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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6000898" data-attributes="member: 1165">I don't play MMOs but I still recognize the terms. Some of them (mainly &quot;pull&quot;) are even an official game term. (And why not? Pull means exactly what it says.)People in my group were talking about &quot;drawing aggro&quot; and &quot;tanking&quot; even before MMOs came out. (Incidentally, drawing aggro does not work the same way in an MMO than an tabletop game, because the DM has a brain but the computer doesn't.) I'm sure there's similar terms in other occupations (&quot;draw fire&quot; or something like that in the military). Geeks overlap in interests, and it's not surprising they might bring words from one genre to another. People do this in far more serious topics too (eg talking about a presidential election &quot;horserace&quot; or using sporting metaphors for military operations).Sounds like the real problem are the players are unhappy or not willing to use proper tactics. That's not an MMO issue. There are tactical MMO players, and then there's Leeroy Jenkins (who was staged, but whatever) and those in between.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 6000898, member: 1165"] I don't play MMOs but I still recognize the terms. Some of them (mainly "pull") are even an official game term. (And why not? Pull means exactly what it says.) People in my group were talking about "drawing aggro" and "tanking" even before MMOs came out. (Incidentally, drawing aggro does not work the same way in an MMO than an tabletop game, because the DM has a brain but the computer doesn't.) I'm sure there's similar terms in other occupations ("draw fire" or something like that in the military). Geeks overlap in interests, and it's not surprising they might bring words from one genre to another. People do this in far more serious topics too (eg talking about a presidential election "horserace" or using sporting metaphors for military operations). Sounds like the real problem are the players are unhappy or not willing to use proper tactics. That's not an MMO issue. There are tactical MMO players, and then there's Leeroy Jenkins (who was staged, but whatever) and those in between. [/QUOTE]

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