What type of slang is used on SINS?

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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 from Sins Forums Top
"Nerfing" means a strong capability or exploit has been made harmless. I.e., turned into a Nerf ball.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
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 from Sins Forums Top
"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.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
"Nerfing" is a pretty common term in videogames really. Otherwise there isn't much slang, but a lot of acronyms.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
"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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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.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
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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Haha, that's absolutely hilarious.

Except it's completely wrong.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
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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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 :)

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
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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well i guess i was told wrong, it happens.
least now i know correctly :)
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
I would rather say that to "Nerf" is to change something that works good and break it.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
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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Even I can vouge for that, my father was on the UO beta team... we've been using that term for a looooooong time
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting LordSethD, reply 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
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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.

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