People needs to stop referring Dota2 as a "Moba"

[Puppy Lover]

Don't recall Valve said Dota2 is a Moba.

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. pretty much every big game can be a "moba" by its definition.

No1 remembered what these games were really called back in the original Dota days? have the name "Dota genre" or "ARTS" disappeared now?

[Hataren]

ure right, dota is more of a love story between regions

[jay jay the dank planezinho]

Most people will recgonize the "MOBA" genre. Why would we change this now? I know some people might not like it, but at least everyone will understand if we say that this game is a MOBA.

[Dank_Trainer]

-Let's go play some MOBA games!-said my friend.
-Which one do you preffer, Quake or TF2?- I said
My friend was with WTF face and I was laughing hard.
Long story short, stop using Riot's words,instead, use common sense and call the genre "DotAlike games", "AoSlike games" or "ARTS" and it's variations.

[Dank_Trainer]

Originally posted by Soxter:

Dota should be called " HI THIS GAME IS FOR RUSSIANS THAT LOVE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ EVERYTHING IN THAT GAME"

Allchat in a nutshell.

[Hand Banana]

I dont think "ARTS" is avery good term for it. I not sure what the difference between "RTS" and "ARTS" if you think about it. What classifys as "action"?

I feel MOBA better describes it, but again personal preference.

[Deepbluediver]

Originally posted by I eat cabbage:

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. pretty much every big game can be a "moba" by its definition.

If you want to be really general and non-specific, then yes, lots of game would be cross genre. But they aren't- I can carry a gun and shoot people but World of Warcraft will never be a FPS.
The definitions have a more complicated meaning than just the name- we use the acronyms because it's short-hand so we don't have to spend a paragraph's worth of description every time we want to discuss something.

No1 remembered what these games were really called back in the original Dota days? have the name "Dota genre" or "ARTS" disappeared now?

DotA was the originator, yes, but referring to other games as the "dota genre" is sort of like calling Halo or Medal of Honor "CoD games". It doesn't really make sense, I think, to name an entire genre after a game that already has a specific name, especially when "Defense of the Ancients" isn't really much more descriptive.

Also, Real Time Strategy games have some very specific connotations, mostly in that they fall in the "single player controlling armies" category. You can disagree is that's a good thing or not, but it's what, historically, they have referred to.
Games like DotA or League are different enough that I think they should have their own category. If you don't want them to be "Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas" then what do you suggest? When I say "MOBA" people who play videogames know what I'm talking about, and if they don't I not sure what other easy term I could use.

[76561198062658773]

Dota is not a genre, it is a game.

ARTS ? Action RTS ? So what, the rest of the RTS have no action in them ? So, now starcraft is an ARTS too ?

[jay jay the dank planezinho]

Originally posted by RGC Dark >Glass of Water<:

-Let's go play some MOBA games!-said my friend.
-Which one do you preffer, Quake or TF2?- I said
My friend was with WTF face and I was laughing hard.
Long story short, stop using Riot's words,instead, use common sense and call the genre "DotAlike games", "AoSlike games" or "ARTS" and it's variations.

This is no longer common sense because few people will recognize these words. Look, I don't like Riot either, but it seems that you guys hate this word only because of them.
So what that MOBA can describe a bunch of things? I don't see anyone calling quake or tf2 a MOBA game. Might as well complain about the term RPG being so loosely used these days.

[Dank_Trainer]

Originally posted by dolan_jairo:

but it seems that you guys hate this word only because of them

That's right, you got the point. I was there when Guinsoo and Pendragon ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over dotaallstars.com and man, wasn't easy to overcome.

[La Machine !]

DotA is a freaking RTS, not a damn MOBA ! Word invented by Riot just to make stop people caling LoL a DotA like.
Whatever people are idiots

[Deepbluediver]

Originally posted by RGC Dark >Glass of Water<:

That's right, you got the point. I was there when Guinsoo and Pendragon ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over dotaallstars.com and man, wasn't easy to overcome.

Then I think you just need to get over it. When people who know videogames hear "MOBA" they know what it means- I don't call DotA a "First Person Shooter" just because I can play a hero named Sniper.

Your complaint sounds a lot like saying- I don't like McDonald's so I'm going to refer to these delicious food-items as "ground meat sandwiches" with a side-order of "starchy-squares".

Originally posted by NN La Machine !:

DotA is a freaking RTS, not a damn MOBA !

Starcraft is an RTS. Red Alert was an RTS. DotA, League, and others are nothing like those games. Stop being so stuck up.

[jay jay the dank planezinho]

Pendragon is indeed a very, very pathetic person and deserves syphamty from no one, but dude, it's only a word. One that everyone will recognize. No reason to dwell in the past like that.

[Kombucha]

who cares what valve calls it? if the community wants to call it poop on a stick then it will be called POAS. this game is a moba game.

[Dank_Trainer]

Originally posted by dolan_jairo:

Pendragon is indeed a very, very pathetic person and deserves syphamty from no one, but dude, it's only a word. One that everyone will recognize. No reason to dwell in the past like that.

One word that Riot came up with. When Icefrog or Eul start to tell DotA a "MOBA", I'll eat my words and call it a "MOBA", but for now, for me, it stays as an ARTS.

[itsDave]

Originally posted by RGC Dark >Glass of Water<:

Originally posted by dolan_jairo:

Pendragon is indeed a very, very pathetic person and deserves syphamty from no one, but dude, it's only a word. One that everyone will recognize. No reason to dwell in the past like that.

One word that Riot came up with. When Icefrog or Eul start to tell DotA a "MOBA", I'll eat my words and call it a "MOBA", but for now, for me, it stays as an ARTS.

Boohoo. The gaming community uses a genre name you don't agree with.