The derogatory term for Mundane was not the only meaning for "Mun."
It also was Multi User Network. This term preceeded the term MUD and dated all the way back to the first networks used for gaming in the TRS and Commodore 64 days (circa 1980- 1984). It came from pen and paper players trying to adapt their campaigns to networked computer play.
Besides, as Indiana Jones would say, It is not about the years, it is about the mileage.
Ummm...what part of my response to someone answering this question did you not understand and why do you insist on twisting what I said. First one of you accused me of totally making it up. Still no apology for that. Called me a liar. Did I lie? No...the term mun is a real term and was used back in the day by many gamers. Whether you heard of it or not it existed and it was real. "This term was also used by many early UO players, EQ players and AC players. It is a carry over from AOL freeform chat room role playing, Gemstone III, NWN, The Realm and many other old online games. You the player are the Mun..short for mundane. ^_^ Characters are avatars, toons and since you are human and come from the mundane world = we're all Mun's!" It was not just from AOL chatrooms, but many various online gaming venues.
God, if you're going to reply to someone at least read what they said.
I never once said anything that the word Mun didn't exist. This is the SECOND time I've said it. It's not like the previous pages are all lost if you don't believe me. I even said I've heard the word before (ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS THREAD... FOURTH REPLY) and that I didn't know where it came from.
/facepalm
I give up. You're not going to read what I wrote this time either.
Talk about twisting what someone said. Try going back and reading.
I went to Teala's profile and saw her age. Assuming that it is correct, it means I have been GM'ing pen and paper RPG's longer than she has been alive.
Ditto the playing of videogames (played Pong, Microvision, and Invasion Space) when they were new.
Speaking of "Ditto"... anyone else remember those old machines?
Played UO from beta for about 3 years (was in attendance when Lord Brit was assassinated pre-release). Played AC (as Del Cabon) from early beta for approx 5 years along with EQ from early beta for approx 5 years. I have since played numerous other MMO's (DAOC, WOW, EQ2, DDO) from inception to end-game and never heard of this term. I talked to quite a few friends that have played with me over the last 13 years or so and none of them have ever heard of this term.
Not all gaming terms are widely used. I'm sure it may have been a reference point for some gamers but I don't think it was a widely accepted term.
IMO knowing this term or not has little relevance to being an "old school" gamer. Even those of us who began our MMO careers in UO have to show deference to those gamers who started with Neverwinter on AOL in the early 90's. In the mid 80's there was even a widely networked space exploration game hosted by Prime Computer Inc. that was played by several thousand tech insiders. In the end being old school is more relative then anything else. Someone starting WOW today might defer to a pre-BC player as old school.
Eh, my 2 cents.
Del Cabon A US Army ('Just Cause') Vet and MMORPG Native formerly of Trinsic, Norath and Dereth. Currently playing LOTRO.
Played UO from beta for about 3 years (was in attendance when Lord Brit was assassinated pre-release). Played AC (as Del Cabon) from early beta for approx 5 years along with EQ from early beta for approx 5 years. I have since played numerous other MMO's (DAOC, WOW, EQ2, DDO) from inception to end-game and never heard of this term. I talked to quite a few friends that have played with me over the last 13 years or so and none of them have ever heard of this term. Not all gaming terms are widely used. I'm sure it may have been a reference point for some gamers but I don't think it was a widely accepted term.
Exactly. It's a roleplayer term. Unless you were roleplaying you would problably never come across it.
-- Whammy - a 64x64 miniRPG - RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right? - FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
I started in 1992 with BBS Door Games. LORD was pretty terrible, but Barren Realms Elite (or SRE) were pretty fun. There was a good post apocalyptical world-roamer too. And a game called Newland which was made by the op of the BBS.
I seem to remember playing some weak game on Prodigy too, but can't quite remember much about it except it had a weird way of drawing graphics on the screen. That may or may not have predated my BBS Door Game play. I did play a little Neverwinter Nights, but probably only a month's worth (as in my parents didn't want to pay for AOL, so I used free month CDs when I could.)
The first multiplayer games I spent lots of time with were Subspace and Dark Reign 1 in 1997.
"What is truly revealing is his implication that believing something to be true is the same as it being true. [continue]" -John Oliver
"How old school of an online RPer are you?" probably would have gotten less people upset than the question posed. NOT that I feel they are justified in being upset... just saying.
