Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[UnholySteve]

Lol I've never played WoW, but I've always used DPS and Pally since Diablo times. I only first heard about DD when coming to this game, I was so confused.

[Teykos]

The only terminology that is completely ridiculous is "Looking for tanker."

Thankfully, it seems to always die a horrible death every time someone starts trying to use it.

[ChickNorris]

Personally, i think you all should feel very happy in that your lives are so smooth that you can not find anything more substantial to be bothered by.

[Tolmos]

Man... some people in this thread are hardcore uptight about what comes across their chat box. Who knew talking in MMOs was such super cereal business?

I don't say this... ever, really... but go outside people. lol

[Seig345]

When I first started, You definitely didn't use 'DD' to mean 'DPS'. DD stood for Direct Damage, as in, a Wizard casting a spell that does a burst of damage in one go, not over time. If a spell caused Damage Over Time, it was a DOT. People weren't even counting their damage per second when I first started playing EverQuest back when there was only 1 expansion. At least, not to such a widespread degree like today. I hear people mention 'DD' in forums to this day, particularly in discussions about the actual terminology like this thread is, but I've only ever heard it used in-game back when I was starting out in EverQuest. (way before FFXI or WoW)

[Asheilin]

I've played wow, ffxi, rift, and a verity of other MMOs. Dungeons and Dragons paper version.
DPS is the term used most widespread to refer to a character that does damage in a party setting. DD always felt awkward to me, maybe because saying sentences aloud Deeps/DeePeeEs and Dee-Dee, Deeps will Always win for speech and I try to only type what I'd say aloud.
Pally pisses me off. ITS Pali / PLD; Pally is some deformed term that is nearly as long as the actual word... If short-terms are used why in the twelve would anyone use Pally for Paladin. I understand its use, and wont grip if someone does it but drives me mad.
Always, in rpgs, its character; but when I got into wow....Toon was the reference word to use. I want to know where it started from, because while wow is more "cartoonish" that couldnt be the soul start of the Toon. I used it because it was the "term" to use... I rather char/character but even still, I'll screw up while I'm typing fast.
Tank and Spank.... cuz really that always amuses the hell outta me. The tank holds it and the dps go to town on it. just makes me chuckle.
CC: people need to learn it; CROWD CONTROL. Sleep, stun, kite: call can apply, hells this game even has distinctions for IGNORE IT.
Its all a matter of useage, and where its learned. Dont hammer people because you dont like a term they use; unless you dont know its reference then ASK it, then you'll know.

[Arcturius]

DPS is the measurement of damage and it didn't come from WoW. DD isn't wrong par say but with this battle system it is DPS and I have the devs to back that up. I got attacked in chat by a bunch of ffxi fan boys that got mad because I said "LF DPS." Their argument was that it originated from D&D. I wonder if they are aware that it is a board game and not a mmo and has no need for damage measurement.

[Rannie]

You know I find Tank and spank kinda funny especially if playing as gld and using that paddle type weapon other than that I don't mind which is used dps or dd. What gets me is Toon but that is just my own opinion and you know what they say about opinions right?

[Bluesnacks]

lol I know someone that goes positively BERSERK when you say DPS

you have to sit there and listen to a very angry lecture about how you're a bad player and wrong

[Stryker]

I have played a lot of MMO's starting with EQ. Never played D&D on paper because I played warhammer instead and that was a lot more fun, since you know...it wasn't imaginary.

But I will say that I dislike any term that WoW made popular, which is a lot. Purely because the people that used the terms all insisted they came from WoW (which they didn't) and acted like before WoW there was nothing (there was). That kind of drivel and matter of factly attitude is why any time I see anything that WoW popularized in the MMO community it makes me cringe. I also played WoW, but the amount of children and 40 year old virgins that played it really turned me off to it.

As many of you have seen a lot of that community has come here, whereas in the times of 11 WoW wasn't launched yet, or was still teething as any new MMO does.

I won't deny the impact that WoW had on the MMO genre as a whole, but the player base of that game ruined a lot of things for me.