Comments on: We need words for this: 15 MMO concepts that need labels

By: /AFK – May 17 « Bio Break

/AFK – May 17 « Bio Break — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:02:25 +0000

[...] Spinks is looking to create terms that cover unique MMO situations. [...]

By: piedtyper

piedtyper — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:38:49 +0000

There are some other words needed I think. I’ve taken a stab at a few but I’d certainly like to hear other options.

Cryrealization – The feeling you get when leading a raid and you come to the realization it’s going to be a wipe and there’s absolutely NOTHING you can do about it.

Trying to compute in your head the amount of DPS, the health left on the boss, the time to the enrage timer and whether or not you should shut up in vent or cheer folks on because there is still a slim chance.

Tankoptional – The first kill of any new boss where you lose at least one of the main tanks.

flawcoughless – A first kill of a boss with less than 10 of the 25 raid members alive.

logcheck/whatdahellwasdat – The first pull on a new encounter that lasts less than 10 seconds.

The guy who’s always the first to die on any encounter where you really can’t have anyone die.

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:22:12 +0000

Awesome work, all! I could so easily imagine sneaking in some of Ethic’s suggestions. Glitchjoy ought to be a word, dammit!

By: Kel

Kel — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Words like “Glitchjoy” and “Printscream” are the kind I might actually use. They sneacked into my vocabulary as I read Ethic’s comment.

By: Kiryn

Kiryn — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:04:46 +0000

As awesome as “nerdscussions” is, I think I’d rather my gaming words be their own terms, along the lines of noob and woot and pwned, instead of just being amusing compound words.

Can we come up with some easy-to-pronounce catchy acronyms that we can eventually forget the meanings for?

By: Wilhelm2451

Wilhelm2451 — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:17:04 +0000

For number 10, a player since day one, I have to figure out some way to work Stockholm Syndrome into that one.

By: Wilhelm2451

Wilhelm2451 — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:14:59 +0000

I am going to guess that Ethic was a fan of “sniglets,” of at least knows what I am driving at.

Hrmm, for fishing? Angle-ah? Rod-vana? Pole-axed? Net-positive? Virtually hooked? Bobber blessed? Lure-gasm?

In the past I would have called the people who log in just for the daily quests “easily amused,” but then I started doing the Dalaran cooking and fishing dailies… well… every day.

By: Hatch

Hatch — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:20:22 +0000

Was going to give this a try, then noticed that Ethic did way better than I would have.

I’m especially going to use “Tragret”

By: Longasc

Longasc — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:56:20 +0000

In Guild Wars, I call people who do the Zaishen Quests daily “Slaves of the Zaishen”.

11. is “Nazi Raiders” for sure.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:26:09 +0000

I’ll add another to the list:

DKPeen: The feeling you get when you realize you’re on top of your guilds DKP list, even if it’s just because someone else just spent their points.