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Never heard Mun used in anything I played. I started in 1992 with BBS Door Games. LORD was pretty terrible, but Barren Realms Elite (or SRE) were pretty fun. There was a good post apocalyptical world-roamer too. And a game called Newland which was made by the op of the BBS. I seem to remember playing some weak game on Prodigy too, but can't quite remember much about it except it had a weird way of drawing graphics on the screen. That may or may not have predated my BBS Door Game play. I did play a little Neverwinter Nights, but probably only a month's worth (as in my parents didn't want to pay for AOL, so I used free month CDs when I could.) The first multiplayer games I spent lots of time with were Subspace and Dark Reign 1 in 1997.
Was that "good post apocalyptical world-roamer" possibly Operation Overkill?
How dare you present him with logic! Don't you understand? He fights epic fights, in epic games, with epic toons....eats epic food and takes epic dumps! He has more e..pic..icity...ness in his little finger than you have in your whole unepic body! - ChicagoCub
"How old school of an online RPer are you?" probably would have gotten less people upset than the question posed. NOT that I feel they are justified in being upset... just saying.
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Don't worry about it Zorvan I doubt many know what a "grue" is either. They'll have to look it up. LOL!
"How old school of an online RPer are you?" probably would have gotten less people upset than the question posed. NOT that I feel they are justified in being upset... just saying.
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Don't worry about it Zorvan I doubt many know what a "grue" is either. They'll have to look it up. LOL!
I believe there's a new Zork mmo supposed to be in development, now that you've reminded me.
Derived from the word "mundane", a mun is the author writing for a character in an online RPG. Can also be used as a suffix to denote a reference to a character's player rather than the character. Synonymous with certain connotations of roleplayer, author, player.
"That mun may be an idiot, but I can't fault his playing style."
"Do you think Wren-mun's coming tonight? I want to finish this RP with her."
"How old school of an online RPer are you?" probably would have gotten less people upset than the question posed. NOT that I feel they are justified in being upset... just saying.
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Don't worry about it Zorvan I doubt many know what a "grue" is either. They'll have to look it up. LOL!
I believe there's a new Zork mmo supposed to be in development, now that you've reminded me.
You know what will kill me, is that because many never heard of a grue, they'll accuse me of making that up to. ::shakes her head::
Never heard Mun used in anything I played. I started in 1992 with BBS Door Games. LORD was pretty terrible, but Barren Realms Elite (or SRE) were pretty fun. There was a good post apocalyptical world-roamer too. And a game called Newland which was made by the op of the BBS. I seem to remember playing some weak game on Prodigy too, but can't quite remember much about it except it had a weird way of drawing graphics on the screen. That may or may not have predated my BBS Door Game play. I did play a little Neverwinter Nights, but probably only a month's worth (as in my parents didn't want to pay for AOL, so I used free month CDs when I could.) The first multiplayer games I spent lots of time with were Subspace and Dark Reign 1 in 1997.
Was that "good post apocalyptical world-roamer" possibly Operation Overkill?
Yup, I think that's the one!
"What is truly revealing is his implication that believing something to be true is the same as it being true. [continue]" -John Oliver
Is it possible to actually be so old school that "mun" isn't old school? You hippies and your crazy new words.
I played the heck out of SneezyMUD in highschool starting in 90 or 91. We used to sneak onto the college campus in our town and login. The key was to find the most obscure labs where no one ever went. We called the bad guys MOBs (short for Mobiles) but I don't recall anyone specifically referring to a person seperate from a character. We used PC, borrowed from the P&P games.
its hilarious how alike online gamers are to know-it-all hipster kids. you know what a mun is? cool. so you want chocolate, oatmeal, peanutbutter or snickerdoodle?
its hilarious how alike online gamers are to know-it-all hipster kids. you know what a mun is? cool. so you want chocolate, oatmeal, peanutbutter or snickerdoodle?
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I remember way back in the late '70's it was the same thing but in hobby shops with PnP players. There was always some guy bantying about in lingo acting as if that made him the ultimate guru of gaming.
Today is no different except it is now on the forum boards, for lingo and jargon has always been used to seperate those who know from those who don't.
Sadly, today, as it was then, such use of jargon is a horrible way to judge a person's skill at something like a game.
For me, I am not concerned if you know what a term is. In the context of MMO's, I care far more about how well one plays their class and how much fun it is to game with that person.
It don't matter if you are 13 or 75, or if you have 2 months experience or 3 decades, as long as it is fun gaming with you it is all good.
