Entries for May 30, 2012

So, more and more people use MOBA, and it looks like game publishers, game companies and review websites start using the name, so I am probably too late with this. But better late than never.

MOBA, short for "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena", is a term often used to describe DotA-like games, which only recently have come to be called an own genre.
But let us think what the single elements of an acronym of a game tell us.

Let's start with something else than MOBA so we get a feeling for it.

RTS (Real Time Strategy):
Real Time says that it is not turn-based. You order your units and/or buildings around, their supposed reaction occurs immediately, this can happen parallel to someone else's orders.
Strategy says that you don't let your units walk around to water flowers, but actually focus on strategic stuff - which usually means placing your troops and fighting.
This is a pretty accurate description of what you're doing in games like Starcraft 2 or Warcraft 3, and it would hardly fit to other games like Counter Strike or RPGs (both got a stronger focus on other things than strategy).

FPS (First Person Shooter):
First Person simply shows the perspective in which you are playing - you see from the eyes of the character you play.
Shooter shows the focus on, well, shooting things. Don't expect to run around and do highly complex stuff, shooting is the central element.
Again a perfectly fine description for the games that are entitled FPS (for example Battlefield, Counter Strike), anyone calling WC3 an FPS clearly failed to understand the system.

And now take a look at MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena)
Multiplayer Online is just a generic "prefix", we also got this in MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game, like World of Warcraft or Eve Online), so in general there is nothing wrong with it and it doesn't say much.
Just like in MMORPG, we can ignore this prefix and are left with:
Battle Arena.

And this is where I fail to understand how "Battle Arena" describes DotA-like games in any way.
Battle Arena can be SC2, you have a certain map ("Arena") and battle in it.
It can be a Beat em up like Tekken, you have limited area ("Arena") and battle in it.
In fact, it can be any game where you fight and have an area fitting to the definition of the word "Arena" as it is used in "MOBA".

Feel free to use this, but please give credit.

This disease is more important than cancer and AIDS. We must find a cure asap.

EDIT: Don't take this too seriously, it's just a joke.

Just another list of spoilers/afk'ers/intentional feeders/leavers of Dota 2 beta.
Since DotA Chat is not allowed to be used for listing the players who seriously did something wrong in a game, I planned to do it here. Well, all of it is real. Very obvious. These players shall never exist in Dota 2 beta. Because I don't think they are needed in the help to improve the game. I don't think they are a part of dev.dota2 community also.
If you have any comment, please write it out. I will read.
[I]*Will update this from time to time[/I]

[nqb]Player's Steam:
[url]xxxxxxxxxxxx[/url]
Match ID :
Case : [/nqb]

[B][COLOR="Magenta"]1.[/COLOR][/B]
Player's Steam : [url]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198054548593/[/url]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]18206238[/COLOR]
Case : Intentionally feed the enemies and control the team courrier to enemies - spoiling the game.

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]2.[/COLOR][/B]
Player's Steam : [url]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003136264/[/url]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]18599910[/COLOR]
Case : Intentionally feed the enemies and AFK in the game. Also left the game after spent time to disturb teammates communications - spoiler, AFK'er, and leaver.

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]3.[/COLOR][/B]
Player's Steam : [url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/avengergod/[/url]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]19034907[/COLOR]
Case : Uncooperative teammate who intentionally unpause the game while the other 3 players of same team planned to pause the game to wait for a disconnected teammate, and spoil the game playing of the team from winning to lose - spoiler, uncooperative player.

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]4.[/COLOR][/B]
Player's Steam : [url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/kiviquick/[/url]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]21027649[/COLOR]
Case : Uncooperative teammate who intentionally feed in the game and AFK after half hour of the game. One Empty Bottle, Magic Wand and Boot after 30 minutes of game. - spoiler, feeder, uncooperative player.

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]5.[/COLOR][/B]
Players's Steam :
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/mentaxz/[/url]
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198061918866/[/url]
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198062046491/[/url]
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/iLaughAtYou/[/url]
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198020444380/[/url]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]21080063[/COLOR]
Case : Intentionally left the game before 10 minutes for no reason. Suspected as recruited group of spoilers. - spoilers

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]6.[/COLOR][/B]
Players's Steam :
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/id/OverDoseDx/"]http://steamcommunity.com/id/OverDoseDx/[/URL]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]37828009[/COLOR]
Case : Intentionally spoiling the game by becoming a feeder for no reason and keep buy-and-sell items. Never co-operate with teammates. - True spoiler.

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]7.[/COLOR][/B]
Players's Steam :
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198066004366/"]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198066004366/[/URL]
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/id/laodajon/"]http://steamcommunity.com/id/laodajon/[/URL]
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063360578/"]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063360578/[/URL]
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063360578/"]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198057698551/[/URL]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]37994325[/COLOR]
Case : Left the game and never co-operate with teammate to pause the game until disconnected player is reconnecting. - spoilers/leavers

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]8.[/COLOR][/B]
Players's Steam :
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/id/36010883/"]http://steamcommunity.com/id/36010883/[/URL]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]38427499[/COLOR]
Case : Intentionally planned to fight alone and don't want to co-operate with the team by solo farming. - spoiler, bad co-operative team member

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[B][COLOR="Magenta"]9.[/COLOR][/B]
Players's Steam :
[url="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063884569/"]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063884569/[/url]
[url="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063603146/"]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063603146/[/url]
[url="http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063119556/"]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063119556/[/url]
Match ID : [COLOR="White"]44181363[/COLOR]
Case : Leavers of the game, causing the team to lose.

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everytime I play Dota 2, I always thinking, when he will be here to fight? very jealous when Magina come firstly on Dota 2

Fusion Shift
-Fuses the hero with a neutral or and enemy creep, Vanishing his body and will take control of the target creep. Target acquisition stays the same (E.G. fusing with neutral creep will treat you now as a neutral creep)
-Has sub-ability to come out of the body

Tree Form
-Banishes the body and transfers the body to a target tree, giving you unobstructed vision and allows you to cast spells, yet, you cannot attack nor move. If that tree is destroyed, your body will reappear to the same place where the tree was destroyed.

Tranquil Ride
-Transforms the heroes body into an essential nature energy that bounces to enemy units, creating an illusion beside them. After jumping at the last unit, you will transfer at a nearby tree

Re-hollow
-Produces an illusion of yourself that has no damage amplification, cannot attack, but can cast spells any spells and items except this one. The illusion's mana is decreased by 25%.

Force field (Active ultimate)
-Conjures force field around the hero for 3/3.5/4 seconds. Any damage source from outside of that shield will be reduced by 40%/50%/60%. Affects the hero and it's allies who are inside the shield. Scepter ugradeable, Damage reduction increased to 75% to all levels. CHANNELING.

Arcane shift (Active)
-Blasts a wave of arcanic energy at a target point, Damaging and silencing all units on it's route. The silence duration is decreased by 0.25 for every unit hit. 90/130/170/210 damage. 0.5/1/1.5/2 sec. silence. 4/4/3/3 sec. cd.

Energy sap (Passive)
-Has 25%/30%/35%/40% chance to trigger when Aghanim is attacked. While triggered, nearby allies will get they're mana and health restored based on damage taken to Aghanim during the effect. Last 1.75 seconds. 2.25 sec cd.

Arcanism (Active)
-Puts a buff on either an enemy or ally. The buffed ally will get bonus mana regen and magical resistance. If casts on enemy, effects are reversed (negative mana regen and decreased magical resistance)