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  1. 09-29-2023 03:29 AM #1
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    Larc Grumbles
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    Mob has existed since well before 2004 WoW, since it was commonly used there and those players were mixed in with folks coming from other well established MMOs like Ultima, DaoC or EverQuest. It's before your time and before my time, whatever its etymology.
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    Mob has existed since well before 2004 WoW, since it was commonly used there and those players were mixed in with folks coming from other well established MMOs like Ultima, DaoC or EverQuest. It's before your time and before my time, whatever its etymology.
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    "Mob" is short for Mobile Object, as in objects that were self mobile first used in the 1978 computer game M.U.D (later called MUD1) aka Multi-User Dungeon, a text based MORPG
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD1
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    Kirika Yuumura of the Noir

    The Soldats' Manor, home of the Noir and of Noir's Eorzean Natural History Museum and Aquarium
    Plot 7, Ward 22, Shirogane, Faerie

    Noir... It is the name of an ancient fate. Two maidens who govern death; the peace of the newly-born Noir hands protect.
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