Title: Off The Beaten Lane: AI Challenges In MOBAs Beyond Player Control,
Abstract: MOBAs represent a huge segment of online gaming and are growing as both an
eSport and a casual genre. The natural starting point for AI researchers
interested in MOBAs is to develop an AI to play the game better than a human -
but MOBAs have many more challenges besides adversarial AI. In this paper we
introduce the reader to the wider context of MOBA culture, propose a range of
challenges faced by the community today, and posit concrete AI projects that
can be undertaken to begin solving them.