What EverQuest slang would completely confuse modern gamers?

[sensawl]

Was randomly thinking about how different MMO language used to be back in classic EQ days.

Stuff like “train to zone,” “camp check,” “twink,” “CR,” even just yelling “INC!”

If someone who only played modern games jumped into P99, what phrases do you think would completely confuse them?

Curious what old terms people forgot about.

[Reiwa]

the everquest meaning of twink would be very confusing to a modern audience

[sensawl]

Yeah that’s a good one. In EQ it was just a low level character stacked with high end gear funded by a main.

Now if someone hears “twink” outside of old MMOs they’d think something completely different.

Funny how the same word can evolve like that depending on the community.

[Wakanda]

Originally Posted by sensawl [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah that’s a good one. In EQ it was just a low level character stacked with high end gear funded by a main.

Now if someone hears “twink” outside of old MMOs they’d think something completely different.

Funny how the same word can evolve like that depending on the community.

Twink is still a really popular term in WoW. We just clipped a friend a couple of weeks ago because he was talking about how much he loves twinks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] he sounded... fruity as hell. Ding is also very common in WoW.

I think one word that was really popular back in the EQ era... that I don't think I've ever seen anyone use since then would be... "WOOT." Now for all I know maybe Woot is still a commonly used term or phrase, and I'm just out of touch, but from my perspective it's something that went away almost entirely. For a social experiment I'm tempted to just start saying it again to see if my friend group adopts it. A lot of them seem to copy my boomer phrases and words already.

[Swish]

I always thought it was funny that wow players got into the habit of saying "DING!" when the level up sound doesn't sound anything like the EQ ding [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[BradZax]

Was there a name for the trumpet noise? I keep trying to think of general EQ phrases I don't even say anymore but i cant think of any.

[Reiwa]

There's also baddie

[Jimjam]

I got banned on Quarms for calling a weapon a BBC. Thats how I know their mods weren’t true believers.

[sensawl]

Yeah I forgot about that one. Haven’t heard baddie used in that context in forever. EQ had its own little dialect that doesn’t really translate outside the game.

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