Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 4621556" data-attributes="member: 65637">Usage of "tanks" to refer to heavily armored characters appeared far before Everquest popped up.  As were "pallies."  TPK?  AoE?  Rechan posted a nice list of several "MMO lingo words" that have been used in tabletop games pre-Everquest (And I use EQ because it was a staunchly different game from UO, and I never felt Asheron's Call reached EQ's popularity).The thing to remember is that the vast majority - if not all - early MUD players were D&D gamers.  The early computer games were, both gamer and developer, made of tabletop game players; Richard Garriott made the entire Ultima series and Ultima Online specifically in an attempt to re-create the feel of tabletop gaming, to give one example (In a fit of irony, his success in part caused much lower sales for D&D.  And then id Software, fans of Garriott, made Wolfenstein 3d and Doom, which sucked away Ultima sales).Which isn't to say ALL lingo is.  "Buffing" and "nerfing" are terms I never heard in tabletop games until after the big MMORPG craze started (Though buffing might've and I was just in the wrong crowds).  Same with "grinding."  "Camping" obviously never appeared in any tabletop game I've heard of.</blockquote>