Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

does the phrase "sword and board" offend you? people need to learn to adapt and realize the world doesn't revolve around them. much like in real life different terminology is going to be used based on someones experiences and to totally disregard someone based on the terminology used is probably the most ignorant thing someone can do. don't like the term? don't use it but don't feel the need to express yourself or your point of view on someone who uses it.

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Originally Posted by chubnasty

does the phrase "sword and board" offend you? people need to learn to adapt and realize the world doesn't revolve around them. much like in real life different terminology is going to be used based on someones experiences and to totally disregard someone based on the terminology used is probably the most ignorant thing someone can do. don't like the term? don't use it but don't feel the need to express yourself or your point of view on someone who uses it.

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Never going to accept "toon" and never going to not disregard some one for using it. It's bad terminology and bad or wrong terminology causes confusion. So, yes, I am going to correct some one when they use the bad/wrong terminology.

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Originally Posted by chubnasty

does the phrase "sword and board" offend you? people need to learn to adapt and realize the world doesn't revolve around them. much like in real life different terminology is going to be used based on someones experiences and to totally disregard someone based on the terminology used is probably the most ignorant thing someone can do. don't like the term? don't use it but don't feel the need to express yourself or your point of view on someone who uses it.

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Offend? No.
Annoy? Hell yes.
Not a fan of dumb obnoxious terms.

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Originally Posted by Zyeriis

Never going to accept "toon" and never going to not disregard some one for using it. It's bad terminology and bad or wrong terminology causes confusion. So, yes, I am going to correct some one when they use the bad/wrong terminology.

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Explain how toon is bad/wrong and even confusing?

I didn't like it at first, but I got used to it. Perhaps you'll get use to it too lol

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Originally Posted by Nanga

The Dev team uses the term, "DPS" when describing the game, in some of their Dev videos. So, I'm pretty sure if the guys who made the game are using it in describing their game, that it's also part of this game.

Also, DD means, "direct damage", and doesn't necessarily mean the same thing anymore. Games have evolved to where damage is coming from many different sources - some direct, and some indirect (a poisonous area on the ground is considered an in-direct source of damage, as are most environmental effects).

DPS is a universal measurement of damage from ALL measurable sources over a set period of time.

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DD is "damage dealer", so its actually the universal term.

A shout saying

/shout LF 1 dps

Is actually saying

/shout looking for 1 damage per second

Which really makes me want to join and auto attack and go on about how awesome im doing for doing more damage than what's expected.

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Originally Posted by yokan

Explain how toon is bad/wrong and even confusing?

I didn't like it at first, but I got used to it. Perhaps you'll get use to it too lol

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Explain how it makes any sense and isn't an incessantly childish way of referring to one's character (and other's characters) and maybe I'll divulge the obvious reasons as to why it's so infuriating and confusing. I'd also like to know where this "term" originated. And no, I'll never get used to it. It's been years since I first heard some one say it. I hate it even more now than i did then. All it's good for is trolling and/or destroying other's respect.

Pally/PLD
Toon/Character/Avatar
DD/DPS
Sword and Board
Threat/Enmity

I have seen them all used and I use them all interchangeably. None of them bother me and it doesn't bother me to use them. We come from all walks of life and come from various different gaming backgrounds. For example I first started my career in UO(Ultima Online if anyone needs to know) WoW, SWTOR, TERA Online, Rift, DCUO, DDO, LoL. I have played numerous MMO's and MOBA's each for varying degrees of time both free to play, pay to play, and pay to win. So in the end be excellent to yourselves, and each other no matter the terms they use or the terms you decide personally you want to use.

Philosopher here. You can take many approaches to this, depending on your viewpoints:

1. Objects have meanings in and of themselves. In this regard, a "Pally" is not a "Paladin," because "Pally" refers to a specific thing, that being the entity of a paladin from WoW and not a paladin in FFXIV.

2. The mental image of a "damage dealer" and "dps" are different, so to attach the word "dps" to someone who deals damage is wrong, as it doesn't match up to the mental image.

3. The communal understanding of the words do not include the instances to which you're adverse.

4. The agreed upon terms do not include the instances of the words to which you're adverse.

5. Words are meaningless and you arbitrarily take offense to specific instances because you're absurd, just like the rest of us.

I need to go to bed.

Communication
1. The act of communicating; transmission.
a. The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.

Everyone knows what these terms mean, being hipster about it is childish.

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Originally Posted by Ultimaetus

Communication
1. The act of communicating; transmission.
a. The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.

Everyone knows what these terms mean, being hipster about it is childish.

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Childish
2. marked by or suggestive of immaturity and lack of poise
b. lacking complexity

Ironic.