There is a community forming right now that aims to write a MOBA from scratch, mostly fueled due to the Vanguard incident on Linux. I am not affiliated with the project, but wanted to raise attention to it (as I am currently on cold League turkey since a month).

The announcement post on rEdDiT: https://old.reddit.com/r/opensourcegames/comments/1cz3212/open_source_league_of_legends_an_attempt/

GitHub: https://github.com/OpenChamp

Discord: https://discord.gg/f6DGjvTWYT

Related Lemmy post: https://lemmy.world/post/16065982

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[–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 36 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if marketing this as "replacement to League" is the best move or if it should market itself as simply a new MOBA

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

At this point, LoL has become synonymous to MOBA.

A bit like Kleenex has become synonymous to tissues.

As long as they don't tow the line with copyrighted LoL material, they should be good to go.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

I think if they can do it without incurring copyright lawsuits, then yeah it's probably a good marketing move.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Let's return to roots. Warcraft 3 mod maps.

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

You misspelled "StarCraft 1" so bad.

[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not any good at the game, but if you need a toxic asshole to help test it, lmk

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 months ago

Sounds like you have all the qualifications, welcome aboard!

[–] chepycou@rcsocial.net 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@Linus_Torvalds In the meantime you still have #DOTA2 (I'm neither a #dota nor a #LeagueOfLegends player but I know people who worked on the LeagueOfLinux project)

[–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I am aware of that possibility, but a truly FOSS MOBA would be amazing. Custom balancing on different servers, different queues, etc.

[–] chepycou@rcsocial.net 7 points 5 months ago

@Linus_Torvalds True, true, I'll definitely try to play it if it ever reaches the level of @play0ad or mindustry.

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Please copy dota instead of league... Dota actually has a coherent design philosophy and creative devs who know how to balance a game, league is just designed around what monetizes the community most effectively.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I see LoL user as MOBA here more than LoL ve DOTA.

If it ever comes to fruition, the neat thing is that people will be able to code in whatever they want.

[–] electricprism@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lmao. Get rekt league.

[–] DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 5 months ago

[ ] Rekt [ ] Not rekt [x] Tyrannosaurus rekt

[–] Titou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Lmao at first i haven't figured out OP name