Btw, I like Peanut Butter and Chocolate (Reeses FTW).
its hilarious how alike online gamers are to know-it-all hipster kids. you know what a mun is? cool. so you want chocolate, oatmeal, peanutbutter or snickerdoodle?
i might not be an oldschool online gamer (first online game i ever played was wc3, let the hate begin), but I played and beat Chrono Trigger on SNES the first week it came out. that count for anything in the world of RP games? (too bad sarcasm is hard to express with typed words)
i might not be an oldschool online gamer (first online game i ever played was wc3, let the hate begin), but I played and beat Chrono Trigger on SNES the first week it came out. that count for anything in the world of RP games? (too bad sarcasm is hard to express with typed words)
No, it doesn't unless you built your SNES out of used TRS 80 and Vic 128 parts.
For what it is worth, Chrono Trigger was one of my favorite games.
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The derogatory term for Mundane was not the only meaning for "Mun."
It also was Multi User Network. This term preceeded the term MUD and dated all the way back to the first networks used for gaming in the TRS and Commodore 64 days (circa 1980- 1984). It came from pen and paper players trying to adapt their campaigns to networked computer play.
Besides, as Indiana Jones would say, It is not about the years, it is about the mileage.
God, if you're going to reply to someone at least read what they said.
I never once said anything that the word Mun didn't exist. This is the SECOND time I've said it. It's not like the previous pages are all lost if you don't believe me. I even said I've heard the word before (ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS THREAD... FOURTH REPLY) and that I didn't know where it came from.
/facepalm
I give up. You're not going to read what I wrote this time either.
Talk about twisting what someone said. Try going back and reading.
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Now I feel old.
I went to Teala's profile and saw her age. Assuming that it is correct, it means I have been GM'ing pen and paper RPG's longer than she has been alive.
Ditto the playing of videogames (played Pong, Microvision, and Invasion Space) when they were new.
Speaking of "Ditto"... anyone else remember those old machines?
I guess it is time they mummified me...
Played UO from beta for about 3 years (was in attendance when Lord Brit was assassinated pre-release). Played AC (as Del Cabon) from early beta for approx 5 years along with EQ from early beta for approx 5 years. I have since played numerous other MMO's (DAOC, WOW, EQ2, DDO) from inception to end-game and never heard of this term. I talked to quite a few friends that have played with me over the last 13 years or so and none of them have ever heard of this term.
Not all gaming terms are widely used. I'm sure it may have been a reference point for some gamers but I don't think it was a widely accepted term.
IMO knowing this term or not has little relevance to being an "old school" gamer. Even those of us who began our MMO careers in UO have to show deference to those gamers who started with Neverwinter on AOL in the early 90's. In the mid 80's there was even a widely networked space exploration game hosted by Prime Computer Inc. that was played by several thousand tech insiders. In the end being old school is more relative then anything else. Someone starting WOW today might defer to a pre-BC player as old school.
Eh, my 2 cents.
Del Cabon
A US Army ('Just Cause') Vet and MMORPG Native formerly of Trinsic, Norath and Dereth. Currently playing LOTRO.
Exactly. It's a roleplayer term. Unless you were roleplaying you would problably never come across it.
- RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right?
- FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
Never heard Mun used in anything I played.
I started in 1992 with BBS Door Games. LORD was pretty terrible, but Barren Realms Elite (or SRE) were pretty fun. There was a good post apocalyptical world-roamer too. And a game called Newland which was made by the op of the BBS.
I seem to remember playing some weak game on Prodigy too, but can't quite remember much about it except it had a weird way of drawing graphics on the screen. That may or may not have predated my BBS Door Game play. I did play a little Neverwinter Nights, but probably only a month's worth (as in my parents didn't want to pay for AOL, so I used free month CDs when I could.)
The first multiplayer games I spent lots of time with were Subspace and Dark Reign 1 in 1997.
"What is truly revealing is his implication that believing something to be true is the same as it being true. [continue]" -John Oliver
UO beta, fun times......never heard of mun.....soon learnt what pk meant though in UO
UO beta, etc etc ---> present day.
Currently in LOTRO while waiting for another DAOC to arrive!.
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Was that "good post apocalyptical world-roamer" possibly Operation Overkill?
How dare you present him with logic! Don't you understand? He fights epic fights, in epic games, with epic toons....eats epic food and takes epic dumps! He has more e..pic..icity...ness in his little finger than you have in your whole unepic body! - ChicagoCub
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Don't worry about it Zorvan I doubt many know what a "grue" is either. They'll have to look it up. LOL!
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Don't worry about it Zorvan I doubt many know what a "grue" is either. They'll have to look it up. LOL!
I believe there's a new Zork mmo supposed to be in development, now that you've reminded me.
Edit: It's up and running! http://legendsofzork.com/
"1. mun 143 up, 23 down
buy mun mugs, tshirts and hoodies
Derived from the word "mundane", a mun is the author writing for a character in an online RPG. Can also be used as a suffix to denote a reference to a character's player rather than the character. Synonymous with certain connotations of roleplayer, author, player.
