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[Orange Wizard]

To be fair, a MOBA is, by definition, a DOTA clone. They'd still be called DOTA clones if whatever marketing dept. didn't make up the new term.

[Putnam]

Yeah, MOBA is a really bad name not because it's not descriptive but because you can do so much better.

How about three-lane-two-team-third-person-game-with-creep-units-that-may-be-killed-to-get-money-which-can-be-used-to-buy-items-for-heroes-who-each-have-four-abilities-which-can-be-used-with-the-Q-W-E-and-R-keys-with-the-R-key-usually-being-delegated-to-a-more-powerful-ability-usually-called-an-ultimate-with-five-heroes-on-each-team-each-player-playing-different-roles-based-on-farm-priority-and-position-in-relation-to-the-map-where-the-victory-goal-is-to-destroy-some-large-building-in-the-enemy-team's-base, or TLTTTPGWCUTMBKTGMWCBUTBIFHWEHFAWCBUWTQWERKWTRKUBDTAMPAUCAUWFHOETEPPDRBOFPAPIRTTMWTVGITDSLBITETB.

At least it better describes the genre, huh?

To be fair, a MOBA is, by definition, a DOTA clone. They'd still be called DOTA clones if whatever marketing dept. didn't make up the new term.

(Riot)

[Neonivek]

I'd count it if Demigod wasn't a Moba.

But I'll put it to you like this. Rogue-like which its ONLY requirement is to be like Rogue... is a much more expansive genre then MOBAs which only requirement is to have heroes fighting in lanes with creeps.

[Putnam]

Dammit.

See, you could say the same about Roguelikes, sorta, if people didn't actually come out with interesting stuff (Binding of Isaac, FTL) and call them Roguelikes (which they totally are, though obviously subgenres thereof--"action roguelike", "tactical roguelike" I guess are good titles for those)

EDIT: okay wait a minute I'm reading my code from a while back and I see this

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mat_shower.forces=[0,0,0] //tensile, shear, compression, all in kilopascals
and then I realize

why the hell do I have tension and compression as separate things

like every single reference to them in the code even has compressive equivalent to negative tensile

what time was it when I wrote that

EDIT 2: To make it better, the comment is actually wrong; the second one is compressive, the third one is shear

EDIT 3: and WHY IS IT AN ARRAY TO BEGIN WITH WHEN THEY'RE ALL MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE

[Frumple]

To be fair, a MOBA is, by definition, a DOTA clone. They'd still be called DOTA clones if whatever marketing dept. didn't make up the new term.

They're all AoS knockoffs. Including DotA. Especially DotA, since it's largely the one that shat all over the genre with ossification poo to begin with. People were actually trying fairly interesting things for a while, then DotA bots came in and crapped all over WC3's custom maps scene and that was basically the beginning of the long twilight of AoS we're still humping around in.

One day, a bright dawn will come, and people will realize the massive untapped potential of the game style. That day is not this day.

[Magistrum]

EDIT: okay wait a minute I'm reading my code from a while back and I see this

Code: [Select]

mat_shower.forces=[0,0,0] //tensile, shear, compression, all in kilopascals
and then I realize

why the hell do I have tension and compression as separate things

like every single reference to them in the code even has compressive equivalent to negative tensile

what time was it when I wrote that

EDIT 2: To make it better, the comment is actually wrong; the second one is compressive, the third one is shear

EDIT 3: and WHY IS IT AN ARRAY TO BEGIN WITH WHEN THEY'RE ALL MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE

We all have been there man... Maybe you just exit "the zone"?

[penguinofhonor]

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[Frumple]

At least seven or eight times, yes. Don't think I've actually broke a dozen, but it's definitely possible.

Not the exact one, though. I've never used the term "ossification poo" before. The wording varies.

[penguinofhonor]

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[Helgoland]

The salons are earthy and masculine, with leather club chairs, dark-wood floors and what we think is just the right amount of taxidermy.

This one, specifically. They also have a rather strong opinion on sideburns.

[ArKFallen]

The salons are earthy and masculine, with leather club chairs, dark-wood floors and what we think is just the right amount of taxidermy.

This one, specifically. They also have a rather strong opinion on sideburns.

I find it quite funny how it goes from "these are the reasons you need a sideburn" to "this what you have to worry about when you get your sideburn" and back to "these are the reasons you need a sideburn".

She wants men to frame their face so she framed their concerns.

[TempAcc]

Having HUGE sideburns just makes you look silly most of the time, but having no sideburn just makes you look like Nicolas Cage, which is never a plus. That is why I sport a tiny sideburn. Sideburn moderation is the path to civilization :v

[Sergarr]

...makes you look like Nicolas Cage, which is never a plus.

Why so?

[TempAcc]

...makes you look like Nicolas Cage, which is never a plus.

Why so?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Apparently he has sideburns now again though.

[miauw62]

Are you calling Isaac Asimov silly?

LOOK AT THOSE GLORIOUS SIDEBURNS

by the way this will always be one of my favorite images ever.