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did you know there's a story to our term "nerfing?" Supposedly in some other game (an earlier MMO), an overpowered sword was accidentally put into the game. Then, they weakened it in a patch. Someone who had the killer swords said it was as if his mighty sword had been swapped for a "Nerf bat" - the child's foam toy - (this is why some people still say "the 'nerf bat' swingeth" or some such). I can't remember the game, though. Ultima Online?
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Sounds like an cyber myth to me - might be dating myself here but I'm pretty sure that term was in use back in the day when text-only MUDs were the cutting edge of online gaming.