Any of you guys play MOBAs?

[Grandy]

I started playing LoL due to a reccommendation from some friends, and it was my first game of the genre.

In a nutshell; the game is great, the community is so terrible as to suck away all the joy from the game and warp it into pure distilated hatred.

I understand most MOBAs are like that?

[daoman89]

Da fuqs a MOBA?

[Grandy]

I have no idea what the acronym means.

[fruckert]

Massively Online Battle Arena?
**** if I know.

No, I don't play LoL, don't really want to.
My mother's side of the family is addicted to it, though.
Any time I go to my grandma's house they're either playing, drawing fanart, or thinking about playing.

[Grandy]

Massively Online Battle Arena?

According to google, yea.

[Archem]

I play LoL, I enjoy Smite, and I want to learn to play DotA. I'm in a closed beta for a DC-themed MOBA, but I'm not too interested in it.

MOBAs are pretty much the same when it comes down to the fun vs. community thing. They're too teamwork-centric to afford mistakes and people who don't know what they're doing can make the game frustrating. The negative attitude is understandable, but it's still bad for the community.

Play with friends, learn the ropes, and ignore the haters.

[Dr. Ace]

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena to be precise. Games like League of Legends, Dota 2, Awesomenauts and aimed at competitive online experiences in which two teams fight each other. While I own Awesomenauts and everyone who has Steam owns Dota 2, League of Legends even being free, I don't care much for the genre. It doesn't appeal to me, even though I'm a fan of competitive multiplayer to some extend.

[Grandy]

I play LoL, I enjoy Smite, and I want to learn to play DotA. I'm in a closed beta for a DC-themed MOBA, but I'm not too interested in it.

MOBAs are pretty much the same when it comes down to the fun vs. community thing. They're too teamwork-centric to afford mistakes and people who don't know what they're doing can make the game frustrating. The negative attitude is understandable, but it's still bad for the community.

Play with friends, learn the ropes, and ignore the haters.

DC-themed?

You meanthe MOBA where everyone will rush to get Batman? Color me interested.

[Archem]

Yeah. It's called Infinite Crisis (gee, I wonder where that name came from), and it has a ton of DC heroes and villains with all sorts of Multiverse versions of each character (some of which are original). It's a nice start, but it lacks certain elements that make the game playable for me (like key-binding and alternate camera control options). It'll likely be a ton of fun once it gets further into development, but it's hard for me to enjoy right now.

Yes, you can throw cars around.

Anyway, I've always preferred the term ARTS (Action Real-Time Strategy) since it better describes the games. "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena" sounds like it would be better suited towards a game like Quake.

[daoman89]

Interesting.  I won't be playing any of those though.  I'm not a huge gamer haha.  I just play to get away.

[Meiscool]

I play LoL and watch Dota 2 championships.
They are good time wasters, but I really wish the games had more variety.

[Grandy]

Yeah. It's called Infinite Crisis (gee, I wonder where that name came from), and it has a ton of DC heroes and villains with all sorts of Multiverse versions of each character (some of which are original). It's a nice start, but it lacks certain elements that make the game playable for me (like key-binding and alternate camera control options). It'll likely be a ton of fun once it gets further into development, but it's hard for me to enjoy right now.

Yes, you can throw cars around.

Anyway, I've always preferred the term ARTS (Action Real-Time Strategy) since it better describes the games. "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena" sounds like it would be better suited towards a game like Quake.

I think I'll be signing up for that DC game for now, even if the beta will probably not be avaiable for over here :/

[Apex]

Not so much any more, but I play Dota 2 from time to time. Community for public games is actually pretty good, no one bitches and whines when you mess up.

[Prpl_Mage]

Only good when you know the people you play with. Don't care much about the people you play against they will, according to customs, always shout profanity at you and call you lame.
If you play with randoms on your team you just end up getting frustrated.

Played the classic WC3 DOTA for a long time as well as some others out there, but as mentioned. The moment you no longer have your team, the game kinda sucks. People kinda moved away and got jobs and wives and stuff, no time to geek out a DOTA type game for an entire saturday.

[DragonBlaze]

I was never a big fan of MOBAs, though they can be fun here and there. I actually just got DOTA 2 because it seems interesting, but haven't played it yet.