areto Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I just call them 'deeps' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodalus Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 oh noz the grammar police has arrived. Ok, here I thought the video of the guy with the bug where a tree branch was sticking out of his nether regions was going to be my biggest laugh tonight. The irony of this post nearly killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunabaguna Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. DPS is used in those games because it's a term to measure the amount of damage per second a character does. Half those games do not refer to the classes in them as DPS. You aren't going to win this argument I'm prepared to sit under my imaginary bridge all day. The point of my post was in reference to your earlier post where you claimed that someone must have only played wow because most games dont use dps. Unfortunately for you, they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrard_Ennui Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Think of that kid back in grade school who always had to be right and corrected everybody on the meanings and spellings of words, then imagine that kid's voice for everything Iscaria is saying.Involuntarily, I heard Brainy Smurf's voice ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionixx Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 How about "NO"? DPS is DPS because they DPS. No need to use old and useless abbreviations. When I say DPS, I mean a class that has the defining characteristic of dealing high amounts of damage per second. Therefore my use of the term DPS to designate a specific role is 100% correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunabaguna Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) I just call them 'deeps' Omg everyone, lets just call them deeps, I love this, Id totally forgotten about this. Then we can piss off the op in 3 ways. First we are using something other than DD, second we are deriving and even more incorrect form of DPS, an third he failed at convincing anyone to use DD and only drove us to use something he will hate even more. LF2M Deeps for HM FP. Edited February 14, 2012 by lunabaguna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfninjajedi Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Involuntarily, I heard Brainy Smurf's voice ... Way to insult the Smurfs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinadan Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've played several MMOs, the only MMO that didn't use DPS was FFXI (used DD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunabaguna Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 involuntarily, i heard brainy smurf's voice ... i cannot unhear this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iscaria Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 The point of my post was in reference to your earlier post where you claimed that someone must have only played wow because most games dont use dps. Unfortunately for you, they do. Just deleted the part of the wikipedia entry that states DPS can be used as a noun. Shows how reliable your source is. Suck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalignX Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 This is honestly the biggest pet peeve I have with people in the SWTOR community. In every MMO I've ever played dps stands for Damage Per Second. It is the measured amount of damage you do per second. It's not a type of class. If you want someone who's class focuses on damage they are called Damage Dealers or DD for short. So please use the correct terminology and start saying DD instead of DPS. Asking for DPS is like saying your car is a MPH. Wow, congrats on one of the strangest (pointless) rants I've seen on these forums! That is quite an accomplishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunabaguna Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Just deleted the part of the wikipedia entry that states DPS can be used as a noun. Shows how reliable your source is. Suck it. Grats, it will be reversed soon and you will lose points with wikipedia ^_^. This really bothers you dosn't it? Its ok were using deeps now, or havent you heard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevadaheart Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Johnny Deeps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iscaria Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Wow, congrats on one of the strangest (pointless) rants I've seen on these forums! That is quite an accomplishment. Please, these forums are utter crap. You wouldn't have to dig too deep to find a worse post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditched Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 seriously. Of ALL the things you could complain about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraBob_Fl Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Someone needs to deeps this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gharlane Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 This thread is awesome...either this is a much better than average troll thread...or someone is insane enough to think they can make everyone use the terminology that they have decided is "right". I am going to start calling "DPS" characters "PCWPFIIDOO" "Player Characters Whose Primary Function Is Inflicting Damage On Others" and I want everyone else to use it NO EXCEPTIONS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevadaheart Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Is this guy really Emily Litella? "What's all this about endangered *****?!?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthSeidhr Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Damage Dealer is someone who specializes in damage. Not a damage per seconder. Let's say I'm at the Republic Fleet and April 15th is about to roll around so I decide to get my space taxes done. I have some investments in the outer rim, profits from an s-corp, and loss carryover from when I failed to successfully navigate an asteroid field (never tell me the odds by the way). That means I'm going to need a CPA. So I broadcast in general "looking for CPA." This does not mean I'm looking for a certified public accounter or accountanter... Try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeda Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Tanks are military vehicles! They should be called their proper name, Holding Enemy Monster's Attention and Taking Damage Guy. looking for one more person to get pounded by some NPC's in a heroic while getting healed while all four of us do damage to them until they are dead and we finish the instance PSW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 This is honestly the biggest pet peeve I have with people in the SWTOR community. In every MMO I've ever played dps stands for Damage Per Second. It is the measured amount of damage you do per second. It's not a type of class. If you want someone who's class focuses on damage they are called Damage Dealers or DD for short. So please use the correct terminology and start saying DD instead of DPS. Asking for DPS is like saying your car is a MPH. If this is your biggest pet peeve, I envy how easy your life has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelooney Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Tanks aren't the correct terminology either. They're meat shields. They're damage soaker. They're aggro holder. I mean, that's their job description. A real life tank's role isn't to hold attention. It's built to destroy. So by using the term 'tank' to denote aggro holder, you're doing it wrong (according to the OPs assbackward logic). And healer is also incorrect, if you want to argue about it. You're not suffering from ailment, no cancer in your kidney. You're not plagued by the influenza. The correct terminology would seem to be constitution restorer. So once we can start using the correct term for aggro holder and constitution restorer, then we can start calling DPS damage dealer...but then, aggro holder has to do damage to hold aggro, and constitution restorer oftentimes use offensive spells to deal damage also. So in essence, EVERYONE is a damage dealer. This make things too complicated. Let's just call it Tank, healer, DPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Just deleted the part of the wikipedia entry that states DPS can be used as a noun. Shows how reliable your source is. Suck it. The mods will catch it, lock you out and put it back in. It's plenty reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrelco Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've played a few MMOs as well and the term was always DPS. Furthermore, those classes who do the dps know they are the dps - whatever the game or class. It is, with the exception of one carbon-based lifeform on a small blue-green planet in the outer arm of a spiral galaxy, universally understood. Language changes - words change meanings in time. Flammable and inflammable mean precisely the same thing - items that can be set on fire. Yet society has decided that flammable is for things that catch on fire, and inflammable can NOT be set on fire. A nunnery in Shakespear's time was NOT a building full of nuns - it was a house of prostitution. "Gay" means cheerfully free, light-hearted, but these days no one will understand that as the meaning if you say "I feel gay". So while your sensibilities may be offended, the culture of gamers has ruled against you. Game over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Luvin Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Derpa Derp I like Deeps, Derp Well there we go it's settled Edited February 14, 2012 by Big_Luvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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