Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[Xieveral]

People say pally instead of PLD?
...that's stupid. That sounds, looks, and functions on a heightened tier of stupidity.

Its not even shorter.

Its similar to how the term for a carbonated beverage varies by region in the US "pop", "soda" or *cringe* "coke"

A former WoW player is used to using "pally" (the "coke" of paldin IMO) because PLD is not a term used there and similarly, an FF player would get odd looks calling a paladin PLD in any other game.

[Hawklaser]

Its similar to how the term for a carbonated beverage varies by region in the US "pop", "soda" or *cringe* "coke"

The coke one drives me nuts. If anyone ever asks me for a coke, and means anything but a Coke, they are getting a Coke from me, not a Pepsi, Sprite, 7-Up or whatever else they wanted. That is like calling every sneaker a Nike, or every superhero Batman.

[Jeronlmo]

DD = Damage Dealer (this is FF now WoW), when you went to WoW you learned the terminology, now you've come to FF, its Damage Dealer.
Toon = cartoon character (which fits WoW's art style, not FF's)
DPS = Damage Per Second. If you /shout LF 1 dps, you are and always will be shouting for a DD who can do 1 Damage Per Second.

Credit for stupid terms is given to WoW because before WoW, the MMO market was far smaller, so even though all of these games existed before WoW, they were generally small, so most of these people claiming the terms were coined before WoW, likely never even played those games, and are simply tagging along others reasons to try and push their way.

FF11 was the 2nd largest MMO ever until WoW, which means all of these other games where these terms were "coined" were far smaller, and FF11 wins.

/thread

[faris]

What bothers me is "threat." It's "enmity."

[Annah]

since when did "DPS" become synonymous with WoW?

The term "DPS" is as old a "Mob." "DPS" was floating around since the late 90s in MMOs

If the term "DPS" bugs you then don't write it. If you see other people writing it and it still bothers you then I don't know what to say....this is a pretty petty thing to be bothered about.

[Kincard]

this is a pretty petty thing to be bothered about.

I always make sure to act like that guy from the Onyxia wipe video if someone says he gets annoyed by "WoW terms".

[Ranebow]

For some reason the use of terms like "DPS" instead of DD, and "Pally" instead of PLD, bug me and I can't really say why. It's not that I dislike WoW. I've played WoW for 5+ years. I thoroughly enjoyed the game until recently.

You have 'balls' bringing this up, because you're on the wrong side of the popular fence.
Unfortunately most of this stems from laziness or the desire to be different - as just like in real life. What's more concerning is that people intentionally shorten words, then they re-lengthen them and misspell them on purpose.


My pet peeves are:

Toon (Character)
DPS (damage dealer)
Party (Group)
Guildy (Guild member)
Wifey (some dumb bitch who gets put on auto follow while afk for two hours of a raid then shows up at the last two minutes to roll on an item and has the audacity to say 'wow thanks everyone, that was hard work!')
And anything with Anime influenced ASCII type characters like "^^" or "0.o"

[Blaize]

DD = Damage Dealer (this is FF now WoW), when you went to WoW you learned the terminology, now you've come to FF, its Damage Dealer.
Toon = cartoon character (which fits WoW's art style, not FF's)
DPS = Damage Per Second. If you /shout LF 1 dps, you are and always will be shouting for a DD who can do 1 Damage Per Second.

Credit for stupid terms is given to WoW because before WoW, the MMO market was far smaller, so even though all of these games existed before WoW, they were generally small, so most of these people claiming the terms were coined before WoW, likely never even played those games, and are simply tagging along others reasons to try and push their way.

FF11 was the 2nd largest MMO ever until WoW, which means all of these other games where these terms were "coined" were far smaller, and FF11 wins.

/thread

Hi Mr. Know-It-All...I'm just here to point out that DD infact means DIRECT DAMAGE (As opposed to DoT Damage over Time), even in FFXI this is what it meant, it was the XBox Generation of XI-ers that never grasped this and believed it was Damage Dealer.

/thread (Am I doing it right?!)

[Riko_113]

Terminology is actually pretty important. Being able to clearly communicate with your party is essential for smooth play.
Talking like a baby when referring to classes and abilities sort of throws a wrench in the cogs.

Terminology is important. So feel free to teach it to the millions of new players that haven't played any MMO before and know none of this terminology.

Arguing over which terminology is correct is stupid. If you study comparative linguistics you'll learn that language is created by and evolves from the community that uses it. If the word is understood, it's correct.

PS. Fishes is now a real word in the dictionary..why? Because it became part of the community to the point where Fish(plural) was no longer necessary (but still understood).

[faris]

And anything with Anime influenced ASCII type characters like "^^" or "0.o"

This. For me, it makes someone look a complete idiot (even if they're not!) in less than ten seconds flat.