Open Source League of Legends | An Attempt
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**Hello Fellow Open-Source Enthusiasts!** For those who do not know, or do not play League of Legends, Riot has introduced Vanguard, their...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16069250

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

  • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

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

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      5 months ago

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

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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      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.