The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAny ideas?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square362fedilinkarrow-up1821
arrow-up1821imageAny ideas?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square362fedilink
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThe World of Warcraft term, or the gay community term? Important distinction.
minus-squareImotali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBoth. The WoW term (which is actually from Ultima Online originally) comes from the queer term.
minus-squarejh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agowikipedia appears to say twinks are only accidentally privileged
minus-squarejh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI just discovered words can have multiple different meanings
minus-squareImotali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMost people in WoW and Souls games use it to mean someone who purposely remains lower level but gets better gear. Ie. Staying under a soul level to PvP with a certain level of player using late game gear. (PvP in Souls games is based on soul level brackets)
The World of Warcraft term, or the gay community term? Important distinction.
Both. The WoW term (which is actually from Ultima Online originally) comes from the queer term.
???
wikipedia appears to say twinks are only accidentally privileged
I just discovered words can have multiple different meanings
Most people in WoW and Souls games use it to mean someone who purposely remains lower level but gets better gear.
Ie. Staying under a soul level to PvP with a certain level of player using late game gear. (PvP in Souls games is based on soul level brackets)