Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[Benzareli]

You just need a more worldly view of language. WoW didn't coin any of those terms.

[thedevilsjester]

You just need a more worldly view of language. WoW didn't coin any of those terms.

This.

It aggravates me, not when people use different terminology (for the most part) but when people attribute terminology (and other things) to WoW, since as we all know, there were no MMO's before WoW...

In fact, most of the terminology (and other things) predate even MMO's and originated in MUDs (and some even predate video games entirely...)

[Makeda]

You just need a more worldly view of language. WoW didn't coin any of those terms.

I thought WoW did EVERYTHING in the universe that we don't like?

This thread has finally clarified to me what 'DD' stands for... I'd been trying to figure that one out - what special variation on the DPS role it was.

It took me a while too to figure out why everyone kept referring the plaid character class: PLD. Not to mention whatever SMN stands for, this game being rated for teens and all, I'm tossing out my first guess.

"You people" have some strange words around here, and yeah - the thing about an MMO that gets a wide audience is more mainstream terminology comes in.