because TO THE LAYMAN, they are. that's what you don't seem to grasp. unless you're balls deep in the types of games, they are going to seem the same to you. so when someone goes 'they're the same thing' going 'NUR NUR MOBA IS SO VURRY DIFFRUNT' doesn't magically make anyone understand dick.

then it was explained. then someone went 'well, just saying 'it's a moba' isn't going to really explain anything'. and that's where we are now: someone deciding to be butthurt that no one knows what moba is off the bat and that makes us all ignorant dinguses.