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Re:OpenAI at the Dota 2 World Championships by ajsalminen on Saturday August 12, 2017 @02:33AM (#14996731)
In my opinion ARTS doesn't describe it better but introduces confusion since it implies these games have something in common with real time strategy games. I don't think they really have anything to do with RTS despite being originally conceived on the Warcraft 3 engine and assets. At least MOBA makes it clear that it's an entirely separate category.
Re:OpenAI at the Dota 2 World Championships by CrystalLangUser on Saturday August 12, 2017 @05:42AM (#14997231)
> anything to do with RTS

Managing farming times and item spikes is part of the strategy. Of course it's not a true RTS, but I think that term is a bit better than MOBA; I'm also biased against Riot.