No one can deny the success that the moba has had over the last few years. With the rise of eSports, this race to the top has become one of a meteoric ascent. Still, the stigma that the moba has with new players is well placed, but a number of these games are working hard to combat that and come up with ways to guide new players in the game. One such example is Infinite Crisis, the DC Comics-based moba, and their new Advocate Program. One does wonder whether such a program can be effective or beneficial. Is the Advocate Program in Infinite Crisis worthwhile?
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One of the more interesting features of mmo games is that, just like a living person, they go through a life cycle. In the beginning, there's the development and testing phases. Then the game springs into the world to make its mark. After a number of years, the game begins to fade as the player population dwindles. Finally, there's the final end when the game shuts down. Normally such a journey takes quite a few years, normally a decade, to go through this cycle, but such was not the case with Infinite Crisis. The DC comics-themed moba recently let their players know that the game was shutting down in August despite the fact that the moba just officially launched roughly two months ago. Why did Infinite Crisis fail?
