Sky's introduction of 'mob' into the lexicon - Page 4

tangar · December 3, 2021, 16:49

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Originally Posted by Estie

a "mob" of mobs ?

nope, mob as one monster; mobs for several monstrs.. so `mob` in Russian used as shortener for `monster` for long time..

Pete Mack · December 3, 2021, 20:08

For the record: i do not like this lexicon. "A mobs" just does not work.

ekolis · December 3, 2021, 20:39

Wait, "mob" is short for "mobile"? I always thought it was shorthand used by game developers to mean "Monster OBject" - back in the day variable names were limited in length, and the prevailing theory was that variable names should be as short as possible, to make them easier to type. So, mob might be a monster object, and pob might be a player object, and iob might be an item object, or whatever, but for some reason only mob stuck around...

Ingwe Ingweron · December 4, 2021, 04:06

Well, to me, "mob" still means "mafia", "la cosa nostra".

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ekolis Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA Age: 39 Posts: 919	Wait, "mob" is short for "mobile"? I always thought it was shorthand used by game developers to mean "Monster OBject" - back in the day variable names were limited in length, and the prevailing theory was that variable names should be as short as possible, to make them easier to type. So, mob might be a monster object, and pob might be a player object, and iob might be an item object, or whatever, but for some reason only mob stuck around... __________________ You read the scroll labeled NOBIMUS UPSCOTI... You are surrounded by a stasis field! The tengu tries to teleport, but fails!

December 4, 2021, 04:06	#34
Ingwe Ingweron Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, CA Posts: 2,127	Well, to me, "mob" still means "mafia", "la cosa nostra". __________________ “We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,801 Donated: $40	For the record: i do not like this lexicon. "A mobs" just does not work.

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