# Dominion beta is on!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominion-beta-is-on/597257>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 22, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominion-beta-is-on/597257 "2011-09-22T21:46:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominion-beta-is-on/597257/1 "2011-09-22T21:46:43Z")

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“Dominion” is a game mode in the free game League of Legends. Its currently running in a beta state during off-peak hours.

Even though its basically Arathi Basin Battleground (WoW) meets DotA, I find it quite fun. Its fast-paced and you can get a game in much faster than on Summoner’s Rift. The other fun thing is it fundamentally changes the role of Champions- Champions that were pretty viscious protected in their lane in Summoner’s Rift are easy pickings in Dominion.

For those not familiar, Dominion’s objective is to capture 5 points. Every time you have more points, the opponent’s ‘nexus’ loses energy- first nexus to zero loses. There are also various power-ups and mini quests along the way to make it interesting. Compared to the standard game mode, there’s not much penalty to dying, and the game actually _rewards_ you for heroically defending a capture point to the death, or sacrificing yourself to save your allies.

Its an interesting dynamic and a nice addition to an already free online game that is quite addictive.

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**Author:** ![CrimeThink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@CrimeThink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrimeThink)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominion-beta-is-on/597257/2 "2011-09-23T18:05:12Z")

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I enjoyed the few games I played last night. The faster pace was refreshing, there is always something that you need to do quickly. It also seems like there was always a good chance to turn the game around. I won a game where we only had 90 points left when they had 300+ and that was quite satisfying. I also lost a similar game that I thought was in the bag.