Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life

Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by swimfar on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:46PM (#28242327)

MOBA=Multiplayer online battle arena

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Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by Waterluvian on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:19AM (#28242538)

Never realized until now that MOBA is a pretty terrible acronym unless you already know what it means.

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Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by tohmasu on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:55AM (#28244692)

The words "Team", "Hero" and "Action" are conspicuously missing from the acronym MOBA.

Given that the phrase "multi-player" traditionally didn't say anything about playing on the same side, I'd say that Starcraft fits the bill just as well as League.

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Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by newfriend on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:09AM (#28243458)

There's an even worse alternative acronym for this genre, which shall not be named.

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Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by Aeolun on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:32AM (#28244576)

DOTA? I guess that’s not necessarily worse. It just points to a very specific kind of game.

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Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by alternatetwo on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:59AM (#28245063)

Nope, not that one ...

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Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by moogly on Friday August 20, 2021 @09:26AM (#28245660)

Ah yes. 10 letters, "Aeon of Strife-style..." etc.

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