Nerf Multiplayer

CMDR Pugwash · Mar 6, 2018

All the antagonistic posting this week demonstrates we just can't get along so nerf Multiplayer, apply sliders to adjust all things we want nerfed/buffed and be done with it.

Note : Does anyone else find it curious that a water pistol brand has made it into the english language as a verb?

Edit : I'm not being serious BTW.

zombieapocalypse · Mar 6, 2018

CMDR Pugwash said:
Note : Does anyone else find it curious that a water pistol brand has made it into the english language as a verb?

No, but I do wonder whether the company are aware of it and, if so, what they think about that.

CMDR Pugwash · Mar 6, 2018

zombieapocalypse said:
No, but I do wonder whether the company are aware of it and, if so, what they think about that.

They must be, it is in common usage now, like hoover I guess. I bet the marketing department are doing back-flips over it.

zombieapocalypse · Mar 6, 2018

CMDR Pugwash said:
They must be, it is in common usage now, like hoover I guess. I bet the marketing department are doing back-flips over it.

Probably. But the word nerf has a strong negative connotation to it in gaming, which is why I wonder about what they think of that.

Bryan K · Mar 6, 2018

CMDR Pugwash said:
All the antagonistic posting this week demonstrates we just can't get along so nerf Multiplayer, apply sliders to adjust all things we want nerfed/buffed and be done with it.

Note : Does anyone else find it curious that a water pistol brand has made it into the english language as a verb?

Water pistols? I thought they just did dart guns.

Fyrd Judge · Mar 6, 2018

zombieapocalypse said:
No, but I do wonder whether the company are aware of it and, if so, what they think about that.

!!!!! It's a French word, it translates to English as "Nerve" !!!!! The toy company have no right to it what so ever.

CMDR Pugwash · Mar 6, 2018

Bryan K said:
Water pistols? I thought they just did dart guns.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nerf-Super-Soaker-Squall-Surge/dp/B011MIXMJY

Rubbernuke · Mar 6, 2018

Then fight back with proper words! Stop amplifying Murca talk and speak proper like usin da Queenz Engrish.

Bryan K · Mar 6, 2018

CMDR Pugwash said:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nerf-Super-Soaker-Squall-Surge/dp/B011MIXMJY

Ah, I thought Super Soaker was its own brand.

The more you know...

WR3ND · Mar 6, 2018

Bryan K said:
Water pistols? I thought they just did dart guns.

Did they do those Super Soakers too? Edit: Ninja'd

Multiplayer? Sliders? Meh, maybe people could just play the game for what it has to offer and stop complaining about things...

CMDR Pugwash · Mar 6, 2018

WR3ND said:
Did they do those Super Soakers too? Edit: Ninja'd

Multiplayer? Sliders? Meh, maybe people could just play the game for what it has to offer and stop complaining about things...

Mate, I wasn't being serious.

Edit - Ah, I see that you knew that, sorry.

AldrickExGladius · Mar 6, 2018

what has this thread turned into lol

Drelthar · Mar 6, 2018

WR3ND said:
maybe people could just play the game for what it has to offer and stop complaining about things...

Have you gone mad????

zombieapocalypse · Mar 6, 2018

Fyrd Judge said:
!!!!! It's a French word, it translates to English as "Nerve" !!!!! The toy company have no right to it what so ever.

That didn't stop them trademarking it! Bizarrely, No Man's Sky had to settle a naming dispute with the TV broadcaster Sky, because apparently they own the word Sky. Ah, the wonderful world of brands and trademarking! http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36575684

Eulif Davis · Mar 6, 2018

In online games, "nerfing" something comes all the way back from the beginnings of Star Wars Galaxies. In Episode V - "The Empire Strikes Back", Princess Leia insults Han Solo by calling him a "stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!". When the first "nerfs" in SWG happened, someone tossed that out as a possible description of people who were using the now-weakened skills. It stuck.

CMDR Pugwash · Mar 6, 2018

zombieapocalypse said:
That didn't stop them trademarking it! Bizarrely, No Man's Sky had to settle a naming dispute with the TV broadcaster Sky, because apparently they own the word Sky. Ah, the wonderful world of brands and trademarking! http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36575684

That was just nonsense. Simply the sort of money grabbing lawyering that Apple are always up to.

Eulif Davis said:
In online games, "nerfing" something comes all the way back from the beginnings of Star Wars Galaxies. In Episode V - "The Empire Strikes Back", Princess Leia insults Han Solo by calling him a "stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!". When the first "nerfs" in SWG happened, someone tossed that out as a possible description of people who were using the now-weakened skills. It stuck.

Interesting angle!

WR3ND · Mar 6, 2018

Novo Mundus said:
Have you gone mad????

There's a distinct possibility. I'm wondering when the servers will be back up and when the local mart starts selling beer again in the morning.

4:19 AM and counting...

JIM COLDHAM · Mar 6, 2018

Yep, I'm with you on that one.[cool]

zombieapocalypse · Mar 6, 2018

CMDR Pugwash said:
That was just nonsense. Simple the sort of money grabbing lawyering that Apple are always up to.

Totally. It was the same when the people who make Candy Crush Saga tried to prevent the Banner Saga games from using the word saga, despite these games actually involving Vikings and Norse mythology.