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Valve Trademarks 'DOTA'
An anonymous reader tips news that Valve Software has filed a trademark claim for the term "DOTA," fueling speculation that the company will soon reveal a new Defense of the Ancients game. Voice actor John St. John recently said he was recording for such a game in a post to Twitter. The tweet was subsequently deleted. Last year Valve hired 'Icefrog,' lead developer for the original DotA mod.
So instead of "Citation needed", should people say "Please provide Google keywords" instead?
Again - douche bag. Patent law is hardly some obscure Internet reference. As my original post said, go to your nearest search engine. If YOU are ignorant of a subject, its hardly everyone else's job to rectify YOUR ignorance.
This particular subject is extremely well known and extremely well covered on the Internet (including /.) and is extremely easy to get information on, assuming your not a dumb, lazy, douche bag. In short, rather than say, "Citation needed", you should have gone to your nearest search engine and shown the world you're neither dumb or lazy.
Contrary to popular trends, it is not everyone else's job to educate you. And if, after making a good faith effort to find the material on your own, its not that hard to say, "I couldn't find what you were talking about. I did searches for x, y, and z. Can you please provide a reference of some kind?" Which is infinitely better than the, "Bullshit! Prove it!", which is all too often associated with, "Citation needed". The former is passive aggressive while the later is polite and indicates you are not a dumb, lazy, douche bag.