Dota is a beautiful game - Page 3

On May 21 2013 05:03 Rimstalker wrote:
you had to use music that is under copyright so that pretty much all Germans can't watch it? :/

On May 21 2013 16:28 Jragon wrote:
Very nice. What's the music?

On May 21 2013 23:56 isleyofthenorth wrote:
Moba is what the lol devs called their game. the genre is called "Dota" (maybe "AoS")

also moba means multiplayer battle arena i think?

But then Bloodline Champions fits it much better than dota or lol

On May 21 2013 23:56 isleyofthenorth wrote:
Moba is what the lol devs called their game. the genre is called "Dota" (maybe "AoS")

also moba means multiplayer battle arena i think?

But then Bloodline Champions fits it much better than dota or lol

On May 22 2013 00:21 OmniEulogy wrote:


I love you ^^ MOBA was coined by a guy who was hated in the DotA community... still don't know how it stuck oh well.

Also you left out the best part in the video! Synderen running into the wall and dying after DD gets wiped lol

On May 22 2013 03:44 MattBarry wrote:

Who cares. Just call it a moba for the sake of easy categorization.

On May 22 2013 06:01 RoyGBiv_13 wrote:


Naming things is important, and many people care. Dota fans are generally (sorry for the bad word) okay with being lumped into the same category has LoL, but we have a huge problem with the name.

Riot has a history of coining stupid marketing terms that mean almost nothing:
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On May 21 2013 23:56 isleyofthenorth wrote:
Moba is what the lol devs called their game. the genre is called "Dota" (maybe "AoS")

also moba means multiplayer battle arena i think?

But then Bloodline Champions fits it much better than dota or lol

On May 22 2013 09:09 WolfintheSheep wrote:


As much as people might hate the term MOBA, calling a genre "DotA" or "AoS" is the stupidest idea imaginable.

"I'm playing a Mario (sidescrolling platformer)." "Oh, that game is a Quake (FPS)." "I wish a company would make a good FZero (racing game)".

On May 22 2013 09:44 PrinceXizor wrote:

AoS was the standby and was even used early on by Riot as well. (like beta and re-release).

On May 22 2013 09:44 PrinceXizor wrote:

AoS was the standby and was even used early on by Riot as well. (like beta and re-release).

On May 22 2013 11:20 WolfintheSheep wrote:

Just because it was a standby doesn't mean it's not stupid.

Apparently DotA 2 is a game about Protoss history, if the genre "Aeon of Strife" remotely describes the gameplay.

On May 22 2013 11:36 PrinceXizor wrote:

except like comparisons are how people relate information.

if i ask you to describe Dune you'd say "it's like starcraft 1" not its an "rts"

its human speech, and thus makes sense. to be honest it makes no says to say "this game is an rts" you'd have to say "this is an rts game" which isn't even commonly used. it's completely acceptable to say AoS to describe the genre, Dota-clone also works since most games tried to emulate dota after dota got big. but that isn't acceptable for groups of maps within the genre that were in dev concurrently with dota, so we say AoS.

If i ask you to describe what a soft drink tastes like you'd say "tastes liek coke/pepsi" not "its a cola"

On May 22 2013 12:21 GogoKodo wrote:
Genre names are also a thing people use to relate information. Sure it's not specific or detailed but it's definitely used.
What kind of movie is it? Comedy.
What kind of book is it? Sci-fi.

On May 22 2013 12:32 PrinceXizor wrote:

I don't think anyone in the history of movies or books has been satisfied and understanding of the topic with just one of those words.

calling a game "mutliplayer online battle arena" literally applies to everything. CoD is a MOBA, LoL is a MOBA, DOTA is a MOBA, Halo is a MOBA, Worms armageddon is a MOBA, Starcraft 2 is a MOBA. :/