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Nlandge · May 27, 2005, 09:26 AM // 09:26

I am sorry if there prolly were like 50 topics about this or somthing, but i couldnt fine anything in search

sombody needs to comprise a list o guildwars abreviations like

Wts
Wtb
AoE
HoH

and crap like that cause i see like 50% of the time im like "say what?"

hence there should be a thread with a sticky somwhere that there prolly already is or somthing that has a list..... and i should be mentioned for bringing this up... lol yeah...

Zoddo · May 27, 2005, 09:30 AM // 09:30

there....is a sticky thread
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149

Nlandge · May 27, 2005, 09:31 AM // 09:31

DANG!! ok i feel stupid now :-P please remove my idiocy oh great forum moderators *bow*

:edit: oh thanks zoddo

DrSLUGFly · May 27, 2005, 10:05 AM // 10:05

I'm wondering about the cross-usage of terms I've picked up in other games... the first to come to mind is creeps.

For some reason saying "mobs" feels odd to me as "mob" conjures up an image of a whole host of baddies. When I say creeps is it likely that most players will understand what I'm talking about?

Fraktyl · May 27, 2005, 11:13 AM // 11:13

They'll understand you if they've played WoW (or even Warcraft). And there are some points in the game, where being Mobbed by Mobs happens quite often (Mineral Springs.. shiver..)

I use mobs myself, but I started playing online games back with the old text MUD's. There mob was used for NPC's, and now I've gone and dated myself.

DrSLUGFly · May 27, 2005, 11:29 AM // 11:29

lol... that's where I picked up the term creeps. I was a fanatical DOTA player till I found WoW... then I couldn't get a membership due to credit card limitations (but not cash limitations... so frustrating) And WoW led me to this, the answer to all my problems

well... stimulation related problems anyway.

Tavenlen · May 27, 2005, 02:30 PM // 14:30

Generally if you say mob or creep, people will know what you're talking about. It's just that "mob" is the traditional term. It was created in MUDs and meant "mobile", literally a mobile NPC. It now means any unfriendly NPC.

May 27, 2005, 09:26 AM // 09:26	#1
Nlandge Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PHX,Arizona Guild: Dragon Blood Profession: Mo/N	Guildwars Dialect I am sorry if there prolly were like 50 topics about this or somthing, but i couldnt fine anything in search sombody needs to comprise a list o guildwars abreviations like Wts Wtb AoE HoH and crap like that cause i see like 50% of the time im like "say what?" hence there should be a thread with a sticky somwhere that there prolly already is or somthing that has a list..... and i should be mentioned for bringing this up... lol yeah...

May 27, 2005, 09:30 AM // 09:30	#2
Zoddo Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005	there....is a sticky thread http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149

May 27, 2005, 09:31 AM // 09:31	#3
Nlandge Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PHX,Arizona Guild: Dragon Blood Profession: Mo/N	DANG!! ok i feel stupid now :-P please remove my idiocy oh great forum moderators bow :edit: oh thanks zoddo

May 27, 2005, 10:05 AM // 10:05	#4
DrSLUGFly Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2005 Location: European Server or International	I'm wondering about the cross-usage of terms I've picked up in other games... the first to come to mind is creeps. For some reason saying "mobs" feels odd to me as "mob" conjures up an image of a whole host of baddies. When I say creeps is it likely that most players will understand what I'm talking about?

May 27, 2005, 11:13 AM // 11:13	#5
Fraktyl Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005 Profession: Rt/A	They'll understand you if they've played WoW (or even Warcraft). And there are some points in the game, where being Mobbed by Mobs happens quite often (Mineral Springs.. shiver..) I use mobs myself, but I started playing online games back with the old text MUD's. There mob was used for NPC's, and now I've gone and dated myself.

May 27, 2005, 11:29 AM // 11:29	#6
DrSLUGFly Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2005 Location: European Server or International	lol... that's where I picked up the term creeps. I was a fanatical DOTA player till I found WoW... then I couldn't get a membership due to credit card limitations (but not cash limitations... so frustrating) And WoW led me to this, the answer to all my problems well... stimulation related problems anyway.

May 27, 2005, 02:30 PM // 14:30	#7
Tavenlen Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Guild: Aiwevorn Tirith Profession: R/E	Generally if you say mob or creep, people will know what you're talking about. It's just that "mob" is the traditional term. It was created in MUDs and meant "mobile", literally a mobile NPC. It now means any unfriendly NPC.