Talk:League of Legends terminology/@comment-93.109.75.227-20120520212758

I find it interesting that NA players use the 'MIA' abbreviation while us in Europe prefer the 'ss' one.

Miss or 'ss' for short originated in DoTA to refer to the player missing for his lane, can't even remember when someone used MIA back in those days, even fellow NA players.

Frankly, I think 'ss' is a tad faster way to inform your partners. It's the same letter used twice in succession rather than typing 3 different ones, two being on the one side of the keyboard and the other one on the edge of the left side.

Of course, for an experienced player the difference is neglible if non-existant, I just thought it's an interesting aspect of the game which no-one ever discusses about.