216 13y agoSee, I use "LoL-style".
- thedufer 13y agoDotA-like was fairly common in LoL's early days, and still seems fairly appropriate. There are not, to my knowledge, any games that compete with DotA for creating the genre.
- anonymoushn 13y agoDefense of the Ancients, like Tides of Blood, Eve of the Apocalypse, and Advent of the Zenith, was an AoS-style map. If you say AoS, though, few people will know what you mean.
- crazypyro 13y agoAoS was the name everyone used in Starcraft and Warcraft 3 custom maps, but as new games become popular, the genre just keeps switching to popular game in genre-like.
- sanskritabelt 13y agoWhenever someone tells me they are "a gamer", I think of posts like these and my opinion of them drops a little.