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    They're right about Valve doing this to exercise control. I commented on this in the initial news entry when Valve took ownership over the term. They're also justified in making the statement about the terminology best being left to the community at large. We don't see people owning "RPG" or "MMORPG".

    But in the end it's done. Nothing they can do about it.
    Aug 16, 2010 10:43am PDT
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    They're right about Valve doing this to exercise control. I commented on this in the initial news entry ... : DougL

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      all depends on valve's sexicution : packav
      • I sexicuted your mom. : RogerDandyThis person is cool!
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      If they wanted to let it remain open to developers they should have filed themselves to control it's usag... : Bortprime
      • Indeed : DougL
      • It's whose fault for not managing the IP? The whole point of their response is that this is a community-... : burntchomsky
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        Yeah, sounds like posturing to me. Icefrog has been supporting that DOTA community they so strongly fee... : kevlarcardhouse
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          http://dota-allstars.com/index.html : PorkasaurusThis person is cool!
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            Hmmm wow when did that go up? I don't really understand though...IceFrog working with S2? If that is ... : burntchomsky
            • That was before he was hired by Valve. IceFrog has been trying to get a commercial DotA project going for... : PorkasaurusThis person is cool!
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      I don't think "Defense of the Ancients" is really classified as a specific genre of games. : choppp
      • exactly : rtrson
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        How would you classify HoN and LoL? : DougL
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          Action RTS? Action RPG? Arena RTS? : DrWaffles
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            MOBA. : Memphis-Ahn
            • haha, I'm pretty sure only one company called it that and it never caught on. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      To be fair, valve does valve have a Trademark on Team Fortress? Plenty of Team-Fortress-esque mods have ... : kaddar0
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        I'm sure Valve trademarked Team Fortress - the difference is those mods aren't making money. : PorkasaurusThis person is cool!
        • Neither is DotA, itself. : Brian Leahy
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      Two Words: Rogue-like. How many hundreds of games are "rogue-like"? This is the same thing. : AxeMan808This person is cool!
      • Well...I guess not exactly, as this copyright comes after the establishment of the genre...but still. : AxeMan808This person is cool!
    • i agree. i am a fan of valve and i don't think they did a bad game (alien swarm doesn't stand up to usual... : shdwzor