Traditional narrative terms -- such as plot, theme, and story -- are often used to describe role-playing game (RPG) play. However, RPGs are also fundamentally different from narrative forms like books and film. The result is that trying to discuss story in RPGs leads to a quagmire of jumbled assumptions.
Word Origin & History. mob 1680s, disorderly part of the population, rabble, slang shortening of mobile, mobility common people, populace, rabble (1670s), from L. mobile vulgus fickle common people (c.1600 in English), from mobile, neut. of mobilis fickle, movable, mobile, from movere to move (see move).
MOBA. MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) is a new gaming genre. Spawned from early forums from the custom map for Starcraft called {Aeon of Strife} and Evolved in to the most recent Defense of the Ancients or DotA. The objective of the MOBA Genre is for each team to destroy the opponents' Base, heavily guarded structures at opposing corners of the map. Players use powerful units known as heroes, and are assisted by allied heroes and AI-controlled fighters called creeps. As in role-playing games, players level up their hero and use gold to buy equipment during the mission. Each human player must control one Hero, a powerful unit with unique abilities.