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i know what lol is but i'd never heard of MOBA before this thread happened. knowing it exists doesn't mean everyone's played it or knows the intricacies of how it works and what it is

i know what mmorpgs are, but this is literally the first time i've ever heard moba used.

MOBA isn't an obscure term, it's been used for years to describe a number of games, including several of the most played ones of all time. just because you and some other out of touch dinguses haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's some arcane acronym.

not ayrt but someone else in this discussion (i made the post about moba essentially being the worst of mmos and fighters) and... sorry, anon, but i gotta take ayrt's side on this

moba isn't some super-obscure prot-speceed pally level term but it isn't something most casuals know either. i know it because i'm a crusty old gamer who desperately tries not to be a Gamer but lbr most people who are in deep enough with gamer culture to know it are either gamers like me desperately clinging to casualness or Gamers

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i'm not even a casual, this just isn't my genre. why would someone have this knowledge if they don't care about this type of game?

you have the knowledge enough to know it's not your type of game.

so someone that plays final fantasy or mario kart is supposed to know what it is and that they don't play it? get bent.

... yes? you'd have to know a) what an RPG or racing game was and b) that those games are an RPG and racing game respectively in order to know you won't enjoy them.

not sure what's hard about this. you don't need to know the deepest ins and outs of genres to know what they are, and thus make decisions as a buyer.

rpg, yes. moba? no. it's a specific term that isn't widely used. even i in my infinite game ignorance know what an rpg and the idea of an mmorpg. i did not know what moba was until this thread. that doesn't make me an idiot or some newbie. it just means i have limited interests and if my interests aren't in the game types that fall under moba, i'm not going to come across the term often, am i.

don't bother arguing with this moron, nobody takes LOL or DOTA seriously outside the established communities so they're always extra on the defensive about their shitty games

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i've played hundreds of games and i had no idea what a moba was, specifically, until i looked it up recently

i just equated it with "neckbeardy games i have no desire to play" so why would i know the definition lol

i know the term and i STILL equate it with "neckbeardy games i have no desire to play" because that's really what it is

sometimes it's okay to just call a spade a spade

same tbh. i know what an rpg is, a fps, mmorpg, rts, and other assloads of gaming acronyms that get thrown around. moba was completely new for me and i still don't quite get what sets it apart

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pro gamers are totally athletes and should make the big endorsement bux

as for filthy casuals itagaki knew what to do with them

but most people who casually game DO know what it is, enough that people can make informed consumer decisions about the differences between Battleborn and Overwatch, which is what started this whole abortion of a thread.

okay, but when people chime in with 'i never heard this term, what is it' the correct response isn't to call them an idiot and blame them for not being a ~true gamer.

no one did that. an anon came in and insisted because they didn't know, it was therefore a minute difference that no one would know.

maybe two or three comments in this whole thread are people genuinely asking about anything, the rest are people acting like you have to be a basement dwelling nerdlord to know what major game genres are.

you kind of do, tho

a normie might play a moba game but if asked to define moba 9 out of 10 of them are going to give you blank stares

idk what to tell you, anon. you seem to be imprinting your own ignorance onto a generalization of other people.

don't you have some girl gamer to be telling to go make a sandwich?

definitely projecting.

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