"That mun may be an idiot, but I can't fault his playing style."
"Do you think Wren-mun's coming tonight? I want to finish this RP with her."
Thats what I got from urban dictionary.
I kinda think they were, because RP doesn't mean game.
There were kids RPing people on myspace a few years ago.... so I guess that's a game? There are people who RP on Twitter and facebook now........... that's a game too?
I post on these forums, it's a pretty fun game.
**sigh**
Like I said, MUDs have been around since '85 and those were games. I have a professor who wrote and ran a MUD, 89-90 that had 2000 players at one time. MUDs are a game. Talking to people in a chat room isn't.
Hate to tell you, but back then those "chat rooms" WERE games, and were in fact better and more detailed "virtual worlds" than any graphical game has ever had.
So you could move around?
Could you move around in text only MUDS? Yes. Difference between our games and the text MUD was we had to type out what we did instead of clicking "WEST", " NORTH", "LOOK", etc. text boxes.
There were fight mechanics?
Ever hear of die rolls? You know, same mechanic emulated by every online MUD and most early graphical mmos, not to mention many modern ones?
So, basically you were playing DnD Remotely if you were even playing a P&P RPG at all... which really has nothing to do with being "online" and you could accomplish the same thing over a Phone Party Line? (which have been around since before phone numbers and operators )
What do you think you were doing with a MUD? You were playing DnD ( or other franchise ) remotely. And you were doing it *gasp* ONLINE, the same as we were our games.
So unless you now want to say text only MUDS were not games, I think the discussion has been ended.
Don't worry about it Zorvan I doubt many know what a "grue" is either. They'll have to look it up. LOL!
I believe there's a new Zork mmo supposed to be in development, now that you've reminded me.
You know what will kill me, is that because many never heard of a grue, they'll accuse me of making that up to. ::shakes her head::
Was that "good post apocalyptical world-roamer" possibly Operation Overkill?
Yup, I think that's the one!
"What is truly revealing is his implication that believing something to be true is the same as it being true. [continue]" -John Oliver
Is it possible to actually be so old school that "mun" isn't old school? You hippies and your crazy new words.
I played the heck out of SneezyMUD in highschool starting in 90 or 91. We used to sneak onto the college campus in our town and login. The key was to find the most obscure labs where no one ever went. We called the bad guys MOBs (short for Mobiles) but I don't recall anyone specifically referring to a person seperate from a character. We used PC, borrowed from the P&P games.
Gah... Zork.
I so hated that game.
I ate the lunch and killed my chances of finishing it, but I didn't know that until way after chowing down.
Speaking of Old school...
You know that you are old school when you remember that Experience Points were abbreviated as "EP" as opposed to XP.
its hilarious how alike online gamers are to know-it-all hipster kids.
you know what a mun is?
cool.
so you want chocolate, oatmeal, peanutbutter or snickerdoodle?
Peanutbutter, thanks.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I remember way back in the late '70's it was the same thing but in hobby shops with PnP players. There was always some guy bantying about in lingo acting as if that made him the ultimate guru of gaming.
Today is no different except it is now on the forum boards, for lingo and jargon has always been used to seperate those who know from those who don't.
Sadly, today, as it was then, such use of jargon is a horrible way to judge a person's skill at something like a game.
For me, I am not concerned if you know what a term is. In the context of MMO's, I care far more about how well one plays their class and how much fun it is to game with that person.
It don't matter if you are 13 or 75, or if you have 2 months experience or 3 decades, as long as it is fun gaming with you it is all good.
Btw, I like Peanut Butter and Chocolate (Reeses FTW).
Why does it matter how "old school" of a gamer somebody is? No, it doesn't.
This whole thread was only to validate the OP's epeen status, and you all fell for it.
Peanutbutter, thanks.
yummy choice.
i might not be an oldschool online gamer (first online game i ever played was wc3, let the hate begin), but I played and beat Chrono Trigger on SNES the first week it came out. that count for anything in the world of RP games? (too bad sarcasm is hard to express with typed words)
No, it doesn't unless you built your SNES out of used TRS 80 and Vic 128 parts.
For what it is worth, Chrono Trigger was one of my favorite games.
Heh, I haven't even heard of that word before, so I'm definitely too new to be called 'old school'.
Besides, I only started playing MMORPGs around... 3 years ago, my first being Maplestory, so... yeah.
Main characters:
Jinn Gone Quiet (Guild Wars)
Princess Pudding (Guild Wars)