Talk:Twinking
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What is the etymology of the term Twinking? 218.214.18.41 02:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
- The common wisdom is that it comes from the famous 'Twinkie Defense' but the term is old enough that, as far as I know, no one really remembers where it really came from. Ehheh 17:31, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
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- I always thought it was because the superior quality items and enchantments usually have improved graphics, and hence "twinkle". This is true at least in WoW and FF XI. BTW, I'm going to remove the POV statement in the first line of the article that it "compromises" the game somehow, and move it to a criticisms section. --DDG 15:37, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Since major etymology sources/researchers don't consider rather trivial things like RPG terminology, it's hard to say. Twink (as in the more known gay slang term) has been around since at least 1963 it seems, which predates MMO gaming by a decade. As for myself? I've honestly NEVER heard the term until World of Warcraft, and I've played a good deal of online roleplaying games before that. Even then, I never heard the term until a little more than a year ago. This is no place for original research, but I'd guess whoever coined the term did it by mistake and was probably thinking of a more proper word, like tweaking. 67.11.140.20 18:41, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Having played MUDS a long time ago, I can verify that the term at least was used then. On another note, I altered the sentence about twink guilds in World of Warcraft - there are exclusively twink vs. twink guilds, but it's hardly the standard practice, and certainly not the standard position of the 'twink community' in WoW. Myrkabah 07:41, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Merge
Who suggested the merge from godmodding into twinking? As I understand it, Godmodding is an exploit of some kind. Twinking (at least in MMORPGs) is not an exploit, but a mechanism enabled by the game itself. I fail to see the need to merge, from an MMORPG sense. Maybe tabletops are different. --DDG 17:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- On something like a MUSH, Twink is a catch-all term for any kind of a cheater or undesireable player. Someone who powerposes or 'godmods' often would be commonly called a twink. Ehheh 15:01, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Godmodding applies only to message-board RPGs. In mbRPGs (for lack of better term), there is no method of controlling how powerful any individual character can be. For example, a brand-new player can literally start out as an emperor. In mbRPGs, capabilities are only partially the result of claiming them, and also partly given by the majority's consent. mbRPGing is like writing a fan-fic with multiple other people. It has to fit together, or it results in bickering. For example, no one would want to read a book in which the United States is fighting World War II, and suddenly they have a Death Star at their disposal. Likewise, no one would want to participate in an mbRPG in which anyone can just say that they have super mega powers and have it be so.--NME 09:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
