MOBA threads

[Raye_Terse]

So, I'm just wondering why MOBA threads were moved from Games Talk to the MMO section. Moba games are not even close to Massively Multiplayer. In any one game, there are at most 10 people playing.

Also, according to wikipedia:

MMOGs create a persistent universe where the game milieu continues regardless of interaction.
...
MMOGs host a large number of players in a single game world, and all of those players can interact with each other at any given time. Popular MMOGs might have thousands of players online at any given time, usually on a company owned servers.

The issue is, admittedly, a bit muddled, since there are so many people playing a MOBA on the same server. IMO, that does not make the game an MMO. Yes, there are a lot of people playing the game, but they're not playing in the same game world.

Besides, if LoL, for example, had offered the capability, it would be possible to gather up 9 friends and play the game offline without losing out on the game experience.

So, since MOBA games are not, IMO, Massively Multiplayer, and since it should technically be possible to play a MOBA offline without losing out on some of the point, I vote for MOBA threads being moved back to Games Talk.

 

[Watashiwa]

I moved the MOBA threads out of game talk and into the MMO section because the MOBA threads were about discussing strategies, forming guilds and finding teammates and opponents. The various Talk sections (as I imagine them) are for discussing plot, characters, and the actual development of the media we write fanfiction about. As such MOBAs fit BEST with MMOs.

If you're worried about no one seeing the section because it's on the very bottom of the forum, don't; as part of the forum reordering I'm planning to move Games above the Discussion section.

 

[Zephyrus]

So, I'm just wondering why MOBA threads were moved from Games Talk to the MMO section. Moba games are not even close to Massively Multiplayer. In any one game, there are at most 10 people playing.

Also, according to wikipedia:

MMOGs create a persistent universe where the game milieu continues regardless of interaction.
...
MMOGs host a large number of players in a single game world, and all of those players can interact with each other at any given time. Popular MMOGs might have thousands of players online at any given time, usually on a company owned servers.

The issue is, admittedly, a bit muddled, since there are so many people playing a MOBA on the same server. IMO, that does not make the game an MMO. Yes, there are a lot of people playing the game, but they're not playing in the same game world.

Besides, if LoL, for example, had offered the capability, it would be possible to gather up 9 friends and play the game offline without losing out on the game experience.

So, since MOBA games are not, IMO, Massively Multiplayer, and since it should technically be possible to play a MOBA offline without losing out on some of the point, I vote for MOBA threads being moved back to Games Talk.

I agree. I personally disagree with Wata's decision, but it's the best we're going to get for now.

I do think that we if get enough threads for HON, Dota2, LoL, etc., etc., someone should make a formal poll/request thread to give MOBAs their own subforum in the Games section. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Glimmervoid]

Maybe renamed Massively Multiplayer Online to Online Gaming. That would include MMOs, MOBA and online multi player versions of normal games. Pretty much make it home of Clan TFF.

 

[Zephyrus]

Maybe renamed Massively Multiplayer Online to Online Gaming. That would include MMOs, MOBA and online multi player versions of normal games. Pretty much make it home of Clan TFF.

That actually makes more sense than my suggestion. >_>

 

[violinmana]

My idea originally. If anything, blame me.

 

[Raye_Terse]

Maybe renamed Massively Multiplayer Online to Online Gaming. That would include MMOs, MOBA and online multi player versions of normal games. Pretty much make it home of Clan TFF.

Considering what Wata seems to want out of the forum, that would probably work as a solution. A forum name like Online Gaming or Meta Gaming would, unlike Massively Multiplayer Online, make the contents of the forum clear. Online Gaming is probably the most intuitive of the two.

Edit: Looks like it's already been renamed.