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Troublesome Terminology: Game Terms vs. Real-World Terms
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<blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 1135813" data-attributes="member: 552"><p>I've got a mixed set of opinions on weapon names myself, mostly from serious video-game playing from the age of 4. Dragon Warrior gave me some terms and pictures for weapons, but nothing all too precise. Later role-playing games introduced me to many more terms, and had me naming a million and one of them for my home-made role-playing game I had at the time.</p><p> </p><p>Nowadays I just go with D&D terminology because I'm most adjusted to it. I'm not too concerned with "Holy Water Sprinklers" being different from any other flail, except in flavor description and possibly tacking a B/P onto a Bludgeoning flail. Bastard swords are probably the only weapon that seems out of place to me, since a longsword is close, and a greatsword is closer, but I don't really mind if they decided to tack on the weapon. </p><p> </p><p>My bigger issue, however, is with firearms. I spent a LOT of time playing resident evil, and later first person shooters. These gave me vague and very false ideas about just how powerful different firearms were, and to this day make it a bit tough for me to not want a 50 calibur pistol in any kind of modern game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Creamsteak, post: 1135813, member: 552"] I've got a mixed set of opinions on weapon names myself, mostly from serious video-game playing from the age of 4. Dragon Warrior gave me some terms and pictures for weapons, but nothing all too precise. Later role-playing games introduced me to many more terms, and had me naming a million and one of them for my home-made role-playing game I had at the time. Nowadays I just go with D&D terminology because I'm most adjusted to it. I'm not too concerned with "Holy Water Sprinklers" being different from any other flail, except in flavor description and possibly tacking a B/P onto a Bludgeoning flail. Bastard swords are probably the only weapon that seems out of place to me, since a longsword is close, and a greatsword is closer, but I don't really mind if they decided to tack on the weapon. My bigger issue, however, is with firearms. I spent a LOT of time playing resident evil, and later first person shooters. These gave me vague and very false ideas about just how powerful different firearms were, and to this day make it a bit tough for me to not want a 50 calibur pistol in any kind of modern game. [/QUOTE]
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