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What type of slang is used on SINS?

May 24, 2008 3:59:19 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
as the title explans, What type of slang is used when you want to describe something on SINS. One I heard is "Nurfing" and I dont know what it means
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Reply #1 May 24, 2008 4:24:32 PM
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"Nerfing" means a strong capability or exploit has been made harmless. I.e., turned into a Nerf ball.
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Reply #2 May 24, 2008 5:20:09 PM
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lol.... I don't know much about the slang but I get pretty verbal when playing against 10 of the NPC empires on hard more
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Reply #3 May 24, 2008 5:44:27 PM
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"nurfing"?

haha, you must talk to too many 12 year olds, tbh that's not exclusive to sins. Id say there's not so much sland but acronyms; LRM RA HC etc.
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Reply #4 May 25, 2008 6:13:48 AM
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"Nerfing" is a pretty common term in videogames really. Otherwise there isn't much slang, but a lot of acronyms.
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Reply #5 May 25, 2008 8:48:58 AM
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"nurfing"?haha, you must talk to too many 12 year olds, tbh that's not exclusive to sins. Id say there's not so much sland but acronyms; LRM RA HC etc.


nerfing started in the MMO Star wars galaxies.

A nerf is a kind of grassland animal thats pretty useless and docile and used for food in star wars, so when the devs of SWG made stuff weaker the term nerfed was born.

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Reply #6 May 25, 2008 10:16:46 AM
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nerfing started in the MMO Star wars galaxies.

A nerf is a kind of grassland animal thats pretty useless and docile and used for food in star wars, so when the devs of SWG made stuff weaker the term nerfed was born.


Haha, that's absolutely hilarious.

Except it's completely wrong.
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Reply #7 May 25, 2008 10:27:36 AM
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nerfing started in the MMO Star wars galaxies.A nerf is a kind of grassland animal thats pretty useless and docile and used for food in star wars, so when the devs of SWG made stuff weaker the term nerfed was born.Haha, that's absolutely hilarious. Except it's completely wrong.



Not to burst any bubbles but we were using the word Nerf back in the beginning days of UO when they Nerfed Ebolts and such

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Reply #8 May 25, 2008 10:30:13 AM
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nerfing started in the MMO Star wars galaxies.A nerf is a kind of grassland animal thats pretty useless and docile and used for food in star wars, so when the devs of SWG made stuff weaker the term nerfed was born.Haha, that's absolutely hilarious. Except it's completely wrong.


well i guess i was told wrong, it happens.
least now i know correctly
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Reply #9 May 25, 2008 5:30:44 PM
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I would rather say that to "Nerf" is to change something that works good and break it.
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Reply #10 May 25, 2008 11:14:57 PM
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Not to burst any bubbles but we were using the word Nerf back in the beginning days of UO when they Nerfed Ebolts and such


Even I can vouge for that, my father was on the UO beta team... we've been using that term for a looooooong time
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Reply #11 June 17, 2008 10:28:53 AM
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Quoting LordSethD,
comment 10
Not to burst any bubbles but we were using the word Nerf back in the beginning days of UO when they Nerfed Ebolts and suchEven I can vouge for that, my father was on the UO beta team... we've been using that term for a looooooong time

And it's been around even longer than that, though i can't remember the first time I heard it... probab on a MU* someplace. I know the earliest MMOG usage I heard was probably in Subspace way back in the dawn of massive multiplayer, but it wasn't new then, either.

All you need to know is it originates with Nerf a long time ago, and refers to something in a game(usually something considered overpowered, but not exclusively), being made less-powerful-- IE: Less dangerous, like a Nerf ball.

Nerfs do exist in Star wars, but that's not where the term originates and has nothing to do with the gaming slang.

AND NOW YOU KNOWWWWW the REST of the backstory... GOOD DAY!

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